NASCAR practice averages from Talladega Superspeedway
Today, they’ll drop the green flag at Talladega Superspeedway. The NASCAR Cup Series is set to unload at the 2.66-mile oval.
View full 2019 Talladega practice averages below.
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Chase Elliott will start from the pole position today at Talladega Superspeedway. In fact, it’s a Hendrick Motorsports lockout on the front two rows.
The HMS group is fast in qualifying and single lap pace. However, that tells you their cars are trimmed out on drag and thus downforce. Meaning, all those cars aren’t likely to handle well in traffic or on long runs.
So, who has the best long run car? The two charts below highlight the best consecutive 5-lap averages from practice one and final practice.
Any driver that made a run of 5 consecutive laps or more is listed on the charts below. Their lap times from the best 5 laps in a row are then averaged.
Denny Hamlin and Clint Bowyer were fastest overall in practice. However, Kevin Harvick is the man to beat.
Talladega Superspeedway
Practice Averages (5-Laps)
October 11, 2019
NASCAR Cup Series
Session Start: 1:35pm
Pos | Driver | Average Time
1. Kevin Harvick
47.363
2. Denny Hamlin
47.368
3. Kyle Busch
47.421
4. Matt DiBenedetto
47.465
5. Michael McDowell
47.487
6. Matt Crafton
47.517
7. Erik Jones
47.520
8. Ryan Newman
47.534
9. Brendan Gaughan
47.547
10. Daniel Suarez
47.551
11. Ryan Blaney
47.552
12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
47.556
13. Joey Logano
47.557
14. Clint Bowyer
47.562
15. Brad Keselowski
47.566
16. Aric Almirola
47.566
17. Kyle Larson
47.574
18. Ty Dillon
47.610
19. Ryan Preece
47.611
20. Daniel Hemric
47.632
21. Austin Dillon
47.642
22. Bubba Wallace
47.642
23. Kurt Busch
47.642
24. William Byron
47.643
25. Chase Elliott
47.646
26. Chris Buescher
47.690
27. Martin Truex Jr
47.695
28. Alex Bowman
47.709
29. Jimmie Johnson
48.061
30. Ross Chastain
49.536
31. Corey LaJoie
49.672
32. Blake Jones
51.792
33. David Ragan
52.083
34. Parker Kligerman
53.009
35. Matt Tifft
54.813
Fastest for 10 Laps: Denny Hamlin (47.675)
Fastest for 15 Laps: Daniel Hemric (47.710)
Talladega Superspeedway
Final Practice Averages (5-Laps)
October 11, 2019
NASCAR Cup Series
Session Start: 3:35pm
Pos | Driver | Average Time
1. Aric Almirola
48.158
2. Kevin Harvick
48.222
3. Matt Crafton
48.241
4. Clint Bowyer
48.266
5. Brad Keselowski
48.334
6. Joey Logano
48.334
7. Matt DiBenedetto
48.761
8. David Ragan
48.805
9. Matt Tifft
48.812
10. Ryan Blaney
48.993
11. Alex Bowman
49.099
12. Ryan Newman
50.062
13. Jimmie Johnson
50.292
14. Kyle Larson
50.403
15. Erik Jones
50.748
16. Ryan Preece
51.060
17. Chase Elliott
51.227
18. Kurt Busch
52.174
19. Parker Kligerman
56.212
20. Daniel Suarez
61.441
21. Michael McDowell
66.081
Fastest for 10 Laps: Kevin Harvick (48.351)
Fastest for 15 Laps: Kevin Harvick (48.562)
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