Posted on by Jeff Gluck

Phoenix Raceway organizational test session times

Disclaimer: These came in raw data, so I had to pull them from a spreadsheet and it’s possible I screwed up.

I put these in order of best lap times, not mph, because the data is more detailed in seconds than speed. Also, these are the top time from each individual driver, not overall (Joey Logano had 19 of the 24 fastest laps in the Tuesday morning session; Dale Earnhardt Jr. had 13 of the fastest 15 laps in the Wednesday morning session).

Here are the single best lap times from the Tuesday morning test session:

  1. Kyle Larson (Ganassi) — 26.586 seconds
  2. Joey Logano (Penske) — 26.595
  3. Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas) — 26.774
  4. Ryan Blaney (Wood Bros.) — 26.799
  5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Hendrick) — 26.807
  6. Aric Almirola (Petty) — 26.845
  7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway) — 26.854
  8. Austin Dillon (Childress) — 26.876
  9. AJ Allmendinger (JTG Daugherty) — 26.896
  10. Erik Jones (Furniture Row) — 26.898
  11. Michael McDowell (Leavine Family) — 26.965
  12. Ty Dillon (Germain) — 26.976
  13. Alex Bowman (Chevy wheel force) — 27.027
  14. Daniel Suarez (Joe Gibbs Racing) — 27.125
  15. JJ Yeley (Toyota wheel force) — 27.186
  16. Landon Cassill (Ford wheel force) — No time recorded

And here are the single best lap times from the Tuesday afternoon test session:

  1. Joey Logano (Penske) — 26.674
  2. Ty Dillon (Germain) — 26.722
  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Hendrick) — 26.774
  4. Kyle Larson (Ganassi) — 26.788
  5. Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas) — 26.802
  6. Erik Jones (Furniture Row) — 26.808
  7. Ryan Blaney (Wood Bros.) — 26.885
  8. Aric Almirola (Petty) — 26.965
  9. Austin Dillon (Childress) — 26.997
  10. AJ Allmendinger (JTG Daugherty) — 27.043
  11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway) — 27.045
  12. Daniel Suarez (Joe Gibbs Racing) — 27.085
  13. Michael McDowell (Leavine Family) — 27.142
  14. Alex Bowman (Chevy wheel force) — 27.276
  15. JJ Yeley (Toyota wheel force) — 27.286
  16. Landon Cassill (Ford wheel force) — 27.680

These are the best single lap times from the Wednesday morning test session:

  1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Hendrick) — 26.555
  2. Kyle Larson (Ganassi) — 26.583
  3. Erik Jones (Furniture Row) — 26.625
  4. Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas) — 26.685
  5. Joey Logano (Penske) — 26.690
  6. Daniel Suarez (Joe Gibbs Racing) — 26.710
  7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway) — 26.713
  8. Austin Dillon (Childress) — 26.741
  9. Ryan Blaney (Wood Bros.) — 26.750
  10. Aric Almirola (Petty) — 26.755
  11. AJ Allmendinger (JTG Daugherty) — 26.763
  12. Ty Dillon (Germain) — 26.848
  13. Alex Bowman (Chevy wheel force) — 27.116
  14. Michael McDowell (Leavine Family) — 27.244
  15. JJ Yeley (Toyota wheel force) — 27.278
  16. Landon Cassill (Ford wheel force) — 27.622

And finally, the times from the Wednesday afternoon session:

  1. Kyle Larson (Ganassi) — 26.667
  2. Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas) — 26.698
  3. Joey Logano (Penske) — 26.703
  4. Erik Jones (Furniture Row) — 26.726
  5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Hendrick) — 26.731
  6. Ryan Blaney (Wood Bros.) — 26.766
  7. Austin Dillon (Childress) — 26.770
  8. Daniel Suarez (Joe Gibbs Racing) — 26.773
  9. Michael McDowell (Leavine Family) — 26.816
  10. AJ Allmendinger (JTG Daugherty) — 26.924
  11. Aric Almirola (Petty) — 26.972
  12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway) — 27.034
  13. Ty Dillon (Germain) — 27.082
  14. Alex Bowman (Chevy wheel force) — 27.325
  15. JJ Yeley (Toyota wheel force) — 27.337
  16. Landon Cassill (Ford wheel force) — 27.437

9 Replies to “Phoenix Raceway organizational test session times”

  1. “I put these in order of best lap times, not mph…”

    Thank you. This is not Bonneville.

    1. Spring 2016
      Practice 1 – Kurt Busch 25.928
      Practice 2 – Kurt Busch 26.194
      Practice 3 – Kevin Harvick 26.409
      Qualifying – Kyle Busch 26.014

      Fall 2016
      Practice 1 – Kyle Larson 25.802
      Practice 2 – Martin Truex Jr. 26.573
      Practice 3 – Kyle Busch 26.401
      Qualifying – Alex Bowman 25.619

    2. Those times are slower that what qualifying speeds were last year BUT I doubt anyone made a qualifying run. The test was because of the new aero rules so I’m quite sure everyone was gathering as much race trim information as possible.

  4. What is Toyota Wheel Force, Chevy Wheel Force, etc? I assume this is some kind of manufacturer test car? Hadn’t seen that term before.

  5. Interesting that the data acquisition cars went Chevrolet, Toyota, Ford in each session. Obviously that cannot be seen as what to expect from the marks 2017. New aero etc looks to cost a bit on lap time. Plate tracks should be about the same speed based on spoiler / plate adjustments. We’ll see in a few days. So I guess the new in-race points bonus is designed to both heighten viewer interest to watch early and often but also open up some “Have at it Boys” sequences during each race. The team’s Fab Shops will be working overtime to repair the added bent sheet metal… and the Paint / Livery guys will not get much rest.

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