Practice #1
The 2018 GEICO 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Talladega Superspeedway.
GEICO 500
Sunday, April 29th, 2018
Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
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- Drivers Entered: 40
- Laps Scheduled: 188
- Margin of Victory: 0.127 Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 16 Minutes 46 Seconds
- Average Speed: 152.489
- Cautions: 6 for 29 laps
- Lead Changes: 25
- Green Flag Passes: 6,932 (43.6 passes per green flag lap)
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND | LAP | LAPS | 10-LAP | FRM | TO |
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| 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 18 | 196.318 | 48.778 | 1.596 | 22 | 23 | 183.582 | 14 | 23 |
| 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 20 | 195.162 | 49.067 | 1.885 | 4 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 23 | 192.370 | 49.779 | 2.597 | 5 | 22 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 28 | 191.554 | 49.991 | 2.809 | 12 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 16 | 197.537 | 48.477 | 1.295 | 9 | 19 | 194.983 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 4 | 202.671 | 47.249 | 0.067 | 9 | 17 | 198.109 | 7 | 16 |
| 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 14 | 199.400 | 48.024 | 0.842 | 21 | 22 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 9 | 200.088 | 47.859 | 0.677 | 4 | 10 | 179.275 | 1 | 10 |
| 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 22 | 193.693 | 49.439 | 2.257 | 7 | 21 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 25 | 191.835 | 49.918 | 2.736 | 11 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 21 | 194.516 | 49.230 | 2.048 | 15 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Kurt Busch | Ford | 19 | 196.266 | 48.791 | 1.609 | 4 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 3 | 202.680 | 47.247 | 0.065 | 11 | 25 | 197.977 | 9 | 18 |
| 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 6 | 202.628 | 47.259 | 0.077 | 9 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 15 | 198.928 | 48.138 | 0.956 | 7 | 19 | 194.969 | 3 | 12 |
| 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 27 | 191.574 | 49.986 | 2.804 | 12 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 5 | 202.637 | 47.257 | 0.075 | 13 | 20 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 32 | 189.204 | 50.612 | 3.430 | 7 | 7 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 13 | 199.675 | 47.958 | 0.776 | 4 | 19 | 192.516 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 8 | 202.555 | 47.276 | 0.094 | 15 | 24 | 194.471 | 12 | 21 |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 29 | 191.180 | 50.089 | 2.907 | 16 | 17 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 17 | 197.199 | 48.560 | 1.378 | 9 | 13 | 185.779 | 1 | 10 |
| 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 10 | 199.962 | 47.889 | 0.707 | 4 | 31 | 191.990 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 26 | 191.646 | 49.967 | 2.785 | 19 | 20 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 00 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 31 | 189.729 | 50.472 | 3.290 | 11 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 1 | 202.959 | 47.182 | 0.000 | 11 | 16 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 30 | 190.997 | 50.137 | 2.955 | 12 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | 34 | 186.598 | 51.319 | 4.137 | 8 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 24 | 191.988 | 49.878 | 2.696 | 12 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 7 | 202.564 | 47.274 | 0.092 | 10 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | DJ Kennington | Toyota | 33 | 187.632 | 51.036 | 3.854 | 5 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | 2 | 202.680 | 47.247 | 0.065 | 9 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 11 | 199.754 | 47.939 | 0.757 | 4 | 21 | 192.412 | 2 | 11 |
| 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 12 | 199.729 | 47.945 | 0.763 | 4 | 16 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Timothy Peters | Ford | 35 | 184.317 | 51.954 | 4.772 | 9 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |