Practice #1
The 2018 Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Boyd Gaming 300
Saturday, March 3rd, 2018
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
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- Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- 22nd Annual Boyd Gaming 300
- Pole Winner: Christopher Bell
- Age: 23
- Team : No. 20 - Rheem-Smurfit Kappa Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
- Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
- Christopher Bell won the Pole Award for the 22nd Annual Boyd Gaming 300 with a lap of 29.398 seconds, 183.686 mph.
- This is his third pole in 11 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
- This is his second pole and second top-10 start in 2018.
- This is his first pole in one races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
- Kyle Larson (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2018 and his third in four races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
- Daniel Hemric (third) posted his second top-10 start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his third in three races this season.
- Christopher Bell (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Margin of Victory: 0.881 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 16 Minutes 29 Seconds
- Average Speed: 131.884
- Cautions: 6 for 29 laps
- Lead Changes: 10
- Green Flag Passes: 1,068 (6.2 passes per green flag lap)
- Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- 22nd Annual Boyd Gaming 300
- Race Winner: Kyle Larson
- Age: 25
- Team : No. 42 - DC Solar Chevrolet
- Owner: Chip Ganassi Racing
- Crew Chief: Mike Shiplett
- Kyle Larson won the 22nd Annual Boyd Gaming 300, his ninth victory in 104 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
- This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
- Christopher Bell (second) posted his first top-10 finish in his first start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2018.
- Justin Allgaier (third) posted his seventh top-10 finish in eight races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
- Christopher Bell (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 0 points over Elliott Sadler.
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND | LAP | LAPS | 10-LAP | FRM | TO |
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| 1 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 7 | 177.918 | 30.351 | 0.281 | 6 | 17 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 3 | 178.992 | 30.169 | 0.099 | 2 | 21 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 9 | 177.801 | 30.371 | 0.301 | 2 | 5 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | David Starr | Chevrolet | 25 | 169.726 | 31.816 | 1.746 | 3 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ryan Truex | Chevrolet | 12 | 176.777 | 30.547 | 0.477 | 4 | 17 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 17 | 175.970 | 30.687 | 0.617 | 4 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 1 | 179.581 | 30.070 | 0.000 | 4 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 15 | 176.177 | 30.651 | 0.581 | 9 | 22 | 175.170 | 1 | 10 |
| 22 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 2 | 179.313 | 30.115 | 0.044 | 5 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 23 | 170.929 | 31.592 | 1.522 | 7 | 20 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Dylan Lupton | Ford | 21 | 172.961 | 31.221 | 1.151 | 7 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Reed | Ford | 16 | 176.125 | 30.660 | 0.590 | 8 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 18 | 175.690 | 30.736 | 0.666 | 3 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 10 | 177.288 | 30.459 | 0.389 | 4 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 00 | Cole Custer | Ford | 5 | 178.707 | 30.217 | 0.147 | 3 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Spencer Gallagher | Chevrolet | 13 | 176.304 | 30.629 | 0.559 | 5 | 22 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 6 | 178.136 | 30.314 | 0.244 | 2 | 28 | 176.284 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Matt Tifft | Chevrolet | 8 | 177.866 | 30.360 | 0.290 | 4 | 31 | 172.242 | 18 | 27 |
| 76 | Spencer Boyd | Chevrolet | 27 | 168.298 | 32.086 | 2.016 | 5 | 27 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 4 | 178.921 | 30.181 | 0.111 | 23 | 23 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Kaz Grala | Ford | 20 | 174.820 | 30.889 | 0.819 | 5 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 22 | 172.667 | 31.274 | 1.204 | 8 | 19 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 19 | 174.944 | 30.867 | 0.797 | 4 | 18 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 11 | 177.072 | 30.496 | 0.426 | 4 | 22 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 14 | 176.275 | 30.634 | 0.564 | 2 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Josh Williams | Chevrolet | 24 | 170.148 | 31.737 | 1.667 | 6 | 16 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | Matt Mills | Chevrolet | 28 | 156.581 | 34.487 | 4.417 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | Vinnie Miller | Chevrolet | 26 | 169.545 | 31.850 | 1.780 | 15 | 23 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |