2018 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
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| Race 7 of 36 in the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | April 8, 2018 | ||
| Location | Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (801.6 km) | ||
| Average speed | 141.714 miles per hour (228.067 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Stewart–Haas Racing | ||
| Time | 27.360 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 116 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | FS1 | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip | ||
| Nielsen ratings | 1.7/1.7 (Overnight)[11] | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini | ||
| Turn announcers | Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) | ||
The 2018 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 8, 2018, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the seventh race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list
First practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.523 seconds and a speed of 196.200 mph (315.753 km/h).[12]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 27.523 | 196.200 |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 27.559 | 195.943 |
| 3 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 27.632 | 195.426 |
| Official first practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
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Kurt Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.360 and a speed of 197.368 mph (317.633 km/h) after only one round of qualifying was completed due to lightning in the area.[13]
Qualifying results
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice
Daniel Suárez was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 27.136 seconds and a speed of 198.998 mph (320.256 km/h).[14]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | Daniel Suárez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 27.136 | 198.998 |
| 2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 27.163 | 198.800 |
| 3 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27.171 | 198.741 |
| Official second practice results | ||||||
Final practice
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 27.253 seconds and a speed of 198.143 mph (318.880 km/h).[15]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27.253 | 198.143 |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 27.275 | 197.984 |
| 3 | 19 | Daniel Suárez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 27.303 | 197.780 |
| Official final practice results | ||||||
Race results
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Stage Results
Stage 1 Laps: 85
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Hass Racing | Ford | 10 |
| 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Hass Racing | Ford | 8 |
| 4 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 7 |
| 5 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Hass Racing | Ford | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 20 | Erik Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 |
| Official stage one results | |||||
Stage 2 Laps: 85
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Hass Racing | Ford | 9 |
| 3 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 8 |
| 4 | 20 | Erik Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Hass Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 4 |
| 8 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 1 |
| Official stage two results | |||||
Final Stage Results
Stage 3 Laps: 164
| Pos | Grid | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 59 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 334 | 45 |
| 3 | 24 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 38 |
| 4 | 21 | 20 | Erik Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 41 |
| 5 | 4 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 334 | 32 |
| 6 | 7 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 334 | 46 |
| 7 | 1 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 334 | 47 |
| 8 | 15 | 43 | Bubba Wallace (R) | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 29 |
| 9 | 3 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart–Haas Racing | Ford | 334 | 39 |
| 10 | 33 | 24 | William Byron (R) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 27 |
| 11 | 20 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 333 | 33 |
| 12 | 13 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 333 | 25 |
| 13 | 23 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 332 | 24 |
| 14 | 27 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 332 | 23 |
| 15 | 18 | 37 | Chris Buescher | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 331 | 22 |
| 16 | 30 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 329 | 21 |
| 17 | 28 | 95 | Kasey Kahne | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 328 | 20 |
| 18 | 31 | 15 | Ross Chastain (i) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 325 | 0 |
| 19 | 34 | 72 | Cole Whitt | TriStar Motorsports | Chevrolet | 324 | 18 |
| 20 | 32 | 23 | Gray Gaulding | BK Racing | Toyota | 322 | 17 |
| 21 | 35 | 00 | Landon Cassill | StarCom Racing | Chevrolet | 321 | 16 |
| 22 | 36 | 51 | Harrison Rhodes | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 319 | 15 |
| 23 | 29 | 38 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 317 | 14 |
| 24 | 22 | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 316 | 13 |
| 25 | 26 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 315 | 15 |
| 26 | 17 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 304 | 11 |
| 27 | 25 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 303 | 10 |
| 28 | 16 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 294 | 9 |
| 29 | 14 | 19 | Daniel Suárez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 290 | 8 |
| 30 | 19 | 21 | Paul Menard | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 215 | 7 |
| 31 | 37 | 55 | Reed Sorenson | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 209 | 6 |
| 32 | 12 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Hass Racing | Ford | 178 | 6 |
| 33 | 11 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 178 | 11 |
| 34 | 5 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 177 | 5 |
| 35 | 9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendricks Motorsports | Chevrolet | 175 | 2 |
| 36 | 10 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 126 | 7 |
| 37 | 6 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 80 | 1 |
| Official race results | |||||||
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 8 among different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 8 for 48
- Red flags: 1 for 11 minutes and 5 seconds
- Time of race: 3 hours, 32 minutes and 7 seconds
- Average speed: 141.714 miles per hour (228.067 km/h)
