Gilliland tops final NASCAR practice in Mexico City

Todd Gilliland was fastest in the final NASCAR Cup Series practice at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

It was a traditional 25-minute session, but came after teams had 50 minutes on track earlier in the day.

Gilliland clocked in at 93.181 mph (93.396 seconds). He only ran a total of six laps in his Front Row Motorsports Ford.

Ross Chastain was second fastest (93.041 mph). Ty Gibbs was third fastest (92.865 mph), Ryan Blaney was fourth fastest (92.837 mph), and Chris Buescher was fifth fastest (92726 mph).

The rest of the top 10 in practice saw Ryan Preece at sixth fastest (92.669 mph), Austin Cindric seventh fastest (92.651 mph), Joey Logano eighth fastest (92.641 mph), and Daniel Suarez ninth fastest (92.633 mph). And then it was Shane van Gisbergen in 10th place (92.601 mph).

Cup Series point leader William Byron was 16th fastest. Ryan Truex was 34th fastest for Joe Gibbs Racing as he substituted for Denny Hamlin.

There were no significant incidents during the session aside from Gibbs hitting a curb and having a solo spin early in the running.

Noah Gragson was the only driver who did not participate in final practice. Gragson’s team is preparing the backup car after he hit the wall entering Turn 4 in the first practice session.

NEXT: Cup Series qualifying at 2:05 p.m. ET Saturday.