NASCAR: Reddick tops Cup practice at COTA
Tyler Reddick was quickest in NASCAR Cup Series practice at Circuit of The Americas on Friday afternoon.
Reddick, driving the No. 45 Toyota for 23XI Racing, posted the fastest average speed at 92.989 mph. Kyle Larson in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was second at 92.618 mph, ahead of defending race winner Ross Chastain’s No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet in third at 92.520 mph.
In the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, Kyle Busch was fourth-fastest (92.498 mph) and Daniel Suárez in the No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet was fifth (92.461 mph).
Practice 1 Results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Speed | Behind | Gap |
| 1 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | Monster Energy Toyota | 132.016s | 92.9887 | —.— | —.— |
| 2 | 5 | Kyle Larson | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 132.544s | 92.6183 | -0.528 | -0.528 |
| 3 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Worldwide Express Chevrolet | 132.685s | 92.5199 | -0.669 | -0.141 |
| 4 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Netspend Chevrolet | 132.717s | 92.4976 | -0.701 | -0.032 |
| 5 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Freeway Insurance Chevrolet | 132.770s | 92.4606 | -0.754 | -0.053 |
| 6 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Love’s Travel Stops Ford | 132.774s | 92.4579 | -0.758 | -0.004 |
| 7 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Discount Tire Ford | 132.798s | 92.4412 | -0.782 | -0.024 |
| 8 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | MoneyLion Toyota | 132.809s | 92.4335 | -0.793 | -0.011 |
| 9 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 132.847s | 92.4071 | -0.831 | -0.038 |
| 10 | 9 | Jordan Taylor | UniFirst Chevrolet | 132.851s | 92.4043 | -0.835 | -0.004 |
| 11 | 54 | Ty Gibbs # | He Gets us Toyota | 132.852s | 92.4036 | -0.836 | -0.001 |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Menards/Knauf Ford | 132.924s | 92.3535 | -0.908 | -0.072 |
| 13 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Kroger/Blue Buffalo Chevrolet | 132.962s | 92.3271 | -0.946 | -0.038 |
| 14 | 43 | Erik Jones | Allegiant Chevrolet | 132.995s | 92.3042 | -0.979 | -0.033 |
| 15 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford | 133.021s | 92.2862 | -1.005 | -0.026 |
| 16 | 24 | William Byron | Liberty University Chevrolet | 133.029s | 92.2806 | -1.013 | -0.008 |
| 17 | 20 | Christopher Bell | DeWalt Toyota | 133.079s | 92.246 | -1.063 | -0.050 |
| 18 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Farmsmart Chevrolet | 133.102s | 92.23 | -1.086 | -0.023 |
| 19 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 133.131s | 92.2099 | -1.115 | -0.029 |
| 20 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Ally Chevrolet | 133.265s | 92.1172 | -1.249 | -0.134 |
| 21 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Bass Pro Shops Toyota | 133.312s | 92.0847 | -1.296 | -0.047 |
| 22 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Mobil 1 Ford | 133.377s | 92.0399 | -1.361 | -0.065 |
| 23 | 41 | Ryan Preece | HaasTooling.com Ford | 133.449s | 91.9902 | -1.433 | -0.072 |
| 24 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Wyndham Rewards Ford | 133.584s | 91.8972 | -1.568 | -0.135 |
| 25 | 42 | Noah Gragson # | Black Rifle Coffee Company Chevrolet | 133.636s | 91.8615 | -1.620 | -0.052 |
| 26 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Mahindra Tractors Ford | 133.684s | 91.8285 | -1.668 | -0.048 |
| 27 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Ruedebusch Ford | 133.694s | 91.8216 | -1.678 | -0.01 |
| 28 | 15 | Jenson Button | Mobil 1 Ford | 133.786s | 91.7585 | -1.770 | -0.092 |
| 29 | 77 | Ty Dillon | Ferris Commercial Mowers Chevrolet | 133.795s | 91.7523 | -1.779 | -0.009 |
| 30 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Get Bioethanol Chevrolet | 134.045s | 91.5812 | -2.029 | -0.250 |
| 31 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Fifth Third Bank Ford | 134.168s | 91.4972 | -2.152 | -0.123 |
| 32 | *91 | Kimi Raikkonen | Onx Homes/iLOQ Chevrolet | 134.291s | 91.4134 | -2.275 | -0.123 |
| 33 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | OpTic Gaming Chevrolet | 134.328s | 91.3882 | -2.312 | -0.037 |
| 34 | 31 | Justin Haley | Celsius Chevrolet | 134.365s | 91.3631 | -2.349 | -0.037 |
| 35 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield Ford | 134.512s | 91.2632 | -2.496 | -0.147 |
| 36 | *84 | Jimmie Johnson | Club Wyndham Chevrolet | 134.794s | 91.0723 | -2.778 | -0.282 |
| 37 | 78 | Josh Bilicki(i) | Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet | 135.473s | 90.6158 | -3.457 | -0.679 |
| 38 | 51 | Cody Ware | PublicSq Ford | 136.253s | 90.0971 | -4.237 | -0.780 |
| 39 | *50 | Conor Daly | BitNile.com Chevrolet | 136.257s | 90.0945 | -4.241 | -0.004 |