Practice #1

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

STP 500

Sunday, March 25th, 2018

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: 01.146 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 13 Minutes 14 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 81.663
  • Cautions: 4 for 33 laps
  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Green Flag Passes: 966 (2.1 passes per green flag lap)
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STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 10-LAP FRM TO
47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 13 94.727 19.990 0.214 8 62 93.962 8 17
10 Aric Almirola Ford 19 94.463 20.046 0.270 7 61 94.011 6 15
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 2 95.646 19.798 0.022 10 44 93.631 12 21
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 11 94.818 19.971 0.195 13 45 94.399 10 19
38 David Ragan Ford 27 94.143 20.114 0.338 11 45 93.149 5 14
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 8 95.003 19.932 0.156 12 69 94.506 8 17
55 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 35 92.901 20.383 0.607 11 34 91.137 2 11
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 16 94.585 20.020 0.244 12 53 94.104 5 14
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 20 94.364 20.067 0.291 38 60 93.973 34 43
22 Joey Logano Ford 9 94.979 19.937 0.161 25 42 93.987 4 13
95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 29 94.013 20.142 0.366 14 40 93.455 6 15
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 15 94.585 20.020 0.244 12 38 93.995 4 13
41 Kurt Busch Ford 5 95.094 19.913 0.137 11 63 94.024 18 27
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 95.213 19.888 0.112 13 41 94.790 6 15
78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 1 95.752 19.776 0.000 9 44 95.054 3 12
34 Michael McDowell Ford 30 93.877 20.171 0.395 9 20 93.218 5 14
21 Paul Menard Ford 23 94.176 20.107 0.331 17 53 93.510 14 23
31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 4 95.199 19.891 0.115 11 41 93.690 21 30
00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 36 91.611 20.670 0.894 10 16 0.000 0 0
6 Trevor Bayne Ford 26 94.148 20.113 0.337 11 38 92.744 28 37
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 21 94.340 20.072 0.296 16 59 93.252 25 34
72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 32 93.604 20.230 0.454 15 27 0.000 0 0
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 25 94.157 20.111 0.335 10 51 93.827 7 16
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 7 95.065 19.919 0.143 8 62 94.675 6 15
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 24 94.162 20.110 0.334 14 56 93.022 8 17
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 10 94.946 19.944 0.168 12 48 94.086 6 15
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 12 94.808 19.973 0.197 11 62 94.138 6 15
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 6 95.084 19.915 0.139 5 63 94.479 3 12
32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 33 93.442 20.265 0.489 23 35 0.000 0 0
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 22 94.200 20.102 0.326 12 46 92.971 6 15
20 Erik Jones Toyota 17 94.515 20.035 0.259 11 50 93.781 35 44
23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 31 93.636 20.223 0.447 17 25 92.827 14 23
96 DJ Kennington Toyota 37 91.483 20.699 0.923 13 26 0.000 0 0
19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 14 94.671 20.002 0.226 26 46 94.072 20 29
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 34 93.143 20.330 0.554 22 25 89.051 1 10
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 28 94.129 20.117 0.341 11 54 93.169 23 32
24 William Byron Chevrolet 18 94.477 20.043 0.267 14 58 93.976 7 16
51 Harrison Rhodes Chevrolet 38 91.430 20.711 0.935 8 23 0.000 0 0