The first practice is in the books at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Ricky Stenhouse Jr puts his Ford at the top of the board. Larson 2nd and Bubba Wallace was 3rd overall.
The big surprise is Bubba Wallace. Last week the team finished 2nd at Daytona International Speedway. That result doesn’t really come as a surprise to many. However, this week is a 1.5 mile track, the bread and butter of the NASCAR schedule.
Early in practice 1, Bubba Wallace found himself sitting at the top of the board! Richard Perry Motorsports signed an alliance with Richard Childress Racing over the off-season. In addition, RPM made the switch to Chevrolet. It appears that alliance is working well.
View full Atlanta Motor Speedway practice speeds below.
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Practice 1 Results
February 23, 2018
POS | Driver | Time | Speed
1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
29.745 | 186.384
2. Kyle Larson
29.820 | 185.915
3. Darrell Wallace Jr
29.833 | 185.834
4. Ty Dillon
29.863 | 185.648
5. Alex Bowman
29.920 | 185.294
6. Denny Hamlin
29.935 | 185.201
7. Kevin Harvick
29.971 | 184.979
8. William Byron
30.022 | 184.665
9. Joey Logano
30.028 | 184.628
10. Martin Truex Jr
30.037 | 184.572
11. Clint Bowyer
30.054 | 184.468
12. Ryan Newman
30.060 | 184.431
13. Daniel Suarez
30.130 | 184.003
14. Aric Almirola
30.136 | 183.966
15. Paul Menard
30.169 | 183.765
16. Jimmie Johnson
30.175 | 183.728
17. AJ Allmendinger
30.178 | 183.710
18. Jamie McMurray
30.199 | 183.582
19. Chris Buescher
30.240 | 183.333
20. Kyle Busch
30.258 | 183.224
21. Kurt Busch
30.300 | 182.970
22. Erik Jones
30.320 | 182.850
23. Kasey Kahne
30.322 | 182.838
24. Brad Keselowski
20.346 | 182.693
25. Ryan Blaney
30.373 | 182.531
26. Michael McDowell
30.416 | 182.272
27. David Ragan
30.449 | 182.075
28. Austin Dillon
30.503 | 181.753
29. Chase Elliott
30.533 | 181.574
30. Trevor Bayne
30.725 | 180.439
31. Matt DiBenedetto
30.750 | 180.293
32. Ross Chastain
31.145 | 178.006
33. Gray Gaulding
31.966 | 173.434
34. Cole Whitt
32.028 | 173.099
35. Jeffrey Earnhardt
32.762 | 169.220
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