Michael McDowell was the fastest in final practice for the Daytona 500.
McDowell’s No. 34 Ford was one of 21 cars which ran laps in Saturday’s final practice session ahead of the 61st running of the Daytona 500.
Ty Dillon was second fastest with William Byron and teammate Alex Bowman third and fourth. Byron and Bowman will be on the front row to start tomorrow’s race.
Daytona 500 Final Practice Speeds
RaceRank | No | Driver | BestLapTime | BestSpeed | BestLap | Laps |
1 | 34 | Michael McDowell | 47.012 | 191.44 | 3 | 9 |
2 | 13 | Ty Dillon | 47.014 | 191.432 | 3 | 5 |
3 | 24 | William Byron | 47.037 | 191.339 | 4 | 5 |
4 | 88 | Alex Bowman | 47.052 | 191.278 | 10 | 10 |
5 | 8 | Daniel Hemric # | 47.14 | 190.921 | 3 | 3 |
6 | 22 | Joey Logano | 47.276 | 190.371 | 4 | 4 |
7 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 47.279 | 190.359 | 10 | 14 |
8 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | 47.336 | 190.13 | 2 | 2 |
9 | 40 | Jamie McMurray | 47.339 | 190.118 | 12 | 12 |
10 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 47.367 | 190.006 | 10 | 11 |
11 | 1 | Kurt Busch | 47.433 | 189.741 | 9 | 16 |
12 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | 47.573 | 189.183 | 4 | 5 |
13 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 47.592 | 189.107 | 3 | 3 |
14 | 37 | Chris Buescher | 47.617 | 189.008 | 7 | 8 |
15 | 36 | Matt Tifft # | 47.665 | 188.818 | 3 | 7 |
16 | 42 | Kyle Larson | 47.712 | 188.632 | 9 | 10 |
17 | *31 | Tyler Reddick(i) | 47.767 | 188.415 | 3 | 3 |
18 | 47 | Ryan Preece # | 47.976 | 187.594 | 7 | 10 |
19 | *96 | Parker Kligerman(i) | 48 | 187.5 | 3 | 5 |
20 | 00 | Landon Cassill | 48.318 | 186.266 | 5 | 6 |
21 | 38 | David Ragan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |