Practice #1

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

AAA Texas 500

Sunday, November 4th, 2018

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

  • 19 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 9 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 334
  • Laps Actual: 337 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.447 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 21 Minutes 27 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 150.558
  • Cautions: 8 for 37 laps
  • Lead Changes: 16
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,902 (6.3 passes per green flag lap)
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
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AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 10-LAP FRM TO
47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 23 194.651 27.742 0.603 13 13 0.000 0 0
10 Aric Almirola Ford 5 197.904 27.286 0.147 7 7 0.000 0 0
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 10 196.549 27.474 0.335 5 5 0.000 0 0
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 7 196.872 27.429 0.290 5 7 0.000 0 0
38 David Ragan Ford 27 193.368 27.926 0.787 6 8 0.000 0 0
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 4 198.136 27.254 0.115 7 7 0.000 0 0
23 JJ Yeley Toyota 37 185.185 29.160 2.021 7 7 0.000 0 0
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 21 195.581 27.610 0.471 5 5 0.000 0 0
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 12 196.356 27.501 0.362 6 6 0.000 0 0
22 Joey Logano Ford 6 196.922 27.422 0.283 5 5 0.000 0 0
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 2 198.456 27.210 0.071 5 7 0.000 0 0
41 Kurt Busch Ford 3 198.136 27.254 0.115 5 5 0.000 0 0
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 11 196.457 27.487 0.348 5 5 0.000 0 0
78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 17 195.737 27.588 0.449 5 7 0.000 0 0
34 Michael McDowell Ford 29 193.223 27.947 0.808 10 10 0.000 0 0
21 Paul Menard Ford 22 194.812 27.719 0.580 7 7 0.000 0 0
7 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 35 187.298 28.831 1.692 6 7 0.000 0 0
95 Regan Smith Chevrolet 31 191.986 28.127 0.988 12 12 0.000 0 0
31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 16 195.794 27.580 0.441 7 7 0.000 0 0
00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 32 189.162 28.547 1.408 8 8 0.000 0 0
6 Trevor Bayne Ford 24 194.196 27.807 0.668 5 6 0.000 0 0
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 15 195.830 27.575 0.436 13 13 0.000 0 0
97 David Starr Toyota 40 181.519 29.749 2.610 6 6 0.000 0 0
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 9 196.592 27.468 0.329 7 7 0.000 0 0
66 Timmy Hill Toyota 39 184.231 29.311 2.172 7 7 0.000 0 0
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 14 196.100 27.537 0.398 3 7 0.000 0 0
96 Parker Kligerman Toyota 33 189.135 28.551 1.412 10 10 0.000 0 0
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 13 196.121 27.534 0.395 5 5 0.000 0 0
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 1 198.976 27.139 0.000 5 5 0.000 0 0
72 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 34 187.709 28.768 1.629 8 8 0.000 0 0
51 Joey Gase Chevrolet 41 179.617 30.064 2.925 12 19 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 28 193.313 27.934 0.795 5 9 0.000 0 0
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 18 195.716 27.591 0.452 3 5 0.000 0 0
32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 25 193.410 27.920 0.781 7 9 0.000 0 0
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 26 193.396 27.922 0.783 3 8 0.000 0 0
20 Erik Jones Toyota 8 196.707 27.452 0.313 5 5 0.000 0 0
19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 19 195.716 27.591 0.452 5 5 0.000 0 0
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 38 184.370 29.289 2.150 4 4 0.000 0 0
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 30 192.458 28.058 0.919 12 12 0.000 0 0
99 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 36 186.316 28.983 1.844 8 8 0.000 0 0
24 William Byron Chevrolet 20 195.659 27.599 0.460 7 7 0.000 0 0