Practice #1
The 2018 Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina NASCAR XFINITY Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nor…
Saturday, September 29th, 2018
Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Concord, NC
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- Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
- 37th Annual Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Pole Winner: Austin Cindric
- Age: 20
- Team : No. 22 - MoneyLion Ford
- Owner: Team Penske
- Crew Chief: Brian Wilson
- Austin Cindric won the Pole Award for the 37th Annual Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina with a lap of 77.781 seconds, 105.527 mph.
- This is his third pole in 28 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
- This is his third pole and 15th top-10 start in 2018.
- This is his first pole at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
- Daniel Hemric (second) posted his 22nd top-10 start of 2018 and his first at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
- Tyler Reddick (third) posted his first top-10 start at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 18th in 28 races this season.
- Alex Labbe (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 55
- Margin of Victory: 01.478 Seconds
- Time of Race: 1 Hours 32 Minutes 35 Seconds
- Average Speed: 81.267
- Cautions: 5 for 10 laps
- Lead Changes: 4
- Green Flag Passes: 990 (22.0 passes per green flag lap)
- Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
- Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Race Winner: Chase Briscoe
- Age: 23
- Team : No. 98 - Ford Performance Ford
- Owner: Biagi-DenBeste Racing
- Crew Chief: Richard Boswell, II
- Chase Briscoe won the Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, his first victory in 14 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
- This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his first victory and first top-10 finish at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
- Justin Marks (second) posted his first top-10 finish at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his second top-10 finish in 2018.
- Austin Cindric (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
- Austin Cindric (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Christopher Bell leads the point standings by 33 points over Daniel Hemric.
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND | LAP | LAPS | 10-LAP | FRM | TO |
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| 90 | Andy Lally | Chevrolet | 15 | 100.140 | 81.965 | 1.967 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 7 | 100.626 | 81.569 | 1.571 | 10 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 8 | 100.601 | 81.590 | 1.592 | 13 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | David Starr | Chevrolet | 24 | 92.992 | 88.266 | 8.268 | 4 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Justin Marks | Chevrolet | 5 | 101.022 | 81.250 | 1.252 | 10 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ryan Truex | Chevrolet | 3 | 101.139 | 81.156 | 1.158 | 6 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 9 | 100.524 | 81.652 | 1.654 | 8 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 20 | 98.838 | 83.045 | 3.047 | 12 | 20 | 97.994 | 11 | 20 |
| 35 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 22 | 96.252 | 85.276 | 5.278 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ryan Preece | Toyota | 4 | 101.075 | 81.207 | 1.209 | 7 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Reed | Ford | 16 | 99.074 | 82.847 | 2.849 | 17 | 21 | 95.140 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 25 | 90.489 | 90.707 | 10.709 | 1 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 2 | 101.495 | 80.871 | 0.872 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 00 | Cole Custer | Ford | 12 | 100.393 | 81.759 | 1.761 | 9 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 11 | 100.474 | 81.693 | 1.695 | 9 | 17 | 98.801 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Matt Tifft | Chevrolet | 6 | 100.902 | 81.346 | 1.348 | 10 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 14 | 100.208 | 81.910 | 1.912 | 8 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Kaz Grala | Ford | 17 | 98.991 | 82.917 | 2.919 | 3 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 10 | 100.490 | 81.680 | 1.682 | 2 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 1 | 102.603 | 79.998 | 0.000 | 10 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 21 | 96.839 | 84.759 | 4.761 | 6 | 7 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Chase Briscoe | Ford | 18 | 98.969 | 82.935 | 2.937 | 7 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 19 | 98.848 | 83.037 | 3.039 | 6 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | John Jackson | Dodge | 23 | 95.122 | 86.289 | 6.291 | 3 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Ty Majeski | Ford | 13 | 100.320 | 81.818 | 1.820 | 10 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |