4LT GS Roadster
Daytona Beach, FL. – It was only two laps. It didn’t pay a dime or a point.
In fact, the practice session was cut short by rain.
Yet Dale Earnhardt Jr. still had the fastest car in Friday’s first practice session for the Daytona 500. And coming off the worst season of his Sprint Cup Series career, that has to count for something.
Earnhardt posted a lap at 188.679 mph to lead a field of 46 cars that were able to get onto the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway before rain halted the session. Eight teams that never got on track will have a half-hour practice session beginning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Qualifying that will set the front row for the Daytona 500 field is set for 1:05 p.m. Saturday.
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