Ryan Blaney paced NASCAR Cup Collection follow Friday at Phoenix Raceway, main the best way for the 4 title contenders within the course of.
Blaney, the defending collection champion, put down a quick lap of 132.479mph (27.174s). Whereas many of the quick laps had been set early in follow, he went to the highest of the leaderboard on his twenty first lap earlier than working a complete of 46 laps in follow.
Martin Truex Jr. was second quickest at 132.324mph and Kyle Larson was third at 132.193mph. William Byron, one other title contender, was fourth at 132.004mph. He ran 50 laps complete.
Austin Cindric rounded out the highest 5 at 131.989mph. Corey Lajoie was sixth at 131.858mph; Ty Gibbs, seventh at 131.848mph; Denny Hamlin, eighth at 131.791mph and Joey Logano, the third title contender, ninth. Logano’s quickest lap was 131.757mph. He ran 43 laps.
Chase Briscoe accomplished the highest 10 at 131.738mph.
Tyler Reddick was the slowest of the 4 championship contenders, ending up twenty first at 130.794mph and ran 24 laps.
There was one warning throughout follow. Jimmie Johnson briefly halted proceedings when he spun off Flip 2 early within the session. He did handle to stored his automobile off the wall and ran thirty fifth.
There are 40 drivers entered within the season finale.
Blaney was additionally quickest in the most effective 10 consecutive lap common. Logano was second within the class adopted by Hamlin, Larson, and Byron. Reddick was the tenth quickest of the drivers who clocked 10 consecutive laps.
NEXT: Cup Collection qualifying at 5:05 p.m. ET Saturday.
