Rookie Kaz Grala led the way in the final NASCAR Xfinity Series practice at Iowa Speedway. Grala got around the Newton, Iowa short track with a fast lap of 130.052 mph in his No. 61 Fury Motorsports Ford. Iowa marks the fourth start for Grala with Fury.
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Tyler Reddick (129.449 mph) placed second in the 50-minute session in his No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Daniel Hemric (129.263 mph) came home third in the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Justin Allgaier (129.225 mph) and Austin Cindric (129.178 mph) completed the top five.
Christopher Bell topped the opening practice on Saturday and finished the final session in ninth. Bell led 152 laps in this race — under the lights — last year. Points leader Elliott Sadler came in 13th in the session.
Bell tops the board in opening practice
Rookie Christopher Bell rushed the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota to a 129.790 mph lap around Iowa Speedway, an .875-mile track, in the day’s opening NASCAR Xfinity Series practice. The 50-minute session was the first on-track activity for the series in preparation for Sunday’s Iowa 250 presented by Enogen (5 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
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Daniel Hemric was second-fastest, recording a 129.656 mph lap in the Richard Childress Racing No. 21 Chevrolet. Shane Lee, series points leader Elliott Sadler and Cole Custer completed the top five on the leaderboard.
A pair of 19-year-old drivers will be making their Xfinity Series debut in Sunday’s 250-lapper. Justin Haley was the fastest among them, turning in the sixth-fastest lap in the GMS Racing No. 23 Chevrolet. Riley Herbst, the other first-timer, was 16th-fastest in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota.
Xfinity Series qualifying is scheduled Sunday at 2:35 p.m. ET (FS2).