DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Again, Mother Nature intervened on Speedweek at Daytona International Speedway.
But not before a pair of Hendrick Motorsports cars rocketed to the top of the leaderboard.
Defending race winner William Byron and Chase Elliott turned in the two best laps of the second practice session ahead of Sunday’s 67th running of the DAYTONA 500. Byron’s time of 46.172 seconds topped the board with Elliott just behind at 46.21.
The session, originally scheduled for 50 minutes but was cut around 19 minutes short due to a light shower on the race track.
Byron nearly won his Duel at Daytona race on Thursday, finishing second in the first race and securing the fifth starting position in Sunday’s main event. Elliott will roll of 17th.
Kyle Larson turned in the ninth-best time of the session with Alex Bowman in 18th.
NASCAR practice results
- William Byron, No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet
- Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
- Kyle Busch, No. 8
- Austin Dillon, No. 3
- Zane Smith, No. 38
- Todd Gilliland, No. 34
- Joey Logano, No. 22
- Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12
- Austin Cindric, No. 2
- Noah Gragson, No. 4
- Josh Berry, No. 4
- John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42
- Erik Jones, No. 43
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19
- Martin Truex Jr., No. 56
- Alex Bowman, No. 48
- Christopher Bell, No. 20
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54
- Ryan Preece, No. 60
- Chris Buescher, No. 17
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11
- Riley Herbst, No. 35
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45
- Michael McDowell, No. 71
- Jimmie Johnson, No. 84
- Ross Chastain, No. 1
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77
- Cole Custer, No. 41