Wallace fastest out of the box in Cup Series practice at Homestead

03/22/2025 02:43 PM

Bubba Wallace set the pace early in Cup Series practice at Homestead-Miami Speedway as one of the drivers in the first group on track, and it was good enough to wind up fastest overall.

Wallace clocked in at 166.955mph (32.344s) on his first lap on track in his Toyota. He ended up running 24 in total.

Erik Jones was second fastest at 166.826mph. He also set his fastest on the first lap.

Kyle Larson was third at 166.713 mph, Noah Gragson fourth at 166.626.mph and Christopher Bell was completed the top five at 166.507mph.

Chase Briscoe ran sixth at 166.466mph, Alex Bowman seventh at 166.328mph, and Denny Hamlin eighth at 166.287mph, Tyler Reddick ninth at 166.220mph and Michael rounded out the top 10 at 166.077mph.

Reddick is the defending winner at Homestead-Miami. The race was run in the fall in 2024.

Other notables in practice: Ryan Blaney in 12th, Ross Chastain in 15th, William Byron — the points leader — in 17th, Kyle Busch down in 20th, Brad Keselowski 27th, Ty Gibbs mired in 30th, Josh Berry in 31st, Joey Logano 32nd and Chase Elliott a lowly 33rd.

There were no significant incidents in practice, however Jones reported running over something in his Toyota that put a hole in the car’s underbody. The team is working to repair the damage before qualifying.

There are 37 teams entered at Homestead-Miami: the 36 charter teams and the Open team of JJ Yeley.

Wallace was also fastest in the best 10 consecutive lap average. It was Wallace over Hamlin, Larson, Blaney, and Gragson.

Elliott ran the most laps (41). Yeley ran the fewest(12).

NEXT: Cup Series qualifying, which began at 2:10 p.m. ET.