Practice #1
The 2018 Go Bowling 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Richmond Raceway.
Go Bowling 250
Friday, September 21st, 2018
Richmond Raceway, Richmond, VA
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- Richmond Raceway
- 38th Annual GoBowling 250
- Pole Winner: Christopher Bell
- Age: 23
- Team : No. 20 - Rheem Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
- Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
- Christopher Bell won the Pole Award for the 38th Annual GoBowling 250 with a lap of 22.691 seconds, 118.990 mph.
- This is his fifth pole in 35 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
- This is his fourth pole and 19th top-10 start in 2018.
- This is his first pole in three races at Richmond Raceway.
- Dale Earnhardt Jr (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2018 and his seventh in eight races at Richmond Raceway.
- Ross Chastain (third) posted his first top-10 start at Richmond Raceway. It is his third in 27 races this season.
- Alex Labbe (19th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 250
- Margin of Victory: 0.566 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 3 Minutes 9 Seconds
- Average Speed: 91.352
- Cautions: 5 for 40 laps
- Lead Changes: 11
- Green Flag Passes: 771 (3.7 passes per green flag lap)
- Richmond Raceway
- 38th Annual GoBowling 250
- Race Winner: Christopher Bell
- Age: 23
- Team : No. 20 - Rheem Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
- Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
- Christopher Bell won the 38th Annual GoBowling 250, his sixth victory in 35 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
- This is his fifth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Richmond Raceway.
- Ross Chastain (second) posted his first top-10 finish in eight races at Richmond Raceway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2018.
- Daniel Hemric (third) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Richmond Raceway.
- Alex Labbe (21st) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Christopher Bell leads the point standings by 28 points over Daniel Hemric.
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND | LAP | LAPS | 10-LAP | FRM | TO |
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| 66 | Carl Long | Dodge | 38 | 113.422 | 23.805 | 1.464 | 11 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | 5 | 120.283 | 22.447 | 0.106 | 6 | 22 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 14 | 119.058 | 22.678 | 0.337 | 5 | 31 | 118.198 | 3 | 12 |
| 38 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | 13 | 119.147 | 22.661 | 0.320 | 3 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | 25 | 117.096 | 23.058 | 0.717 | 3 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Chevrolet | 26 | 116.787 | 23.119 | 0.778 | 4 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | David Starr | Chevrolet | 31 | 115.691 | 23.338 | 0.997 | 7 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Timmy Hill | Dodge | 23 | 117.473 | 22.984 | 0.643 | 3 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ryan Truex | Chevrolet | 8 | 119.782 | 22.541 | 0.200 | 5 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 11 | 119.385 | 22.616 | 0.275 | 7 | 21 | 118.024 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 16 | 118.801 | 22.727 | 0.386 | 4 | 18 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 18 | 118.702 | 22.746 | 0.405 | 4 | 33 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ryan Preece | Toyota | 20 | 118.271 | 22.829 | 0.488 | 5 | 18 | 117.086 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | Ryan Reed | Ford | 19 | 118.385 | 22.807 | 0.466 | 5 | 17 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 24 | 117.106 | 23.056 | 0.715 | 3 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 15 | 119.053 | 22.679 | 0.338 | 8 | 18 | 117.165 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Ray Black II | Chevrolet | 27 | 116.772 | 23.122 | 0.781 | 6 | 16 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 7 | 120.107 | 22.480 | 0.139 | 6 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 00 | Cole Custer | Ford | 2 | 120.681 | 22.373 | 0.032 | 5 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Chad Finchum | Chevrolet | 30 | 115.696 | 23.337 | 0.996 | 5 | 29 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | Garrett Smithley | Chevrolet | 32 | 115.513 | 23.374 | 1.033 | 7 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Spencer Gallagher | Chevrolet | 10 | 119.649 | 22.566 | 0.225 | 7 | 32 | 116.140 | 14 | 23 |
| 45 | Josh Bilicki | Toyota | 36 | 114.723 | 23.535 | 1.194 | 10 | 16 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 17 | 118.791 | 22.729 | 0.388 | 8 | 25 | 116.958 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Matt Tifft | Chevrolet | 6 | 120.150 | 22.472 | 0.131 | 5 | 17 | 118.574 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Quin Houff | Chevrolet | 35 | 114.723 | 23.535 | 1.194 | 8 | 19 | 113.140 | 2 | 11 |
| 55 | Bayley Currey | Toyota | 37 | 114.155 | 23.652 | 1.311 | 8 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Spencer Boyd | Chevrolet | 29 | 115.766 | 23.323 | 0.982 | 4 | 24 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 1 | 120.854 | 22.341 | 0.000 | 5 | 20 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 21 | 118.033 | 22.875 | 0.534 | 4 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 12 | 119.321 | 22.628 | 0.287 | 6 | 33 | 118.686 | 3 | 12 |
| 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 3 | 120.460 | 22.414 | 0.073 | 4 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 22 | 117.750 | 22.930 | 0.589 | 7 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Matt Mills | Chevrolet | 33 | 114.996 | 23.479 | 1.138 | 8 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Harmon | Chevrolet | 40 | 112.024 | 24.102 | 1.761 | 11 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | Vinnie Miller | Chevrolet | 34 | 114.840 | 23.511 | 1.170 | 11 | 31 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Mason Diaz | Chevrolet | 28 | 116.696 | 23.137 | 0.796 | 5 | 18 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Shane Lee | Chevrolet | 9 | 119.734 | 22.550 | 0.209 | 4 | 23 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Ty Majeski | Ford | 4 | 120.353 | 22.434 | 0.093 | 5 | 45 | 118.191 | 7 | 16 |
| 15 | Katherine Legge | Chevrolet | 39 | 113.056 | 23.882 | 1.541 | 14 | 15 | 109.953 | 6 | 15 |