The 2018 DC Solar 300 was the 26th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the final race of the regular season, and the inaugural iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 15, 2018, in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Ross Chastain of Chip Ganassi Racing would dominate, redeeming himself from the 2018 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 to win his first ever NASCAR Xfinity Series career win and his first and only win of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports and Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste would finish second and third, respectively.

2018 DC Solar 300
Race details
Race 26 of 33 of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date September 15, 2018
Official name Inaugural DC Solar 300
Location North Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas 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 119.258 miles per hour (191.927 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste
Time 30.118
Most laps led
Driver Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing
Laps 180
Winner
No. 42 Ross Chastain 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

Background

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The layout of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Entry list

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# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet FAME-USA.com
00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Code 3 Associates
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet OneMain Financial "Lending Done Human"
01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet JAS Expedited Trucking
2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet KC Motorgroup
3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Childress Vineyards
4 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet Allstate Parts & Service Group
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 Nationwide Children's Hospital
11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection
13 Stan Mullis MBM Motorsports Toyota LasVegas.net, A Mob Story
15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford DriveDownA1C.com
18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Rheem
19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Menards, Mastercraft Doors
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota GameStop, Shadow of the Tomb Raider
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 Allegiant Air
26 Max Tullman Tullman-Walker Racing Ford Yurpal
35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Sparks Energy
36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet James Carter Attorney at Law, Sticky Stuff Custom Signs & Graphics
38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet Superior Essex
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet Big Valley Towing
40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota LasVegas.net, Smithbilt Homes
42 Ross Chastain 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 OxyxAutos.com, Acre One
55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota Touched by Pros, Rollin Smoke Barbecue
60 Chase Briscoe Roush Fenway Racing Ford Ford
66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Dodge James Carter Attorney at Law
72 John Jackson MBM Motorsports Toyota James Carter Attorney at Law
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Shadow Warriors Project, Smitty's Beard Sauce
76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Grunt Style "This We'll Defend"
78 Cole Rouse B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
90 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet Mastin and Cain Warehousing, Sleep Well Sleep Disorder Specialists
93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session would occur on Friday, September 14, at 12:05 PM PST, and would last for 40 minutes.[2] Matt Tifft of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.403 and an average speed of 177.614 miles per hour (285.842 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.403 177.614
2 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.489 177.113
3 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.581 176.580
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

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The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, would occur on Friday, September 14, at 2:05 PM PST, and would last for 45 minutes.[2] Tyler Reddick of JR Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.561 and an average speed of 176.696 miles per hour (284.365 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.561 176.696
2 42 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.661 176.120
3 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 30.690 175.953
Full final practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying would take place on Saturday, March 3, at 10:05 AM PST. Since Las Vegas 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]

Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste would win the pole, advancing through both preliminary rounds and setting a time of 30.118 and an average speed of 179.295 miles per hour (288.547 km/h) in the third round.[5]

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 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 30.503 177.032 30.268 178.406 30.118 179.295
2 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 30.879 174.876 30.366 177.830 30.360 177.866
3 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.684 175.987 30.648 176.194 30.367 177.825
4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.662 176.114 30.445 177.369 30.387 177.708
5 42 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 31.009 174.143 30.305 178.188 30.454 177.317
6 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.690 175.953 30.713 175.821 30.456 177.305
7 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.621 176.350 30.422 177.503 30.545 176.788
8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.561 176.696 30.570 176.644 30.577 176.603
9 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 31.557 171.119 30.748 175.621 30.839 175.103
10 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.737 175.684 30.750 175.610 30.858 174.995
11 16 Ryan Reed Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 30.728 175.735 30.535 176.846 30.922 174.633
12 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 30.787 175.399 30.664 176.102
Eliminated in Round 2
13 60 Chase Briscoe Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 30.872 174.916 30.755 175.581
14 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.973 174.345 30.967 174.379
15 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 31.401 171.969 31.036 173.991
16 4 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.270 172.689 31.209 173.027
17 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31.178 173.199 31.345 172.276
18 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 31.395 172.002 31.438 171.767
19 55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 31.975 168.882 32.173 167.843
20 26 Max Tullman Tullman-Walker Racing Ford 31.873 169.422 32.823 164.519
21 8 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.704 170.326
22 78 Cole Rouse B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.717 170.256
23 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.751 170.073
24 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 32.057 168.450
Eliminated in Round 1
25 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Dodge 32.211 167.645
26 45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 32.391 166.713
27 76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 32.431 166.507
28 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 32.447 166.425
29 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 32.512 166.093
30 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 32.549 165.904
31 90 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 32.734 164.966
32 72 John Jackson MBM Motorsports Toyota 32.847 164.399
33 01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 33.253 162.391
Qualified by owner's points
34 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
35 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
36 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
37 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
38 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
39 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet
40 13 Stan Mullis MBM Motorsports Toyota
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 42 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 10
2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9
3 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8
4 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 7
5 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 6
6 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 5
7 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 3
9 60 Chase Briscoe Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 2
10 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 42 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 10
2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 9
3 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 8
4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7
5 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 4
8 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3
9 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 60 Chase Briscoe Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 1

Stage 3 Laps: 110

Pos.[6] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 5 42 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 180 running 60
2 8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 16 running 45
3 1 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 200 3 running 50
4 4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 0 running 49
5 3 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 45
6 34 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 0 running 31
7 36 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 0 running 35
8 38 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 32
9 2 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 200 0 running 36
10 14 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 27
11 18 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 26
12 10 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 25
13 12 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 24
14 16 4 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 23
15 17 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 22
16 15 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 21
17 21 8 Ray Black Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 198 0 running 20
18 39 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 197 0 running 19
19 23 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 197 0 running 18
20 31 90 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 196 0 running 17
21 22 78 Cole Rouse B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 194 0 running 16
22 27 76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 194 0 runnign 15
23 20 26 Max Tullman Tullman-Walker Racing Ford 192 0 running 14
24 19 55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 191 0 running 0
25 29 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 191 0 running 12
26 33 01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 191 0 running 11
27 26 45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 190 0 running 10
28 7 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 188 0 accident 11
29 35 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 188 1 accident 22
30 6 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 188 0 accident 7
31 13 60 Chase Briscoe Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 181 0 accident 9
32 24 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 145 0 engine 5
33 28 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 93 0 clutch 4
34 25 66 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Dodge 74 0 suspension 3
35 11 16 Ryan Reed Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 64 0 accident 2
36 37 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 63 0 accident 1
37 40 13 Stan Mullis MBM Motorsports Toyota 51 0 vibration 1
38 32 72 John Jackson MBM Motorsports Toyota 30 0 vibration 1
39 30 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 18 0 vibration 1
40 9 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5 0 accident 1
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ Kantowski, Ron (2018-09-16). "Watermelon farmer Ross Chastain wins Las Vegas Xfinity race". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  2. ^ a b "2018 NASCAR XFINITY Las Vegas Race Page". ESPN.com. 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  3. ^ a b Ryan, Nate (2018-09-14). "Tyler Reddick paces final Xfinity practice at Las Vegas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  4. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  5. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2018-09-15). "Cole Custer wins Las Vegas Xfinity pole". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  6. ^ "2018 DC Solar 300 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
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