The highest speeds all got here from the primary 20-minute session with McDowell’s common lap velocity of 169.443 mph main all 36 members.
McDowell introduced earlier this week he was leaving Entrance Row Motorsports on the finish of the 2024 season to hitch Spire Motorsports in 2025.
Ty Gibbs was second quickest general (168.566 mph) and Chris Buescher was third (168.457 mph).
Denny Hamlin was quickest within the second 20-minute session (167.761 mph).
Amongst these drivers who ran no less than 10 consecutive laps, Austin Cindric had the quickest common lap velocity (164.645 mph). Buescher and Kyle Larson have been second and third, respectively, in that class.
Group B
Hamlin, who has usually run properly at Darlington, topped the second 20-minute session with a median lap velocity of 167.761 mph. He was ninth-fastest general, nevertheless.
Fellow Toyota driver Bubba Wallace ended up second quickest (167.356 mph) whereas Larson, who received final fall’s Darlington race, was third (167.197 mph).
Ford drivers Todd Gilliland and Cindric rounded out the highest 5.
Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Ryan Blaney all tagged the wall through the apply, however with out a lot if any injury.
The Fords of Josh Berry and Chase Briscoe and the Chevrolet of Daniel Suarez have been amongst these vehicles who appeared to wrestle in apply and remained close to the underside of the velocity chart.
Group A
McDowell led the way in which within the first 20-minute session with a median lap velocity of 169.443 mph.
Gibbs was second fast at 168.566 mph whereas Buescher was third (168.457 mph).
Christopher Bell and William Byron rounded out the highest 5. Byron ended up the one Chevrolet driver within the high seven of the session.
Hendrick driver Alex Bowman’s staff appeared to wrestle within the session, coming in seventeenth quickest out of the 18 vehicles collaborating. Bowman did seem to tag the wall at one level along with his No. 48 Chevrolet.
