2018 Drive for the Cure 200

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2018 Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Race details
Race 28 of 33 of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
CharlotteMotorSpeedway Roval track map.jpg
DateSeptember 29, 2018
Official name 37th Annual Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Location Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.28 mi (3.67 km)
Distance 55 laps, 125.4 mi (201.812 km)
Scheduled Distance 55 laps, 125.4 mi (201.812 km)
Average speed 81.267 miles per hour (130.787 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 1:17.781
Most laps led
Driver Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste
Laps 33
Winner
No. 98 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste
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 Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina was the 28th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the second race in the Round of 12, and the 37th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 29, 2018, in Concord, North Carolina at the Charlotte Motor Speedway roval, a permanent 2.28 miles (3.67 km) road course, using part of the oval and part of the infield road course. The race took the scheduled 55 laps to complete. At race's end, Chase Briscoe of Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste would dominate the late stages of the race to win his first ever career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his first and only win of the season. [1] To fill out the podium, Justin Marks of Chip Ganassi Racing and Austin Cindric of Team Penske would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

Background

The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Charlotte Motor Speedway diagram.svg
The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

For 2018, deviating from past NASCAR events at Charlotte, the race would utilize a road course configuration of Charlotte Motor Speedway, promoted and trademarked as the "Roval". The course is 2.28 miles (3.67 km) in length and features 17 turns, utilizing the infield road course and portions of the oval track. The race would be contested over a scheduled distance of 55 laps, 201.812 kilometres (125.400 mi). [2] [3] [4]

During July 2018 tests on the road course, concerns were raised over drivers "cheating" designated chicanes on the course. The chicanes were modified with additional tire barriers and rumble strips in order to encourage drivers to properly drive through them, and NASCAR will enforce drive-through penalties on drivers who illegally "short-cut" parts of the course. The chicanes will not be used during pace laps, nor will they be used during restarts. [5] [6]

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Haas Automation
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet OneMain Financial "Lending Done Human"
01 Lawson Aschenbach JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Nexteer
3 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa, Beard Oil Distributing
4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet Outdoor Republic, Florida Watermelon Association
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet TMC Transportation
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Vannoy Construction
8 Dylan Murcott B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet CorvetteParts.net, The Drying Center
9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet BurgerFi
11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection
13 Landon Cassill MBM Motorsports Dodge MBM Motorsports
15 Katherine Legge JD Motorsports Chevrolet Airtec
16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford DriveDownA1C.com
18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Rheem
19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Juniper Networks
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota GameStop, Fallout 76
21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford MoneyLion
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet ISM Connect
35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Sparks Energy, Agri Supply Company
36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet La Rue Industrial Snowblowers
38 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 'Til I'm Gone by Frank Foster
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet Night Owl Contractors
40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota CrashClaimsR.Us [ permanent dead link ], Smithbilt Homes
42 Justin Marks Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Chevrolet Accessories
45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota Prevagen
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet Travers Tool Company, RepairableVehicles.com
52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet Extreme Kleaner
55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota Touched by Pros, Rollin Smoke Barbecue
60 Ty Majeski Roush Fenway Racing Ford Ford
61 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford IT Coalition
66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Dodge Leith Cars
74 Ray Black Jr. Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Isokern Fireplaces & Chimmeys
76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Grunt Style "This We'll Defend"
78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet JAS Expedited Trucking
90 Andy Lally DGM Racing Chevrolet Alpha Prime Regimen
93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
97 Tanner Berryhill Obaika Racing Chevrolet Vroom! Brands, South Africa
98 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Ford
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

The first practice session would occur on Thursday, September 27, at 11:00 AM EST and would last for two hours. [7] Austin Cindric of Team Penske would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:19.998 and an average speed of 102.603 miles per hour (165.124 km/h). [8]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
122 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:19.998102.603
221 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:20.871101.495
311 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:21.156101.139
Full first practice results

Second practice

The second practice session would occur on Thursday, September 27, at 2:00 PM EST and would last for two hours. [7] Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:19.517 and an average speed of 103.223 miles per hour (166.121 km/h). [8]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
100 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 1:19.517103.223
222 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:19.770102.896
39 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:19.771102.895
Full second practice results

Third practice

The third practice session would occur on Friday, September 28, at 1:05 PM EST and would last for 50 minutes. [7] Austin Cindric of Team Penske would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:18.443 and an average speed of 104.636 miles per hour (168.395 km/h). [9]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
122 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:18.443104.636
221 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:18.561104.479
336 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 1:18.885104.050
Official third practice results

Fourth and final practice

The fourth and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, would occur on Friday, September 28, at 3:05 PM EST and would last for 50 minutes. [7] Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:18.197 and an average speed of 104.966 miles per hour (168.926 km/h). [9]

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
121 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:18.197104.966
211 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:19.184103.657
300 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 1:19.458103.300
Official Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying would occur on Saturday, September 29, at 12:10 PM EST. Since the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval is a road course, the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included two rounds. The first round was 25 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 25 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 12 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Whoever set the fastest time in Round 2 would win the pole. [10]

Austin Cindric of Team Penske would win the pole, setting a time of 1:17.781 and an average speed of 105.527 miles per hour (169.829 km/h) in the second round. [11]

Tanner Berryhill of Obaika Racing would be the only driver to fail to qualify, not making a lap in the qualifying session.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)
122 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:18.041105.1751:17.781105.527
221 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:18.428104.6571:17.924105.333
39 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:18.532104.5181:18.403104.690
442 Justin Marks Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1:18.760104.2151:18.629  104.389
536 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 1:18.100105.0961:18.703104.291
600 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 1:18.716104.2741:18.709104.283
72 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:18.923104.0001:18.773104.198
860 Ty Majeski Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 1:18.501104.5591:18.785104.182
998 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 1:18.699104.2961:18.824104.131
1018 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:18.714104.2761:19.045103.840
1111 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:18.812104.1471:19.210103.623
127 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:19.069103.8081:19.361103.426
Eliminated in Round 1
1320 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:19.091103.779
1461 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford 1:19.096103.773
1516 Ryan Reed Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 1:19.284103.527
164 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1:19.333103.463
171 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:19.354103.435
183 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:19.680103.012
1951 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 1:19.930102.690
2090 Andy Lally DGM Racing Chevrolet 1:20.235102.299
2101 Lawson Aschenbach JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1:20.406102.082
2219 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:20.588101.851
235 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:20.625101.805
2466 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 1:20.643101.782
2523 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 1:20.896101.464
2615 Katherine Legge JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1:20.994101.341
2739 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 1:21.406100.828
2845 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 1:21.577100.617
2935 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1:21.646100.532
3074 Ray Black Jr. Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 1:21.722100.438
3113 Landon Cassill MBM Motorsports Dodge 1:21.813100.326
3255 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 1:23.10798.764
338 Dylan Murcott B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 1:23.46098.347
Qualified by owner's points
3452 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 1:24.56297.065
3576 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1:25.01996.543
360 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1:25.24696.286
3740 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Dodge 1:25.95395.494
3838 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 1:27.07294.267
3993 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 1:27.10894.228
4078 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 1:28.02293.249
Failed to qualify
4197 Tanner Berryhill Obaika Racing Chevrolet
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 15

Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
121 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 10
200 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 9
39 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8
422 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 7
542 Justin Marks Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 6
618 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 5
72 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4
83 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3
97 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2
1061 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford 1

Stage 2 Laps: 15

Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
120 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10
200 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 9
39 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8
418 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7
51 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
690 Andy Lally DGM Racing Chevrolet 5
761 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford 4
823 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 3
998 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 2
1001 Lawson Aschenbach JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 20

Fin [12] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1998 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 5533running42
2442 Justin Marks Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 550running41
3122 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 5513running41
41018 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 550running45
51320 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 555running42
672 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 550running35
7600 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 550running48
81461 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford 550running34
939 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 550running44
10221 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 554running37
111516 Ryan Reed Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 550running26
12164 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 550running25
13536 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 550running24
14171 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 550running29
15127 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 550running24
161111 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 550running21
17183 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 550running23
181951 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 550running19
192523 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 550running21
20235 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 550running17
212101 Lawson Aschenbach JD Motorsports Chevrolet 550running17
222219 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 550running15
232935 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 550running14
242845 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 550running13
25360 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 550running12
263074 Ray Black Jr. Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 550running11
273452 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 550running10
283740 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Dodge 550running9
293576 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 550running8
30338 Dylan Murcott B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 550running7
314078 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 520running6
322466 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 500running5
332615 Katherine Legge JD Motorsports Chevrolet 500running4
34860 Ty Majeski Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 490running3
353255 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 370engine0
362739 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 370suspension1
372090 Andy Lally DGM Racing Chevrolet 340crash6
383113 Landon Cassill MBM Motorsports Dodge 300engine1
393993 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 200brakes1
403838 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 60suspension1
Failed to qualify
4197 Tanner Berryhill Obaika Racing Chevrolet
Official race results

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