Practice report
NASCAR Cup Darlington II
Austin Cindric fastest in Saturday's Darlington Cup practice
Playoff drivers, led by Austin Cindric, posted three of the top-five speeds in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series practice at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.
Jim Utter
Edited: Sep 3, 2022, 4:59 PM
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Cindric was fastest overall with an average speed of 167.698 mph while William Byron ended up second (166.495 mph) but topped all drivers in Group B.
Erik Jones was third-fastest (166.483 mph), Tyler Reddick fourth and Martin Truex Jr. completed the top-five.
Cindric, Byron and Reddick are among the 16 drivers competing in the Cup Series playoffs.
Among those drivers who completed at least 10 consecutive laps, Truex had the fastest average speed (163.055 mph), followed by Chastain and Cindric.
Group B
Byron topped the second 20-minute session with an average lap speed of 166.495 mph.
Reddick was second-fastest (166.359 mph) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was third (166.045 mph).
Ross Chastain was fourth and Denny Hamlin completed the top-five.
There were no on-track incidents during the session.
Group A
Cindric ended up fastest in the first 20-minute session with an average lap speed of 167.698 mph.
Jones was second-quick (166.483 mph) and Truex was third (166.056 mph).
Cole Custer was fourth and Joey Logano rounded out the top-five.
Logano completed the most laps (37) in the session, which had no on-track incidents.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 2 
Austin Cindric Ford 24 29.324 167.699 2 24 William Byron Chevrolet 25 29.536 0.212 0.212 166.495 3 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet 20 29.538 0.214 0.002 166.484 4 8 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 25 29.560 0.236 0.022 166.360 5 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 24 29.614 0.290 0.054 166.057 6 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Chevrolet 20 29.616 0.292 0.002 166.045 7 41 Cole Custer Ford 21 29.632 0.308 0.016 165.956 8 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 25 29.676 0.352 0.044 165.710 9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 31 29.711 0.387 0.035 165.514 10 22 Joey Logano Ford 37 29.770 0.446 0.059 165.186 11 21 Harrison Burton Ford 24 29.771 0.447 0.001 165.181 12 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 22 29.787 0.463 0.016 165.092 13 10 Aric Almirola Ford 28 29.828 0.504 0.041 164.865 14 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 26 29.830 0.506 0.002 164.854 15 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 29 29.837 0.513 0.007 164.815 16 99 
Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 26 29.839 0.515 0.002 164.804 17 34 Michael McDowell Ford 23 29.871 0.547 0.032 164.628 18 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 25 29.874 0.550 0.003 164.611 19 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 24 29.890 0.566 0.016 164.523 20 42 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 24 29.908 0.584 0.018 164.424 21 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 36 29.913 0.589 0.005 164.397 22 45 Bubba Wallace Toyota 34 29.936 0.612 0.023 164.270 23 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 34 29.939 0.615 0.003 164.254 24 14 Chase Briscoe Ford 17 29.956 0.632 0.017 164.161 25 16 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 20 29.996 0.672 0.040 163.942 26 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet 21 30.099 0.775 0.103 163.381 27 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 28 30.115 0.791 0.016 163.294 28 15 J.J. Yeley Ford 15 30.119 0.795 0.004 163.272 29 7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 23 30.140 0.816 0.021 163.159 30 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 27 30.164 0.840 0.024 163.029 31 51 Cody Ware Ford 19 30.178 0.854 0.014 162.953 32 17 Chris Buescher Ford 28 30.186 0.862 0.008 162.910 33 23 Ty Gibbs Toyota 25 30.229 0.905 0.043 162.678 34 77 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 21 30.327 1.003 0.098 162.153 35 38 Todd Gilliland Ford 23 30.513 1.189 0.186 161.164 36 78 B.J. McLeod Ford 4 31.407 2.083 0.894 156.577
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