for the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway is over, after 85 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest and notes:
#18-Busch 128.969
#11-Hamlin 128.649
#42-Larson 128.597
#24-Elliott 128.511
#43-Almiorla 128.503
slowest: #55-Sorenson 120.286 & #32-Earnhardt 123.071
The best 10 Consecutive Lap Avg Speed: #11-Hamlin 126.740mph
notes: practice started about 5 minutes late as the track was finishing drying the track from over night rain.
the track record is 131.407mph, set by #11-Denny Hamlin on August 21, 2015.
NO national TV coverage, BUT available via live stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, as well as several NBC Sports Regional Networks (CSN New England, CSN Mid Atlantic, CSN Plus-Chicago, CSN Bay Area, CSN Northwest).
Happy Hour (final) practice is scheduled to run 12:30 – 1:55pm/et, can be viewed via live stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, and then on USA Network at 1:00pm/et.
See fastest speeds, laps run, best 10 consecutive lap ave on Jayski.com’s Bristol 1st Practice Speeds page (pdf)
