2018 CARS Tour

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The 2018 CARS Tour was the 22nd season of the CARS Response Energy Tour, a stock car racing series. It began at Tri-County Motor Speedway on March 10 and ended at South Boston Speedway on November 3. Bobby McCarty won the Late Model Stock Tour championship, while Jared Fryar won the Super Late Model Tour championship. [1] [2]

Josh Berry entered the season as the defending Late Model Stock Tour champion, while Cole Rouse entered as the defending Super Late Model Tour champion. [3] [4] Rouse did not return to the series in 2018, as he ran full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West that year. [5]

Schedule & results

Source: [6]

DateTrackLocationLMSC WinnerSLM Winner
March 10Tri-County Motor Speedway Hudson, North Carolina Bobby McCarty N/A
March 24 Myrtle Beach Speedway Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Lee Pulliam Jeff Fultz
April 7 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville, Tennessee N/A Casey Roderick
April 21 Orange County Speedway Rougemont, North Carolina Deac McCaskill Bubba Pollard
May 5 Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory, North Carolina Bobby McCarty Chris Dilbeck
May 19-20 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee Lee Pulliam (5/19) Raphaël Lessard (5/20)
June 9 Ace Speedway Altamahaw, North Carolina Bobby McCarty N/A
Anderson Motor Speedway Anderson, South Carolina N/A Bubba Pollard
June 23Carteret County Speedway Swansboro, North Carolina Bobby McCarty N/A
July 14Kingsport Speedway Kingsport, Tennessee Layne Riggs N/A
August 3-4 Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory, North Carolina Josh Berry (8/3)Brandon Setzer (8/4)
August 25Wake County Speedway Raleigh, North Carolina Sam Mayer N/A
September 8 Orange County Speedway Rougemont, North Carolina Josh Berry Kyle Plott
November 3 South Boston Speedway South Boston, Virginia Craig Moore Corey Heim

Standings

Late Model Stock Car championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

PosDriver TCM MYB ROU HCY BRI ACE CCS KPT HCY WKS OCS SBO Points
1 Bobby McCarty 1*53171**1747*59361
2 Lee Pulliam 211441*4632283344
3 Deac McCaskill 6141*5817115642*2322
4 Josh Berry 542514991*514312
5 Sam Mayer 315779201447168297
6 Layne Riggs 14119232*1*531428*281
7Ronald Hall1521061498131991218262
8 Ty Gibbs 1922*511*475122711166258
9 Brandon Pierce 20102171831018875247
10Charlie WatsonDNQ2761415111618812913216
11Cody Haskins999251021315917212
12Bradley McCaskill2361719201072210613211
13Craig Moore131322221912231731*190
14 Trevor Ward 182618131351511DNS7173
15Tommy Lemons Jr.1231348244163
16Grayson Cullather2623121221211312124
17Chris Denny2782312231025103
18Justin Johnson223111582
19Justin Carroll22182675
20 Timothy Peters 831773
21 Ryan Repko 416242365
22 Austin McDaniel 10161658
23 Cole Glasson 10112256
24Blake Stallings7653
25Justin Crider1862250
26Thomas Beane2420251350
27Mike Chambers19191744
28Craig Stallard25132041
29 Jacob Heafner DNQ19182341
30Eric Winslow101640
31Ryan Millington20838
32 Mason Diaz 141537
33Dylon Wilson121836
34Dexter Canipe Jr.25241535
35Nik WilliamsDNQ181634
36Austin Thaxton191433
37Kres VanDyke232
38 Myatt Snider 3*32
39 Danny O'Quinn Jr. 162129
40 Carson Kvapil 172128
41 Derrick Lancaster 627
42Matt Cox726
43Sam Yarbrough825
44Camden Gullie11DNS24
45 Colby Howard DNQ1223
46 Sarah Cornett-Ching 1023
47Tyler Hughes1023
48Justin Hicks1122
49 Landon Huffman 162822
50Matt Bowling1122
51Stacy Puryear1122
52Terry Brooks Jr.1221
53Alex Fleming1419
54R. D. Smith IIIDNS1619
55Trey Bayne1419
56 Tyler Matthews 1419
57Bruce Anderson1518
58 Jeb Burton 1518
59 Joe Graf Jr. DNQ1718
60Kevin Leicht1518
61Sam Pacitti1518
62 Scott Riggs 1617
63Zachary Marks1617
64Hayden Woods1716
65Joey Trent1716
66 Mini Tyrrell 1914
67Wayne Hale1914
68 Bryant Barnhill 2013
69Jessica Dana2013
70 Randy Renfrow 2013
71Terry Dease2013
72 Colin Garrett 2112
73 Riley Herbst 2112
74Will Burns2112
75Mitch Walker2211
76Paul Nogradi Jr.2211
77Austin Peters2310
78Brandon Rogers249
79Logan Jones249
80Mason Hudson267
81Rodney Boyd276
82 Chad McCumbee 285
83Andrew GarciaDNQ2
84Chris HudspethDNQ2
85J. R. CourageDNS2
86Sheflon GrayDNQ2
87 Zachary Bruenger DNS2
PosDriver TCM MYB ROU HCY BRI ACE CCS KPT HCY WKS OCS SBO Points

Super Late Model Tour championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

PosDriver MYB NSH OCS HCY BRI AND HCY OCS SBO Points
1 Jared Fryar 89337145412232
2 Corey Heim 711248312821224
3Anthony Cataldi5132148102472204
4 Raphaël Lessard 6194121*4155203
5Molly Helmuth1521121481289165
6Jeff Batten41861520126150
7Matt Craig108155613141
8 Tate Fogleman 142559114*133
9Darrell Gilchrist1819172713911119
10 Steve Wallace 31618133*94
11 Chandler Smith 22293
12 Bubba Pollard 3311*19*87
13Preston Peltier17266482
14Mike Speeney171461481
15Brandon Setzer15*11180
16Tyler Church710874
17Taylor Stricklin169271070
18 Tyler Ankrum 40552564
19 Gracie Trotter 10161063
20Jody Measamer11221155
21Nolan Pope7554
22 Ryan Moore 3954
23 Stephen Nasse 721253
24Kodie Conner12351
25Dean Ward23151546
26Tim Hollis111144
27Chris Dilbrick1*2642
28 Matt Wallace 17717742
29 Jeff Fultz 1*35
30Wayne Jefferson102135
31 Kyle Plott 3134
32Greg Burgess201731
33 Brandon Lynn 330
34Dan Speeney271427
35 Corey LaJoie 6726
36 Jake Crum 162525
37 Gus Dean 924
38 Chris Fontaine 1321
39Blaise Rutherford1320
40Lucas Jones1320
41 Mike Wallace 1320
42 Harold Crooms 26DNQ1619
43Roy Hayes16DNQ19
44 Ryan Mathews DNQ1619
45Wyatt Alexander1419
46 Colin Garrett 1716
47 Austin Theriault 1815
48 Bradley Riethmeyer 1815
49 Mason Diaz 2211
50Matt Thomas2310
51 Amber Balcaen 285
52 Jerick Johnson DNQ2
53 Joe Graf Jr. DNQ2
54Allen Karnes2221
55 Anthony Sergi 22
56Austin Kunert2313
57Billy VanMeter20
58Boris Jurkovic35
59 Carson Hocevar 10
60 Casey Roderick 12
61 Chad McCumbee 16
62 Cole Anderson DNS
63 Cole Williams 27
64Colin Allman23
65 Connor Okrzesik 15621
66Dan Fredrickson16
67David Green28
68Donnie Wilson34
69 Greg Van Alst 22
70Hudson Halder24
71Hunter Jack1416
72 Jack Dossey III 24
73Jeff Gordon19
74Jerry Fortner26
75 Jett Noland 25
76John Coffman14
77 Johnny VanDoorn 3
78Jon Beach209
79Josh Brock5*10
80 Justin Ashburn 26
81Lance Moss19
82Lee Tissot20
83 Logan Bearden 12
84Logan BoyettDNS
85Logan Runyon2917
86 Mason Mingus 324
87Nick Grodi11
88 Noah Gragson 4
89Paul Shafer Jr.8
90Preston Bores25
91Scotty Ellis9
92Shane Chastain18
93Steve Renner23
94 Stewart Friesen 22
95Trevor Noles15
96 Tristan Van Wieringen 36
97 Willie Allen 24
PosDriver MYB NSH OCS HCY BRI AND HCY OCS SBO Points

See also

References

  1. "Bobby McCarty Thankful to Win CARS Tour Championship". RACE22.com. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  2. "Consistency Earns Fryar First CARS Tour Super Late Model Title". RACE22.com. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  3. "Berry Wins CARS LMSC Title, Alfredo Makes It JRM 1-2". Anthony Alfredo Racing. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  4. "Stephen Nasse wins wild SoBo CARS Tour race as Rouse celebrates a Super Late title". Short Track Scene. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  5. Utter, Jim (December 22, 2017). "Cole Rouse to compete for NASCAR K&N Pro Series West title in 2018". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  6. "CARS Tour releases 2018 schedule, participation bonus programs". Short Track Scene. Retrieved July 22, 2025.