Practice #3

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

Food City 500

Sunday, April 15th, 2018

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 8 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: 0.628 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 26 Minutes 25 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 77.465
  • Cautions: 13 for 114 laps
  • Lead Changes: 18
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,739 (4.5 passes per green flag lap)
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Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 10-LAP FRM TO
47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 6 126.204 15.204 0.153 3 61 123.360 9 18
10 Aric Almirola Ford 18 125.486 15.291 0.240 9 63 124.118 3 12
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 20 125.387 15.303 0.252 6 80 124.809 3 12
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 15 125.740 15.260 0.209 8 61 124.805 3 12
38 David Ragan Ford 1 127.487 15.051 0.000 2 71 124.511 1 10
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 3 126.997 15.109 0.058 6 63 125.321 4 13
1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 29 124.768 15.379 0.328 7 52 122.073 38 47
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 10 126.021 15.226 0.175 3 95 124.667 62 71
22 Joey Logano Ford 21 125.371 15.305 0.254 6 58 124.769 2 11
95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 9 126.079 15.219 0.168 2 56 122.735 37 46
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 24 125.240 15.321 0.270 32 47 123.755 31 40
41 Kurt Busch Ford 4 126.537 15.164 0.113 8 69 125.327 5 14
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 7 126.129 15.213 0.162 10 70 125.483 3 12
78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 14 125.749 15.259 0.208 13 46 124.221 10 19
34 Michael McDowell Ford 5 126.295 15.193 0.142 5 17 125.056 3 12
21 Paul Menard Ford 27 124.865 15.367 0.316 12 55 122.560 19 28
55 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 38 120.907 15.870 0.819 5 30 0.000 0 0
31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 26 124.938 15.358 0.307 4 63 124.191 9 18
00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 23 125.264 15.318 0.267 2 33 123.030 1 10
6 Trevor Bayne Ford 32 123.674 15.515 0.464 2 11 0.000 0 0
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 17 125.592 15.278 0.227 7 63 124.203 3 12
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 11 126.005 15.228 0.177 7 65 124.559 4 13
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 22 125.330 15.310 0.259 5 68 123.720 36 45
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 19 125.461 15.294 0.243 5 65 123.434 1 10
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 16 125.666 15.269 0.218 5 48 124.774 2 11
72 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 34 123.110 15.586 0.535 4 25 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 36 121.875 15.744 0.693 8 31 0.000 0 0
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 2 127.073 15.100 0.049 5 75 125.244 4 13
32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 25 125.134 15.334 0.283 11 34 0.000 0 0
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 12 125.782 15.255 0.204 6 58 122.478 33 42
20 Erik Jones Toyota 13 125.773 15.256 0.205 7 55 124.030 5 14
23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 31 124.581 15.402 0.351 5 6 0.000 0 0
96 DJ Kennington Toyota 35 122.053 15.721 0.670 4 44 119.873 1 10
19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 8 126.112 15.215 0.164 4 56 124.962 2 11
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 33 123.610 15.523 0.472 7 43 122.138 1 10
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 28 124.800 15.375 0.324 5 93 123.131 3 12
24 William Byron Chevrolet 30 124.711 15.386 0.335 11 40 122.617 20 29
51 Harrison Rhodes Chevrolet 37 121.774 15.757 0.706 31 45 0.000 0 0