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NASCAR practice speeds, lap averages and notes for the 2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Use the NASCAR stats and data to build DFS lineups on DraftKings. Justin Haley was fastest.

The NASCAR Cup Series ran a single practice session at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday afternoon/evening in preparation for the upcoming Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday night.

The 39-car field was split into two groups for practice, with each group getting 25 minutes on track.

Below you will find the two groups, key notes from the practice session, as well as the practice speeds for all drivers.

 

Important Practice Notes

Tire Wear – The biggest question heading into the weekend was whether or not we would see significant tire wear this weekend. There was optimism by some drivers that we would. That was not the case in practice, though.

Corey Heim – Corey Heim will be making his fourth Cup Series start of the season this weekend, driving the No. 67 Toyota for 23XI Racing. His finishes this season have been 13th at Kansas, 37th at Nashville, and 29th at Richmond.

Austin Hill – Like Corey Heim, Austin Hill will also be making his fourth Cup Series start of the season this weekend at Bristol. He will be piloting the No. 33 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. He has finished 31st at Darlington this season, ninth at Chicago Street Course, and 30th at Daytona.

 

2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race Practice Speed Chart

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Rank Driver Time Speed Fastest Lap Laps Ran 1. Justin Haley 15.307 125.354 4 78 —.— 2. Ryan Blaney 15.307 125.354 4 84 0.000 3. Carson Hocevar 15.309 125.338 4 58 -0.002 4. Brad Keselowski 15.312 125.313 3 51 -0.005 5. Michael McDowell 15.313 125.305 4 48 -0.006 6. Chase Briscoe 15.328 125.183 4 72 -0.021 7. Denny Hamlin 15.347 125.028 4 68 -0.040 8. Chase Elliott 15.358 124.938 4 51 -0.051 9. Ty Gibbs 15.364 124.889 5 84 -0.057 10. Ross Chastain 15.397 124.622 6 64 -0.090 11. AJ Allmendinger 15.401 124.589 2 61 -0.094 12. Christopher Bell 15.402 124.581 5 69 -0.095 13. Bubba Wallace 15.406 124.549 4 45 -0.099 14. Ryan Preece 15.419 124.444 4 67 -0.112 15. Riley Herbst 15.435 124.315 4 38 -0.128 16. Alex Bowman 15.436 124.307 4 46 -0.129 17. Austin Cindric 15.448 124.210 5 72 -0.141 18. Zane Smith 15.458 124.130 4 56 -0.151 19. Cole Custer 15.471 124.026 3 49 -0.164 20. Ty Dillon 15.481 123.945 3 52 -0.174 21. Noah Gragson 15.481 123.945 3 56 -0.174 22. Todd Gilliland 15.492 123.857 5 23 -0.185 23. John H. Nemechek 15.496 123.826 4 60 -0.189 24. Corey Heim 15.525 123.594 4 45 -0.218 25. William Byron 15.537 123.499 3 60 -0.230 26. Daniel Suarez 15.545 123.435 4 62 -0.238 27. Kyle Larson 15.570 123.237 8 58 -0.263 28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 15.583 123.134 3 60 -0.276 29. Shane Van Gisbergen 15.583 123.134 6 47 -0.276 30. Austin Dillon 15.584 123.126 5 65 -0.277 31. Joey Logano 15.601 122.992 5 65 -0.294 32. Erik Jones 15.615 122.882 3 50 -0.308 33. Chris Buescher 15.626 122.795 4 58 -0.319 34. Tyler Reddick 15.636 122.717 10 71 -0.329 35. Austin Hill 15.676 122.404 3 53 -0.369 36. Kyle Busch 15.679 122.380 3 40 -0.372 37. Cody Ware 15.696 122.248 3 42 -0.389 38. Josh Berry 15.709 122.147 2 63 -0.402 39. Chad Finchum 15.870 120.907 6 39 -0.563

 

2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race 10-Lap Average Chart

Rank Driver From Lap To Lap Avg Speed 1. Justin Haley 2 11 124.045 2. Michael McDowell 2 11 123.736 3. AJ Allmendinger 2 11 123.664 4. Ryan Blaney 3 12 123.627 5. Brad Keselowski 2 11 123.357 6. Zane Smith 3 12 123.263 7. Bubba Wallace 3 12 123.199 8. Ty Gibbs 5 14 123.194 9. Carson Hocevar 1 10 123.085 10. Austin Cindric 4 13 123.005 11. Noah Gragson 2 11 122.938 12. Ryan Preece 2 11 122.933 13. Riley Herbst 3 12 122.865 14. Corey Heim 3 12 122.729 15. Chase Briscoe 3 12 122.591 16. Ty Dillon 2 11 122.487 17. Ross Chastain 4 13 122.481 18. Chase Elliott 3 12 122.430 19. Cole Custer 2 11 122.360 20. Shane Van Gisbergen 3 12 122.316 21. Kyle Larson 5 14 122.275 22. Chris Buescher 3 12 122.231 23. Daniel Suarez 2 11 122.166 24. Austin Dillon 4 13 122.159 25. Tyler Reddick 6 15 122.103 26. Alex Bowman 3 12 122.085 27. Denny Hamlin 3 12 122.081 28. John Hunter Nemechek 2 11 121.839 29. Erik Jones 1 10 121.815 30. Joey Logano 3 12 121.815 31. Christopher Bell 11 20 121.764 32. William Byron 2 11 121.712 33. Todd Gilliland 1 10 121.455 34. Austin Hill 1 10 121.351 35. Josh Berry 5 14 121.312 36. Kyle Busch 19 28 121.203 37. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1 10 121.116 38. Cody Ware 2 11 119.130 39. Chad Finchum 30 39 115.838

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