NASCAR: Elliott tops Clash practice

Huge Saturday Crowd: A general view from the not-so-full grandstands during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light Clash on the Mickey Mouse 1/4-mile track inside the Los Angeles Coliseum on February 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Chase Elliott topped the Busch Light Clash practice leaderboard Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, pushing his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to a 13.455-second lap at 66.89 mph.

Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford had the second-best time (13.457 seconds, 66.88 mph), while teammate Chase Briscoe was third fastest (13.47 seconds, 66.815 mph) in the No. 14 entry. Justin Haley and Kyle Busch round out the top five, while Tyler Reddick, Kyle Larson, Landon Cassill, Ryan Blaney and Denny Hamlin completed the top-10 performers.

Backmarkers: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 DoorDash Toyota, and Aric Almirola, driver of the #10 Farmer John Ford, drive during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light Clash at Los Angeles Coliseum on February 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Final Practice Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Behind	Gap
1	9	Chase Elliott	NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet	13.455	66.8896	—.—	—.—
2	4	Kevin Harvick	Busch Light Ford	13.457	66.8797	-0.002	-0.002
3	14	Chase Briscoe	Mahindra Tractors Ford	13.47	66.8151	-0.015	-0.013
4	31	Justin Haley	LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet	13.47	66.8151	-0.015	0.000
5	18	Kyle Busch	M&M’s Toyota	13.482	66.7557	-0.027	-0.012
6	8	Tyler Reddick	Guaranteed Rate Chevrolet	13.503	66.6519	-0.048	-0.021
7	5	Kyle Larson	HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	13.513	66.6025	-0.058	-0.010
8	77	Landon Cassill(i)	Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet	13.532	66.509	-0.077	-0.019
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Menards/Great Lakes Flooring Ford	13.546	66.4403	-0.091	-0.014
10	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express Toyota	13.565	66.3472	-0.11	-0.019
11	99	Daniel Suarez	Freeway Insurance Chevrolet	13.57	66.3228	-0.115	-0.005
12	41	Cole Custer	HaasTooling.com Ford	13.571	66.3179	-0.116	-0.001
13	51	Cody Ware	Nurtec ODT Ford	13.572	66.313	-0.117	-0.001
14	7	Corey LaJoie	NationsGuard Chevrolet	13.583	66.2593	-0.128	-0.011
15	15	Ryan Preece	Jacob Companies Ford	13.587	66.2398	-0.132	-0.004
16	38	Todd Gilliland #	First Phase Ford	13.592	66.2154	-0.137	-0.005
17	34	Michael McDowell	Love’s Travel Stops Ford	13.611	66.123	-0.156	-0.019
18	45	Kurt Busch	Monster Energy Toyota	13.617	66.0939	-0.162	-0.006
19	3	Austin Dillon	True Velocity Chevrolet	13.618	66.089	-0.163	-0.001
20	20	Christopher Bell	SiriusXM Toyota	13.626	66.0502	-0.171	-0.008
21	17	Chris Buescher	Fastenal Ford	13.638	65.9921	-0.183	-0.012
22	24	William Byron Jr.	Valvoline Chevrolet	13.64	65.9824	-0.185	-0.002
23	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Food 4 Less Chevrolet	13.646	65.9534	-0.191	-0.006
24	43	Erik Jones	FOCUSfactor Chevrolet	13.652	65.9244	-0.197	-0.006
25	48	Alex Bowman	Ally Chevrolet	13.66	65.8858	-0.205	-0.008
26	22	Joey Logano	Shell Pennzoil Ford	13.677	65.8039	-0.222	-0.017
27	42	Ty Dillon	Black Rifle Coffee Company Chevrolet	13.685	65.7654	-0.23	-0.008
28	16	AJ Allmendinger(i)	chevyliners.com Chevrolet	13.716	65.6168	-0.261	-0.031
29	1	Ross Chastain	Howler Head Chevrolet	13.74	65.5022	-0.285	-0.024
30	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Bass Pro Shops Toyota	13.78	65.312	-0.325	-0.040
31	10	Aric Almirola	Farmer John Ford	13.82	65.123	-0.365	-0.040
32	21	Harrison Burton #	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford	13.822	65.1136	-0.367	-0.002
33	6	Brad Keselowski	Violet Defense Ford	13.865	64.9116	-0.41	-0.043
34	2	Austin Cindric #	eCascadia Ford	14.021	64.1894	-0.566	-0.156
35	78	BJ McLeod	SkyView Partners Ford	14.065	63.9886	-0.61	-0.044
36	23	Bubba Wallace	DoorDash Toyota	14.184	63.4518	-0.729	-0.119