Larson’s posted an average speed of 182.500 mph soon after taking the track in the Group A practice but later in the session hit the wall in Turn 2, doing significant damage to his No. 5 Chevrolet.
While his Hendrick Motorsports team planned to fix the car, he was not going to be able to participate in Saturday night’s qualifying and would end up starting near the rear of the field in Sunday’s race.
