Texas Motor Speedway first practice results from April 6, 2018
The wait is over. NASCAR will return to the track today. The series unloads at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX.
View full Texas Motor Speedway practice results below.
First on the schedule is a 55-minute pre-qualifying practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The track is a repaved 1.5-mile oval. The last eight 1.5-mile races have been won by two drivers: Martin Truex Jr; Kevin Harvick.
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Track officials ran the tire dragon ahead of this weekend. This time around, they spent a bulk of their time working in the middle groove.
However, bottom feeding is the name of the game at the new Texas Motor Speedway. Every driver in the field is glued to the white line in both turns.
With 30 minutes remaining in the session, Clint Bowyer sits at the top of the board. He ended a 190-race winless streak streak at Martinsville Speedway two weeks prior.
30 minutes remain: 1. Clint Boyer (27.881); 2. Ryan Blaney (27.927); 3. Ryan Newman (27.768); 4. Chase Elliott (28.004); 5. Kyle Busch (28.008);
William Byron is sitting in the garage area. An engine change is underway. “We needed track time,” Byron states to FS1.
The speed is drastically increasing on the track. One car after the next is finding the top of the board. Harvick sits 5th, he’s fighting a loose condition off turn 4.
“The track gets faster every time you go out. It’s hard to decipher what to change,” Joey Logano says with 17 minutes remaining in the session. He’s 25th as teammate Brad Keselowski leads the session.
11 minutes to go, Kyle Busch jumps his arch-nemesis on the timing sheet. Busch to the top.
7 minutes to go, Kevin Harvick returns to the top of the board. The loose condition off turn 4 has been corrected.
4 minutes to go, the track record holder sits at the top of the board. Kurt Busch leads practice and places Stewart-Haas in 1st and 2nd.
Kurt Busch wins practice. Stewart-Haas machines are 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the Texas Motor Speedway practice sheet.
“The car’s capable of the pole,” Kurt Busch says following practice.
View full Texas Motor Speedway practice times below.
Texas Motor Speedway
Practice 1 Results
April 6, 2018
Pos | Driver
Time | Laps
1. Kurt Busch
27.523 | 7
2. Kevin Harvick
27.559 | 9
3. Clint Bowyer
27.632 | 7
4. Kyle Busch
27.691 | 6
5. Ryan Blaney
27.709 | 5
6. Denny Hamlin
27.711 | 12
7. Chase Elliott
27.732 | 7
8. Brad Keselowski
27.753 | 5
9. Aric Almirola
27.763 | 7
10. Martin Truex Jr
27.763 | 5
11. Ryan Newman
27.804 | 7
12. Jimmie Johnson
27.817 | 12
13. Daniel Suarez
27.830 | 5
14. Alex Bowman
27.851 | 7
15. Erik Jones
27.855 | 5
16. Joey Logano
27.870 | 19
17. Paul Menard
27.871 | 5
18. Kyle Larson
27.909 | 7
19. Chris Buescher
27.913 | 16
20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
27.978 | 7
21. Austin Dillon
27.978 | 8
22. Trevor Bayne
27.992 | 5
23. Darrell Wallace Jr
28.068 | 8
24. AJ Allmendinger
28.113 | 12
25. Ty Dillon
28.127 | 9
26. Michael McDowell
28.155 | 10
27. Kasey Kahne
28.216 | 13
28. Jamie McMurray
28.223 | 7
29. David Ragan
28.247 | 9
30. Matt DiBenedetto
28.430 | 6
31. Gray Gaulding
28.812 | 8
32. Ross Chastain
28.908 | 9
33. William Byron
29.060 | 5
34. Reed Sorenson
29.789 | 4
35. Harrison Rhodes
29.912 | 17
36. Cole Whitt
29.978 | 10
37. Landon Cassill
30.383 | 11
