Practice #1
The 2018 Alsco 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Kentucky Speedway.
Alsco 300
Friday, July 13th, 2018
Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY
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- Kentucky Speedway
- 18th Annual ALSCO 300
- Pole Winner: Cole Custer
- Age: 20
- Team : No. 00 - Haas Automation Ford
- Owner: Stewart-Haas Racing
- Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
- Cole Custer won the Pole Award for the 18th Annual ALSCO 300 with a lap of 29.759 seconds, 181.458 mph.
- This is his fourth pole in 55 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his fourth pole and 13th top-10 start in 2018.
- This is his first pole in four races at Kentucky Speedway.
- Justin Allgaier (second) posted his 12th top-10 start of 2018 and his 10th in 12 races at Kentucky Speedway.
- Kyle Busch (third) posted his 10th top-10 start at Kentucky Speedway. It is his sixth in six races this season.
- Austin Cindric (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Margin of Victory: 0.848 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 16 Minutes 29 Seconds
- Average Speed: 131.884
- Cautions: 7 for 32 laps
- Lead Changes: 8
- Green Flag Passes: 815 (4.9 passes per green flag lap)
- Kentucky Speedway
- 18th Annual ALSCO 300
- Race Winner: Christopher Bell
- Age: 23
- Team : No. 20 - Rheem Toyota
- Owner:
- Crew Chief:
- Christopher Bell won the 18th Annual ALSCO 300, his third victory in 25 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his second victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Kentucky Speedway.
- Daniel Hemric (second) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Kentucky Speedway. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2018.
- Kyle Busch (third) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 11 races at Kentucky Speedway.
- Christopher Bell (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Elliott Sadler leads the point standings by 0 points over Hemric.
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND | LAP | LAPS | 10-LAP | FRM | TO |
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| 1 | 180.886 | 29.853 | 0.000 | 26 | 26 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 13 | 177.836 | 30.365 | 0.512 | 11 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | 25 | 171.614 | 31.466 | 1.613 | 2 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 5 | 178.577 | 30.239 | 0.386 | 13 | 27 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Paul Menard | Ford | 17 | 176.956 | 30.516 | 0.663 | 16 | 19 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | David Starr | Chevrolet | 29 | 168.277 | 32.090 | 2.237 | 3 | 5 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ryan Truex | Chevrolet | 12 | 177.866 | 30.360 | 0.507 | 14 | 20 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 15 | 177.690 | 30.390 | 0.537 | 7 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 8 | 178.330 | 30.281 | 0.428 | 22 | 22 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 24 | 172.002 | 31.395 | 1.542 | 11 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 10 | 178.124 | 30.316 | 0.463 | 4 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | BJ McLeod | Chevrolet | 26 | 170.175 | 31.732 | 1.879 | 4 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Reed | Ford | 6 | 178.524 | 30.248 | 0.395 | 12 | 19 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 20 | 175.570 | 30.757 | 0.904 | 11 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 21 | 173.885 | 31.055 | 1.202 | 1 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ray Black II | Chevrolet | 28 | 168.834 | 31.984 | 2.131 | 5 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 3 | 179.910 | 30.015 | 0.162 | 7 | 17 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 00 | Cole Custer | Ford | 9 | 178.200 | 30.303 | 0.450 | 5 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Chad Finchum | Toyota | 27 | 169.078 | 31.938 | 2.085 | 20 | 22 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | Garrett Smithley | Chevrolet | 22 | 173.673 | 31.093 | 1.240 | 8 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Blake Jones | Chevrolet | 33 | 161.011 | 33.538 | 3.685 | 4 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Spencer Gallagher | Chevrolet | 16 | 177.410 | 30.438 | 0.585 | 16 | 22 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Josh Bilicki | Toyota | 32 | 165.487 | 32.631 | 2.778 | 5 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 14 | 177.725 | 30.384 | 0.531 | 11 | 36 | 175.207 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Matt Tifft | Chevrolet | 4 | 179.211 | 30.132 | 0.279 | 13 | 20 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Spencer Boyd | Chevrolet | 31 | 166.343 | 32.463 | 2.610 | 23 | 25 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 7 | 178.347 | 30.278 | 0.425 | 15 | 23 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 23 | 173.044 | 31.206 | 1.353 | 9 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 11 | 177.936 | 30.348 | 0.495 | 9 | 16 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 2 | 180.493 | 29.918 | 0.064 | 14 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 19 | 175.965 | 30.688 | 0.835 | 10 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Harmon | Chevrolet | 34 | 160.757 | 33.591 | 3.738 | 4 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | Vinnie Miller | Chevrolet | 30 | 166.775 | 32.379 | 2.526 | 18 | 23 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Ty Majeski | Ford | 18 | 176.563 | 30.584 | 0.731 | 7 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |