Practice Results: 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead

Grady Lundberg | TobyChristie.com

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Chase Briscoe led the way in Friday’s practice session for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Briscoe, driving the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, turned a fast lap of 32.680 seconds (165.239 mph), which allowed him to pace the session by 0.073 seconds over Austin Cindric.

Denny Hamlin, in third, was the top of the drivers still in mathematical contention for the Bill France Cup.

Christopher Bell, the runner-up driver in the championship fight, was fourth-fastest, and championship leader Kyle Larson was 10th-fastest.

NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race Practice Results

Rank	Car	Driver	Team	Make	B. Time	Diff	Speed	Laps	B. Lap
1	19	Chase Briscoe (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	32.680	0.000	165.239	54	14
2	2	Austin Cindric (C)	Team Penske	Ford	32.753	0.073	164.870	46	1
3	11	Denny Hamlin (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	32.790	0.110	164.684	55	1
4	20	Christopher Bell (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	32.797	0.117	164.649	62	43
5	12	Ryan Blaney (C)	Team Penske	Ford	32.818	0.138	164.544	65	33
6	7	Daniel Suarez (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.827	0.147	164.499	58	1
7	54	Ty Gibbs (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	32.860	0.180	164.334	67	27
8	22	Joey Logano (C)	Team Penske	Ford	32.911	0.231	164.079	49	1
9	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.922	0.242	164.024	46	1
10	5	Kyle Larson (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.948	0.268	163.895	44	18
11	23	Bubba Wallace (C)	23XI Racing	Toyota	32.953	0.273	163.870	41	22
12	24	William Byron (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.963	0.283	163.820	44	1
13	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	32.984	0.304	163.716	49	1
14	67	* Corey Heim(i)	23XI Racing	Toyota	33.004	0.324	163.617	49	26
15	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	33.033	0.353	163.473	49	28
16	60	Ryan Preece (C)	RFK Racing	Ford	33.057	0.377	163.354	57	1
17	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota	33.060	0.380	163.339	44	1
18	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	33.060	0.380	163.339	54	20
19	9	Chase Elliott (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.078	0.398	163.250	58	50
20	45	Tyler Reddick (C)	23XI Racing	Toyota	33.080	0.400	163.241	69	1
21	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	33.132	0.452	162.984	41	26
22	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.139	0.459	162.950	47	17
23	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	33.148	0.468	162.906	60	1
24	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	33.192	0.512	162.690	52	23
25	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	33.213	0.533	162.587	46	1
26	17	Chris Buescher (C)	RFK Racing	Ford	33.214	0.534	162.582	53	2
27	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota	33.254	0.574	162.386	36	30
28	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Toyota	33.273	0.593	162.294	53	22
29	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	33.274	0.594	162.289	58	1
30	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	33.281	0.601	162.255	48	14
31	77	Justin Haley(i) (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.303	0.623	162.148	48	22
32	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	33.345	0.665	161.943	46	25
33	88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	33.381	0.701	161.769	50	24
34	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Hyak Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.406	0.726	161.648	57	43
35	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	33.423	0.743	161.565	41	1
36	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	33.448	0.768	161.445	53	38
37	33	Austin Hill(i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	33.544	0.864	160.983	32	1
38	62	* Casey Mears	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	34.019	1.339	158.735	23	2
39	44	* JJ Yeley(i)	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	34.189	1.509	157.946	21	4
40	66	* Chad Finchum(i)	Garage 66	Ford	34.396	1.716	156.995	23	21

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