Saturday morning’s practice sessions were the first time NASCAR had been on track in Fontana, Calif., since March 2020 and it was the debut of the Next Generation race cars on a 2-mile oval.
Overall, Hamlin was fastest among the two 15-minute sessions with an average lap speed of 173.414 mph. He was followed by Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, Joey Logano and Alex Bowman.
Completing the top-10 average speeds were William Byron, Bubba Wallace, Brad Keselowski, Christopher Bell and Erik Jones.
Group B
Three laps into the Group B session, Wallace’s No. 23 Toyota got loose in Turn 2 and hit the wall with the right-rear of his car. The damage appeared to be repairable, however.
Reddick ended up fastest in the Group B session (172.471 mph), which ended up far more tame than the first session.
Byron was second-quick in the session (172.178 mph) and Wallace was third (172.178 mph), which he accomplished before his accident.
Group A
Practice for the first group of cars got off to a slow…
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