Practice #1
The 2018 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Texas Motor Speedway.
O'Reilly Auto Parts 300
Saturday, November 3rd, 2018
Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
-
28
-
8
-
4
- Texas Motor Speedway
- 14th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge
- Pole Winner: Christopher Bell
- Age: 23
- Team : No. 20 - GameStop NBA 2K19 Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
- Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
- Christopher Bell won the Pole Award for the 14th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge with a lap of 28.523 seconds, 189.321 mph.
- This is his sixth pole in 39 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his fifth pole and 22nd top-10 start in 2018.
- This is his first pole in three races at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Shane Lee (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2018 and his first in one races at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Cole Custer (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 26th in 31 races this season.
- Chad Finchum (19th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Margin of Victory: 0.162 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 34 Minutes 5 Seconds
- Average Speed: 116.820
- Cautions: 13 for 54 laps
- Lead Changes: 17
- Green Flag Passes: 963 (6.6 passes per green flag lap)
- Texas Motor Speedway
- 14th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge
- Race Winner: Cole Custer
- Age: 20
- Team : No. 00 - Autodesk Ford
- Owner: Gene Haas
- Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
- Cole Custer won the 14th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, his second victory in 69 XFINITY Series races.
- This is his first victory and 24th top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in four races at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Tyler Reddick (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 18th top-10 finish in 2018.
- Austin Cindric (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Tyler Reddick (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 7 points over Elliott Sadler.
- There were 13 cautions, a new track record. The previous record (10) was set on March 29, 2003
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND | LAP | LAPS | 10-LAP | FRM | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 176.840 | 30.536 | 1.684 | 1 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 3 | 186.580 | 28.942 | 0.090 | 8 | 17 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | 19 | 182.784 | 29.543 | 0.691 | 1 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | 22 | 180.144 | 29.976 | 1.124 | 4 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Chevrolet | 38 | 123.108 | 43.864 | 15.012 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Stephen Leicht | Chevrolet | 32 | 174.706 | 30.909 | 2.057 | 2 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | David Starr | Chevrolet | 25 | 177.871 | 30.359 | 1.507 | 8 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ryan Truex | Chevrolet | 1 | 187.162 | 28.852 | 0.000 | 12 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 15 | 184.489 | 29.270 | 0.418 | 5 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 16 | 184.464 | 29.274 | 0.422 | 20 | 20 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 21 | 180.343 | 29.943 | 1.091 | 14 | 20 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | BJ McLeod | Chevrolet | 37 | 152.336 | 35.448 | 6.596 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ryan Preece | Toyota | 11 | 184.925 | 29.201 | 0.349 | 12 | 16 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 17 | 183.212 | 29.474 | 0.622 | 8 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 24 | 178.000 | 30.337 | 1.485 | 3 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ray Black II | Chevrolet | 30 | 175.513 | 30.767 | 1.915 | 9 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 2 | 186.832 | 28.903 | 0.050 | 19 | 19 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 00 | Cole Custer | Ford | 4 | 186.387 | 28.972 | 0.120 | 14 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Chad Finchum | Toyota | 23 | 179.784 | 30.036 | 1.184 | 5 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | Garrett Smithley | Chevrolet | 27 | 177.860 | 30.361 | 1.509 | 3 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Spencer Gallagher | Chevrolet | 13 | 184.729 | 29.232 | 0.380 | 11 | 18 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bilicki | 34 | 174.087 | 31.019 | 2.167 | 6 | 7 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 9 | 185.249 | 29.150 | 0.298 | 8 | 18 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Matt Tifft | Chevrolet | 5 | 186.130 | 29.012 | 0.160 | 14 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Quin Houff | Chevrolet | 28 | 177.491 | 30.424 | 1.572 | 24 | 24 | 171.124 | 6 | 15 |
| 45 | Bayley Currey | Toyota | 36 | 164.154 | 32.896 | 4.044 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Bayley Currey | Toyota | 36 | 164.154 | 32.896 | 4.044 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Spencer Boyd | Chevrolet | 33 | 174.430 | 30.958 | 2.106 | 6 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Chevrolet | 8 | 185.395 | 29.127 | 0.275 | 8 | 19 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 7 | 185.995 | 29.033 | 0.181 | 12 | 19 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 20 | 181.635 | 29.730 | 0.878 | 19 | 21 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 12 | 184.849 | 29.213 | 0.361 | 5 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Brandon Brown | Chevrolet | 26 | 177.871 | 30.359 | 1.507 | 22 | 30 | 177.024 | 21 | 30 |
| 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 6 | 186.072 | 29.021 | 0.169 | 12 | 24 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 18 | 183.119 | 29.489 | 0.637 | 13 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Harmon | Chevrolet | 35 | 169.019 | 31.949 | 3.097 | 4 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Vinnie Miller | Chevrolet | 31 | 175.285 | 30.807 | 1.955 | 8 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Shane Lee | Chevrolet | 10 | 184.944 | 29.198 | 0.346 | 11 | 19 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Ty Majeski | Ford | 14 | 184.514 | 29.266 | 0.414 | 17 | 17 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |