
James Davison was fastest in Xfinity practice
Australian James Davison has continued his rise as a NASCAR road course racer with the fastest time in practice ahead of the Xfinity Series race at Road America in Wisconsin.
Making only his third start in the second-tier NASCAR series, the cousin of Will and Alex Davison, put his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at the head of the time sheets in a field that includes the Xfinity Series regulars plus the likes of Austin Cindric and Stadium Super Truck racer Sheldon Creed.
The performance comes on the back of his fourth-place finish earlier this month at the road course of Mid-Ohio.
After sitting 11th after the first practice, Davison set his fastest time on the second of his six timed laps in the 55-minute session.
Justin Marks, who led the slower overall opening session, finished just 0.095-sec back in second ahead of Cindric.
Davison, who has made three starts in the Indianapolis 500, made his Xfinity Series debut last season at this race; he finished 19th aboard Mario Gosselin’s Chevrolet.
Qualifying will be held tomorrow morning followed by the 45-lap Johnsonville 180 in the afternoon.
VIDEO: Davison speaks after practice
RESULTS: Practice #2 – Johnsonville 180 : Road America
Cla |
# |
Driver |
Manufacturer |
Laps |
Time |
Gap |
Mph |
1 |
20 |
James Davison |
Toyota |
6 |
134.076 |
|
108.691 |
2 |
42 |
Justin Marks |
Chevrolet |
11 |
134.171 |
0.095 |
108.614 |
3 |
22 |
Austin Cindric |
Ford |
6 |
134.433 |
0.357 |
108.402 |
4 |
00 |
Cole Custer |
Ford |
9 |
134.640 |
0.564 |
108.235 |
5 |
48 |
Brennan Poole |
Chevrolet |
10 |
135.075 |
0.999 |
107.887 |
6 |
16 |
Ryan Reed |
Ford |
9 |
135.220 |
1.144 |
107.771 |
7 |
7 |
Justin Allgaier |
Chevrolet |
8 |
135.306 |
1.230 |
107.703 |
8 |
21 |
Daniel Hemric |
Chevrolet |
8 |
135.537 |
1.461 |
107.519 |
9 |
98 |
Casey Mears |
Ford |
10 |
135.573 |
1.497 |
107.490 |
10 |
2 |
Ben Kennedy |
Chevrolet |
11 |
135.586 |
1.510 |
107.480 |
11 |
11 |
Blake Koch |
Chevrolet |
5 |
135.628 |
1.552 |
107.447 |
12 |
62 |
Brendan Gaughan |
Chevrolet |
7 |
135.807 |
1.731 |
107.305 |
13 |
3 |
Harrison Rhodes |
Chevrolet |
5 |
135.952 |
1.876 |
107.191 |
14 |
46 |
Parker Kligerman |
Chevrolet |
5 |
135.972 |
1.896 |
107.175 |
15 |
1 |
Elliott Sadler |
Chevrolet |
7 |
136.051 |
1.975 |
107.113 |
16 |
23 |
Spencer Gallagher |
Chevrolet |
9 |
136.166 |
2.090 |
107.022 |
17 |
18 |
Christopher Bell |
Toyota |
11 |
136.464 |
2.388 |
106.789 |
18 |
39 |
Ryan Sieg |
Chevrolet |
5 |
136.813 |
2.737 |
106.516 |
19 |
9 |
William Byron |
Chevrolet |
12 |
136.930 |
2.854 |
106.425 |
20 |
8 |
Josh Bilicki |
Chevrolet |
6 |
137.020 |
2.944 |
106.355 |
21 |
19 |
Matt Tifft |
Toyota |
6 |
137.103 |
3.027 |
106.291 |
22 |
33 |
Brandon Jones |
Chevrolet |
10 |
137.220 |
3.144 |
106.200 |
23 |
51 |
Jeremy Clements |
Chevrolet |
3 |
137.237 |
3.161 |
106.187 |
24 |
4 |
Ross Chastain |
Chevrolet |
4 |
137.456 |
3.380 |
106.018 |
25 |
24 |
Dylan Lupton |
Toyota |
7 |
137.764 |
3.688 |
105.781 |
26 |
14 |
J.J. Yeley |
Toyota |
3 |
137.940 |
3.864 |
105.646 |
27 |
01 |
Sheldon Creed |
Chevrolet |
8 |
138.423 |
4.347 |
105.277 |
28 |
5 |
Michael Annett |
Chevrolet |
9 |
138.933 |
4.857 |
104.891 |
29 |
28 |
Dakoda Armstrong |
Toyota |
3 |
139.001 |
4.925 |
104.840 |
30 |
13 |
Ernie Francis Jr. |
Dodge |
8 |
139.243 |
5.167 |
104.657 |
31 |
93 |
Jeff Green |
Chevrolet |
3 |
139.457 |
5.381 |
104.497 |
32 |
90 |
Dexter Bean |
Chevrolet |
6 |
139.892 |
5.816 |
104.172 |
33 |
99 |
David Starr |
Chevrolet |
6 |
141.105 |
7.029 |
103.276 |
34 |
17 |
Nick Hammann |
Chevrolet |
6 |
141.311 |
7.235 |
103.126 |
35 |
07 |
Ryan Ellis |
Chevrolet |
3 |
141.352 |
7.276 |
103.096 |
36 |
0 |
Garrett Smithley |
Chevrolet |
2 |
142.963 |
8.887 |
101.934 |
37 |
78 |
Steven Young |
Chevrolet |
6 |
144.655 |
10.579 |
100.742 |
38 |
52 |
Joey Gase |
Chevrolet |
3 |
145.172 |
11.096 |
100.383 |
39 |
74 |
John Graham |
Dodge |
8 |
148.409 |
14.333 |
98.194 |
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