Kurt Busch put down the fastest lap in Friday’s first practice for the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Busch was followed by David Ragan, Erik Jones, Michael McDowell and Chase Elliott.
All 37 cars which are entered into the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race for Sunday took laps. Elliott ran the most laps at 37 with Jeffrey Earnhardt making just three.
MENCS Practice #1 Talladega
1 | 1 | Kurt Busch | 47.249 | 202.671 | 3 | 30 |
2 | 38 | David Ragan | 47.253 | 202.654 | 3 | 23 |
3 | 20 | Erik Jones | 47.253 | 202.654 | 16 | 18 |
4 | 34 | Michael McDowell | 47.256 | 202.641 | 3 | 31 |
5 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 47.26 | 202.624 | 31 | 37 |
6 | 24 | William Byron | 47.262 | 202.615 | 25 | 30 |
7 | 6 | Ryan Newman | 47.29 | 202.495 | 21 | 24 |
8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 47.39 | 202.068 | 11 | 12 |
9 | 13 | Ty Dillon | 47.528 | 201.481 | 8 | 23 |
10 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 47.59 | 201.219 | 8 | 23 |
11 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 47.606 | 201.151 | 8 | 40 |
12 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 47.719 | 200.675 | 16 | 20 |
13 | 47 | Ryan Preece # | 47.73 | 200.629 | 3 | 18 |
14 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 47.767 | 200.473 | 14 | 27 |
15 | 36 | Matt Tifft # | 47.769 | 200.465 | 4 | 23 |
16 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | 47.794 | 200.36 | 12 | 23 |
17 | 10 | Aric Almirola | 47.797 | 200.347 | 13 | 24 |
18 | 22 | Joey Logano | 47.799 | 200.339 | 22 | 35 |
19 | 21 | Paul Menard | 47.818 | 200.259 | 15 | 25 |
20 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | 47.823 | 200.238 | 16 | 28 |
21 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 47.823 | 200.238 | 15 | 28 |
22 | 88 | Alex Bowman | 47.9 | 199.916 | 4 | 29 |
23 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr | 48.1 | 199.085 | 11 | 14 |
24 | 8 | Daniel Hemric # | 48.112 | 199.036 | 5 | 13 |
25 | 42 | Kyle Larson | 48.195 | 198.693 | 6 | 28 |
26 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 48.524 | 197.346 | 2 | 18 |
27 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | 48.552 | 197.232 | 13 | 16 |
28 | 37 | Chris Buescher | 48.891 | 195.864 | 7 | 10 |
29 | 77 | Justin Haley(i) | 49.379 | 193.929 | 5 | 6 |
30 | 52 | Stanton Barrett | 49.745 | 192.502 | 2 | 6 |
31 | 32 | Corey LaJoie | 50.196 | 190.772 | 8 | 17 |
32 | *81 | Jeffrey Earnhardt(i) | 50.595 | 189.268 | 2 | 3 |
33 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 50.985 | 187.82 | 5 | 5 |
34 | *62 | Brendan Gaughan(i) | 51.053 | 187.57 | 4 | 5 |
35 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | 51.129 | 187.291 | 3 | 5 |
36 | *96 | Parker Kligerman(i) | 51.471 | 186.047 | 7 | 7 |
37 | 15 | Ross Chastain(i) | 52.055 | 183.959 | 6 | 7 |