Tyler Reddick Paces Practice for NASCAR All-Star Race

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Tyler Reddick, who was one of the four contenders for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series championship, was the fastest driver in Friday afternoon's practice session for Sunday's NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

Driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing, Reddick turned a fast lap of 18.198 seconds (123.640 mph) around the 0.625-mile short track. Reddick turned a total of 101 laps in the session, and his fastest lap came on his 54th circuit around the track.

Chase Elliott fired off with some sluggish short-run speed in the practice session, but after an adjustment from crew chief Alan Gustafson, Elliott returned to the track with much faster short-run speed. As a result, Elliott was able to turn the second-fastest lap of the session (18.233 seconds).

Bubba Wallace was the quickest of the 18 All-Star Open Race competitors in the session as he was third-fastest with a lap time of 18.237 seconds.

Christopher Bell was fourth-fastest in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, and he was followed by Erik Jones, the second-fastest of the All-Star Open cars in the session.

Ross Chastain, Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Kyle Busch, and defending NASCAR All-Star Race winner Joey Logano rounded out the top 10 fastest in the practice session.

NASCAR All-Star Race Practice Results

Rank	Car	Driver	Lap time	Diff
1	45	Tyler Reddick	18.198	--
2	9	Chase Elliott	18.233	0.035
3	23	Bubba Wallace*	18.237	0.039
4	20	Christopher Bell	18.265	0.067
5	43	Erik Jones*	18.271	0.073
6	1	Ross Chastain	18.274	0.076
7	6	Brad Keselowski	18.290	0.092
8	24	William Byron	18.294	0.096
9	8	Kyle Busch	18.307	0.109
10	22	Joey Logano	18.313	0.115
11	21	Josh Berry	18.320	0.122
12	54	Ty Gibbs*	18.321	0.123
13	2	Austin Cindric	18.327	0.129
14	34	Todd Gilliland*	18.349	0.151
15	99	Daniel Suarez	18.361	0.163
16	42	John Hunter Nemechek*	18.364	0.166
17	12	Ryan Blaney	18.373	0.175
18	11	Denny Hamlin	18.390	0.192
19	35	Riley Herbst* #	18.400	0.202
20	10	Ty Dillon*	18.416	0.218
21	7	Justin Haley*	18.420	0.222
22	60	Ryan Preece*	18.421	0.223
23	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	18.423	0.225
24	5	Justin Allgaier(i)	18.434	0.236
25	19	Chase Briscoe	18.437	0.239
26	4	Noah Gragson	18.440	0.242
27	77	Carson Hocevar	18.441	0.243
28	88	Shane van Gisbergen* #	18.447	0.249
29	38	Zane Smith*	18.471	0.273
30	17	Chris Buescher	18.476	0.278
31	16	AJ Allmendinger*	18.487	0.289
32	48	Alex Bowman	18.500	0.302
33	71	Michael McDowell*	18.512	0.314
34	51	Harrison Burton	18.529	0.331
35	3	Austin Dillon	18.549	0.351
36	41	Cole Custer*	18.580	0.382
37	15	Cody Ware*	18.682	0.484
38	66	Chad Finchum*	19.212	1.014

* indicates driver racing in NASCAR All-Star Open Race
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender