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Talladega newcomer Erik Jones is fastest in sole Xfinity practice

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Erik Jones didn’t let the fact he’s never driven an Xfinity Series car at Talladega Superspeedway affect him during Friday’s lone practice session.

Jones, 18, shot to the top of the speed charts – not an easy thing to do for a veteran driver, let alone a relative newcomer to both ‘Dega and the Xfinity Series – with a speed of 188.861 mph.

Darrell Wallace Jr., an Xfinity Series rookie, was second-fastest at 188.727 mph, followed by Daytona winner Ryan Reed (188.727) and Regan Smith (188.086).

Here’s how the only Xfinity practice session of the weekend played out:

1 Erik Jones … 188.861 mph … 19 laps

2 Darrell Wallace Jr. … 188.727 … 21 laps

3 Ryan Reed … 188.727 … 20 laps

4 Regan Smith … 188.086 … 23 laps

5 Daniel Suarez … 187.621 … 23 laps

6 Kasey Kahne … 187.141 … 18 laps

7 Aric Almirola … 187.053 … 35 laps

8 John Wes Townley … 187.017 … 41 laps

9 Brian Scott … 186.903 … 19 laps

10 Chris Buescher … 186.827 … 26 laps

11 Brendan Gaughan … 186.758 …12 laps

12 JJ Yeley … 186.362 … 17 laps

13 Elliott Sadler … 186.180 … 18 laps

14 Brennan Poole … 185.989 … 33 laps

15 Chase Elliott … 185.924 … 14 laps

16 Dakoda Armstrong … 185.902 … 29 laps

17 Boris Said … 185.895 … 23 laps

18 Jeffrey Earnhardt … 185.823 … 20 laps

19 Eric McClure … 185.635 … 17 laps

20 Joey Logano … 185.366 … 21 laps

21 Kenny Wallace … 185.051 … 21 laps

22 Blake Koch … 181.618 … 33 laps

23 Cale Conley … 181.604 … 26 laps

24 Jeremy Clements … 181.594 … 28 laps

25 David Starr … 181.446 … 25 laps

26 Ty Dillon … 181.069 … 23 laps

27 Austin Dillon … 180.870 … 23 laps

28 Mario Gosselin … 179.168 … 15 laps

29 Mark Thompson … 178.964 … 2 laps

30 Benny Gordon … 178.961 … 25 laps

31 Chris Cockrum … 178.543 … 29 laps

32 Chad Boat … 176.627 … 21 laps

33 Ryan Sieg … 176.601 … 20 laps

34 Mike Bliss … 176.523 … 12 laps

35 Bobby Gerhart … 176.026 … 26 laps

36 Derek White … 175.955 … 12 laps

37 Jeff Green … 175.761 … 17 laps

38 Landon Cassill … 175.080 … 6 laps

39 Peyton Sellers … 174.499 … 13 laps

40 Harrison Rhodes … 174.328 … 8 laps

41 Derrike Cope … 174.258 … 18 laps

42 Mike Harmon … 173.945 … 17 laps

43 Ross Chastain … 173.929 … 7 laps

44 Joey Gase … 173.724 … 10 laps

45 Carlos Contreras … 172.864 … 23 laps

Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average:

1 Chris Buescher … 179.246 mph

2 John Wes Townley … 169.106 mph

3 Mark Thompson … 162.614 mph

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