Practice 2: Results
Matt Tifft kicked off the weekend strong, topping final NASCAR XFINITY Series practice at Talladega Superspeedway. Tifft, who was wheeling the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, earned a fastest lap of 181.918 mph.
Next was the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Ty Dillon (181.515 mph), last week's Dash 4 Cash winner.
Rounding out the top three was the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Brandon Jones (180.346 mph).
The No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Daniel Suarez, the current points leader, and No. 51 Chevrolet of Jeremy Clements were fourth and fifth, respectively.
The defending race winner Joey Logano finished the 55-minute session 33rd (153.787 mph).
Practice 1: Results
Darrell Wallace Jr. scooted to the top spot in opening NASCAR XFINITY Series practice Friday at Talladega Superspeedway.
Wallace wheeled the Roush Fenway Racing No. 6 Ford to a best lap of 192.413 mph around the 2.66-mile track. He vaulted to the top of the leaderboard with an aerodynamic boost from teammate Ryan Reed, who clocked the second-fastest lap at 192.355 mph in Roush Fenway's No. 16 Ford.
Ty Dillon, last week's winner of the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus from the series sponsor, was third-fastest at 191.827 mph in the Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet.
Matt Tifft (191.670 mph) was fourth-best in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota with Austin Dillon (190.601) completing the top five in Childress' No. 2 Chevy in early prep for Saturday's Sparks Energy 300 event (3 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Series points leader Daniel Suarez, in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 Toyota, wound up 10th of the 43 drivers to turn laps in the opening 55-minute session. Sprint Cup regular Joey Logano, the defending race winner, was 18th-best in Team Penske's No. 22 Ford.