Nationwide practices are in the books at Watkins Glen International, and Marcos Ambrose was the fastest car in the final session.
The road course specialist had a top speed of 123.193 MPH and a best lap time of 71.595 seconds.
Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed was 17th fastest in the practice session, but suffered major front end damage when he hit the wall hard. Reed has been forced to a backup car for Saturday’s race. See a GIF of the incident below:
Here are your final speeds following the final practice:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Speed | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 09 | * Marcos Ambrose(i) | 123.193 | 71.595 |
| 2 | 22 | Brad Keselowski(i) | 122.524 | 71.986 |
| 3 | 12 | * Joey Logano(i) | 122.515 | 71.991 |
| 4 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | 122.303 | 72.116 |
| 5 | 54 | Kyle Busch(i) | 122.276 | 72.132 |
| 6 | 33 | * Paul Menard(i) | 122.250 | 72.147 |
| 7 | 31 | Dylan Kwasniewski # | 121.798 | 72.415 |
| 8 | 60 | Chris Buescher # | 121.741 | 72.449 |
| 9 | 7 | Regan Smith | 121.699 | 72.474 |
| 10 | 20 | Matt Kenseth(i) | 121.684 | 72.483 |
| 11 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | 121.593 | 72.537 |
| 12 | 42 | Kyle Larson(i) | 121.451 | 72.622 |
| 13 | 9 | Chase Elliott # | 121.305 | 72.709 |
| 14 | 11 | Elliott Sadler | 120.903 | 72.951 |
| 15 | 2 | Brian Scott | 120.650 | 73.104 |
| 16 | 3 | Ty Dillon # | 120.336 | 73.295 |
| 17 | 16 | Ryan Reed # | 120.329 | 73.299 |
| 18 | 99 | James Buescher | 119.700 | 73.684 |
| 19 | 55 | Brennan Newberry(i) | 119.635 | 73.724 |
| 20 | 44 | Carlos Contreras | 119.507 | 73.803 |
| 21 | 75 | * Kenny Habul | 119.410 | 73.863 |
| 22 | 19 | Mike Bliss | 119.260 | 73.956 |
| 23 | 87 | Stanton Barrett | 119.249 | 73.963 |
| 24 | 43 | Dakoda Armstrong # | 119.204 | 73.991 |
| 25 | 28 | JJ Yeley | 118.951 | 74.148 |
| 26 | 01 | Landon Cassill | 118.906 | 74.176 |
| 27 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | 118.732 | 74.285 |
| 28 | 40 | Matt DiBenedetto | 118.649 | 74.337 |
| 29 | 39 | Ryan Sieg # | 118.091 | 74.688 |
| 30 | 4 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 117.705 | 74.933 |
| 31 | 14 | Eric McClure | 117.616 | 74.990 |
| 32 | 93 | Tomy Drissi(i) | 117.068 | 75.341 |
| 33 | 70 | * Derrike Cope | 116.528 | 75.690 |
| 34 | 23 | Kevin O'Connell | 115.766 | 76.188 |
| 35 | 46 | * Josh Wise(i) | 115.264 | 76.520 |
| 36 | 17 | * Tanner Berryhill # | 115.252 | 76.528 |
| 37 | 52 | Joey Gase | 112.690 | 78.268 |
| 38 | 74 | * Roger Reuse | 110.622 | 79.731 |
| 39 | 10 | * Blake Koch | 101.364 | 87.013 |
