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Hamlin fastest in practice at Daytona

Denny Hamlin topped the leaderboard in Friday evening’s NASCAR Cup Series practice session at Daytona International Speedway with a 197.477 mph lap in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Erik Jones’ No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota was second fastest at 197.468 mph. Christopher Bell (197.429 mph), Ty Gibbs (197.394 mph) and John Hunter Nemechek (197.377 mph) rounded out the top five.

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The rest of the top 10 included Tyler Reddick (197.364 mph), Jimmie Johnson (197.282 mph), Bubba Wallace (197.126 mph), Michael McDowell (194.569 mph) and Austin Cindric (194.523 mph).

Daytona 500 pole winner Joey Logano ended practice in 14th at 194.070 mph in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

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Final practice for the “Great American Race” is scheduled for Saturday morning (10:30 a.m. ET, FS1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).