Jimmie Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports teammates took over the speed charts in the opening Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Texas Speedway.
Johnson was joined by Alex Bowman who was second fastest and William Byron was fourth. They were joined in the top five by Joey Logano (third) and Brad Keselowski (fifth). Michasel McDowell was sixth fastest whiel the fastest Toyota was Chris Buescher in seventh. Kurt Busch, Bubba Wallace and Ty Dillon rounded out the top-ten.
MENCS Opening Practice Texas
RaceRank | No | Driver | BestLapTime | BestSpeed | BestLap | Laps |
1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 28.459 | 189.747 | 5 | 8 |
2 | 88 | Alex Bowman | 28.668 | 188.363 | 5 | 8 |
3 | 22 | Joey Logano | 28.696 | 188.18 | 8 | 8 |
4 | 24 | William Byron | 28.696 | 188.18 | 10 | 10 |
5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 28.701 | 188.147 | 5 | 8 |
6 | 34 | Michael McDowell | 28.701 | 188.147 | 11 | 11 |
7 | 37 | Chris Buescher | 28.791 | 187.559 | 10 | 10 |
8 | 1 | Kurt Busch | 28.82 | 187.37 | 2 | 8 |
9 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | 28.835 | 187.272 | 11 | 11 |
10 | 13 | Ty Dillon | 28.849 | 187.182 | 2 | 11 |
11 | 8 | Daniel Hemric # | 28.86 | 187.11 | 7 | 9 |
12 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 28.868 | 187.058 | 9 | 9 |
13 | 21 | Paul Menard | 28.872 | 187.032 | 7 | 10 |
14 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 28.874 | 187.019 | 2 | 5 |
15 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 28.889 | 186.922 | 5 | 8 |
16 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | 28.894 | 186.89 | 5 | 8 |
17 | 38 | David Ragan | 28.905 | 186.819 | 8 | 10 |
18 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 28.918 | 186.735 | 4 | 6 |
19 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | 28.934 | 186.632 | 8 | 8 |
20 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 28.94 | 186.593 | 2 | 5 |
21 | 47 | Ryan Preece # | 28.953 | 186.509 | 8 | 11 |
22 | 20 | Erik Jones | 28.956 | 186.49 | 4 | 8 |
23 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 28.957 | 186.483 | 5 | 8 |
24 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | 28.972 | 186.387 | 8 | 8 |
25 | 6 | Ryan Newman | 29.028 | 186.027 | 9 | 9 |
26 | 10 | Aric Almirola | 29.043 | 185.931 | 4 | 10 |
27 | 00 | Landon Cassill | 29.067 | 185.778 | 11 | 11 |
28 | 42 | Kyle Larson | 29.068 | 185.771 | 8 | 8 |
29 | 36 | Matt Tifft # | 29.071 | 185.752 | 8 | 10 |
30 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | 29.097 | 185.586 | 7 | 7 |
31 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 29.116 | 185.465 | 2 | 8 |
32 | 32 | Corey LaJoie | 29.266 | 184.514 | 7 | 10 |
33 | *96 | Parker Kligerman(i) | 29.271 | 184.483 | 5 | 11 |
34 | 15 | Ross Chastain(i) | 29.628 | 182.26 | 2 | 2 |
35 | 52 | Bayley Currey(i) | 30.058 | 179.653 | 9 | 9 |
36 | 51 | BJ McLeod(i) | 30.064 | 179.617 | 5 | 5 |
37 | *27 | Reed Sorenson | 30.098 | 179.414 | 6 | 6 |
38 | 77 | Garrett Smithley(i) | 30.309 | 178.165 | 1 | 1 |
39 | *66 | Timmy Hill(i) | 31.121 | 173.516 | 6 | 6 |