Kyle Sieg led a Sieg family sweep of the top-two spots in Friday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice session at Rockingham Speedway. The younger of the two Sieg brothers clocked in with a 23.208-second (145.812 mph) lap time, which allowed him to top his brother, Ryan Sieg, by a slim 0.004-second margin.
Austin Hill, Sheldon Creed, and Jesse Love rounded out the top-five fastest in the practice session.
Cleetus McFarland, making his series debut in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, was 27th-fastest and had an incident-free practice on track.
North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Practice Results
| Rank | Car | Driver | Team | Lap time | Diff | Speed | Best Lap | Total Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing Night Owl Companies Chevrolet | 23.208 | -- | 145.812 | 31 | 31 |
| 2 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing Sci Aps Chevrolet | 23.212 | 0.004 | 145.787 | 28 | 28 |
| 3 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing 1-800-PACK-RAT Chevrolet | 23.216 | 0.008 | 145.762 | 18 | 59 |
| 4 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team Ollie's Chevrolet | 23.227 | 0.019 | 145.693 | 17 | 53 |
| 5 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing Whelen Chevrolet | 23.240 | 0.032 | 145.611 | 7 | 60 |
| 6 | 17 | Corey Day | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 23.256 | 0.048 | 145.511 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Haas Factory Team Audibel Chevrolet | 23.260 | 0.052 | 145.486 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | 19 | Brent Crews # | Joe Gibbs Racing Mobil 1 Toyota | 23.274 | 0.066 | 145.398 | 20 | 33 |
| 9 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing SoundGear Toyota | 23.295 | 0.087 | 145.267 | 2 | 51 |
| 10 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports TruckClub Chevrolet | 23.297 | 0.089 | 145.255 | 8 | 34 |
| 11 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff | Viking Motorsports FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 23.302 | 0.094 | 145.224 | 15 | 49 |
| 12 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports Jarrett Logistics Chevrolet | 23.317 | 0.109 | 145.130 | 4 | 26 |
| 13 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing Menards / Pelonis Toyota | 23.343 | 0.135 | 144.969 | 2 | 45 |
| 14 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing Alliance Driveway Solutions Chevrolet | 23.354 | 0.146 | 144.900 | 3 | 35 |
| 15 | 1 | Carson Kvapil | JR Motorsports Arby's Chevrolet | 23.360 | 0.152 | 144.863 | 29 | 46 |
| 16 | 32 | Andrew Patterson | Jordan Anderson Racing WinSupply / SCS GearBox Chevrolet | 23.362 | 0.154 | 144.851 | 35 | 35 |
| 17 | 54 | Taylor Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing Operation 300 Toyota | 23.378 | 0.170 | 144.751 | 6 | 47 |
| 18 | 88 | Rajah Caruth | JR Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 23.390 | 0.182 | 144.677 | 8 | 36 |
| 19 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports Dude Wipes MentHOLE Chevrolet | 23.393 | 0.185 | 144.659 | 9 | 38 |
| 20 | 45 | Lavar Scott # | Alpha Prime Racing Sunoco Chevrolet | 23.423 | 0.215 | 144.473 | 2 | 39 |
| 21 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing Frontline Fire Protection Chevrolet | 23.503 | 0.295 | 143.982 | 11 | 41 |
| 22 | 48 | Patrick Staropoli # | Big Machine Racing SYFOVRE Chevrolet | 23.540 | 0.332 | 143.755 | 5 | 60 |
| 23 | 24 | Harrison Burton | Sam Hunt Racing Elite Rewards Toyota | 23.573 | 0.365 | 143.554 | 2 | 54 |
| 24 | 26 | Dean Thompson | Sam Hunt Racing Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 23.577 | 0.369 | 143.530 | 6 | 41 |
| 25 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing CELSIUS Chevrolet | 23.619 | 0.411 | 143.274 | 13 | 44 |
| 26 | 92 | Josh Williams | DGM Racing Chevrolet | 23.630 | 0.422 | 143.208 | 2 | 31 |
| 27 | 33 | Cleetus McFarland | Richard Childress Racing Tommy's Express Car Wash Chevrolet | 23.652 | 0.444 | 143.075 | 7 | 55 |
| 28 | 87 | Austin Green | Peterson Racing Group 3-Dimensional Services Chevrolet | 23.727 | 0.519 | 142.622 | 14 | 47 |
| 29 | 42 | Nathan Byrd | Young's Motorsports Chevrolet | 23.751 | 0.543 | 142.478 | 44 | 44 |
| 30 | 91 | Alex Labbe | DGM Racing eRacing Association Chevrolet | 23.800 | 0.592 | 142.185 | 4 | 42 |
| 31 | 5 | JJ Yeley | Hettinger Racing Victory Custom Trailers Ford | 23.873 | 0.665 | 141.750 | 4 | 21 |
| 32 | 02 | Ryan Ellis | Young's Motorsports AMC Tablo TV Chevrolet | 23.899 | 0.691 | 141.596 | 31 | 31 |
| 33 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing EasyCare / Bommarito.com Chevrolet | 23.954 | 0.746 | 141.271 | 11 | 31 |
| 34 | 55 | Blake Lothian | Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | 23.996 | 0.788 | 141.024 | 8 | 24 |
| 35 | 0 | Garrett Smithley | SS-GreenLight Racing Chevrolet | 23.997 | 0.789 | 141.018 | 8 | 13 |
| 36 | 07 | Josh Bilicki | SS-GreenLight Racing Chevrolet | 24.233 | 1.025 | 139.644 | 7 | 29 |
| 37 | 74 | Dawson Cram | Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet | 24.530 | 1.322 | 137.954 | 4 | 22 |
| 38 | 35 | Joey Gase | Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | 24.691 | 1.483 | 137.054 | 18 | 25 |
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