Spire Motorsports teammates Carson Hocevar and Michael McDowell set the pace for NASCAR Cup Series practice at Phoenix Raceway right at the start of the session, and no one could beat it. The two

Katherine Legge's first NASCAR Cup Series practice session saw the Guildford, England, native finish 37th out of 37 cars on the speed chart, with a fastest lap time of 28.34 seconds. Teams had the opportunity to run laps with both the harder, primary tire and the softer, option tire.

Christopher Bell became the first NASCAR Cup Series driver to win three straight races in the NextGen car, holding off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin by 0.049 seconds to win the second-closest race in Phoenix Raceway history.