2018 Overton's 225

2018 Overton's 225
Race details
Race 11 of 23 of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date June 29, 2018
Official name Overton's 225
Location Joliet, Illinois, Chicagoland Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance 150 laps, 225 mi (362.102 km)
Scheduled Distance 150 laps, 225 mi (362.102 km)
Average speed 119.346 miles per hour (192.069 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Kyle Busch Motorsports
Time 30.834
Most laps led
Driver John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports
Laps 64
Winner
No. 16 Brett Moffitt Hattori Racing Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 2018 Overton's 225 was the 11th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and the 10th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 29, 2018, in Joliet, Illinois at Chicagoland Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. At race's end, a hard-charging Brett Moffitt, driving for Hattori Racing Enterprises would pass the fuel-ailing John Hunter Nemechek of NEMCO Motorsports on the final lap to take Moffitt's 4th career win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and his 3rd of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing and Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

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The layout of Chicagoland Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR races. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IndyCar Series, recording numerous close finishes, including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and is located adjacent to Route 66 Raceway.

Entry list

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# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Camden Murphy Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing
2 Cody Coughlin GMS Racing Chevrolet Jegs Patriotic
02 Austin Hill Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Young's Building Systems
3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet Bommarito Automotive Group
03 Mike Affarano* Mike Affarano Motorsports Chevrolet Calumet City Auto Parts "Stop Bullying"
4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Mobil 1
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Zomongo
7 Korbin Forrister All Out Motorsports Toyota N. O. W. Matters More
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Fleetwing
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org[permanent dead link]
13 Myatt Snider ThorSport Racing Ford Century Container
15 Ross Chastain Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
16 Brett Moffitt Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Fr8Auctions
18 Noah Gragson Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Safelite Auto Glass
20 Max Tullman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Yurpal
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet ISM Connect Patriotic
22 Austin Wayne Self Niece Motorsports Chevrolet AM Technical Solutions, GO TEXAN.
24 Justin Haley GMS Racing Chevrolet Fraternal Order of Eagles Patriotic
25 Dalton Sargeant GMS Racing Chevrolet Performance Plus Motor Oil
33 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet Pit Barrel Cooker Company
41 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford Alpha Energy Solutions
45 Justin Fontaine Niece Motorsports Chevrolet ProMatic Automation
49 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet SobrietyNation.org
50 Brian Kaltreider Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet Image Tech
51 Brandon Jones Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota American Standard Eljer
52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet Halmar "We Build America"
54 Bo LeMastus DGR-Crosley Toyota Crosley Brands
63 J. J. Yeley Copp Motorsports Chevrolet Copp Motorsports
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Troptions
83 Bayley Currey Copp Motorsports Chevrolet Copp Motorsports
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet NEMCO Motorsports
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford Menards, Shasta
98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford Champion Power Equipment "Powering Your Life."
Official entry list

*Withdrew drew to the team's transporter breaking down while traveling to the track.[2]

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice would occur on Thursday, June 28, at 4:30 PM CST. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest lap, with a 31.006 and an average speed of 174.160 miles per hour (280.283 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.006 174.160
2 25 Dalton Sargeant GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.029 174.031
3 41 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 31.133 173.449
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

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The second and final practice would occur on Thursday, June 28, at 6:35 PM CST. Todd Gilliland of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest lap, with a 30.862 and an average speed of 174.972 miles per hour (281.590 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.862 174.972
2 41 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 30.995 174.222
3 24 Justin Haley GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.060 173.857
Full final practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying would take place on Friday, May 11, at 4:05 PM CST. Since Chicagoland Speedway is at least 1.5 miles (2.4 km), the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13-32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1-12.[4]

Noah Gragson would proceed to set the fastest time in both rounds, achieving a lap in the second round of a 30.384 and an average speed of 175.131 miles per hour (281.846 km/h), making Gragson the pole winner for the event.[5] No drivers would fail to qualify.

