Practice #1

The 2018 Food City 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Food City 500

Sunday, April 15th, 2018

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 8 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: 0.628 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 26 Minutes 25 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 77.465
  • Cautions: 13 for 114 laps
  • Lead Changes: 18
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,739 (4.5 passes per green flag lap)
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Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 10-LAP FRM TO
47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 33 125.691 15.266 0.492 11 15 0.000 0 0
10 Aric Almirola Ford 12 128.442 14.939 0.165 18 18 0.000 0 0
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 8 129.004 14.874 0.100 8 11 0.000 0 0
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 17 128.082 14.981 0.207 16 16 0.000 0 0
38 David Ragan Ford 9 128.995 14.875 0.101 14 18 0.000 0 0
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 6 129.282 14.842 0.068 21 21 0.000 0 0
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 23 127.580 15.040 0.266 14 16 0.000 0 0
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 14 128.236 14.963 0.189 15 15 0.000 0 0
22 Joey Logano Ford 13 128.288 14.957 0.183 32 32 0.000 0 0
95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 11 128.468 14.936 0.162 18 19 0.000 0 0
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 25 127.284 15.075 0.301 9 15 0.000 0 0
41 Kurt Busch Ford 3 129.657 14.799 0.025 13 14 0.000 0 0
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 129.456 14.822 0.048 11 15 0.000 0 0
78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 10 128.926 14.883 0.109 11 11 0.000 0 0
34 Michael McDowell Ford 19 127.767 15.018 0.244 22 22 0.000 0 0
21 Paul Menard Ford 20 127.699 15.026 0.252 14 15 0.000 0 0
55 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 36 122.968 15.604 0.830 6 11 0.000 0 0
31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 24 127.546 15.044 0.270 10 14 0.000 0 0
00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 31 125.856 15.246 0.472 24 24 0.000 0 0
6 Trevor Bayne Ford 15 128.168 14.971 0.197 11 11 0.000 0 0
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 28 126.737 15.140 0.366 15 15 0.000 0 0
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 18 127.997 14.991 0.217 13 13 0.000 0 0
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 5 129.299 14.840 0.066 16 17 123.444 1 10
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 7 129.134 14.859 0.085 19 20 123.588 4 13
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 1 129.877 14.774 0.000 2 10 0.000 0 0
72 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 38 121.898 15.741 0.967 12 13 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 29 126.146 15.211 0.437 16 16 0.000 0 0
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 26 127.132 15.093 0.319 9 12 0.000 0 0
32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 27 126.745 15.139 0.365 2 10 0.000 0 0
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 30 126.129 15.213 0.439 23 27 0.000 0 0
20 Erik Jones Toyota 2 129.877 14.774 0.000 23 23 124.148 6 15
23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 32 125.790 15.254 0.480 11 19 0.000 0 0
96 DJ Kennington Toyota 35 123.269 15.566 0.792 21 22 0.000 0 0
19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 16 128.116 14.977 0.203 11 12 0.000 0 0
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 34 125.461 15.294 0.520 18 18 0.000 0 0
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 21 127.656 15.031 0.257 24 24 0.000 0 0
24 William Byron Chevrolet 22 127.648 15.032 0.258 22 22 0.000 0 0
51 Harrison Rhodes Chevrolet 39 121.674 15.770 0.996 11 30 0.000 0 0
66 Chad Finchum Toyota 37 122.022 15.725 0.951 15 20 0.000 0 0