Practice #2

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

  • 19 Chevrolet
  • 14 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • 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)
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GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 10-LAP FRM TO
47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 29 192.123 49.843 2.896 8 8 0.000 0 0
10 Aric Almirola Ford 10 202.230 47.352 0.405 8 15 0.000 0 0
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 16 201.910 47.427 0.480 11 18 0.000 0 0
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 17 201.846 47.442 0.495 4 15 0.000 0 0
38 David Ragan Ford 28 192.220 49.818 2.871 13 13 0.000 0 0
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 26 192.847 49.656 2.709 3 3 0.000 0 0
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 1 203.975 46.947 0.000 4 5 0.000 0 0
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 11 202.200 47.359 0.412 3 13 0.000 0 0
22 Joey Logano Ford 14 202.030 47.399 0.452 11 21 194.420 7 16
95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 21 198.821 48.164 1.217 3 10 0.000 0 0
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 9 202.294 47.337 0.390 4 22 195.065 7 16
41 Kurt Busch Ford 15 201.936 47.421 0.474 4 10 0.000 0 0
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 24 193.580 49.468 2.521 3 7 0.000 0 0
78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 5 202.770 47.226 0.279 3 11 0.000 0 0
34 Michael McDowell Ford 25 193.400 49.514 2.567 5 8 0.000 0 0
21 Paul Menard Ford 7 202.645 47.255 0.308 5 16 0.000 0 0
55 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 37 184.979 51.768 4.821 5 7 0.000 0 0
31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 6 202.714 47.239 0.292 4 5 0.000 0 0
62 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 8 202.530 47.282 0.335 5 5 0.000 0 0
6 Trevor Bayne Ford 27 192.324 49.791 2.844 3 6 0.000 0 0
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 22 194.872 49.140 2.193 2 7 0.000 0 0
72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 35 187.097 51.182 4.235 4 4 0.000 0 0
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 18 201.834 47.445 0.498 4 11 0.000 0 0
Timmy Hill 36 186.984 51.213 4.266 8 13 0.000 0 0
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 12 202.072 47.389 0.442 3 17 0.000 0 0
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 19 201.795 47.454 0.507 4 8 0.000 0 0
00 Joey Gase Chevrolet 33 187.901 50.963 4.016 2 14 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 2 203.610 47.031 0.084 4 5 0.000 0 0
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 20 201.498 47.524 0.577 3 13 0.000 0 0
32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 23 193.909 49.384 2.437 3 6 0.000 0 0
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 30 191.287 50.061 3.114 4 5 0.000 0 0
20 Erik Jones Toyota 4 202.830 47.212 0.265 3 11 0.000 0 0
23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 34 187.779 50.996 4.049 21 21 0.000 0 0
96 DJ Kennington Toyota 32 188.530 50.793 3.846 7 7 0.000 0 0
19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 3 203.079 47.154 0.207 4 5 0.000 0 0
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 38 184.612 51.871 4.924 5 7 0.000 0 0
24 William Byron Chevrolet 13 202.034 47.398 0.451 3 13 0.000 0 0
92 Timothy Peters Ford 31 190.106 50.372 3.425 10 10 0.000 0 0