Practice Results: 2025 NCS Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis

Denny Hamlin and John Hunter Nemechek paced NASCAR Cup Series practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which ended up being a 25-minute combined session after inclement weather forced the session's postponement on Friday.
Brad Keselowski was third with Ty Gibbs, Zane Smith, Austin Dillon, Kyle Larson, Erik Jones, Carson Hocevar, and Austin Cindric inside the top-10.
Pos | # | Driver | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 49.440s |
2 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 0.070 |
3 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 0.200 |
4 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 0.263 |
5 | 38 | Zane Smith | 0.298 |
6 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 0.516 |
7 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 0.516 |
8 | 43 | Erik Jones | 0.587 |
9 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 0.589 |
10 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 0.592 |
11 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 0.615 |
12 | 21 | Josh Berry | 0.622 |
13 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 0.721 |
14 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 0.738 |
15 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 0.801 |
16 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 0.807 |
17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 0.822 |
18 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 0.825 |
19 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 0.853 |
20 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 0.862 |
21 | 24 | William Byron | 0.869 |
22 | 22 | Joey Logano | 0.875 |
23 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 0.886 |
24 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 0.948 |
25 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 1.004 |
26 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1.011 |
27 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 1.036 |
28 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 1.071 |
29 | 7 | Justin Haley | 1.131 |
30 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 1.154 |
31 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 1.157 |
32 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 1.206 |
33 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 1.234 |
34 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 1.320 |
35 | 41 | Cole Custer | 1.320 |
36 | 62 | Jesse Love | 1.499 |
37 | 51 | Cody Ware | 2.019 |
38 | 78 | Katherine Legge | 4.355 |
39 | 66 | Josh Bilicki | 5.218 |
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