Ryan Blaney is seeking to join teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski as drivers who have gone to victory lane this season. In Friday’s opening practice for the Ticket Guardian 500 the driver of the No. 12 compiled the fastest laps beating out Keselowski and Kyle Larson.
Qualifying at ISM Raceway will take place at 6 pm ET on Friday.
Opening MENCS Practice at ISM Raceway
| RaceRank | No | Driver | BestLapTime | BestSpeed | BestLap | Laps |
| 1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 25.403 | 141.716 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 25.59 | 140.68 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 42 | Kyle Larson | 25.64 | 140.406 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 25.647 | 140.367 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 25.654 | 140.329 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 25.678 | 140.198 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 88 | Alex Bowman | 25.718 | 139.98 | 14 | 17 |
| 8 | 20 | Erik Jones | 25.722 | 139.958 | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | 25.733 | 139.898 | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | 25.751 | 139.8 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | 24 | William Byron | 25.753 | 139.79 | 9 | 13 |
| 12 | 22 | Joey Logano | 25.766 | 139.719 | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | 6 | Ryan Newman | 25.785 | 139.616 | 11 | 11 |
| 14 | 37 | Chris Buescher | 25.785 | 139.616 | 19 | 20 |
| 15 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 25.798 | 139.546 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | 25.807 | 139.497 | 8 | 8 |
| 17 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 25.82 | 139.427 | 8 | 12 |
| 18 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | 25.821 | 139.421 | 5 | 8 |
| 19 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 25.824 | 139.405 | 8 | 8 |
| 20 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 25.83 | 139.373 | 11 | 11 |
| 21 | 21 | Paul Menard | 25.844 | 139.297 | 5 | 11 |
| 22 | 1 | Kurt Busch | 25.849 | 139.27 | 10 | 10 |
| 23 | 8 | Daniel Hemric # | 25.878 | 139.114 | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | 10 | Aric Almirola | 25.923 | 138.873 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | 34 | Michael McDowell | 25.982 | 138.557 | 13 | 13 |
| 26 | 47 | Ryan Preece # | 26.001 | 138.456 | 14 | 15 |
| 27 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | 26.129 | 137.778 | 15 | 16 |
| 28 | 13 | Ty Dillon | 26.133 | 137.757 | 11 | 15 |
| 29 | 36 | Matt Tifft # | 26.147 | 137.683 | 19 | 19 |
| 30 | 38 | David Ragan | 26.195 | 137.431 | 5 | 11 |
| 31 | 32 | Corey LaJoie | 26.335 | 136.7 | 7 | 13 |
| 32 | 0 | Landon Cassill | 26.56 | 135.542 | 3 | 9 |
| 33 | 15 | Ross Chastain(i) | 27.048 | 133.097 | 6 | 11 |
| 34 | 52 | Bayley Currey(i) | 27.91 | 128.986 | 12 | 14 |
| 35 | 51 | Cody Ware # | 27.914 | 128.968 | 9 | 9 |
| 36 | 77 | Quin Houff | 28.423 | 126.658 | 14 | 15 |
