Garcia Quickest In K&N East Practice At Bristol

Story By: ZACH CATANZARETI / NASCAR – BRISTOL, TN – In a day impacted by weather, Ruben Garcia Jr. still managed the make the most of the opportunity.

Ripping around Bristol Motor Speedway in 15.861 seconds (120.976 mph), the native of Mexico City, Mexico, topped the lone practice session for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. The sophomore driver ran 55 totals laps in his No. 6 UTI/NTI Toyota.

Finishing second quick was Jesse Little, the 20-year-old who is making his first East start of 2017 in his No. 97 NASCAR Technical Institute Toyota. He trailed Garcia by only 0.001 seconds.

Harrison Burton was third quickest followed by Sheldon Creed and Ronnie Bassett Jr. in the top five.

The track was a popular place in what was only a 55-minute session. All 26 drivers took laps, with Chase Cabre running the most with 74.

Zane Smith was sixth quickest with Hunter Baize, Spencer Davis, Collin Cabre and defending NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion Todd Gilliland completing the top 10.

Due to inclement weather, qualifying for Saturday’s Zombie Auto 125 was cancelled, putting Harrison Burton on pole for the 125-lap event.

Pos	No. Name	Sponsor	Best Tm	Best Speed	In Lap	Laps	Diff
1 6	Ruben Garcia Jr	SUNOCO Toyota	15.861	120.976	29	55
2 97	Jesse Little	NASCAR Technical Institute Toyota	15.862	120.968	26	37	0.001
3 12	Harrison Burton	Dex Imaging Toyota	15.874	120.877	35	58	0.013
4 40	Sheldon Creed *	A.M. Ortega/United Rentals Toyota	15.903	120.656	48	71	0.042
5 04	Ronnie Bassett Jr	Bassett Gutters and More Chevrolet	15.984	120.045	37	37	0.123
6 43	Zane Smith *	Diamondback Towing Toyota	16.005	119.888	45	48	0.144
7 13	Hunter Baize	Reynolds Wrap/Lightning Auto Sales Chevrole	16.025	119.738	31	47	0.164
8 96	Spencer Davis	Davis Poultry/Driven Motorsports Toyota	16.037	119.648	32	62	0.176
9 2	Collin Cabre	UTI/NTI Toyota	16.074	119.373	35	42	0.213
10 16	Todd Gilliland	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	16.131	118.951	21	38	0.27
11 17	Chase Purdy *	Bama Buggies/Textron Off Road Toyota	16.154	118.782	37	52	0.293
12 44	Dillon Bassett	Bassett Gutters and More Ford	16.158	118.752	17	19	0.297
13 14	Trey Hutchens	Hutchens Motorsports Chevrolet	16.206	118.401	45	49	0.345
14 23	J P Morgan	www.SoldByJackieMorgan.com	16.23	118.226	12	61	0.369
15 66	Reid Wilson *	TruNorth Warranty Programs Chevrolet	16.232	118.211	53	59	0.371
16 42	Jay Beasley	Honda Generators Toyota	16.237	118.175	46	48	0.376
17 39	Chad Finchum	Emory & Henry/WEHC 99.7 FM Toyota	16.239	118.16	16	43	0.378
18 88	Julia Landauer	One Love Fountain Ford	16.309	117.653	11	57	0.448
19 11	Ryan Truex	Otics USA Chevrolet	16.317	117.595	26	32	0.456
20 30	Tyler Dippel	TyCar Ford	16.359	117.293	61	61	0.498
21 4	Chase Cabre *	Max Siegel Inc Toyota	16.447	116.666	61	74	0.586
9	Brandon Lynn	Next Gen/Peak Performance Chevrolet	16.518	116.164	34	57	0.657
23 71	Eddie MacDonald	Grimm Construction Chevrolet	16.703	114.878	49	49	0.842
24 5	Luis Rodriguez Jr *	TWR/PEAK Performance Chevrolet	16.718	114.774	67	68	0.857
25 41	Vinnie Miller *	MasterMfgInc.com Toyota	16.725	114.726	6	23	0.864
26 18	Sam Hunt	Team HSR Toyota	17.284	111.016	5	6	1.423