Practice #2

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 26 166.868 29.470 0.829 27 27 0.000 0 0
10 Aric Almirola Ford 11 169.187 29.066 0.425 1 24 164.305 4 13
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 16 168.561 29.174 0.533 1 42 163.185 26 35
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 8 169.801 28.961 0.320 1 35 164.358 3 12
38 David Ragan Ford 30 166.141 29.599 0.958 1 7 0.000 0 0
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 15 168.573 29.172 0.531 2 52 165.269 1 10
99 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 36 160.418 30.655 2.014 14 14 0.000 0 0
52 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 38 160.120 30.712 2.071 1 12 0.000 0 0
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 31 165.922 29.638 0.997 2 13 0.000 0 0
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 3 171.023 28.754 0.113 1 35 164.797 15 24
22 Joey Logano Ford 12 168.972 29.103 0.462 1 62 165.151 1 10
95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 7 169.871 28.949 0.308 1 32 163.612 5 14
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 13 168.932 29.110 0.469 2 49 166.581 1 10
41 Kurt Busch Ford 5 170.365 28.865 0.224 1 33 165.266 5 14
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 170.922 28.771 0.130 1 46 166.952 1 10
78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 24 167.487 29.361 0.720 2 28 163.346 14 23
6 Matt Kenseth Ford 6 170.041 28.920 0.279 1 26 0.000 0 0
34 Michael McDowell Ford 23 167.516 29.356 0.715 24 26 162.590 1 10
21 Paul Menard Ford 18 167.848 29.298 0.657 2 43 164.945 1 10
31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 1 171.698 28.641 0.000 1 43 165.219 3 12
00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 34 162.345 30.291 1.650 1 23 0.000 0 0
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 19 167.836 29.300 0.659 29 34 0.000 0 0
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 17 168.158 29.244 0.603 17 23 161.929 6 15
66 Timmy Hill Toyota 37 160.203 30.696 2.055 1 12 0.000 0 0
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 21 167.716 29.321 0.680 16 29 163.676 16 25
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 10 169.491 29.014 0.373 1 42 166.907 1 10
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 9 169.766 28.967 0.326 1 43 166.236 1 10
72 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 32 164.606 29.875 1.234 1 18 0.000 0 0
23 Joey Gase Toyota 40 154.210 31.889 3.248 3 4 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 27 166.823 29.478 0.837 1 23 0.000 0 0
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 2 171.512 28.672 0.031 1 38 164.773 3 12
32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 25 167.402 29.376 0.735 1 30 0.000 0 0
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 28 166.535 29.529 0.888 26 26 0.000 0 0
20 Erik Jones Toyota 14 168.781 29.136 0.495 2 45 163.757 23 32
51 BJ McLeod Chevrolet 39 157.268 31.269 2.628 1 2 0.000 0 0
96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 33 163.625 30.054 1.413 1 24 159.152 3 12
19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 22 167.653 29.332 0.691 12 32 162.963 12 21
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 35 160.465 30.646 2.005 1 13 0.000 0 0
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 29 166.523 29.531 0.890 1 25 160.520 12 21
24 William Byron Chevrolet 20 167.779 29.310 0.669 2 43 163.573 22 31