Christopher Bell is arguably the driver to beat in Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series event at Darlington Raceway, and he proved it by posting the fastest lap in a 50-minute practice on Saturday.
Brandon Jones, Bell’s teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, was second quickest in the session, with Parker Retzlaff third, Carson Kvapil fourth, and Sam Mayer rounding out the top-five.
William Sawalich, Jesse Love, Jeremy Clements, Austin Hill, and Anthony Alfredo rounded out the top-10 in the session.
Qualifying for the Sports Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 at Darlington will take place immediately following a short break in the action.
Photo: Jonathan McCoy, TobyChristie.com
PRACTICE RESULTS:
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Diff | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing SportClips Haircuts Toyota | 30.149 | 163.110 | |
| 2 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing Menards / Pelonis Toyota | 30.280 | 0.131 | 162.404 |
| 3 | 99 | Parker Retzalff | Viking Motorsports South Carolina Outcast Chevrolet | 30.295 | 0.146 | 162.324 |
| 4 | 1 | Carson Kvapil | JR Motorsports Champion Irrigation Products Chevrolet | 30.296 | 0.147 | 162.318 |
| 5 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Haas Factory Team Audibel Chevrolet | 30.297 | 0.148 | 162.313 |
| 6 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing SoundGear Toyota | 30.415 | 0.266 | 161.683 |
| 7 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing Whelen Engineering Chevrolet | 30.419 | 0.270 | 161.662 |
| 8 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing Fly and Form Structures Chevrolet | 30.471 | 0.322 | 161.386 |
| 9 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing 1-800-PACK-RAT Chevrolet | 30.517 | 0.368 | 161.143 |
| 10 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports DUDE Wipes Chevrolet | 30.548 | 0.399 | 160.979 |
| 11 | 54 | Taylor Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing Operation 300 Toyota | 30.550 | 0.401 | 160.969 |
| 12 | 17 | Corey Day | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 30.730 | 0.581 | 160.026 |
| 13 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports BRANDT Chevrolet | 30.841 | 0.692 | 159.450 |
| 14 | 25 | Nick Sanchez | AM Racing Payunity / Travel Curious Ford | 30.868 | 0.719 | 159.311 |
| 15 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports Allstate Peterbilt Group Chevrolet | 30.892 | 0.743 | 159.187 |
| 16 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing State Water Heaters Chevrolet | 30.961 | 0.812 | 158.832 |
| 17 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing CWSons.com / Clark's Chevrolet | 31.010 | 0.861 | 158.581 |
| 18 | 9 | Ross Chastain | JR Motorsports Jarrett Logistics Chevrolet | 31.033 | 0.884 | 158.464 |
| 19 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing Night Owl Companies Chevrolet | 31.037 | 0.888 | 158.443 |
| 20 | 92 | Josh Williams | DGM Racing Down Syndrome Foundation of FL Chevrolet | 31.071 | 0.922 | 158.270 |
| 21 | 24 | Harrison Burton | Sam Hunt Racing DEX / Sharp Toyota | 31.089 | 0.940 | 158.178 |
| 22 | 88 | Kyle Larson | JR Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 31.130 | 0.981 | 157.970 |
| 23 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing Capital City Towing Chevrolet | 31.157 | 1.008 | 157.833 |
| 24 | 0 | Garrett Smithley | SS-GreenLight Racing Knight Fire Protection Chevrolet | 31.204 | 1.055 | 157.595 |
| 25 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team Ollie's Chevrolet | 31.207 | 1.058 | 157.580 |
| 26 | 30 | Myatt Snider | Barrett-Cope Racing Barrett Wines / Proof Ice Cream Chevrolet | 31.224 | 1.075 | 157.494 |
| 27 | 5 | JJ Yeley | Hettinger Racing Victory Custom Trailers Ford | 31.253 | 1.104 | 157.348 |
| 28 | 48 | Patrick Staropoli | Big Machine Racing SYFOVRE Chevrolet | 31.266 | 1.117 | 157.283 |
| 29 | 35 | Matt DiBenedetto | Joey Gase Motorsports ACE Hardware Chevrolet | 31.268 | 1.119 | 157.273 |
| 30 | 26 | Dean Thompson | Sam Hunt Racing Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 31.284 | 1.135 | 157.192 |
| 31 | 07 | Josh Bilicki | SS-GreenLight Racing Rita's Italian Ice Chevrolet | 31.308 | 1.159 | 157.072 |
| 32 | 32 | Rajah Caruth | Jordan Anderson Racing Black Effect Chevrolet | 31.314 | 1.165 | 157.042 |
| 33 | 02 | Ryan Ellis | Young's Motorsports Sweetwater Construction Chevrolet | 31.387 | 1.238 | 156.676 |
| 34 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing Sci Aps Chevrolet | 31.392 | 1.243 | 156.651 |
| 35 | 91 | Alex Labbe | DGM Racing Larue Snowblowers Chevrolet | 31.518 | 1.369 | 156.025 |
| 36 | 87 | Austin Green | Peterson Racing Group 3-Dimensional Services Chevrolet | 31.546 | 1.397 | 155.887 |
| 37 | 55 | Joey Gase | Joey Gase Motorsports NFPA.org Chevrolet | 31.729 | 1.580 | 154.988 |
| 38 | 45 | Lavar Scott | Alpha Prime Racing Sunoco Chevrolet | 32.215 | 2.066 | 152.649 |
| 39 | 42 | Nathan Byrd | Young's Motorsports Randco Chevrolet | 32.250 | 2.101 | 152.484 |
