Chase Elliott led a group of Henrick Motorsports teammates as the fastest drivers in Saturday’s final practice at Martinsville Speedway.
Elliott, Alex Bowman and Jimmie Johnson were the fastest three cars ahead of qualifying for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, the STP 500.
Clint Bowyer and a group of Stewart Haas Racing teammates crowded the charts in the first practice of Saturday. Qualifying is set for 5 pm ET, following the Gander Outdoors Truck Series race.
The STP 500 will be run on Sunday at 2 pm ET airing on FOX Sports 1.
Final Practice Speeds
| RaceRank | No | Driver | BestLapTime | BestSpeed | BestLap | Laps |
| 1 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 19.413 | 97.5429 | 3 | 68 |
| 2 | 88 | Alex Bowman | 19.597 | 96.627 | 3 | 72 |
| 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 19.6 | 96.6122 | 4 | 44 |
| 4 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 19.613 | 96.5482 | 3 | 64 |
| 5 | 21 | Paul Menard | 19.615 | 96.5384 | 6 | 50 |
| 6 | 13 | Ty Dillon | 19.629 | 96.4695 | 5 | 79 |
| 7 | 8 | Daniel Hemric # | 19.63 | 96.4646 | 5 | 61 |
| 8 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 19.649 | 96.3713 | 53 | 58 |
| 9 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 19.712 | 96.0633 | 49 | 61 |
| 10 | 20 | Erik Jones | 19.758 | 95.8397 | 9 | 73 |
| 11 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19.761 | 95.8251 | 10 | 69 |
| 12 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | 19.769 | 95.7863 | 7 | 72 |
| 13 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | 19.769 | 95.7863 | 4 | 58 |
| 14 | 10 | Aric Almirola | 19.79 | 95.6847 | 14 | 82 |
| 15 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 19.803 | 95.6219 | 9 | 93 |
| 16 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 19.814 | 95.5688 | 15 | 92 |
| 17 | 38 | David Ragan | 19.818 | 95.5495 | 47 | 47 |
| 18 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 19.819 | 95.5447 | 10 | 62 |
| 19 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | 19.825 | 95.5158 | 10 | 78 |
| 20 | 47 | Ryan Preece # | 19.826 | 95.5109 | 33 | 39 |
| 21 | 22 | Joey Logano | 19.864 | 95.3282 | 25 | 67 |
| 22 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 19.867 | 95.3138 | 13 | 81 |
| 23 | 24 | William Byron | 19.902 | 95.1462 | 8 | 66 |
| 24 | 42 | Kyle Larson | 19.937 | 94.9792 | 8 | 81 |
| 25 | 6 | Ryan Newman | 19.944 | 94.9458 | 8 | 66 |
| 26 | 37 | Chris Buescher | 19.971 | 94.8175 | 6 | 64 |
| 27 | 1 | Kurt Busch | 20.003 | 94.6658 | 13 | 73 |
| 28 | 34 | Michael McDowell | 20.017 | 94.5996 | 10 | 39 |
| 29 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | 20.058 | 94.4062 | 37 | 37 |
| 30 | 36 | Matt Tifft # | 20.077 | 94.3169 | 57 | 57 |
| 31 | 15 | Ross Chastain(i) | 20.101 | 94.2043 | 22 | 43 |
| 32 | 0 | Landon Cassill | 20.341 | 93.0928 | 15 | 34 |
| 33 | 52 | Jeb Burton(i) | 20.418 | 92.7417 | 10 | 27 |
| 34 | 51 | Cody Ware # | 20.511 | 92.3212 | 8 | 34 |
| 35 | 77 | DJ Kennington(i) | 20.612 | 91.8688 | 24 | 37 |
