2018 Food City 300

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2018 Food City 300
Race details
Race 22 of 33 of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
DateAugust 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 told off Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell and JR Motorsports driver Justin Allgaier on the overtime restart to win his 12th and to date, final career 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.

Contents

Background

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

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
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
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

First practice

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.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 15.442124.259
218 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.474124.002
320 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.503123.770
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

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.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
120 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.603122.976
242 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 15.616122.874
318 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.628122.780
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)Time (R3)Speed (R3)
118 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.617122.86615.367124.86515.389124.686
220 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.796121.47415.629122.77215.476123.986
342 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 15.591123.07115.660122.52915.514123.682
422 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 15.880120.83115.544123.44315.515123.674
52 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.647122.63115.593123.05515.557123.340
61 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 15.888120.77015.687122.31815.586123.110
719 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.927120.47515.611122.91315.602122.984
83 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.698122.23215.714122.10815.667122.474
900 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 15.736121.93715.648122.62315.675122.411
107 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 15.735121.94515.717122.08415.764121.720
1121 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.755121.79015.672122.43515.785121.558
1211 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 15.848121.07515.768121.68915.808121.382
Eliminated in Round 2
1360 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford 16.060119.47715.768121.689
149 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 16.035119.66315.769121.682
1523 Chase Elliott GMS Racing Chevrolet 15.949120.30815.820121.290
1616 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 16.006119.88015.824121.259
1712 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 15.865120.94515.874120.877
184 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 16.018119.79015.935120.414
1951 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 16.078119.34315.958120.241
2036 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 16.031119.69315.992119.985
2139 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 16.096119.21016.059119.484
225 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 15.796121.474
2315 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 16.143118.863
248 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 16.249118.087
Eliminated in Round 1
250 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 16.282117.848
2635 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 16.284117.833
2778 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 16.286117.819
2890 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 16.323117.552
2938 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 16.342117.415
3040 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 16.389117.079
3113 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 16.530116.080
3252 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 16.542115.996
3393 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 16.646115.271
Qualified by owner's points
3401 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 16.720114.761
3576 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 16.779114.357
3666 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 16.793114.262
3745 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 17.027112.692
3855 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 17.060112.474
3974 Stephen Leicht Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 17.091112.270
4089 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 17.460109.897
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 85

Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0
23 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
323 Chase Elliott GMS Racing Chevrolet 0
422 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 0
500 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 6
62 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5
79 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
87 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 3
91 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2
1021 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 85

Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0
27 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9
323 Chase Elliott GMS Racing Chevrolet 0
411 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 7
51 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
69 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5
720 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 4
819 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 3
95 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2
103 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0

Stage 3 Laps: 130

Fin [6] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
1342 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 310202running0
2220 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31018running39
3107 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 3100running46
4900 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 3105running39
5422 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 3102running0
661 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 31012running39
7225 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 3100running32
81523 Chase Elliott GMS Racing Chevrolet 3102running0
9149 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 3100running37
1052 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3100running32
112139 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 3100running26
12184 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 3090running25
131951 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 3080running24
141712 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3080running23
1583 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3070running0
16250 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 3050running21
171616 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 3040running20
182635 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 3040running19
192315 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 3040running18
202778 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 3040running17
213252 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 3030running16
221211 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 3020running22
232036 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 3010running14
241121 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3000crash14
253576 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 2990running12
262938 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 2980fuel pump11
273855 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 2880running0
282890 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 2780suspension9
29719 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2600suspension11
303040 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 1950crash7
313974 Stephen Leicht Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 1920overheating6
323401 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1790transmission5
333666 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 1740suspension4
341360 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1420crash3
353745 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 1020transmission2
36118 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7469crash0
37248 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 360engine1
383113 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 220overheating1
394089 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 120vibration1
403393 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 90brakes1
Official race results

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