2018 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300

2018 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300
Race details
Race 31 of 33 in the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date November 3, 2018
Official name 14th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge
Location Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance 200 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Scheduled Distance 200 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Average speed 116.82 miles per hour (188.00 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 28.523
Most laps led
Driver Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports
Laps 54
Winner
No. 00 Cole Custer 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 O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge was the 31st stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the second race in the Round of 12, and the 18th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, November 3, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. A wild finish would see Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste best JR Motorsports driver Tyler Reddick with a last-lap pass on the backstretch to win his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series race, his first and only win of the season, and a guaranteed spot in the Championship 4.[1] To fill out the podium, Austin Cindric of Team Penske would finish third.

Background

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The layout of Texas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race as held.

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 Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Entry list

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# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet Trophy Tractor, Equipment World
00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Autodesk
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet OneMain Financial "Lending Done Human"
01 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Anderson's Maple Syrup, Albertsons
3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Childress Vineyards
4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet Flex Seal
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet Pilot Flying J
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Suave Men
8 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Isokern Fireplaces & Chimmeys
9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet BurgerFi
11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection
13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota MBM Motorsports
15 Quin Houff JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford DriveDownA1C.com
18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Johns Manville
19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Interstate Batteries
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota GameStop, NBA 2K19
21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford Discount Tire
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Donate Life Texas, Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency
36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet Alpha Prime Regimen
38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet RagingWire Data Centers
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet East Texas Baptist University
40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota Smithbilt Homes
42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Romco Equipment Co.
45 Josh Bilicki* JP Motorsports Toyota Prevagen
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet RepairableVehicles.com
52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet Whataburger
55 Bayley Currey* JP Motorsports Toyota Touched by Pros, Rollin Smoke Barbecue
60 Ty Majeski Roush Fenway Racing Ford Ford
66 Bobby Dale Earnhardt MBM Motorsports Toyota HABCO Material Handling Specialists, Copeland Insurance Agency
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge Shadow Warriors Project, The Journey Home Project
76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Grunt Style "This We'll Defend"
78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet CorvetteParts.net
89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet Visone RV Motorhome Parts, Racing with Jesus
90 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet Coalition to Salute America's Heroes
93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
99 Stephen Leicht B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
Official entry list

*Bilicki would wreck during pre-race activities, and as JP Motorsports had no backup cars, they would withdraw the #55 entry, and move Currey to the #45 entry.[2]

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Friday, November 2, at 2:05 PM CST, and would last for 45 minutes.[3] Ryan Truex of Kaulig Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 28.852 and an average speed of 187.162 miles per hour (301.208 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 28.852 187.162
2 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.903 186.832
3 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 28.942 186.580
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

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The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, November 2, at 4:35 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.[3] Ryan Truex of Kaulig Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 28.757 and an average speed of 187.780 miles per hour (302.203 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 28.757 187.780
2 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.771 187.689
3 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.773 187.676
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, November 3, at 12:40 PM CST.[3] Since Texas 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.[5]

Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole after advancing from both preliminary rounds and setting the fastest lap in Round 3, with a time of 28.523 and an average speed of 189.321 miles per hour (304.683 km/h).[6]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2) Time (R3) Speed (R3)
1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.824 187.344 28.527 189.294 28.523 189.321
2 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.786 187.591 28.660 188.416 28.563 189.056
3 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 29.061 185.816 28.653 188.462 28.608 188.758
4 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.011 186.136 28.707 188.107 28.649 188.488
5 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.219 184.811 28.657 188.436 28.670 188.350
6 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.696 188.180 28.584 188.917 28.686 188.245
7 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.953 186.509 28.821 187.363 28.722 188.009
8 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 28.941 186.587 28.657 188.436 28.741 187.885
9 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.688 188.232 28.552 189.129 28.752 187.813
10 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.950 186.528 28.689 188.225 28.882 186.968
11 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 28.990 186.271 28.765 187.728 28.883 186.961
12 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.251 184.609 28.821 187.363 28.936 186.619
Eliminated in Round 1
13 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 28.889 186.922 28.873 187.026
14 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.141 185.306 28.921 186.716
15 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.178 185.071 28.930 186.657
16 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.260 184.552 28.942 186.580
17 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 29.416 183.574 29.422 183.536
18 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 29.400 183.673 29.497 183.069
19 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 29.676 181.965 29.543 182.784
20 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 29.695 181.849 29.603 182.414
21 90 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 29.719 181.702 29.852 180.892
22 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 29.545 182.772 30.381 177.743
23 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 29.242 184.666
24 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 29.894 180.638
Eliminated in Round 2
25 01 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 29.936 180.385
26 15 Quin Houff JD Motorsports Chevrolet 29.941 180.355
27 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 29.992 180.048
28 99 Stephen Leicht B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 30.150 179.104
29 8 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 30.297 178.235
30 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 30.306 178.183
31 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.342 177.971
32 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 30.483 177.148
33 76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 30.560 176.702
Qualified by owner's points
34 45 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 30.659 176.131
35 66 Bobby Dale Earnhardt MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.690 175.953
36 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 30.730 175.724
37 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 31.109 173.583
38 60 Ty Majeski Roush Fenway Racing Ford
39 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet
Withdrew
WD 55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 10
2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 9
3 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8
4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7
5 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5
7 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 3
9 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2
10 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 10
2 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9
3 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8
4 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 7
5 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 6
6 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4
8 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3
9 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 2
10 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1

Stage 3 Laps: 110

Fin[7] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 3 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 200 16 running 59
2 4 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 54 running 50
3 8 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 200 0 running 34
4 10 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 6 running 35
5 5 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 37 running 45
6 14 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 4 running 33
7 7 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 39
8 13 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 40
9 12 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 28
10 9 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 42 running 40
11 23 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 26
12 17 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 25
13 38 60 Ty Majeski Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 0 running 24
14 18 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 25
15 22 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 22
16 16 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 21
17 19 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 199 0 running 20
18 21 90 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 199 0 running 19
19 29 8 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 199 0 running 18
20 24 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 198 0 running 17
21 34 45 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 197 0 running 0
22 30 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 197 0 running 15
23 2 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 197 6 running 14
24 32 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 196 0 running 13
25 33 76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 195 0 running 12
26 26 15 Quin Houff JD Motorsports Chevrolet 193 0 running 11
27 36 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 193 0 running 10
28 37 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 192 0 running 9
29 15 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 186 0 crash 8
30 20 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 176 0 running 7
31 6 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 139 0 crash 17
32 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 133 35 crash 18
33 11 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 120 0 crash 4
34 35 66 Bobby Dale Earnhardt MBM Motorsports Toyota 104 0 crash 3
35 27 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 56 0 vibration 2
36 25 01 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 44 0 electrical 1
37 28 99 Stephen Leicht B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 32 0 fuel pump 1
38 31 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 10 0 brakes 1
39 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 4 0 electrical 1
Withdrew
WD 55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2018-11-03). "Cole Custer wins Xfinity race in Texas with last-lap pass". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  2. ^ Beard, Brock. "XFINITY: JD Motorsports lends a helping hand to a struggling Morgan Shepherd at Texas". Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  3. ^ a b c "2018 NASCAR XFINITY Texas Race Page". ESPN.com. 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  4. ^ a b Sports, N. B. C. (2018-11-02). "Xfinity practice report at Texas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  5. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  6. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2018-11-03). "Christopher Bell wins Xfinity pole at Texas Motor Speedway". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  7. ^ "2018 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
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