NASCAR: Chase Briscoe tops lone practice session at Homestead
Chase Briscoe topped Friday practice ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series championship race weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Briscoe posted a lap time of 32.680 seconds (165.238 MPH) to pace the field Friday.
Austin Cindric has the second fastest lap time (32.753 seconds).
Championship contenders Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell were the third and fourth fastest lap times. Ryan Blaney rounded out the Top-5
Championship leader Kyle Larson made contact with the outside retaining wall during the session. He had the 10th-fastest lap time.
At the end of practice, Tyler Reddick and Zane Smith made contact at the entrance of pit road. A faster-approaching Reddick made contact with front bumper on Smith’s rear bumper at the beginning of pit road.
All 40 drivers turned 20+ laps during the 50-minute session.
Cup Series qualifying takes place at 2:30 p.m. ET Sunday.
The season finale is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 8 at 3 p.m.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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