2018 Lakes Region 200

The 2018 Lakes Region 200 was the 18th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in Loudon, New Hampshire, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway a 1.058 miles (1.703 km) permanent, oval-shaped, low-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing would pit for four tires on the final round of pit stops compared to second-place finisher's Team Penske driver Brad Keselowski, who only took two tires. The strategy for Bell proved to be a winning strategy for Bell, as he would hold off Keselowski for the win to win his fourth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, his third of the season, and his second consecutive win in the series.[1] To fill out the podium, Ryan Preece of Joe Gibbs Racing would finish third.

2018 Lakes Region 200
Race details
Race 18 of 33 of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date July 21, 2018
Official name 26th Annual Lakes Region 200
Location Loudon, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.058 mi (1.703 km)
Distance 200 laps, 211.6 mi (340.537 km)
Scheduled Distance 200 laps, 211.6 mi (340.537 km)
Average speed 99.616 miles per hour (160.316 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 29.232
Most laps led
Driver Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 93
Winner
No. 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

Background

The layout of New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.

The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.

Entry list

# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Haas Automation
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet OneMain Financial "Lending Done Human"
01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet National Brain Tumor Society
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops
4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet TMC Transportation
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Dove Men + Care
8 Angela Ruch B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet JW Transport, Give A Child A Voice
9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet Takl
11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Phantom Fireworks
13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota OCR Gaz Bar
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 Falmouth Ready Mix, Mizzy Construction
19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota XYO Network
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Rheem
21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford Menards, Richmond Water Heaters
23 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet ISM Connect
35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Sparks Energy
36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet RoyAuto.com, Outil Mag
38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota Smithbilt Homes
42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet D. A. B. Constructors, Inc.
45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota Prevagen
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet RepairableVehicles.com
52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet Jimmy Means Racing
55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota Prevagen
60 Austin Cindric Roush Fenway Racing Ford Pirtek
61 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford IT Coalition
66 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Chevrolet LasVegas.net, TLC Resorts
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Shadow Warriors Project, Horizon Transport
76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Grunt Style "This We'll Defend"
78 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet Visone RV Motorhome Parts, Racing with Jesus
90 Donald Theetge DGM Racing Chevrolet Circuit Acura, Mercedes-Benz St-Nicholas
93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, July 20, at 1:05 PM EST, and would last for 50 minutes.[2] Brad Keselowski of Team Penske would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.747 and an average speed of 128.040 miles per hour (206.060 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 29.747 128.040
2 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 29.845 127.619
3 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.875 127.491
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, July 20, at 3:05 PM EST, and would last for 50 minutes.[2] Ryan Truex of Kaulig Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.747 and an average speed of 128.040 miles per hour (206.060 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.549 128.898
2 22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 29.660 128.415
3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.751 128.023
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 21, at 11:05 AM EST.[2] Since New Hampshire 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]

