Practice #1
The 2018 Rinnai 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Rinnai 250
Saturday, February 24th, 2018
Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
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- Atlanta Motor Speedway
- 27th Annual Rinnai 250
- Pole Winner: Christopher Bell
- Age: 23
- Team : No. 20 - Ruud Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
- Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
- Christopher Bell won the Pole Award for the 27th Annual Rinnai 250 with a lap of 30.600 seconds, 181.176 mph.
- This is his second pole in ten NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2018.
- This is his first pole at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
- Joey Logano (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2018 and his fourth in six races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
- John H. Nemechek (third) posted his first top-10 start at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his first this season.
- Christopher Bell (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 42 (4 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 163
- Margin of Victory: 04.183 Seconds
- Time of Race: 1 Hours 56 Minutes 9 Seconds
- Average Speed: 129.670
- Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
- Lead Changes: 9
- Green Flag Passes: 1,407 (9.9 passes per green flag lap)
- Atlanta Motor Speedway
- 27th Annual Rinnai 250
- Race Winner: Kevin Harvick
- Age: 42
- Team : No. 98 - Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford
- Owner: Biagi-DenBeste Racing
- Crew Chief: Richard Boswell, II
- Kevin Harvick won the 27th Annual Rinnai 250, his 47th victory in 342 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his fifth victory and 13th top-10 finish in 17 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
- Joey Logano (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in six races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2018.
- Christopher Bell (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
- Bell (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Elliott Sadler leads the point standings by 4 points over Tyler Reddick .
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND | LAP | LAPS | 10-LAP | FRM | TO |
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| 1 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 13 | 174.219 | 31.822 | 0.754 | 4 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 2 | 177.323 | 31.265 | 0.197 | 1 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 5 | 175.487 | 31.592 | 0.524 | 1 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Stephen Leicht | Toyota | 27 | 165.621 | 33.474 | 2.406 | 2 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | David Starr | Chevrolet | 29 | 164.887 | 33.623 | 2.555 | 1 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ryan Truex | Chevrolet | 7 | 175.033 | 31.674 | 0.606 | 1 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 14 | 174.170 | 31.831 | 0.763 | 2 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 19 | 172.051 | 32.223 | 1.155 | 1 | 7 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 25 | 166.787 | 33.240 | 2.172 | 7 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 16 | 172.813 | 32.081 | 1.013 | 1 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Dylan Lupton | Ford | 22 | 169.474 | 32.713 | 1.645 | 3 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Reed | Ford | 4 | 175.688 | 31.556 | 0.488 | 1 | 30 | 168.362 | 6 | 15 |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 23 | 169.195 | 32.767 | 1.699 | 2 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 17 | 172.608 | 32.119 | 1.051 | 5 | 19 | 169.385 | 4 | 13 |
| 00 | Cole Custer | Ford | 3 | 175.933 | 31.512 | 0.444 | 2 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Chad Finchum | Toyota | 26 | 166.043 | 33.389 | 2.321 | 3 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Spencer Gallagher | Chevrolet | 12 | 174.548 | 31.762 | 0.694 | 1 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 6 | 175.388 | 31.610 | 0.542 | 1 | 31 | 170.876 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Matt Tifft | Chevrolet | 20 | 171.429 | 32.340 | 1.272 | 1 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Spencer Boyd | Chevrolet | 28 | 165.226 | 33.554 | 2.486 | 4 | 16 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Chevrolet | 8 | 175.011 | 31.678 | 0.610 | 3 | 30 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 1 | 178.447 | 31.068 | 0.000 | 1 | 37 | 173.611 | 1 | 10 |
| 24 | Kaz Grala | Ford | 18 | 172.222 | 32.191 | 1.123 | 2 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 24 | 166.958 | 33.206 | 2.138 | 2 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 11 | 174.625 | 31.748 | 0.680 | 7 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 15 | 174.126 | 31.839 | 0.771 | 2 | 27 | 166.744 | 18 | 27 |
| 60 | Chase Briscoe | Ford | 21 | 171.286 | 32.367 | 1.299 | 2 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 10 | 174.658 | 31.742 | 0.674 | 1 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | Vinnie Miller | Chevrolet | 30 | 162.733 | 34.068 | 3.000 | 4 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kyle Benjamin | Toyota | 9 | 174.829 | 31.711 | 0.643 | 2 | 21 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |