Practice #1
The 2018 Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Daytona International Speedway.
Coca-Cola Firecracker 250
Friday, July 6th, 2018
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
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- Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 100
- Laps Actual: 105 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.005 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 1 Minutes 35 Seconds
- Average Speed: 129.541
- Cautions: 6 for 29 laps
- Lead Changes: 10
- Green Flag Passes: 3,878 (51.0 passes per green flag lap)
- Daytona International Speedway
- 17th Annual Coca-Cola Firecracker 250
- Race Winner: Kyle Larson
- Age: 25
- Team : No. 42 - DC Solar Chevrolet
- Owner: Chip Ganassi Racing
- Crew Chief: Mike Shiplett
- Kyle Larson won the 17th Annual Coca-Cola Firecracker 250, his 11th victory in 106 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his third victory and third top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in eight races at Daytona International Speedway.
- Elliott Sadler (second) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 19 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2018.
- Christopher Bell (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Daytona International Speedway.
- Christopher Bell (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Elliott Sadler leads the point standings by 12 points overDaniel Hemric.
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND | LAP | LAPS | 10-LAP | FRM | TO |
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| 1 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 22 | 191.943 | 46.889 | 1.004 | 5 | 17 | 191.340 | 1 | 10 |
| 38 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | 28 | 184.831 | 48.693 | 2.808 | 3 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | David Starr | Chevrolet | 26 | 186.247 | 48.323 | 2.438 | 3 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 10 | 193.782 | 46.444 | 0.559 | 3 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ryan Truex | Chevrolet | 3 | 195.831 | 45.958 | 0.073 | 5 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 12 | 193.673 | 46.470 | 0.585 | 2 | 19 | 191.520 | 1 | 10 |
| 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 16 | 192.814 | 46.677 | 0.792 | 9 | 17 | 191.502 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 11 | 193.678 | 46.469 | 0.584 | 2 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 9 | 194.037 | 46.383 | 0.498 | 9 | 16 | 191.141 | 4 | 13 |
| 35 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 8 | 194.296 | 46.321 | 0.436 | 3 | 7 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 6 | 194.801 | 46.201 | 0.316 | 4 | 14 | 191.362 | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | BJ McLeod | Chevrolet | 35 | 182.393 | 49.344 | 3.459 | 2 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ryan Preece | Toyota | 21 | 192.033 | 46.867 | 0.982 | 6 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Reed | Ford | 1 | 196.143 | 45.885 | 0.000 | 5 | 22 | 192.686 | 2 | 11 |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 29 | 184.612 | 48.751 | 2.866 | 8 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 34 | 182.756 | 49.246 | 3.361 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 20 | 192.033 | 46.867 | 0.982 | 9 | 22 | 191.116 | 3 | 12 |
| 00 | Cole Custer | Ford | 19 | 192.176 | 46.832 | 0.947 | 6 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Chad Finchum | Toyota | 31 | 183.569 | 49.028 | 3.143 | 8 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | Garrett Smithley | Chevrolet | 30 | 184.083 | 48.891 | 3.006 | 4 | 5 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Blake Jones | Toyota | 32 | 183.221 | 49.121 | 3.236 | 13 | 13 | 181.657 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 17 | 192.517 | 46.749 | 0.864 | 4 | 23 | 191.414 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Matt Tifft | Chevrolet | 15 | 193.378 | 46.541 | 0.656 | 2 | 16 | 191.630 | 2 | 11 |
| 24 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet | 2 | 195.869 | 45.949 | 0.064 | 5 | 19 | 192.585 | 3 | 12 |
| 76 | Spencer Boyd | Chevrolet | 24 | 187.727 | 47.942 | 2.057 | 8 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 18 | 192.415 | 46.774 | 0.889 | 7 | 25 | 191.093 | 3 | 12 |
| 61 | Kaz Grala | Ford | 25 | 187.161 | 48.087 | 2.202 | 2 | 5 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 7 | 194.489 | 46.275 | 0.390 | 4 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 4 | 195.520 | 46.031 | 0.146 | 5 | 22 | 192.297 | 2 | 11 |
| 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 13 | 193.507 | 46.510 | 0.625 | 2 | 19 | 190.892 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Caesar Bacarella | Chevrolet | 27 | 184.907 | 48.673 | 2.788 | 6 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 14 | 193.395 | 46.537 | 0.652 | 2 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Josh Williams | Chevrolet | 23 | 189.705 | 47.442 | 1.557 | 11 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Harmon | Chevrolet | 36 | 181.152 | 49.682 | 3.797 | 3 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | Vinnie Miller | Chevrolet | 33 | 183.057 | 49.165 | 3.280 | 2 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Shane Lee | Chevrolet | 5 | 195.313 | 46.080 | 0.195 | 4 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |