Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest driver in the opening practice for Sunday’s running of the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Truex set a fast time of 47.708 which was faster than Justin Allgaier who set the fastest time for a rookie at 47.721. Last year’s winner of this race, David Ragan, was third at 47.737.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be on the track again on Friday for another practice session before having knock out qualifying on Saturday.
Full Practice Speeds for Opening Cup Practice at Talladega
RankNoDriverBestLapTimeBestSpeedBestLapLaps
| 1 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | 47.708 | 200.721 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 51 | Justin Allgaier # | 47.721 | 200.666 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | 34 | David Ragan | 47.737 | 200.599 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 47.751 | 200.54 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | 42 | Kyle Larson # | 47.791 | 200.372 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 47.899 | 199.921 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | 66 | Michael Waltrip | 47.91 | 199.875 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | 38 | David Gilliland | 47.96 | 199.666 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 47.963 | 199.654 | 9 | 26 |
| 10 | 10 | Danica Patrick | 47.97 | 199.625 | 4 | 18 |
| 11 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | 48.266 | 198.401 | 14 | 16 |
| 12 | 31 | Ryan Newman | 48.275 | 198.364 | 13 | 14 |
| 13 | 43 | Aric Almirola | 48.289 | 198.306 | 5 | 29 |
| 14 | 3 | Austin Dillon # | 48.29 | 198.302 | 15 | 17 |
| 15 | 13 | Casey Mears | 48.294 | 198.286 | 14 | 16 |
| 16 | 27 | Paul Menard | 48.296 | 198.277 | 16 | 18 |
| 17 | 95 | Michael McDowell | 48.309 | 198.224 | 15 | 29 |
| 18 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 48.318 | 198.187 | 5 | 17 |
| 19 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 48.318 | 198.187 | 5 | 16 |
| 20 | 33 | Brian Scott(i) | 48.321 | 198.175 | 16 | 17 |
| 21 | 21 | Trevor Bayne(i) | 48.325 | 198.158 | 7 | 26 |
| 22 | 22 | Joey Logano | 48.359 | 198.019 | 6 | 30 |
| 23 | 55 | Brian Vickers | 48.366 | 197.99 | 6 | 13 |
| 24 | 41 | Kurt Busch | 48.372 | 197.966 | 6 | 20 |
| 25 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 48.373 | 197.962 | 6 | 30 |
| 26 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 48.381 | 197.929 | 6 | 31 |
| 27 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 48.418 | 197.778 | 5 | 22 |
| 28 | 23 | Alex Bowman # | 48.42 | 197.77 | 6 | 11 |
| 29 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | 48.464 | 197.59 | 6 | 25 |
| 30 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 48.482 | 197.517 | 3 | 10 |
| 31 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 48.49 | 197.484 | 9 | 27 |
| 32 | 83 | Ryan Truex # | 48.527 | 197.333 | 9 | 19 |
| 33 | 98 | Josh Wise | 48.693 | 196.661 | 7 | 7 |
| 34 | 40 | Landon Cassill(i) | 48.836 | 196.085 | 7 | 9 |
| 35 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | 48.882 | 195.9 | 8 | 15 |
| 36 | 35 | Eric McClure(i) | 48.887 | 195.88 | 11 | 22 |
| 37 | 26 | Cole Whitt # | 48.961 | 195.584 | 9 | 12 |
| 38 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 48.97 | 195.548 | 7 | 15 |
| 39 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 48.972 | 195.54 | 6 | 19 |
| 40 | 87 | Joe Nemechek(i) | 48.981 | 195.504 | 5 | 12 |
| 41 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 49.01 | 195.389 | 8 | 10 |
| 42 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | 49.023 | 195.337 | 5 | 22 |
| 43 | 77 | Dave Blaney | 49.368 | 193.972 | 5 | 12 |
| 44 | 7 | Michael Annett # | 49.591 | 193.1 | 10 | 14 |
| 45 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 50.258 | 190.537 | 18 | 19 |
| 46 | 32 | Terry Labonte | 50.803 | 188.493 | 4 | 8 |
| 47 | 44 | JJ Yeley(i) | 51.118 | 187.331 | 6 | 6 |
