Practice #1

The 2018 Bojangles' Southern 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Darlington Raceway.

Bojangles' Southern 500

Sunday, September 2nd, 2018

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

  • 20 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 8 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: 01.224 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 48 Minutes 54 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 131.408
  • Cautions: 6 for 35 laps
  • Lead Changes: 7
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,264 (6.8 passes per green flag lap)
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Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 10-LAP FRM TO
47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 28 168.573 29.172 0.629 3 20 0.000 0 0
10 Aric Almirola Ford 9 171.548 28.666 0.123 1 21 0.000 0 0
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 3 171.998 28.591 0.048 1 21 162.394 11 20
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 19 169.906 28.943 0.400 2 24 167.443 1 10
38 David Ragan Ford 27 168.602 29.167 0.624 2 22 160.991 10 19
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 1 172.287 28.543 0.000 2 18 168.715 1 10
99 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 40 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0
52 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 34 163.310 30.112 1.569 1 1 0.000 0 0
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 39 126.339 38.924 10.381 1 1 0.000 0 0
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 7 171.746 28.633 0.090 3 21 167.088 5 14
22 Joey Logano Ford 16 170.271 28.881 0.338 2 24 0.000 0 0
95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 11 171.041 28.751 0.208 2 23 0.000 0 0
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 20 169.865 28.950 0.407 2 23 167.755 1 10
41 Kurt Busch Ford 17 170.177 28.897 0.354 3 18 0.000 0 0
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 21 169.707 28.977 0.434 3 22 166.849 1 10
78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 15 170.436 28.853 0.310 2 16 0.000 0 0
6 Matt Kenseth Ford 22 169.380 29.033 0.490 2 17 0.000 0 0
34 Michael McDowell Ford 25 168.984 29.101 0.558 1 17 0.000 0 0
21 Paul Menard Ford 10 171.226 28.720 0.177 2 22 168.228 1 10
31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 5 171.926 28.603 0.060 2 28 0.000 0 0
00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 35 161.037 30.537 1.994 2 15 0.000 0 0
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 29 167.647 29.333 0.790 5 15 0.000 0 0
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 30 167.556 29.349 0.806 2 12 0.000 0 0
66 Timmy Hill Toyota 36 159.135 30.902 2.359 2 2 0.000 0 0
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 2 172.034 28.585 0.042 9 11 0.000 0 0
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 4 171.980 28.594 0.051 2 23 0.000 0 0
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 8 171.704 28.640 0.097 3 23 0.000 0 0
72 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 32 164.766 29.846 1.303 3 17 0.000 0 0
23 Joey Gase Toyota 37 158.499 31.026 2.483 7 13 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 23 169.321 29.043 0.500 5 22 0.000 0 0
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 18 170.047 28.919 0.376 1 19 0.000 0 0
32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 26 168.607 29.166 0.623 2 24 0.000 0 0
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 24 169.316 29.044 0.501 1 20 0.000 0 0
20 Erik Jones Toyota 6 171.878 28.611 0.068 1 26 162.408 15 24
51 BJ McLeod Chevrolet 38 158.209 31.083 2.540 3 3 0.000 0 0
96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 31 164.976 29.808 1.265 4 21 0.000 0 0
19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 13 170.649 28.817 0.274 17 17 0.000 0 0
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 33 163.620 30.055 1.512 2 14 0.000 0 0
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 14 170.460 28.849 0.306 2 17 0.000 0 0
24 William Byron Chevrolet 12 170.780 28.795 0.252 1 23 0.000 0 0