It’s a big weekend for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers. Starting this weekend, the NASCAR playoffs are set to begin. The first track in the post-season is Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
View full 2018 Las Vegas Motor Speedway practice times below.
This is the pre-qualifying practice. The field will qualify later tonight. They then return to the track for two more practice sessions on Saturday. Most teams will spend the bulk of this session making short runs in qualifying trim.
With 26 minutes remaining, the top 6 positions are filled by playoff drivers. Joey Logano sits at the top of the board.
Jimmie Johnson is the slowest of the playoff drivers. He didn’t get a run qualifying run while on sticker tires until less than 8 minutes in the session. Johnson is 21st on the board.
Joe Logano holds on to win the opening round of NASCAR Cup Series practice! The field will return to the track later tonight for three rounds of knockout qualifying in Las Vegas, Nevada
View Las Vegas Motor Speedway practice results below.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Practice Times – MENCS
September 14, 2018
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Joey Logano
28.473
2. Kevin Harvick
28.502
3. Aric Almirola
28.592
4. Erik Jones
28.626
5. Kurt Busch
28.702
6. Kyle Busch
28.714
7. Denny Hamlin
28.730
8. Martin Truex Jr
28.765
9. Clint Bowyer
28.773
10. Jamie McMurray
28.779
11. Ryan Newman
28.781
12. Kyle Larson
28.799
13. Chase Elliott
28.839
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
28.847
15. Ryan Blaney
28.872
16. Brad Keselowski
28.905
17. Paul Menard
28.908
18. Austin Dillon
28.952
19. Alex Bowman
28.959
20. William Byron
28.965
21. Jimmie Johnson
29.002
22. David Ragan
29.016
23. Chris Buescher
29.097
24. AJ Allmendinger
29.119
25. Trevor Bayne
29.154
26. Matt DiBenedetto
29.176
27. Michael McDowell
29.179
28. Regan Smith
29.297
29. Daniel Suarez
29.301
30. Ty Dillon
29.357
31. Bubba Wallace
29.810
32. Jeffrey Earnhardt
30.452
33. JJ Yeley
30.580
34. Ross Chastain
30.781
35. Corey LaJoie
30.852
36. Landon Cassill
31.045
37. Kyle Weatherman
31.347
38. Reed Sorenson
31.374
39. Timmy Hill
31.634
40. BJ McLeod
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