NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 Practice Results (Martinsville)

Bubba Wallace was the fastest driver in single-lap speed in NASCAR Cup Series practice on Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. The driver of the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota will be one of the favorites to score the pole position for Sunday’s Cook Out 400.

Wallace topped Ty Gibbs, who is seeking his first career win this weekend, by a thin margin of 0.016 seconds. Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott, and Todd Gilliland rounded out the top-five fastest drivers in the practice session on Saturday at the 0.526-mile short track.

Cook Out 400 Practice Results

Rank	Car	Driver	Team	Lap time	Diff	Speed	Best Lap	Total Laps
1	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing Hardee's Toyota	19.685	--	96.195	7	60
2	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota	19.701	0.016	96.117	10	60
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing Bob's Discount Furniture Toyota	19.732	0.047	95.966	9	67
4	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports UniFirst Chevrolet	19.738	0.053	95.937	9	59
5	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Dairi-O / Cheeny Bros, Inc. Ford	19.739	0.054	95.932	7	43
6	88	Connor Zilisch	Trackhouse Racing Choice Privileges Chevrolet	19.742	0.057	95.917	6	70
7	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing DEX Ford	19.743	0.058	95.912	5	54
8	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing Body Guard Ford	19.745	0.060	95.903	10	55
9	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports CINCINNATI, Inc. Chevrolet	19.753	0.068	95.864	10	66
10	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing SafetyCulture Chevrolet	19.766	0.081	95.801	11	60
11	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota	19.769	0.084	95.786	4	51
12	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing Monster Energy Toyota	19.772	0.087	95.772	4	61
13	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske Advance Auto Parts Ford	19.773	0.088	95.767	10	69
14	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	HYAK Motorsports Jack Links Non-Vegan Chevrolet	19.774	0.089	95.762	11	52
15	7	Daniel Suarez	Spire Motorsports Group 1001 Chevrolet	19.782	0.097	95.723	7	69
16	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	19.785	0.100	95.709	6	68
17	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske Shell-Pennzoil Ford	19.788	0.103	95.694	6	59
18	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing Dow Coatings Chevrolet	19.789	0.104	95.690	6	57
19	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing DEWALT Toyota	19.794	0.109	95.665	9	64
20	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet	19.796	0.111	95.656	7	58
21	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing SiriusXM Toyota	19.799	0.114	95.641	9	66
22	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing FICO Chevrolet	19.816	0.131	95.559	7	46
23	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports FUEL by Franzia Ford	19.818	0.133	95.550	5	46
24	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing Black's Tire Chevrolet	19.819	0.134	95.545	5	70
25	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford	19.823	0.138	95.525	4	59
26	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team HaasTooling.com Chevrolet	19.828	0.143	95.501	13	51
27	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet	19.841	0.156	95.439	9	54
28	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	19.842	0.157	95.434	11	49
29	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing Kroger / Thomas' High Protein Ford	19.867	0.182	95.314	12	61
30	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford	19.869	0.184	95.304	11	59
31	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske Menards / Richmond Ford	19.877	0.192	95.266	8	68
32	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota	19.880	0.195	95.252	11	64
33	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota	19.889	0.204	95.208	7	44
34	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing SuperFile Chevrolet	19.898	0.213	95.165	12	65
35	33	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet	19.928	0.243	95.022	14	63
36	48	Justin Allgaier	Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet	19.948	0.263	94.927	5	46
37	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing Super.com Chevrolet	19.981	0.296	94.770	4	51