Practice #3

The 2018 Auto Club 400 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Auto Club Speedway.

Auto Club 400

Sunday, March 18th, 2018

Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 11.685 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 42 Minutes 41 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 147.526
  • Cautions: 5 for 21 laps
  • Lead Changes: 16
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,399 (19.0 passes per green flag lap)
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
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Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 10-LAP FRM TO
47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 29 180.347 39.923 1.144 11 14 0.000 0 0
10 Aric Almirola Ford 17 182.834 39.380 0.601 1 32 177.398 1 10
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 5 184.280 39.071 0.292 1 39 178.433 20 29
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 7 184.073 39.115 0.336 1 27 177.596 16 25
38 David Ragan Ford 30 180.212 39.953 1.174 1 34 175.484 1 10
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 13 183.169 39.308 0.529 1 34 178.558 1 10
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 10 183.528 39.231 0.452 1 37 178.545 17 26
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 3 184.525 39.019 0.240 1 25 178.262 1 10
22 Joey Logano Ford 12 183.346 39.270 0.491 1 34 177.944 16 25
95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 26 181.401 39.691 0.912 1 30 176.297 16 25
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 4 184.308 39.065 0.286 1 26 180.161 8 17
41 Kurt Busch Ford 15 183.015 39.341 0.562 1 38 177.968 20 29
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 1 185.668 38.779 0.000 1 45 179.108 1 10
78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 2 185.319 38.852 0.073 1 41 179.285 18 27
34 Michael McDowell Ford 27 181.009 39.777 0.998 1 31 175.802 21 30
21 Paul Menard Ford 19 182.746 39.399 0.620 21 34 178.169 21 30
55 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 36 169.296 42.529 3.750 4 10 0.000 0 0
31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 9 183.875 39.157 0.378 1 28 177.127 16 25
6 Trevor Bayne Ford 22 181.988 39.563 0.784 1 18 0.000 0 0
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 14 183.048 39.334 0.555 12 27 179.086 12 21
72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 33 177.004 40.677 1.898 1 11 0.000 0 0
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 20 182.454 39.462 0.683 22 31 177.240 1 10
51 Timmy Hill Chevrolet 35 171.793 41.911 3.132 9 16 0.000 0 0
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 6 184.266 39.074 0.295 9 26 179.417 9 18
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 11 183.369 39.265 0.486 1 18 177.785 1 10
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 8 184.021 39.126 0.347 1 42 178.429 1 10
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 28 180.923 39.796 1.017 12 29 175.848 12 21
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 25 181.671 39.632 0.853 1 22 177.258 1 10
32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 31 178.891 40.248 1.469 2 23 0.000 0 0
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 24 181.938 39.574 0.795 1 26 176.123 16 25
20 Erik Jones Toyota 21 182.195 39.518 0.739 16 31 178.611 1 10
00 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 34 173.431 41.515 2.736 1 16 0.000 0 0
23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 37 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0
19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 16 182.973 39.350 0.571 1 38 177.459 14 23
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 32 177.318 40.605 1.826 1 19 0.000 0 0
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 18 182.774 39.393 0.614 1 28 174.170 5 14
24 William Byron Chevrolet 23 181.965 39.568 0.789 1 24 177.265 12 21