Practice #1 : Texas Motor Speedway

O'Reilly Auto Parts 300

Saturday, November 3rd, 2018

Texas Motor Speedway , Fort Worth, TX

Texas Motor Speedway logo
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  • Texas Motor Speedway
  • 14th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge
  • Pole Winner: Christopher Bell
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No. 20 - GameStop NBA 2K19 Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
  • Christopher Bell won the Pole Award for the 14th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge with a lap of 28.523 seconds, 189.321 mph.
  • This is his sixth pole in 39 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
  • This is his fifth pole and 22nd top-10 start in 2018.
  • This is his first pole in three races at Texas Motor Speedway.
  • Shane Lee (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2018 and his first in one races at Texas Motor Speedway.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 26th in 31 races this season.
  • Chad Finchum (19th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: 0.162 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 34 Minutes 5 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 116.820
  • Cautions: 13 for 54 laps
  • Lead Changes: 17
  • Green Flag Passes: 963 (6.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Texas Motor Speedway
  • 14th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge
  • Race Winner: Cole Custer
  • Age: 20
  • Team : No. 00 - Autodesk Ford
  • Owner: Gene Haas
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Cole Custer won the 14th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, his second victory in 69 XFINITY Series races.
  • This is his first victory and 24th top-10 finish in 2018.
  • This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in four races at Texas Motor Speedway.
  • Tyler Reddick (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 18th top-10 finish in 2018.
  • Austin Cindric (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Texas Motor Speedway.
  • Tyler Reddick (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 7 points over Elliott Sadler.
  • There were 13 cautions, a new track record. The previous record (10) was set on March 29, 2003
Cole Custer celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 4, 2023 : Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.
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DRIVER
DRIVER
#
MAKE
SINGLE BEST LAP
RANK
SPEED
TIME
BHND
LAP
LAPS
TOTAL
10-LAP AVG
SPEED
FROM
TO

Ryan Truex
11
Chevrolet
1
187.162
28.852
0.000
12
12
0
0
Daniel Hemric
21
Chevrolet
2
186.832
28.903
0.050
19
19
0
0
Elliott Sadler
1
Chevrolet
3
186.580
28.942
0.090
8
17
0
0
Cole Custer
00
Ford
4
186.387
28.972
0.120
14
15
0
0
Matt Tifft
2
Chevrolet
5
186.130
29.012
0.160
14
15
0
0
Brandon Jones
19
Toyota
6
186.072
29.021
0.169
12
24
0
0
Christopher Bell
20
Toyota
7
185.995
29.033
0.181
12
19
0
0
John Hunter Nemechek
42
Chevrolet
8
185.395
29.127
0.275
8
19
0
0
Tyler Reddick
9
Chevrolet
9
185.249
29.150
0.298
8
18
0
0
Shane Lee
3
Chevrolet
10
184.944
29.198
0.346
11
19
0
0
Ryan Preece
18
Toyota
11
184.925
29.201
0.349
12
16
0
0
Austin Cindric
22
Ford
12
184.849
29.213
0.361
5
6
0
0
Spencer Gallagher
23
Chevrolet
13
184.729
29.232
0.380
11
18
0
0
Ty Majeski
60
Ford
14
184.514
29.266
0.414
17
17
0
0
Justin Allgaier
7
Chevrolet
15
184.489
29.270
0.418
5
8
0
0
Michael Annett
5
Chevrolet
16
184.464
29.274
0.422
20
20
0
0
Ryan Sieg
39
Chevrolet
17
183.212
29.474
0.622
8
15
0
0
Jeremy Clements
51
Chevrolet
18
183.119
29.489
0.637
13
14
0
0
JJ Yeley
38
Chevrolet
19
182.784
29.543
0.691
1
10
0
0
Alex Labbe
36
Chevrolet
20
181.635
29.730
0.878
19
21
0
0
Joey Gase
35
Chevrolet
21
180.343
29.943
1.091
14
20
0
0
Jeff Green
93
Chevrolet
22
180.144
29.976
1.124
4
4
0
0
Chad Finchum
40
Toyota
23
179.784
30.036
1.184
5
15
0
0
Ross Chastain
4
Chevrolet
24
178.000
30.337
1.485
3
6
0
0
David Starr
52
Chevrolet
25
177.871
30.359
1.507
8
10
0
0
Brandon Brown
90
Chevrolet
26
177.871
30.359
1.507
22
30
177.024
21
30
Garrett Smithley
0
Chevrolet
27
177.860
30.361
1.509
3
12
0
0
Quin Houff
15
Chevrolet
28
177.491
30.424
1.572
24
24
171.124
6
15
 
 
 
29
176.840
30.536
1.684
1
4
0
0
Ray Black II
8
Chevrolet
30
175.513
30.767
1.915
9
15
0
0
Vinnie Miller
78
Chevrolet
31
175.285
30.807
1.955
8
9
0
0
Stephen Leicht
99
Chevrolet
32
174.706
30.909
2.057
2
6
0
0
Spencer Boyd
76
Chevrolet
33
174.430
30.958
2.106
6
11
0
0
Josh Bilicki
 
 
34
174.087
31.019
2.167
6
7
0
0
Mike Harmon
74
Chevrolet
35
169.019
31.949
3.097
4
4
0
0
Bayley Currey
45
Toyota
36
164.154
32.896
4.044
1
1
0
0
Bayley Currey
55
Toyota
36
164.154
32.896
4.044
1
1
0
0
BJ McLeod
01
Chevrolet
37
152.336
35.448
6.596
1
1
0
0
Morgan Shepherd
89
Chevrolet
38
123.108
43.864
15.012
1
1
0
0