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- Red Bull's Max Verstappen showed Wednesday that not a whole lot has changed over the offseason. He was quickest overall with a lap at 132.541 mph. The lap was 1.14 seconds faster than McLaren's Lando Norris. Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. was third, then Daniel Riccardo and Pierre Gasly.

Verstappen didn't just have one-lap pace. He also turned in the most laps of any driver on Wednesday, completing 143 laps (480.909 miles) of the 3.363-mile road course.

Williams' Logan Sargeant had some issues during the day. He spun out into the runoff at turn 9, but was able to recover. Later on, Sargeant's Williams had a driveshaft failure.

18 drivers set times on the first day. Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton will get on track for the first time today. 

Frontstretch Line of the Week

From What Can Improve the Truck Series? One Answer May Be Cup Drivers

"Should Cup drivers be allowed to run an unlimited amount of regular season races? Definitely not. Yet allowing participation in a few more races, or at least at tracks where things can get chaotic, may be essential in bringing back racing integrity to the Truck garage. Allow Cup drivers to run in eight races instead of five or make it easier for teams to field multiple Cup drivers in their selected starts." - Luken Glover, on what could be done to improve the quality of races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.