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 18 Noah Gragson Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.850 175.041 30.834 175.131
2 25 Dalton Sargeant GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.950 174.475 30.938 174.543
3 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 31.145 173.383 30.940 174.531
4 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.989 174.225 30.959 174.424
5 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 31.060 173.857 30.999 174.199
6 16 Brett Moffitt Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 31.139 173.416 31.023 174.064
7 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.066 173.823 31.027 174.042
8 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 31.045 173.941 31.027 174.042
9 41 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 31.076 173.768 31.044 173.947
10 24 Justin Haley GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.072 173.790 31.105 173.606
11 13 Myatt Snider ThorSport Racing Ford 31.162 173.288 31.149 173.360
12 2 Cody Coughlin GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.130 173.466 31.273 172.673
Eliminated in Round 1
13 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 31.206 173.044
14 02 Austin Hill Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 31.648 170.627
15 22 Austin Wayne Self Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 31.891 169.327
16 51 Brandon Jones Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.922 169.162
17 15 Ross Chastain Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32.079 168.334
18 54 Bo LeMastus DGR-Crosley Toyota 32.198 167.712
19 45 Justin Fontaine Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 32.244 167.473
20 7 Korbin Forrister All Out Motorsports Toyota 32.311 167.126
21 20 Max Tullman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 32.358 166.883
22 33 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 32.570 165.797
23 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 33.197 162.665
24 0 Camden Murphy Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 33.220 162.553
25 83 Bayley Currey Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 33.284 162.240
26 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 33.395 161.701
27 63 J. J. Yeley Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 33.429 161.536
Qualified on owner's points
28 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 33.503 161.180
29 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 33.567 160.872
30 50 Brian Kaltreider Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 34.618 155.988
31 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 34.891 154.768
32 49 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet
Withdrew
WD 03 Mike Affarano Mike Affarano Motorsports Chevrolet
Official qualifying results

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 35

Fin # Driver Team Make Pts
1 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 0
2 18 Noah Gragson Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 9
3 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 8
4 25 Dalton Sargeant GMS Racing Chevrolet 7
5 16 Brett Moffitt Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 6
6 41 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 5
7 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 4
8 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 3
9 24 Justin Haley GMS Racing Chevrolet 2
10 2 Cody Coughlin GMS Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 35

Fin # Driver Team Make Pts
1 18 Noah Gragson Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 10
2 16 Brett Moffitt Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 9
3 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 0
4 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 7
5 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 6
6 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 5
7 24 Justin Haley GMS Racing Chevrolet 4
8 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 3
9 2 Cody Coughlin GMS Racing Chevrolet 2
10 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 1

Stage 3 Laps: 80

Fin[6] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 6 16 Brett Moffitt Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 150 17 running 55
2 9 41 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 150 0 running 40
3 7 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 44
4 1 18 Noah Gragson Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 42 running 52
5 16 51 Brandon Jones Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 0 running 0
6 10 24 Justin Haley GMS Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 37
7 3 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 150 64 running 0
8 13 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 150 0 running 30
9 14 02 Austin Hill Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 running 28
10 11 13 Myatt Snider ThorSport Racing Ford 149 0 running 27
11 8 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 149 0 running 31
12 12 2 Cody Coughlin GMS Racing Chevrolet 149 0 running 28
13 15 22 Austin Wayne Self Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 149 0 running 24
14 19 45 Justin Fontaine Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 149 0 running 23
15 18 54 Bo LeMastus DGR-Crosley Toyota 149 0 running 22
16 4 4 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 148 0 running 27
17 26 3 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 148 0 running 20
18 20 7 Korbin Forrister All Out Motorsports Toyota 148 2 running 19
19 5 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 148 0 running 33
20 2 25 Dalton Sargeant GMS Racing Chevrolet 147 24 running 24
21 22 33 Josh Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet 147 0 running 16
22 32 49 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 146 0 running 15
23 21 20 Max Tullman Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 146 0 running 14
24 29 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 138 1 running 13
25 30 50 Brian Kaltreider Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 98 0 suspension 12
26 17 15 Ross Chastain Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 51 0 crash 0
27 25 83 Bayley Currey Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 45 0 fuel pump 10
28 23 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 29 0 fuel pump 9
29 27 63 J. J. Yeley Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 22 0 vibration 0
30 24 0 Camden Murphy Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 11 0 suspension 7
31 31 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 2 0 oil pump 6
32 28 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 0 0 oil cooler 0
Withdrew
WD 03 Mike Affarano Mike Affarano Motorsports Chevrolet
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2018-06-30). "Brett Moffitt passes John Hunter Nemechek on last lap to win". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  2. ^ Beard, Brock. "PREVIEW: Hattori and Fury teams return while other changes abound on Chicagoland entry lists". Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  3. ^ a b "Truck practice report at Chicagoland - NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  4. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  5. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2018-06-29). "Noah Gragson wins Truck Series pole at Chicagoland". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  6. ^ "2018 Overton's 225 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
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