Watkins Glen International practice times from August 4, 2018 featuring the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
It’s an enhanced weekend for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. This morning, the series hits the 2.454-mile road course for the first time in 2018.
View NASCAR Cup Series practice results below.
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It’s a one house and fifteen minute session in the opening round of practice.
5 minutes in, Jimmie Johnson sits at the top of the times sheet with a 72.626. 15 cars have turned a lap, Byron is another Hendrick car inside the top 5.
40 minutes remain, Kyle Busch sits at the top of the times sheet. 70.983 for Busch. He’s four tenths quicker than Joey Logano who has the second fastest time.
Denny Hamlin has tagged the wall off turn 7. Just a light scrape on the left rear as he ran out of race track off the corner.
The #11 team has it repaired and they’re pushing it through the inspection station as a test run. There’s no inspection after qualifying today. Instead, they will inspect the cars in the morning, before the race.
25 minutes remain, the red flag is out. Newman tagged the guardrail up the hill and off turn 3. Smoke came from the car immediately as he smushed the right side.
10 minutes remain, all four Joe Gibbs Racing cars sit inside the top 10. Martin Truex Jr, the fifth car is also inside the top 10. Truex has won the last two road course events.
2 minutes remain, Erik Jones knocks his teammate off the top spot. 70.467 for Erik Jones. That’s a half second quicker than Busch’s run. It’s likely a qualifying time.
The grip was there early in the session. However, as the track began to heat up the cars began to skate across the surface. Most of the quick times were turned early on in the session.
Jimmie Johnson turned the most laps in this practice session at 25. Cole Whitt turned the lowest lap count at just 6 laps. Johnson is 17th on the board. Cole Whitt is 32nd.
Denny Hamlin is changing the transmission on the 11 car. He never went back out on the race track for another run following contact with the wall.
Erik Jones wins the opening round of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Watkins Glen International.
Final practice at Watkins Glen will resume at 1 PM. Qualifying will get underway following today’s NXS race.
View full Watkins Glen practice results below.
Watkins Glen International
Practice Results
August 4, 2018
Pos | Driver | Fast Time
1. Erik Jones
70.467
2. Kyle Busch
70.983
3. Joey Logano
71.328
4. Clint Bowyer
71.391
5. Martin Truex Jr
71.455
6. Daniel Suarez
71.459
7. Denny Hamlin
71.481
8. Jamie McMurray
71.605
9. Michael McDowell
71.634
10. AJ Allmendinger
71.668
11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
71.750
12. Kyle Larson
71.759
13. Ryan Newman
71.774
14. Aric Almirola
71.789
15. Chase Elliott
71.804
16. Kasey Kahne
71.843
17. Jimmie Johnson
71.872
18. Kurt Busch
71.872
19. Kevin Harvick
71.903
20. William Byron
71.924
21. Brad Keselowski
71.948
22. Chris Buescher
72.085
23. Paul Menard
72.108
24. David Ragan
72.146
25. Ryan Blaney
72.146
26. Alex Bowman
72.292
27. Matt Kenseth
72.322
28. Austin Dillon
72.578
29. Matt DiBenedetto
72.627
30. Parker Kligerman
72.910
31. Ty Dillon
73.002
32. Cole Whitt
73.004
33. Bubba Wallace
73.365
34. Ross Chastain
73.480
35. Josh Bilicki
74.043
36. Spencer Gallagher
74.245
37. Landon Cassill
74.502
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Related:Â Watkins Glen Results: August 6, 2017 (NASCAR Cup Series)