Practice 3: Results
Ty Dillon was once again back on top in the third and final NASCAR XFINITY Series practice on Friday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway.
The Richard Childress Racing driver paced the final session at 182.113 mph to best the field, hitting the mark on his fifth and final lap. Ray Black Jr. was next on the charts at 181.207 mph, followed by Jeb Burton (181.127 mph), Joey Gase (180.411 mph) and Darrell Wallace Jr. (179.802 mph) to round out the top five.
Midway through the session, Wallace's No. 6 team was forced to swap out the transmission in his Roush Fenway Racing Ford backup car.
The red flag was also displayed in the session, as Derek White had a mechanical problem in Turn 2 that dropped fluid on the track.
The NASCAR XFINITY Series hits the track again for Coors Light Pole Award qualifying at 10 a.m. ET Saturday on FS1, followed by the season-opening PowerShares QQQ 300 at 3:30 p.m. ET, also on FS1.
Practice 2: Results
David Starr topped the second of three NASCAR XFINITY Series practices Friday at Daytona International Speedway.
Speeds dipped significantly in the afternoon session, with Starr's 183.516-mph clip well off the pace that Ty Dillon (192.526 mph) set in the opening practice.
Dillon's teammate, Brandon Jones, was next on the charts at 183.109 mph, followed by Joe Nemechek (183.035 mph), Ryan Preece (182.964 mph) and Benny Gordon (182.426 mph).
Erik Jones made a mock qualifying run in his only lap of the session, pulling in ninth at 180.567 mph.
Practice 1: Results
Ty Dillon paced the opening NASCAR XFINITY Series practice of 2016 on Friday morning at Daytona International Speedway.
Dillon, one of the favorites to win the 2016 series title, bested the field with a top speed of 192.526 mph, achieved on his eighth of 16 laps.
Blake Koch was next on the charts at 191.963 mph, followed by Dillon's brother and Sprint Cup Series regular, Austin, at 191.910 mph. A pair of Cup regulars followed in Kasey Kahne (190.034 mph) and reigning Daytona 500 champ Joey Logano (190.002 mph).
The practice session was halted early after Darrell Wallace Jr. was turned by the No. 98 of Aric Almirola, sending his No. 6 Roush Fenway Ford down onto the apron and then up into the outside retaining wall.
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"It's just a bummer, but excited to be here. just trying to be a better pack racer," Wallace told FS1 after the wreck. "I don't know if I came down on him or he just got into me.
"If this is a sign of getting (wrecking) out of the way early, I'm an advocate of that."
Final practice is at 3 p.m. ET, with Saturday's season-opening race seeing the green flag at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. Follow all the coverage on FS1 and keep track on NASCAR.com's Live Leaderboard.