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2018 Food City 300

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2018 Food City 300
Race details
Race 22 of 33 of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date August 17, 2018
Official name 37th Annual Food City 300
Location Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
0.533 mi (0.858 km)
Distance 310 laps, 165.23 mi (265.912 km)
Scheduled Distance 300 laps, 159.9 mi (257.334 km)
Average speed 82.306 miles per hour (132.459 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 15.389
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing
Laps 202
Winner
No. 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio Performance Racing Network

The 2018 Food City 300 was the 22nd stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the 37th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, August 17, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee at Bristol Motor Speedway, a 0.533 miles (0.858 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race was extended from its scheduled 300 laps to 310 laps due to a NASCAR overtime finish. At race's end, Kyle Larson of Chip Ganassi Racing would be able to hold off Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell and JR Motorsports driver Justin Allgaier on the overtime restart to win his 12th NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his fourth and final win of his part-time season.[1] Bell and Allgaier would fill the podium, finishing second and third, respectively.

Background

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The layout of Bristol Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.

Entry list

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# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet Flex Tape
00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Haas Automation
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet OneMain Financial "Lending Done Human"
01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet Flex Glue
2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Nexteer
3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops
4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet Flex Seal
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet Pilot Flying J
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Brandt Professional Agriculture
8 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Isokern Fireplaces & Chimmeys
9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet Food City "Value. Everyday."
11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection
12 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford Pirtek
13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota MBM Motorsports
15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford DriveDownA1C.com
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota NOS Energy Drink
19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Juniper Networks
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Rheem
21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford Snap-on
23 Chase Elliott GMS Racing Chevrolet Ollie's Bargain Outlet
35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Sparks Energy
36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet DGM Racing
38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet C2 Freight Resources
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet Cook's Comfort Systems
40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota Smithbilt Homes, The Preserve
42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet DC Solar
45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota Prevagen
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet RepairableVehicles.com
52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet Chasco
55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota Prevagen
60 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford Ford
66 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Chevrolet CrashClaimsR.Us[permanent dead link]
74 Stephen Leicht Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Shadow Warriors Project, Horizon Transport
76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Grunt Style "This We'll Defend"
78 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet CorvetteParts.net, ART General Contractor
89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet Visone RV, Racing with Jesus
90 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet Sleep Well Sleep Disorder Specialists
93 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session would occur on Thursday, August 16, at 10:05 AM EST, and would last for 50 minutes.[2] Kyle Larson of Chip Ganassi Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 15.442 and an average speed of 124.259 miles per hour (199.975 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 15.442 124.259
2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.474 124.002
3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.503 123.770
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

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The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, would occur on Thursday, August 16, at 1:35 PM EST, and would last for 50 minutes.[2] Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a time of 15.603 and an average speed of 122.976 miles per hour (197.911 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.603 122.976
2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 15.616 122.874
3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.628 122.780
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, August 17, at 3:40 PM EST.[2] Since Bristol Motor Speedway is under 2 miles (3.2 km), the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole.[4]

Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 15.389 and an average speed of 124.686 miles per hour (200.663 km/h).[5]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2) Time (R3) Speed (R3)
1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.617 122.866 15.367 124.865 15.389 124.686
2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.796 121.474 15.629 122.772 15.476 123.986
3 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 15.591 123.071 15.660 122.529 15.514 123.682
4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 15.880 120.831 15.544 123.443 15.515 123.674
5 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.647 122.631 15.593 123.055 15.557 123.340
6 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 15.888 120.770 15.687 122.318 15.586 123.110
7 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.927 120.475 15.611 122.913 15.602 122.984
8 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.698 122.232 15.714 122.108 15.667 122.474
9 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 15.736 121.937 15.648 122.623 15.675 122.411
10 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 15.735 121.945 15.717 122.084 15.764 121.720
11 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.755 121.790 15.672 122.435 15.785 121.558
12 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 15.848 121.075 15.768 121.689 15.808 121.382
Eliminated in Round 2
13 60 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford 16.060 119.477 15.768 121.689
14 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 16.035 119.663 15.769 121.682
15 23 Chase Elliott GMS Racing Chevrolet 15.949 120.308 15.820 121.290
16 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 16.006 119.880 15.824 121.259
17 12 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 15.865 120.945 15.874 120.877
18 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 16.018 119.790 15.935 120.414
19 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 16.078 119.343 15.958 120.241
20 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 16.031 119.693 15.992 119.985
21 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 16.096 119.210 16.059 119.484
22 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 15.796 121.474
23 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 16.143 118.863
24 8 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 16.249 118.087
Eliminated in Round 1
25 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 16.282 117.848
26 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 16.284 117.833
27 78 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 16.286 117.819
28 90 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 16.323 117.552
29 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 16.342 117.415
30 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 16.389 117.079
31 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 16.530 116.080
32 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 16.542 115.996
33 93 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 16.646 115.271
Qualified by owner's points
34 01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 16.720 114.761
35 76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 16.779 114.357
36 66 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 16.793 114.262
37 45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 17.027 112.692
38 55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 17.060 112.474
39 74 Stephen Leicht Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 17.091 112.270
40 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 17.460 109.897
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 85

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0
2 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
3 23 Chase Elliott GMS Racing Chevrolet 0
4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 0
5 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 6
6 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5
7 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 3
9 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 85

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0
2 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9
3 23 Chase Elliott GMS Racing Chevrolet 0
4 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 7
5 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 4
8 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 3
9 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0

Stage 3 Laps: 130

Fin[6] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 3 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 310 202 running 0
2 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 310 18 running 39
3 10 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 310 0 running 46
4 9 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 310 5 running 39
5 4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 310 2 running 0
6 6 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 310 12 running 39
7 22 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 310 0 running 32
8 15 23 Chase Elliott GMS Racing Chevrolet 310 2 running 0
9 14 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 310 0 running 37
10 5 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 310 0 running 32
11 21 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 310 0 running 26
12 18 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 309 0 running 25
13 19 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 308 0 running 24
14 17 12 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 308 0 running 23
15 8 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 307 0 running 0
16 25 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 305 0 running 21
17 16 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 304 0 running 20
18 26 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 304 0 running 19
19 23 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 304 0 running 18
20 27 78 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 304 0 running 17
21 32 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 303 0 running 16
22 12 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 302 0 running 22
23 20 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 301 0 running 14
24 11 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 300 0 crash 14
25 35 76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 299 0 running 12
26 29 38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 298 0 fuel pump 11
27 38 55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 288 0 running 0
28 28 90 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 278 0 suspension 9
29 7 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 260 0 suspension 11
30 30 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 195 0 crash 7
31 39 74 Stephen Leicht Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 192 0 overheating 6
32 34 01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 179 0 transmission 5
33 36 66 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 174 0 suspension 4
34 13 60 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford 142 0 crash 3
35 37 45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 102 0 transmission 2
36 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 74 69 crash 0
37 24 8 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 36 0 engine 1
38 31 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 22 0 overheating 1
39 40 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 12 0 vibration 1
40 33 93 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 9 0 brakes 1
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ Spencer, Reid (2018-08-18). "Kyle Larson holds off Allgaier for Xfinity Series win at Bristol". Official Site Of NASCAR. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  2. ^ a b c "2018 NASCAR XFINITY Bristol Race Page". ESPN.com. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  3. ^ a b Beaver, Dan (2018-08-16). "Xfinity practice report from Bristol". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  4. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  5. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2018-08-17). "Kyle Busch wins Bristol Xfinity pole". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  6. ^ "2018 Food City 300 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
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