Talladega Practice Results: April 26, 2019 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR practice times from Talladega Superspeedway

Today, Talladega Superspeedway hosts two rounds of practice for NASCAR’s premier series. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series takes to the 2.66-mile track in Alabama for the first time with the new rules package.

View full 2019 Talladega practice results below.

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New rules: Bigger rear spoiler, bigger front splitter, tapered radiator pan, tapered engine spacer (no restrictor plate), 1 inch trackbar bolt and aero ducts.

This rule package is brand new for a superspeedway event. The Daytona race earlier in the year was excluded from most of the 2019 rules package.

Talladega Practice
Report

Duration: 50 minutes

Kyle Busch went out early in the practice session. He returned to the garage quick as the #18 was dragging on the track bar mount.

The track bar now has a 1 inch bolt attached. That’s designed to raise the track bar by 1 inch.

Teams have formed in groups early.

Kurt Busch leads the session at the halfway mark. He set an average speed of 202.67

37 minutes in, a group of 10 Ford Mustangs have hit the track. They’ve lined up single file around the bottom. They cannot top the times set earlier in the session. Kevin Harvick was quickest in that line of cars (7th).

5 minutes remain, they’re 3 wide in practice. Suarez gave a shove to Paul Menard down the back stretch. The bump on the right hand side of the rear bumper was enough to get Menard out of shape. Menard lifted and pulled to the inside, he’s had enough of that.

Kurt Busch wins the opening round of NASCAR practice at Talladega Superspeedway!

View full Talladega practice times below.


Talladega Practice Results
April 26, 2019

Time: 1:35pm ET

Pos | Driver | Time

1. Kurt Busch
47.249

2. David Ragan
47.253

3. Erik Jones
47.253

4. Michael McDowell
47.256

5. Chase Elliott
47.260

6. William Byron
47.262

7. Ryan Newman
47.290

8. Kyle Busch
47.390

9. Ty Dillon
47.528

10. Jimmie Johnson
47.590

11. Kevin Harvick
47.606

12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
47.719

13. Ryan Preece
47.730

14. Ryan Blaney
47.767

15. Matt Tifft
47.769

16. Daniel Suarez
47.794

17. Aric Almirola
47.797

18. Joey Logano
47.799

19. Paul Menard
47.818

20. Clint Bowyer
47.823

21. Brad Keselowski
47.823

22. Alex Bowman
47.900

23. Martin Truex Jr
48.100

24. Daniel Hemric
48.112

25. Kyle Larson
48.195

26. Austin Dillon
48.524

27. Bubba Wallace
48.552

28. Chris Buescher
48.891

29. Justin Haley
49.379

30. Stanton Barrett
49.745

31. Corey LaJoie
50.196

32. Jeffrey Earnhardt
50.595

33. Denny Hamlin
50.985

34. Brendan Gaughan
51.053

35. Matt DiBenedetto
51.129

36. Parker Kligerman
51.571

37. Ross Chastain
52.055

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