Ryan Blaney turned in the fastest lap in the first MENCS practice for Sunday’s running of the AAA 500. Blaney’s time was followed by that of playoff drivers Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch as Ford claimed the three fastest times of the opening practice session.
Qualifying for Sunday’s race takes place Friday evening prior to the running of the Camping World Truck Series race. Additional practices sessions will be held on Saturday.
MENCS Practice Times for Texas
| RaceRank | No | Driver | Team | BestLapTime | BestSpeed |
| 1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Accella/Carlisle Ford | 27.139 | 198.976 |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick (P) | Mobil 1 Ford | 27.21 | 198.456 |
| 3 | 41 | Kurt Busch (P) | State Water Heaters Ford | 27.254 | 198.136 |
| 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office Toyota | 27.254 | 198.136 |
| 5 | 10 | Aric Almirola (P) | Smithfield Spirals Ford | 27.286 | 197.904 |
| 6 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | AAA Insurance Ford | 27.422 | 196.922 |
| 7 | 14 | Clint Bowyer (P) | Rush Truck Centers/Mobil Delvac 1 Ford | 27.429 | 196.872 |
| 8 | 20 | Erik Jones | Sport Clips Toyota | 27.452 | 196.707 |
| 9 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Fastenal Ford | 27.468 | 196.592 |
| 10 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Wurth Ford | 27.474 | 196.549 |
| 11 | 18 | Kyle Busch (P) | M&M’s Toyota | 27.487 | 196.457 |
| 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe’s for Pros Chevrolet | 27.501 | 196.356 |
| 13 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Axalta Chevrolet | 27.534 | 196.121 |
| 14 | 42 | Kyle Larson | DC Solar Chevrolet | 27.537 | 196.1 |
| 15 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Dow NORKOOL Chevrolet | 27.575 | 195.83 |
| 16 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Caterpillar Next Gen Excavator Chevrolet | 27.58 | 195.794 |
| 17 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. (P) | Bass Pro Shops/5-hour ENERGY Toyota | 27.588 | 195.737 |
| 18 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Kelley Blue Book Chevrolet | 27.591 | 195.716 |
| 19 | 19 | Daniel Suarez | ARRIS Toyota | 27.591 | 195.716 |
| 20 | 24 | William Byron # | Hendrick Autoguard Chevrolet | 27.599 | 195.659 |
| 21 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Sherwin-Williams Chevrolet | 27.61 | 195.581 |
| 22 | 21 | Paul Menard | Menards/Cardell Ford | 27.719 | 194.812 |
| 23 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Kroger ClickList Chevrolet | 27.742 | 194.651 |
| 24 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | AdvoCare Rehydrate Ford | 27.807 | 194.196 |
| 25 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Can-Am/Wholey Ford | 27.92 | 193.41 |
| 26 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Clorox Chevrolet | 27.922 | 193.396 |
| 27 | 38 | David Ragan | Earthwater Ford | 27.926 | 193.368 |
| 28 | 13 | Ty Dillon | GEICO Military Chevrolet | 27.934 | 193.313 |
| 29 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Love’s/Luber Finer Ford | 27.947 | 193.223 |
| 30 | 43 | Bubba Wallace # | NASCAR Racing Experience Chevrolet | 28.058 | 192.458 |
| 31 | 95 | Regan Smith | Procore Chevrolet | 28.127 | 191.986 |
| 32 | 00 | Landon Cassill(i) | Brookshire’s Chevrolet | 28.547 | 189.162 |
| 33 | *96 | Parker Kligerman(i) | Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota | 28.551 | 189.135 |
| 34 | 72 | Corey LaJoie | Gas Monkey Garage Chevrolet | 28.768 | 187.709 |
| 35 | *7 | Reed Sorenson(i) | Sustainable Quarry Crypto Mining Chevrolet | 28.831 | 187.298 |
| 36 | *99 | Kyle Weatherman | StarCom Fiber Chevrolet | 28.983 | 186.316 |
| 37 | 23 | JJ Yeley(i) | maximum elevation off-road Toyota | 29.16 | 185.185 |
| 38 | 15 | Ross Chastain | Low T Center Chevrolet | 29.289 | 184.37 |
| 39 | *66 | Timmy Hill(i) | Rewards.com Toyota | 29.311 | 184.231 |
| 40 | *97 | avid Starr(i) | Toyota | 29.749 | 181.519 |
| 41 | 51 | Joey Gase(i) | Jacob Companies/Donate Life Texas Ford | 30.064 | 179.617 |
