Larson leads All-Star practice at Dover

Kyle Larson and Michael McDowell were the fastest in the longest NASCAR Cup Series practice the field will see this season.

It was a 90-minute session for all drivers who are entered in the All-Star Race festivities. Dover Motor Speedway is hosting the event for the first time this weekend with a new format.

Larson topped the board at 157.950 mph (22.792s). The Hendrick Motorsports driver ran 73 laps.

McDowell was second fastest with a lap of 157.826 mph. He also ran over 70 laps during practice.

Denny Hamlin was third fastest at 157.625 mph, Kyle Busch was fourth fastest at 157.453 mph, and Ty Gibbs was fifth fastest at 157.439 mph. Christopher Bell, who won the All-Star Race last year when it was at North Wilkesboro Speedway, was sixth fastest at 157.411 mph.

Ryan Blaney was seventh fastest in practice at 157.171 mph, Carson Hocevar was eighth fastest at 157.054 mph, and Brad Keselowski was ninth fastest at 156.917 mph. Austin Cindric completed the top 10 at 156.678 mph.

There were no major incidents in the session. However, Chase Briscoe bounced off the wall at the exit of Turn 2. Blaney also had a tire coming apart near the end of the session, but made it back to the garage.

The most laps run in practice were 108 by Chase Elliott. Cody Ware and Todd Gilliland ran the least at 31.

"It was good," Elliott said. "To have more than one set of tires was kind of weird. We haven't had that in a while. But I don't think it'll change anything; we've been through this for years. Something different to talk about, but it won't change the results."

Carson Hocevar was fastest in the best 10 consecutive lap averages. Hocevar led over Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, and Connor Zilisch.

The extended practice session was the only on-track activity for Cup Series teams on Friday. They will qualify on Saturday, which will also include the pit crew challenge.

There are 36 teams entered at Dover. They are all the charter teams.

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