Practice #1

The 2017 Alabama 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Talladega Superspeedway.

Alabama 500

Sunday, October 15th, 2017

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 9 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Margin of Victory: 0.210 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 47 Minutes 52 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 131.677
  • Cautions: 11 for 47 laps
  • Lead Changes: 30
  • Green Flag Passes: 13,961 (99.0 passes per green flag lap)
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Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 10-LAP FRM TO
47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 32 188.902 50.693 2.295 10 11 0.000 0 0
43 Aric Almirola Ford 7 197.667 48.445 0.047 11 21 196.657 6 15
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 1 197.859 48.398 0.000 11 27 196.577 6 15
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 6 197.680 48.442 0.044 11 22 192.424 4 13
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 13 196.721 48.678 0.280 23 28 192.446 5 14
38 David Ragan Ford 22 195.126 49.076 0.678 6 22 184.294 3 12
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 12 196.746 48.672 0.274 21 27 194.962 15 24
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 33 188.831 50.712 2.314 11 13 0.000 0 0
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 39 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0
22 Joey Logano Ford 9 197.606 48.460 0.062 11 29 196.666 5 14
5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 10 197.082 48.589 0.191 21 29 195.137 15 24
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 5 197.696 48.438 0.040 11 22 196.240 6 15
41 Kurt Busch Ford 2 197.806 48.411 0.013 11 24 0.000 0 0
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 15 196.290 48.785 0.387 20 23 195.001 11 20
78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 16 196.057 48.843 0.445 11 17 195.055 4 13
20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 17 195.864 48.891 0.493 13 26 195.371 13 22
95 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 24 194.868 49.141 0.743 12 24 192.563 5 14
27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 25 194.389 49.262 0.864 11 21 192.105 4 13
31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 28 193.631 49.455 1.057 7 25 191.621 3 12
75 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 27 193.893 49.388 0.990 8 9 0.000 0 0
34 Landon Cassill Ford 21 195.401 49.007 0.609 6 18 184.485 1 10
15 Mark Thompson Chevrolet 40 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0
6 Trevor Bayne Ford 19 195.856 48.893 0.495 20 27 182.486 5 14
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 14 196.685 48.687 0.289 14 32 192.281 8 17
72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 38 119.910 79.860 31.462 2 2 0.000 0 0
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 4 197.761 48.422 0.024 11 24 194.362 5 14
10 Danica Patrick Ford 8 197.647 48.450 0.052 11 21 0.000 0 0
Justin Marks 36 185.722 51.561 3.163 4 12 0.000 0 0
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 31 189.354 50.572 2.174 17 18 0.000 0 0
21 Ryan Blaney Ford 3 197.798 48.413 0.015 11 19 196.829 5 14
23 Joey Gase Toyota 35 187.794 50.992 2.594 12 12 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 11 196.976 48.615 0.217 24 30 194.809 21 30
24 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 26 194.330 49.277 0.879 6 24 192.454 5 14
32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 23 195.122 49.077 0.679 4 12 0.000 0 0
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 29 192.316 49.793 1.395 12 13 0.000 0 0
77 Erik Jones Toyota 18 195.860 48.892 0.494 14 30 195.367 14 23
33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 30 189.985 50.404 2.006 11 12 0.000 0 0
83 Gray Gaulding Toyota 34 188.204 50.881 2.483 14 17 0.000 0 0
55 DJ Kennington Toyota 37 183.649 52.143 3.745 3 3 0.000 0 0
19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 20 195.560 48.967 0.569 15 24 195.253 9 18