PRACTICE: Harrison Burton Continues Fast Pace at Bristol

Reigning NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion Harrison Burton has been fast at Bristol Motor Speedway every time he’s been behind the wheel.

Anthony Alfredo and Harrison Burton were 4th and 1st fastest, respectively.

Bristol Motor Speedway. (Jason Christley/NASCAR)

On Friday afternoon, that trend continued. The Huntersville, North Carolina native paced the field with a lap of 122.787 mph (15.627 seconds) around the World’s Fastest Half-Mile in the one and only practice session for Saturday’s Zombie Auto 150.

In two previous K&N Pro East starts at Bristol, Burton started on the pole both times (2016 and 2017). His engine expired in the 2016 event, ending his afternoon prematurely. He won the rain-shortened race last year.

In the season-opening race at New Smyrna, Burton started first and finished third.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular Noah Gragson was second fastest with a lap of 15.652 (122.591). In 2016, the Las Vegas, Nevada native started 14th and finished 12th in his only other K&N East start at Thunder Valley.

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Tyler Dippel (15.664), Anthony Alfredo (15.668) and Brandon McReynolds (15.676) rounded out the top five when the 60-minute practice session concluded.

Two-time and reigning K&N Pro West champion Todd Gilliland, Cole Rouse, Spencer Davis, Tyler Ankrum and Derek Kraus completed the top 10.

The K&N Pro East will hit the track for group qualifying later on Friday at 6 p.m. ET, with the green flag for the Zombie Auto 150 scheduled to fly at 4 p.m. Saturday.

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Practice Results

Rank	Driver	Nbr	Time
1	Harrison Burton	12	15.627
2	Noah Gragson	54	15.652
3	Tyler Dippel	41	15.664
4	Anthony Alfredo	40	15.668
5	Brandon McReynolds	74	15.676
6	Todd Gilliland	98	15.680
7	Cole Rouse	99	15.710
8	Spencer Davis	82	15.720
9	Tyler Ankrum	17	15.734
10	Derek Kraus	16	15.763
11	Grant Quinlan	30	15.766
12	Reid Lanpher	59	15.781
13	Tanner Thorson	28	15.793
14	Hailie Deegan	19	15.825
15	Ronnie Bassett, Jr.	4	15.880
16	Dillon Bassett	44	15.919
17	Ryan Vargas	2	16.017
18	Brandon Oakley	51	16.025
19	Ruben Garcia, Jr.	6	16.027
20	Marcos Gomes	55	16.102
21	Eddie MacDonald	43	16.141
22	Matt Levin	10	16.163
23	Max Tullman	27	16.204
24	Chase Cabre	4	16.215
25	Juan M. Gonzalez	5	16.385
26	Jesse Iwuji	36	17.317
27	Salvatore Iovino	32	17.535
28	Chuck Buchanan Jr	87	17.664

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