Ryan Blaney paced NASCAR Cup Series practice Friday at Phoenix Raceway, leading the way for the four title contenders in the process.
Blaney, the defending series champion, put down a fast lap of 132.479mph (27.174s). While most of the fast laps were set early in practice, he went to the top of the leaderboard on his 21st lap before running a total of 46 laps in practice.
Martin Truex Jr. was second fastest at 132.324mph and Kyle Larson was third at 132.193mph. William Byron, another title contender, was fourth at 132.004mph. He ran 50 laps total.
Austin Cindric rounded out the top five at 131.989mph. Corey Lajoie was sixth at 131.858mph; Ty Gibbs, seventh at 131.848mph; Denny Hamlin, eighth at 131.791mph and Joey Logano, the third title contender, ninth. Logano’s fastest lap was 131.757mph. He ran 43 laps.