Practice #2
The 2018 Sparks Energy 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Talladega Superspeedway.
Sparks Energy 300
Saturday, April 28th, 2018
Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
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- Talladega Superspeedway
- 27th Annual Sparks Energy 300
- Pole Winner: Daniel Hemric
- Age: 27
- Team : No. 21 - South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet
- Owner: Richard Childress Racing
- Crew Chief: Danny Stockman, Jr
- Daniel Hemric won the Pole Award for the 27th Annual Sparks Energy 300 with a lap of 50.559 seconds, 189.402 mph.
- This is his third pole in 42 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his second pole and eighth top-10 start in 2018.
- This is his first pole in two races at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Elliott Sadler (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2018 and his eighth in ten races at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Spencer Gallagher (third) posted his first top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his third in nine races this season.
- Tyler Reddick (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 113
- Laps Actual: 115 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.152 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 17 Minutes 44 Seconds
- Average Speed: 133.258
- Cautions: 5 for 29 laps
- Lead Changes: 12
- Green Flag Passes: 3,217 (37.4 passes per green flag lap)
- Talladega Superspeedway
- 27th Annual Sparks Energy 300
- Race Winner: Spencer Gallagher
- Age: 28
- Team : No. 23 - Allegiant Chevrolet
- Owner: GMS Racing
- Crew Chief: Chad Norris
- Spencer Gallagher won the 27th Annual Sparks Energy 300, his first victory in 49 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
- This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Brandon Jones (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2018.
- Justin Allgaier (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in eight races at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Tyler Reddick (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Elliott Sadler leads the point standings by 40 points over Tyler Reddick .
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND | LAP | LAPS | 10-LAP | FRM | TO |
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| 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Chevrolet | 11 | 183.420 | 52.208 | 1.255 | 5 | 5 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | David Starr | Chevrolet | 14 | 182.012 | 52.612 | 1.659 | 2 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 16 | 180.353 | 53.096 | 2.143 | 5 | 5 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ryan Truex | Chevrolet | 2 | 186.343 | 51.389 | 0.436 | 2 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | BJ McLeod | Toyota | 12 | 183.308 | 52.240 | 1.287 | 5 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Reed | Ford | 3 | 186.148 | 51.443 | 0.489 | 17 | 17 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Chad Finchum | Toyota | 13 | 182.556 | 52.455 | 1.502 | 2 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Kaz Grala | Ford | 10 | 183.420 | 52.208 | 1.255 | 10 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 5 | 184.951 | 51.776 | 0.823 | 6 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 7 | 184.729 | 51.838 | 0.885 | 5 | 9 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Josh Williams | Chevrolet | 6 | 184.947 | 51.777 | 0.824 | 6 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Mike Harmon | Dodge | 17 | 180.274 | 53.119 | 2.166 | 8 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Tommy Joe Martins | Toyota | 9 | 183.624 | 52.150 | 1.197 | 4 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | Vinnie Miller | Chevrolet | 8 | 184.423 | 51.924 | 0.971 | 2 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Shane Lee | Chevrolet | 1 | 187.938 | 50.953 | 0.000 | 8 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Toyota | 15 | 180.720 | 52.988 | 2.035 | 3 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Ty Majeski | Ford | 4 | 185.441 | 51.639 | 0.686 | 9 | 19 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |