BRISTOL, TN :: CJ Faison clocked the fastest lap in the first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East practice session at Bristol Motor Speedway with a 16.112, a time almost six one-hundredths of a second faster than Ben Rhodes who was second fastest.  Rhodes comes in to Bristol fresh off a third place finish in the UARA-STARS opener at Southern National Motorsports Park.

Chad Finchum, who will be racing on concrete twice this weekend in Tennessee, was seventh fastest with a 16.290.  Finchum will head to Kingsport on Friday to compete in the 60 lap race at Kingsport Speedway in pursuit of the NASCAR Whelen All American Series National Championship before heading back to Bristol to compete in Saturday’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race.

The DRIVE4COPD 125 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season opener is schedule to start on Saturday, March 16th at 4:45pm EST, following the NASCAR Nationwide Series race.

FIRST PRACTICE SESSION TIMES:

1 #39 CJ Faison — 16.112
2 #41 Ben Rhodes — 16.169
3 #11 Brett Moffitt — 16.174
4 #96 Ben Kennedy — 16.186
5 #28 Brandon McReynolds — 16.256
6 #98 Dylan Kwasniewski — 16.284
7 #37 Chad Finchum — 16.290
8 #34 Kenzie Ruston — 16.295
9 #20 Gray Gaulding — 16.297
10 #4 Bryan Ortiz — 16.297
11 #7 Michael McGuire — 16.319
12 #00 Cole Custer — 16.350
13 #2 Ryan Gifford — 16.357
14 #33 Brandon Jones — 16.377
15 #31 Jimmy Weller — 16.396
16 #52 Tyler Reddick — 16.421
17 #89 Matt Tifft — 16.429
18 #10 Preston Peltier — 16.434
19 #71 Eddie MacDonald — 16.452
20 #77 Austin Wayne Self — 16.479
21 #6 Daniel Suarez — 16.480
22 #47 Cale Conley — 16.516
23 #13 Austin Hill — 16.530
24 #1 Nate Caruth — 16.534
25 #99 Austin Dyne — 16.538
26 #5 Steven Legendre — 16.538
27 #46 Brandon Gdovic — 16.552
28 #97 Jesse Little — 16.553
29 #25 Justin Boston — 16.564
30 #12 Brandon Glover — 16.583
31 #21 Mackena Bell — 16.628
32 #26 Dylan Presnell — 16.654
33 #18 Sam Hunt — 16.656
34 #72 Scott Heckert — 16.692
35 #90 Martin Roy — 16.741
36 #63 John Salemi — 16.783
37 #80 Blake Jones — 16.825
38 #73 Alx Danielsson — 16.867
39 #0 Enrique Contreras, III — 17.006
40 #49 Ray Courtemanche, Jr. — 17.763
41 #19 Chuck Buchanan, Jr. — 18.138