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Austin Dillon leads Friday's Daytona 500 practice

February 14, 2026

Story byMotorsport photoNick DeGrootFri, February 13, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC·4 min readThe second practice session for the Daytona 500 is complete, and there were no issues during the hour-long session. Manufacturers stayed with their own, running carefully coordinated groups to minimize risk. Chevrolet had the biggest group, so it's no surprise that bowties dominated the top ten on the speed. Austin Dillon led the way in the No.

Austin Dillon leads Friday's Daytona 500 practice

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3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (195.63mph), followed by Alex Bowman in the No.
48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (195.452mph), and Justin Allgaier in the No.
40 JR Motorsports Chevrolet (195.071mph). AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementChase Elliott and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
rounded out the top five, followed by Shane van Gisbergen, William Byron, Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson, and Connor Zilisch. Josh Berry was the top Ford driver in eleventh, while Christopher Bell led the way for Toyota in 21st."We got out there, messed around a little bit in the draft," said Dillon, who will start seventh in Sunday's Daytona 500.
"Our Chevy has speed, obviously.

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