Rookie Daniel Hemric led a Chevrolet brigade at the top of the leaderboard during the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday afternoon.
Hemric was followed by Chase Elliott and William Byron before the first Toyota of Kyle Busch placed fourth. Another Chevrolet with Jimmie Johnson was fifth followed by the first Ford driven by Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600 takes place Thursday evening.
Coca-Cola 600 Practice 1
| RaceRank | No | Driver | BestLapTime | BestSpeed | BestLap | Laps |
| 1 | 8 | Daniel Hemric # | 29.542 | 182.791 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 29.615 | 182.34 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 24 | William Byron | 29.636 | 182.211 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 29.643 | 182.168 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 29.669 | 182.008 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 29.671 | 181.996 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 88 | Alex Bowman | 29.683 | 181.922 | 10 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 29.688 | 181.892 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | 29.693 | 181.861 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr | 29.693 | 181.861 | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | 20 | Erik Jones | 29.728 | 181.647 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 29.729 | 181.641 | 4 | 10 |
| 13 | 37 | Chris Buescher | 29.749 | 181.519 | 11 | 11 |
| 14 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | 29.75 | 181.513 | 11 | 11 |
| 15 | 10 | Aric Almirola | 29.761 | 181.446 | 2 | 8 |
| 16 | 1 | Kurt Busch | 29.768 | 181.403 | 8 | 8 |
| 17 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 29.781 | 181.324 | 2 | 10 |
| 18 | 47 | Ryan Preece # | 29.807 | 181.165 | 8 | 8 |
| 19 | 6 | Ryan Newman | 29.858 | 180.856 | 7 | 13 |
| 20 | 13 | Ty Dillon | 29.909 | 180.548 | 14 | 14 |
| 21 | 22 | Joey Logano | 29.919 | 180.487 | 10 | 10 |
| 22 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 29.93 | 180.421 | 11 | 11 |
| 23 | 42 | Kyle Larson | 29.938 | 180.373 | 8 | 8 |
| 24 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | 29.958 | 180.252 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 21 | Paul Menard | 29.959 | 180.246 | 7 | 10 |
| 26 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | 29.962 | 180.228 | 11 | 11 |
| 27 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 29.968 | 180.192 | 6 | 6 |
| 28 | 36 | Matt Tifft # | 29.977 | 180.138 | 8 | 11 |
| 29 | 38 | David Ragan | 30.049 | 179.706 | 8 | 11 |
| 30 | 34 | Michael McDowell | 30.098 | 179.414 | 5 | 11 |
| 31 | *96 | Parker Kligerman(i) | 30.34 | 177.983 | 11 | 11 |
| 32 | 00 | Landon Cassill(i) | 30.518 | 176.945 | 5 | 37 |
| 33 | 15 | Ross Chastain(i) | 30.601 | 176.465 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | *53 | BJ McLeod(i) | 30.952 | 174.464 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | 32 | Corey LaJoie | 30.992 | 174.239 | 9 | 9 |
| 36 | 52 | Bayley Currey(i) | 31.07 | 173.801 | 3 | 4 |
| 37 | 51 | Cody Ware(i) | 31.381 | 172.079 | 4 | 4 |
| 38 | *27 | Reed Sorenson | 31.463 | 171.63 | 3 | 6 |
| 39 | 77 | Quin Houff | 31.801 | 169.806 | 2 | 8 |
| 40 | *66 | Joey Gase(i) | 32.236 | 167.515 | 10 | 10 |
