NASCAR practice speeds, lap averages and notes for the 2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Use the NASCAR stats and data to build DFS lineups on DraftKings. Justin Haley was fastest.
The NASCAR Cup Series ran a single practice session at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday afternoon/evening in preparation for the upcoming Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday night.
The 39-car field was split into two groups for practice, with each group getting 25 minutes on track.
Below you will find the two groups, key notes from the practice session, as well as the practice speeds for all drivers.
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Important Practice Notes
Tire Wear – The biggest question heading into the weekend was whether or not we would see significant tire wear this weekend. There was optimism by some drivers that we would. That was not the case in practice, though.
Tires didn’t seem to show excessive wear after that practice. pic.twitter.com/249wT9cpL3
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) September 12, 2025
Corey Heim – Corey Heim will be making his fourth Cup Series start of the season this weekend, driving the No. 67 Toyota for 23XI Racing. His finishes this season have been 13th at Kansas, 37th at Nashville, and 29th at Richmond.
Austin Hill – Like Corey Heim, Austin Hill will also be making his fourth Cup Series start of the season this weekend at Bristol. He will be piloting the No. 33 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. He has finished 31st at Darlington this season, ninth at Chicago Street Course, and 30th at Daytona.
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2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race Practice Speed Chart
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Rank
Driver
Time
Speed
Fastest Lap
Laps Ran
1.
Justin Haley
15.307
125.354
4
78
—.—
2.
Ryan Blaney
15.307
125.354
4
84
0.000
3.
Carson Hocevar
15.309
125.338
4
58
-0.002
4.
Brad Keselowski
15.312
125.313
3
51
-0.005
5.
Michael McDowell
15.313
125.305
4
48
-0.006
6.
Chase Briscoe
15.328
125.183
4
72
-0.021
7.
Denny Hamlin
15.347
125.028
4
68
-0.040
8.
Chase Elliott
15.358
124.938
4
51
-0.051
9.
Ty Gibbs
15.364
124.889
5
84
-0.057
10.
Ross Chastain
15.397
124.622
6
64
-0.090
11.
AJ Allmendinger
15.401
124.589
2
61
-0.094
12.
Christopher Bell
15.402
124.581
5
69
-0.095
13.
Bubba Wallace
15.406
124.549
4
45
-0.099
14.
Ryan Preece
15.419
124.444
4
67
-0.112
15.
Riley Herbst
15.435
124.315
4
38
-0.128
16.
Alex Bowman
15.436
124.307
4
46
-0.129
17.
Austin Cindric
15.448
124.210
5
72
-0.141
18.
Zane Smith
15.458
124.130
4
56
-0.151
19.
Cole Custer
15.471
124.026
3
49
-0.164
20.
Ty Dillon
15.481
123.945
3
52
-0.174
21.
Noah Gragson
15.481
123.945
3
56
-0.174
22.
Todd Gilliland
15.492
123.857
5
23
-0.185
23.
John H. Nemechek
15.496
123.826
4
60
-0.189
24.
Corey Heim
15.525
123.594
4
45
-0.218
25.
William Byron
15.537
123.499
3
60
-0.230
26.
Daniel Suarez
15.545
123.435
4
62
-0.238
27.
Kyle Larson
15.570
123.237
8
58
-0.263
28.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
15.583
123.134
3
60
-0.276
29.
Shane Van Gisbergen
15.583
123.134
6
47
-0.276
30.
Austin Dillon
15.584
123.126
5
65
-0.277
31.
Joey Logano
15.601
122.992
5
65
-0.294
32.
Erik Jones
15.615
122.882
3
50
-0.308
33.
Chris Buescher
15.626
122.795
4
58
-0.319
34.
Tyler Reddick
15.636
122.717
10
71
-0.329
35.
Austin Hill
15.676
122.404
3
53
-0.369
36.
Kyle Busch
15.679
122.380
3
40
-0.372
37.
Cody Ware
15.696
122.248
3
42
-0.389
38.
Josh Berry
15.709
122.147
2
63
-0.402
39.
Chad Finchum
15.870
120.907
6
39
-0.563
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2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race 10-Lap Average Chart
Rank
Driver
From Lap
To Lap
Avg Speed
1.
Justin Haley
2
11
124.045
2.
Michael McDowell
2
11
123.736
3.
AJ Allmendinger
2
11
123.664
4.
Ryan Blaney
3
12
123.627
5.
Brad Keselowski
2
11
123.357
6.
Zane Smith
3
12
123.263
7.
Bubba Wallace
3
12
123.199
8.
Ty Gibbs
5
14
123.194
9.
Carson Hocevar
1
10
123.085
10.
Austin Cindric
4
13
123.005
11.
Noah Gragson
2
11
122.938
12.
Ryan Preece
2
11
122.933
13.
Riley Herbst
3
12
122.865
14.
Corey Heim
3
12
122.729
15.
Chase Briscoe
3
12
122.591
16.
Ty Dillon
2
11
122.487
17.
Ross Chastain
4
13
122.481
18.
Chase Elliott
3
12
122.430
19.
Cole Custer
2
11
122.360
20.
Shane Van Gisbergen
3
12
122.316
21.
Kyle Larson
5
14
122.275
22.
Chris Buescher
3
12
122.231
23.
Daniel Suarez
2
11
122.166
24.
Austin Dillon
4
13
122.159
25.
Tyler Reddick
6
15
122.103
26.
Alex Bowman
3
12
122.085
27.
Denny Hamlin
3
12
122.081
28.
John Hunter Nemechek
2
11
121.839
29.
Erik Jones
1
10
121.815
30.
Joey Logano
3
12
121.815
31.
Christopher Bell
11
20
121.764
32.
William Byron
2
11
121.712
33.
Todd Gilliland
1
10
121.455
34.
Austin Hill
1
10
121.351
35.
Josh Berry
5
14
121.312
36.
Kyle Busch
19
28
121.203
37.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
1
10
121.116
38.
Cody Ware
2
11
119.130
39.
Chad Finchum
30
39
115.838
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