2018 Kansas Lottery 300

The 2018 Kansas Lottery 300 was the 30th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the first race in the Round of 12, and the 18th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, October 20, 2018, in Kansas City, Kansas at Kansas Speedway, a 1.500 miles (2.414 km) permanent paved oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, John Hunter Nemechek of Chip Ganassi Racing would take advantage of a late-race restart and pass eventual second-place driver Richard Childress Racing driver Daniel Hemric to win his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his first and only win of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Elliott Sadler of JR Motorsports would finish third.

2018 Kansas Lottery 300
Race details
Race 30 of 33 in the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date October 20, 2018
Official name 18th Annual Kansas Lottery 300
Location Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas 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 118.995 miles per hour (191.504 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Richard Childress Racing
Time 29.355
Most laps led
Driver Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing
Laps 128
Winner
No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing
Television in the United States
Network NBC
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

Background

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

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

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# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet Trophy Tractor
00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Haas Automation
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet Textron Off Road, Arctic Cat
01 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet American Ethanol E15, Sorghum
3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Childress Vineyards
4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet In Memory of Charlie Blanton
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet Pilot Flying J
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Brandt Professional Agriculture
8 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet JW Transport, ART General Contractor
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 Craftsman
19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Game Plan For Life
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Rheem
21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford Menards, Richmond Water Heaters
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
26 Max Tullman Tullman-Walker Racing Ford Eskata
35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Absaroka
36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet Alpha Prime Regimen
37 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
38 Angela Ruch RSS Racing Chevrolet Adoption For My Child "Connecting Families"
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet Frank Foster's 'Til I'm Gone
40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota Smithbilt Homes
42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Fire Alarm Services
45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota Prevagen
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet RepairableVehicles.com
52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet Wilkerson Crane Rental
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 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet Sleep Well Sleep Disorder Specialists
93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
98 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford NutriChomps
99 Stephen Leicht B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Friday, October 19, at 2:05 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.[2] Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.014 and an average speed of 179.916 miles per hour (289.547 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.014 179.916
2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.057 179.659
3 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.088 179.474
Official 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, October 19, at 4:00 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.[2] Shane Lee of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.087 and an average speed of 179.480 miles per hour (288.845 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.087 179.480
2 60 Ty Majeski Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.098 179.414
3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.221 178.684
Official Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 20, at 10:40 AM CST.[2] Since Kansas 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]

Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.355 and an average speed of 183.955 miles per hour (296.047 km/h) in the third round.[5]

Three drivers would fail to qualify: Bayley Currey, Morgan Shepherd, and Max Tullman.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2) Time (R3) Speed (R3)
1 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.729 181.641 29.610 182.371 29.355 183.955
2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.976 180.144 29.647 182.143 29.543 182.784
3 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.804 181.184 29.680 181.941 29.601 182.426
4 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.861 180.838 29.556 182.704 29.629 182.254
5 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.197 178.826 29.563 182.661 29.629 182.254
6 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.001 179.994 29.658 182.076 29.666 182.027
7 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.114 179.319 29.478 183.187 29.710 181.757
8 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.982 180.108 29.641 182.180 29.752 181.500
9 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.590 176.528 29.659 182.070 29.770 181.391
10 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 29.975 180.150 29.676 181.965 29.840 180.965
11 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.061 179.635 29.649 182.131 29.860 180.844
12 98 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 29.896 180.626 29.635 182.217 29.931 180.415
Eliminated in Round 1
13 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.999 180.006 29.690 181.879
14 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.057 179.659 29.806 181.172
15 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.407 177.591 29.915 180.511
16 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.330 178.042 29.949 180.307
17 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.189 178.873 29.975 180.150
18 60 Ty Majeski Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.009 179.946 30.006 179.964
19 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.554 176.736 30.082 179.509
20 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 30.668 176.079 30.531 176.869
21 37 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.579 176.592
22 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.609 176.419
23 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.653 176.165
24 99 Stephen Leicht B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 30.825 175.182
Eliminated in Round 2
25 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.894 174.791
26 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.911 174.695
27 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 31.045 173.941
28 90 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 31.108 173.589
29 01 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.164 173.277
30 66 Bobby Dale Earnhardt MBM Motorsports Toyota 31.165 173.271
31 15 Quin Houff JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.167 173.260
32 8 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.326 172.381
33 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 31.341 172.298
Qualified by owner's points
34 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 31.465 171.619
35 76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31.598 170.897
36 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.638 170.681
37 45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 32.128 168.078
38 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 32.464 166.338
39 38 Angela Ruch RSS Racing Chevrolet 33.833 159.607
40 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet
Failed to qualify
41 55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 31.370 172.139
42 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 32.401 166.662
43 26 Max Tullman Tullman-Walker Racing Ford
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 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 9
3 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8
4 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 7
5 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4
8 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 3
9 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 2
10 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 10
2 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9
3 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8
4 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 7
5 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 6
6 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5
7 60 Ty Majeski Roush Fenway Racing Ford 4
8 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 3
9 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 2
10 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 110

Fin[6] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 13 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 64 running 59
2 1 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 128 running 54
3 11 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2 running 47
4 8 3 Shane Lee Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 45
5 6 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 2 running 45
6 9 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 2 running 41
7 16 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 0 running 36
8 18 60 Ty Majeski Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 0 running 33
9 19 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 199 0 running 30
10 40 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 199 0 running 27
11 14 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 198 0 running 29
12 27 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 197 0 running 25
13 23 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 196 0 running 25
14 31 15 Quin Houff JD Motorsports Chevrolet 196 0 running 23
15 20 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 195 0 running 22
16 33 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 195 0 running 21
17 34 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 194 0 running 20
18 32 8 Jairo Avila Jr. B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 193 0 running 19
19 35 76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 192 0 running 18
20 37 45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 191 0 running 17
21 7 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 189 0 running 24
22 36 78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 189 0 running 15
23 29 01 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 189 0 running 14
24 28 90 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 187 2 running 13
25 22 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 182 0 running 12
26 10 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 181 0 running 11
27 30 66 Bobby Dale Earnhardt MBM Motorsports Toyota 133 0 fuel pump 10
28 38 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 129 0 running 9
29 39 38 Angela Ruch RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 0 oil leak 8
30 12 98 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 79 0 suspension 7
31 25 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 54 0 vibration 6
32 24 99 Stephen Leicht B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 26 0 steering 5
33 17 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 24 0 crash 4
34 26 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 16 0 rear gear 3
35 21 37 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 16 0 brakes 2
36 5 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 0 crash 1
37 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2 0 crash 1
38 3 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1 0 crash 1
39 4 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 0 0 crash 1
40 15 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 0 0 crash 1
Failed to qualify
41 55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota
42 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet
43 26 Max Tullman Tullman-Walker Racing Ford
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ Spencer, Reid (2018-10-20). "John Hunter Nemechek grabs first Xfinity win at Kansas". Official Site Of NASCAR. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  2. ^ a b c "2018 NASCAR XFINITY Kansas Race Page". ESPN.com. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  3. ^ a b Beaver, Dan (2018-10-19). "Xfinity practice report from Kansas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  4. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  5. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2018-10-20). "Daniel Hemric wins Xfinity pole at Kansas Speedway". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  6. ^ "2018 Kansas Lottery 300 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
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