Grant Enfinger, Christopher Bell, Matt Crafton top first Truck practice at Atlanta
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Friday’s first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway was a tale of two rookies.
Grant Enfinger, defending ARCA Series champ, and Christopher Bell were fastest in the first of three practice sessions today.
Enfinger had a best run of 179.574 mph to top the field. Bell, who suffered a hard wreck at Daytona last week, was second fastest at 178.816 mph.
Two-time Truck champ Matt Crafton was third fastest at 178.310 mph.
Friday’s two other sessions will be at 1:30 p.m. to 2:25 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 5:25 p.m. ET.
Here’s how the first session played out:
| POS. | CAR # | DRIVER | MANUFACTURER | SPONSOR | BEST SPEED | BEST TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | Grant Enfinger |
| Alamo Rent A Car | 179.574 | 30.873 | Leader |
| 2 | 4 | Christopher Bell |
| JBL | 178.816 | 31.004 | --0.131 |
| 3 | 88 | Matt Crafton |
| Hormel/Menards | 178.310 | 31.092 | --0.219 |
| 4 | 19 | Daniel Hemric |
| California Clean Power | 177.858 | 31.171 | --0.298 |
| 5 | 05 | John Wes Townley |
| ESPFANCLUB.org Chevrolet | 177.858 | 31.171 | --0.298 |
| 6 | 9 | William Byron |
| Liberty University | 177.493 | 31.235 | --0.362 |
| 7 | 00 | Cole Custer |
| Haas Automation | 177.074 | 31.309 | --0.436 |
| 8 | 92 | Parker Kligerman |
| Blacks Tire & Wheel Distributors Goodyear Fleet HQ Solutions Wynns | 177.028 | 31.317 | --0.444 |
| 9 | 13 | Cameron Hayley |
| Cabinets by Hayley | 176.961 | 31.329 | --0.456 |
| 10 | 29 | Tyler Reddick |
| Cooper Standard | 176.527 | 31.406 | --0.533 |
| 11 | 75 | Caleb Holman |
| Food Country USA, Lopez Wealth Mgmt., Lay's | 176.443 | 31.421 | --0.548 |
| 12 | 51 | Daniel Suarez |
| Arris | 176.409 | 31.427 | --0.554 |
| 13 | 21 | Johnny Sauter |
| Allegiant Travel | 176.173 | 31.469 | --0.596 |
| 14 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher |
| Alamo Rent A Car | 176.095 | 31.483 | --0.610 |
| 15 | 17 | Timothy Peters |
| Red Horse Racing | 175.961 | 31.507 | --0.634 |
| 16 | 11 | Ben Kennedy |
| Jacob Companies | 175.849 | 31.527 | --0.654 |
| 17 | 20 | Austin Hill |
| Arco Design &Build | 175.604 | 31.571 | --0.698 |
| 18 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek |
| TBA | 175.521 | 31.586 | --0.713 |
| 19 | 98 | Rico Abreu |
| Safelite/CURB Records Toyota Tundra | 175.254 | 31.634 | --0.761 |
| 20 | 41 | Ben Rhodes |
| Alpha Energy Solutions Toyota | 174.834 | 31.710 | --0.837 |
| 21 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self |
| AM Technical Solutions | 174.405 | 31.788 | --0.915 |
| 22 | 32 | Justin Marks |
| Katerra | 174.192 | 31.827 | --0.954 |
| 23 | 86 | Brandon Brown |
| NcaseIt/Coastal Carolina University | 173.358 | 31.980 | --1.107 |
| 24 | 07 | J.J. Yeley |
| Engine Parts Plus | 173.272 | 31.996 | --1.123 |
| 25 | 63 | Garrett Smithley |
| Instalco | 171.079 | 32.406 | --1.533 |
| 26 | 66 | Jordan Anderson |
| Columbia SC- Famously Hot | 170.974 | 32.426 | --1.553 |
| 27 | 59 | Korbin Forrister |
| Tilted Kilt / MOMO / THE Sports Agency | 170.485 | 32.519 | --1.646 |
| 28 | 02 | Tyler Young |
| Randco/Young's Building Systems | 169.521 | 32.704 | --1.831 |
| 29 | 71 | Carlos Contreras | Racetrac Convenience Stores | 166.897 | 33.218 | --2.345 | |
| 30 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb |
| WestsideVapor.com | 166.526 | 33.292 | --2.419 |
| 31 | 6 | Norm Benning | 166.267 | 33.344 | --2.471 | ||
| 32 | 44 | Tommy Joe Martins |
| ClikIt.Tv / Diamond Gusset Jeans | 0.000 | 0.000 | -30.873 |
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