Practice Results: NASCAR Cup Series Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa

Noah Gragson paced Friday’s NASCAR Cup Series practice session from Iowa Speedway, as the series prepares for the Iowa Corn 350 — the inaugural race for NASCAR’s top-level at the 0.875-mile short track in Newton, Iowa.

Gragson, driving the No. 10 Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Ford Mustang Dark Horse led Ty Gibbs, Alex Bowman, Justin Haley, and NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver Chase Elliott in the top five.

Ty Gibbs (2nd), Ross Chastain (6th), Christopher Bell (16th), and Austin Cindric (34th) all suffered tire issues during the session.

NASCAR Cup Series Iowa Corn 350 Practice Results:

Rank	#	Driver	Team	Best Lap	Diff	Speed	Laps
1	10	Noah Gragson	Stewart-Haas Racing Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Ford	22.828		137.988	40
2	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota	23.067	0.239	136.558	45
3	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet	23.105	0.277	136.334	48
4	51	Justin Haley	Rick Ware Racing MotoRad Ford	23.116	0.288	136.269	32
5	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet	23.182	0.354	135.881	53
6	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Busch Light For The Farmers Chevrolet	23.196	0.368	135.799	41
7	21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing Menards / Masterforce Tools Ford	23.199	0.371	135.781	35
8	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing Interstate Batteries Toyota	23.207	0.379	135.734	61
9	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet	23.215	0.387	135.688	31
10	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing Mahindra USA 30 Years Ford	23.238	0.41	135.553	60
11	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing McDonald's Toyota	23.247	0.419	135.501	57
12	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing Kroger / NOS Energy Drink Chevrolet	23.272	0.444	135.355	59
13	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	23.284	0.456	135.286	50
14	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports Gainbridge / Iowa Hawkeyes Chevrolet	23.305	0.477	135.164	50
15	99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing Kubota Chevrolet	23.306	0.478	135.158	51
16	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing Rheem Toyota	23.307	0.479	135.152	19
17	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing Action Industries Chevrolet	23.317	0.489	135.094	34
18	15	Kaz Grala	Rick Ware Racing Remixers.com / Xemex Ford	23.322	0.494	135.065	43
19	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing McDonald's Toyota	23.342	0.514	134.949	54
20	4	Josh Berry	Stewart-Haas Racing Overstock.com Ford	23.353	0.525	134.886	39
21	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports Premier Security Chevrolet	23.36	0.532	134.845	32
22	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske Advance Auto Parts Ford	23.364	0.536	134.822	49
23	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske Shell-Pennzoil Ford	23.373	0.545	134.77	46
24	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports Liberty University Chevrolet	23.383	0.555	134.713	37
25	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford	23.386	0.558	134.695	56
26	41	Ryan Preece	Stewart-Haas Racing Morton Buildings Ford	23.396	0.568	134.638	33
27	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing King's Hawaiian - Casey's Ford	23.399	0.571	134.621	40
28	38	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Ruedebusch Ford	23.407	0.579	134.575	47
29	31	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing Cirkul Chevrolet	23.416	0.588	134.523	46
30	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing Zone / Kwik Star Chevrolet	23.435	0.607	134.414	47
31	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing Fastenal Ford	23.476	0.648	134.179	51
32	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota	23.488	0.66	134.111	47
33	19	Martin Truex, Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing Reser's Fine Foods Toyota	23.513	0.685	133.968	36
34	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske Menards / Moen Ford	23.513	0.685	133.968	46
35	71	Zane Smith	Spire Motorsports Focused Health Chevrolet	23.531	0.703	133.865	45
36	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Family Dollar Toyota	23.864	1.036	131.997	30

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