Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Talladega Superspeedway Friday First Practice Results

Here are the results from the first of two practice sessions held Friday at the Talladega Superspeedway for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race.

Fastest lap time along with how many laps they completed in the practice session

1. #11 Denny Hamlin – 46.734, 26 laps
2. #4 Kevin Harvick – 47.013, 19 laps
3. #18 Kyle Busch – 47.014, 24 laps
4. #32 Corey LaJoie – 47.078, 15 laps
5. #34 Michael McDowell – 47.083, 26 laps
6. #20 Erik Jones – 47.106, 31 laps
7. #15 Ross Chastain – 47.123, 9 laps
8. #62 Brendan Gaughan – 47.174, 13 laps
9. #37 Chris Buescher – 47.178, 23 laps
10. #95 Matt DiBenedetto – 47.207, 25 laps
11. #21 Paul Menard – 47.220, 22 laps
12. #6 Ryan Newman – 47.229, 24 laps
13. #38 David Ragan – 47.262, 17 laps
14. #42 Kyle Larson – 47.310, 29 laps
15. #22 Joey Logano – 47.337, 23 laps
16. #13 Ty Dillon – 47.350, 37 laps
17. #12 Ryan Blaney – 47.354, 23 laps
18. #47 Ryan Preece – 47.369, 18 laps
19. #41 Daniel Suarez – 47.393, 18 laps
20. #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 47.426, 23 laps
21. #10 Aric Almirola – 47.437, 19 laps
22. #2 Brad Keselowski – 47.442, 23 laps
23. #14 Clint Bowyer – 47.445, 26 laps
24. #43 Bubba Wallace – 47.478, 28 laps
25. #19 Martin Truex Jr. – 47.489, 17 laps
26. #9 Chase Elliott – 47.491, 22 laps
27. #8 Daniel Hemric – 47.496, 31 laps
28. #88 Alex Bowman – 47.502, 32 laps
29. #3 Austin Dillon – 47.503, 32 laps
30. #24 William Byron – 47.512, 23 laps
31. #1 Kurt Busch – 47.516, 24 laps
32. #48 Jimmie Johnson – 47.533, 15 laps
33. #36 Matt Tifft – 47.797, 14 laps
34. #96 Parker Kligerman – 50.674, 12 laps
35. #51 Austin Theriault – 50.845, 12 laps
36. #77 Blake Jones – 51.054, 8 laps
37. #00 Landon Cassill – 51.203, 6 laps
38. #66 Joey Gase – 51.319, 12 laps
39. #27 Reed Sorenson – 52.454, 10 laps
40. #52 Spencer Boyd – 53.073, 11 laps

Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average
Pos	Car	Driver	From Lap	To Lap	Avg Speed
1	18	Kyle Busch (P)	14	23	200.883
2	11	Denny Hamlin (P)	15	24	200.882
3	95	Matt DiBenedetto	13	22	200.866
4	8	Daniel Hemric #	7	16	200.801
5	43	Bubba Wallace	7	16	200.785
6	13	Ty Dillon	7	16	200.774
7	6	Ryan Newman	6	15	200.765
8	9	Chase Elliott (P)	7	16	200.757
9	3	Austin Dillon	7	16	200.752
10	1	Kurt Busch	7	16	200.751
11	24	William Byron (P)	7	16	200.751
12	20	Erik Jones	7	16	200.733
13	47	Ryan Preece #	5	14	200.704
14	37	Chris Buescher	3	12	200.659
15	34	Michael McDowell	16	25	200.651
16	4	Kevin Harvick (P)	9	18	200.644
17	19	Martin Truex Jr (P)	5	14	200.644
18	22	Joey Logano (P)	11	20	200.586
19	12	Ryan Blaney (P)	12	21	200.582
20	41	Daniel Suarez	6	15	200.566
21	88	Alex Bowman (P)	3	12	200.391
22	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	13	22	200.390
23	14	Clint Bowyer (P)	15	24	200.386
24	10	Aric Almirola	8	17	200.383
25	42	Kyle Larson (P)	6	15	200.379
26	2	Brad Keselowski (P)	13	22	200.025
27	62	* Brendan Gaughan(i)	3	12	194.791
28	21	P. Menard / M. Crafton(i)	12	21	194.480
29	48	Jimmie Johnson	1	10	186.476
* Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart.