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No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
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1 | Chevrolet | Valerie Inglebright | Jim Inglebright 1 | Rodney Haygood |
04 | Toyota 4 Chevrolet 1 | Bill McAnally | Hershel McGriff 2 | Jeff Barkshire 2 |
Alex Bowman [N 1] 1 | Ron Otto 2 | |||
Christopher Bell [N 2] 1 | ||||
Chris Eggleston [N 3] 1 | Bryan Tasnady 1 | |||
4 | Ford | Bob Farmer | Rod Johnson Jr. [N 4] (R)1 | Mark Perry 3 Bob Farmer 3 |
Will Rodgers 5 | ||||
6 | Ford | Bob Bruncati | Derek Thorn | Bill Sedgwick |
7 | Ford | Jeff Jefferson | Will Rodgers 2 | Jeff Jefferson 5 Jerry Pitts 3 |
Devin Dodson (R)3 | ||||
Vanessa Robinson [N 5] (R)1 | ||||
Cole Keatts (R)2 | ||||
08 | Chevrolet | Mike Holleran | Travis Milburn 5 | Mike Holleran 5 Charles Price 1 Bob Wood 1 Roger Bracken 2 |
Cassie Gannis 2 | ||||
Zack St. Onge (R)1 | ||||
John Wood 1 | ||||
8 | Chevrolet | Becky Kann | Billy Kann 1 | Steve Elder |
9 | Ford | Bob Bruncati | Ryan Partridge | Jeff Schrader |
10 | Chevrolet 13 Ford 1 | Jody Levin | Matt Levin 13 | Roger Bracken 3 Ron Norman 5 Erik Higley 4 Chase Newell 1 Jerry Pitts 1 |
Will Rodgers [N 6] (R)1 | ||||
11 | Chevrolet 13 | John Krebs | Takuma Koga | John Krebs 5 |
Toyota 1 | Hiroki Miyaji 9 | |||
13 | Toyota | Kelly Souza | Todd Souza 10 | Michael Munoz |
16 | Toyota | Mike Curb | Derek Kraus | John Camilleri |
17 | Chevrolet | Steve McGowan | David Mayhew 3 | Johnny White 1 |
Bruce Cook 1 | ||||
Matt Bucher 1 | ||||
18 | Chevrolet | Becky Kann | Bill Kann [N 7] 9 | Billy Kann 6 |
Johnny White 2 | ||||
Kevin Loster 1 | ||||
19 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Hailie Deegan (R) | Joe Draper 3 |
Ty Joiner 5 | ||||
Kevin Reed Jr. 6 | ||||
20 | Toyota | David Gilliland | Erik Jones 1 | Chris Lawson |
22 | Ford | Bob Bruncati | Trevor Huddleston (R) | Clinton Cram |
25 | Chevrolet | Mike Naake | Tom Klauer 1 | Mike Naake |
27 | Ford 9 Chevrolet 1 | Jerry Pitts | Kevin Harvick [N 8] 1 | Richard Boswell 1 |
Vanessa Robinson (R)2 | Jeff Jefferson 2 | |||
Devin Dodson (R)1 | Jerry Pitts 7 | |||
William Byron 1 | ||||
Jeff Jefferson 2 | ||||
Sam Mayer (R)1 | ||||
Tyler Tanner (R)1 | ||||
Buddy Shepherd (R)1 | ||||
32 | Ford 2 | Sue McCarty | Salvatore Iovino 1 | Kevin McCarty 1 |
Rudy Vanderwal [N 9] (R)1 | Bruce Yackey 1 | |||
Toyota 1 | Taylor Canfield (R)1 | Stafford Smith 1 | ||
36 | Chevrolet 6 Ford 4 Toyota 2 | Shawne Merriman | Jesse Iwuji 4 | Terry Elmore 1 John Wood 4 Don Joiner 2 Sonny Wahl 1 James Wahl 1 Charlie Wahl 1 Al Neep 1 Stafford Smith 1 |
Cassie Gannis 1 | ||||
Rudy Vanderwal [N 10] (R)2 | ||||
Armani Williams [N 11] (R)1 | ||||
Andrew Engberson (R)1 | ||||
Tim Ward [N 12] (R)1 | ||||
Sting Ray Robb (R)1 | ||||
Taylor Canfield (R)1 | ||||
38 | Toyota | Hollis Thackeray | Hollis Thackeray (R)2 | Quintin Crye 1 |
Roger Bracken 1 | ||||
39 | Toyota 3 Chevrolet 1 | Kevin McCarty | Andrew Tuttle (R)1 | Sue McCarty 1 |
Kyle Tellstrom [N 13] (R)1 | Lee Hackney 1 | |||
Taylor Canfield (R)1 | Stafford Smith 1 | |||
Keith McGee (R)1 | Justin Creech 1 | |||
40 | Chevrolet | Jan Levin | Ron Norman 5 | Erik Higley 4 |
Chris Wood 1 | ||||
Jesse Iwuji [N 14] 2 | Chase Newell 2 | |||
Sheldon Creed 1 | Jeff Stankiewicz 1 | |||
41 | Ford | Tony Stewart | Aric Almirola 1 | Richard Boswell |
43 | Ford 13 | John Wood | Kody Vanderwal | Jason Dickenson |
Toyota 1 | ||||
44 | Toyota | Dave Reed | Austin Reed (R)1 | Bond Suss |
47 | Toyota | Michelle Ivie | Scott Ivie 1 | Unknown |
51 | Ford | Dione Jefferson | Austin Herzog [N 15] (R)1 | Charlie Wilson |
Carlos Vieira 1 | ||||
54 | Toyota | David Gilliland | Daniel Suárez 1 | Seth Smith |
55 | Ford | Dione Jefferson | Reid Lanpher [N 16] (R)1 | Jerry Pitts 1 |
Cole Keatts (R)1 | Jason Jefferson 1 | |||
Vanessa Robinson (R)1 | Charlie Wilson 1 | |||
62 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Brendan Gaughan 1 | Shane Wilson |
64 | Chevrolet | Rich DeLong | David Hibbard (R)2 | James Swan 1 |
Colin Baker 1 | ||||
68 | Chevrolet | Jenise Kneeland | Rodd Kneeland 1 | Tim Barber |
77 | Toyota | Joe Nava | Nick Joanides 4 | Roger Bracken 4 Tony Jackson 1 Joe Nava 2 |
Ken Pedersen 1 | ||||
Andrew Koens (R)2 | ||||
83 | Chevrolet | Gary Thackeray | Michael Kofoid (R)1 | Mike Kofoid |
84 | Chevrolet | Cindy DeLong | Rich DeLong III 6 | Rich DeLong 1 |
Chris Dittes 4 | ||||
Rich DeLong Jr. 1 | ||||
86 | Chevrolet | Tim Spurgeon | Tim Spurgeon 1 | Hollis Thackeray |
97 | Chevrolet | Victor Obaika | Arnout Kok (R)1 | Unknown |
99 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Cole Rouse | Bryan Tasnady 1 |
Ty Joiner 2 | ||||
Chris Nelle 4 | ||||
Rob Dixon 6 | ||||
Ron Otto 1 | ||||
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] |
On December 11, 2017, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. The two races at Irwindale were dropped from the schedule in favor of a second race at Tucson and a race at Gateway. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track was added to the schedule, marking the series' first race on dirt since 1979 at Ascot Park. [15] All races in the season are televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis. [16]
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.
Pos. | Driver | KER | TUC | TUC | ORG | CNS | SON | DCO | IOW | EVG | GTW | LVS | MER | AAS | KER | Points |
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1 | Derek Thorn | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1* | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 586 |
2 | Ryan Partridge | 5 | 3 | 2* | 1* | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2* | 2 | 559 |
3 | Cole Rouse | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 557 |
4 | Derek Kraus | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1* | 20 | 9* | 1* | 17* | 3* | 15 | 1* | 543 |
5 | Hailie Deegan (R) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 514 |
6 | Trevor Huddleston (R) | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 504 |
7 | Kody Vanderwal | 21 | 1* | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 479 |
8 | Matt Levin | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 426 | |
9 | Takuma Koga | 20 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 399 |
10 | Todd Souza | 22 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 19 | Wth | 12 | 18 | 9 | 272 | ||||
11 | Bill Kann | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | DNS1 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 258 | |||||
12 | Will Rodgers | 16 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1* | Wth | 13 | 26 | 230 | ||||||
13 | Rich DeLong III | 18 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 168 | ||||||||
14 | Ron Norman | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 160 | |||||||||
15 | Jesse Iwuji | 23 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 156 | ||||||||
16 | Travis Milburn | 15 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 149 | |||||||||
17 | Vanessa Robinson (R) | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 143 | ||||||||||
18 | Devin Dodson (R) | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 142 | ||||||||||
19 | Nick Joanides | 9 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 139 | ||||||||||
20 | Cole Keatts (R) | 9 | 6 | 4 | 113 | |||||||||||
21 | David Mayhew | 12 | 11 | 4 | 105 | |||||||||||
22 | Taylor Canfield (R) | 12 | 8 | 14 | 98 | |||||||||||
23 | Rudy Vanderwal (R) | 11 | 13 | 14 | 94 | |||||||||||
24 | Cassie Gannis | 16 | 15 | 15 | 86 | |||||||||||
25 | Jeff Jefferson | 7 | 8 | 73 | ||||||||||||
26 | Andrew Koens (R) | 11 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||||
27 | David Hibbard (R) | 15 | 16 | 57 | ||||||||||||
28 | Hershel McGriff | 18 | DNS1 | 52 | ||||||||||||
29 | Sheldon Creed | 1 | 47 | |||||||||||||
30 | Aric Almirola | 2 | 43 | |||||||||||||
31 | Kevin Harvick | 4* | 42 | |||||||||||||
32 | William Byron | 3 | 41 | |||||||||||||
33 | Daniel Suárez | 4 | 41 | |||||||||||||
34 | Hollis Thackeray (R) | 23 | 24 | 41 | ||||||||||||
35 | Tyler Tanner (R) | 5 | 39 | |||||||||||||
36 | Brendan Gaughan | 5 | 39 | |||||||||||||
37 | Erik Jones | 6 | 38 | |||||||||||||
38 | Austin Herzog (R) | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||||
39 | Rod Johnson Jr. (R) | 9 | 35 | |||||||||||||
40 | Christopher Bell | 10 | 35 | |||||||||||||
41 | Reid Lanpher (R) | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||
42 | Sting Ray Robb (R) | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||
43 | Austin Reed (R) | 11 | 33 | |||||||||||||
44 | Chris Eggleston | 12 | 33 | |||||||||||||
45 | John Wood | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||
46 | Tom Klauer | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||
47 | Rodd Kneeland | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||||
48 | Tim Ward (R) | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||||
49 | Armani Williams (R) | 15 | 29 | |||||||||||||
50 | Kyle Tellstrom (R) | 15 | 29 | |||||||||||||
51 | Zack St. Onge (R) | 16 | 28 | |||||||||||||
52 | Sam Mayer (R) | 17 | 112 | 27 | ||||||||||||
53 | Salvatore Iovino | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||||
54 | Jim Inglebright | 18 | 26 | |||||||||||||
55 | Keith McGee (R) | 18 | 26 | |||||||||||||
56 | Andrew Tuttle (R) | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||
57 | Tim Spurgeon | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||
58 | Buddy Kofoid (R) | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||||
59 | Carlos Vieira | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||||
60 | Buddy Shepherd (R) | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||
61 | Alex Bowman | 24 | 20 | |||||||||||||
62 | Andrew Engberson (R) | 25 | 19 | |||||||||||||
Scott Ivie | Wth | |||||||||||||||
Ken Pedersen | Wth | |||||||||||||||
Arnout Kok (R) | Wth | |||||||||||||||
Billy Kann | Wth | |||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series West points | ||||||||||||||||
Tyler Ankrum (R) | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Rubén García Jr. | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Spencer Davis | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
Chase Cabre | 24 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Dippel | 6* | 12 | ||||||||||||||
Ryan Vargas (R) | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Dillon Bassett | 12 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Anthony Alfredo (R) | 22 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Kyle Benjamin | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Ronnie Bassett Jr. | 16 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
Tristan Van Wieringen (R) | 14 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
Colin Garrett (R) | 23 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
J. P. Morgan | 18 | |||||||||||||||
Chuck Buchanan Jr. | 21 | |||||||||||||||
Juan Manuel González (R) | 22 | |||||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | KER | TUC | TUC | ORG | CNS | SON | DCO | IOW | EVG | GTW | LVS | MER | AAS | KER | Points |
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