Brad Keselowski of Team Penske would win the pole, advancing through both preliminary rounds and setting a time of 29.232 and an average speed of 130.296 miles per hour (209.691 km/h) in the third round.[5]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2) Time (R3) Speed (R3)
1 22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 29.739 128.074 29.290 130.038 29.232 130.296
2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.514 129.051 29.268 130.135 29.270 130.126
3 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.521 129.020 29.392 129.586 29.277 130.095
4 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 29.573 128.793 29.337 129.829 29.325 129.882
5 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.897 127.397 29.533 128.968 29.335 129.838
6 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.316 129.922 29.283 130.069 29.362 129.719
7 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.477 129.213 29.513 129.055 29.387 129.608
8 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.797 127.825 29.484 129.182 29.441 129.371
9 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.889 127.431 29.479 129.204 29.496 129.129
10 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.719 128.160 29.463 129.274 29.503 129.099
11 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.971 127.083 29.485 129.178 29.687 128.299
12 23 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.027 126.846 29.546 128.911 29.816 127.743
Eliminated in Round 2
13 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.829 127.688 29.561 128.845
14 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.744 128.053 29.570 128.806
15 60 Austin Cindric Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.780 127.898 29.682 128.320
16 61 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford 29.867 127.525 29.707 128.212
17 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 29.594 128.702 29.756 128.001
18 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 29.949 127.176 29.920 127.299
19 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.966 127.104 29.926 127.274
20 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.092 126.572 29.961 127.125
21 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 30.036 126.808 30.153 126.316
22 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 30.152 126.320 30.252 125.902
23 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.127 126.425 30.496 124.895
24 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.703 128.229
Eliminated in Round 1
25 78 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 30.358 125.463
26 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.430 125.166
27 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 30.474 124.985
28 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.615 124.410
29 76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 30.657 124.239
30 90 Donald Theetge DGM Racing Chevrolet 30.670 124.187
31 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.703 124.053
32 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.789 123.707
33 45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 30.808 123.630
Qualified by owner's points
34 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.864 123.406
35 01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.006 122.841
36 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 31.038 122.714
37 55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 31.109 122.434
38 66 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 31.118 122.399
39 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 31.956 119.189
40 8 Angela Ruch B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 32.093 118.680
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10
2 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9
3 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 8
4 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 7
5 22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 0
6 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 5
7 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 4
8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 3
9 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2
10 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 0
2 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9
3 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8
4 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7
5 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 6
6 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 60 Austin Cindric Roush Fenway Racing Ford 4
8 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 3
9 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 2
10 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 110

Fin[6] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 93 running 53
2 1 22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 200 72 running 0
3 3 18 Ryan Preece Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 6 running 51
4 5 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 47
5 14 2 Matt Tifft Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 35
6 8 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 0 running 43
7 7 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 33
8 10 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 26 running 35
9 4 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 200 0 running 32
10 11 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 0
11 6 21 Daniel Hemric Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 3 running 42
12 24 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 0 running 25
13 13 11 Ryan Truex Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 24
14 16 61 Kaz Grala Fury Race Cars Ford 200 0 running 23
15 17 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 24
16 19 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 21
17 15 60 Austin Cindric Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 0 running 24
18 18 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 19
19 12 23 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 199 0 running 0
20 25 78 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 199 0 running 17
21 34 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 198 0 running 16
22 22 35 Joey Gase Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 198 0 running 15
23 21 36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 198 0 running 14
24 29 76 Spencer Boyd SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 198 0 running 13
25 9 9 Tyler Reddick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 196 0 running 12
26 20 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 196 0 running 11
27 35 01 Vinnie Miller JD Motorsports Chevrolet 195 0 running 10
28 27 52 David Starr Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 195 0 running 9
29 37 55 Bayley Currey JP Motorsports Toyota 190 0 running 0
30 40 8 Angela Ruch B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 188 0 running 7
31 39 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 182 0 running 6
32 28 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 176 0 crash 5
33 30 90 Donald Theetge DGM Racing Chevrolet 172 0 running 4
34 33 45 Josh Bilicki JP Motorsports Toyota 165 0 ignition 3
35 26 15 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 130 0 engine 2
36 23 38 J. J. Yeley RSS Racing Chevrolet 113 0 brakes 1
37 38 66 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 62 0 brakes 1
38 32 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 57 0 vibration 1
39 36 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 32 0 brakes 1
40 31 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 22 0 brakes 1
Official race results

References

  1. McFadin, Daniel (2018-07-21). "Christopher Bell wins New Hampshire Xfinity race". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  2. "2018 NASCAR XFINITY New Hampshire Race Page". ESPN.com. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  3. Beaver, Dan (2018-07-20). "Xfinity practice report at New Hampshire". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  4. "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  5. McFadin, Daniel (2018-07-21). "Brad Keselowski wins pole for New Hampshire Xfinity race". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  6. "2018 Lakes Region 200 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
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