2018 JAG Metals 350
{{Short description|21st race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NASCAR race report|Type=CUST|Radio=Motor Racing Network|Official_name=20th Annual JAG Metals 350|Most_Driver=Todd Gilliland|Most_laps=60|First_Driver=Justin Haley|Most_Team=Kyle Busch Motorsports|Pole_Driver=Johnny Sauter|Pole_Team=GMS Racing|Car=24|First_Team=GMS Racing|Announcers=Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip|Network=Fox Sports 1|Avg={{convert|119.064|mph|km/h}}|Location=Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Motor Speedway|Description=Race 21 of 23 of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series|Scheduled_laps=147|Distance_laps=147|Scheduled_mi=220.5|Course_km=2.41|Course_mi=1.5|Distance_km=354.86|Scheduled_km=354.86|Race_Name=JAG Metals 350|Year=2018|Pole_Time=28.608|Distance_mi=220.5|Date=November 2}}
The 2018 JAG Metals 350 was the 21st stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the second race of the Round of 6, and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 2, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a {{Convert|1.5|mi|km}} permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 147 laps to complete. At race's end, Justin Haley of GMS Racing would complete a last lap pass on Todd Gilliland, who ran out of fuel on the last lap to advance to the Final 4. The win was Haley's third and to date, final NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his third and final win of the season.{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Reid|date=2018-11-03|title=Justin Haley wins at Texas to advance to Championship 4|url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2018/11/02/haley-takes-advantage-gillilands-misfortune-win-texas-advance-championship-4/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Official Site Of NASCAR|language=en-US}} To fill out the podium, Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing and Brett Moffitt of Hattori Racing Enterprises would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
File:TexasMotorSpeedway.svg, 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 =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!# !Driver !Team !Make !Sponsor |
| 0 |
| 2 |
| 02 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 04
|Ford |
| 7 |
| 8 |
| 9
|Ford |
| 10
|[https://driven2honor.org/ Driven2Honor.org]{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| 12 |
| 13
|Ford |
| 15 |
| 16 |
| 17 |
| 18 |
| 20 |
| 21 |
| 22 |
| 24 |
| 25 |
| 33 |
| 35 |
| 38 |
| 41
|Ford |
| 45 |
| 49
|[https://sobrietynation.org/ SobrietyNation.org] |
| 51 |
| 52
|Halmar "We Build America" |
| 54 |
| 83 |
| 87 |
| 88
|Ford |
| 97
|Ford |
| 98
|Ford |
| colspan="5" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts21tms2018entrylist.pdf Official entry list] |
|---|
Practice
= First practice =
The first practice session was held on Thursday, November 1, at 3:05 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.{{Cite web|title=2018 NASCAR Truck Series Texas 2 Race Page|url=https://www.jayski.com/truck-series/2018-nascar-truck-series-texas-race-page-2/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site|language=en-US}} Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 28.998 and an average speed of {{Convert|186.220|mph|km/h}}.{{Cite web|last=McFadin|first=Daniel|date=2018-11-01|title=Truck Series practice report from Texas Motor Speedway|url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/11/01/truck-series-practice-report-from-texas-motor-speedway-2/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=NASCAR Talk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Time !Speed |
| 1
|21 |28.998 |186.220 |
|---|
| 2
|18 |29.267 |184.508 |
| 3
|51 |29.321 |184.168 |
| colspan="7" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts21tms2018prac1.pdf Full first practice results] |
= Second and final practice =
The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, November 1, at 5:05 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes. Brett Moffitt of Hattori Racing Enterprises would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 28.754 and an average speed of {{Convert|187.800|mph|km/h}}.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Time !Speed |
| 1
|16 |28.754 |187.800 |
|---|
| 2
|41 |Ford |28.836 |187.266 |
| 3
|21 |28.908 |186.800 |
| colspan="7" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts21tms2018prac2.pdf Full Happy Hour practice results] |
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, November 2, at 3:10 PM CST. Since Texas Motor Speedway is at least a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) racetrack, 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.{{Cite web|date=2018-02-07|title=NASCAR Qualifying Rules|url=https://www.espn.com/jayski/pages/story/_/id/18676661/nascar-qualifying-rules|access-date=2021-11-10|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}
Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 28.608 and an average speed of {{Convert|188.758|mph|km/h}} in the second round.{{Cite web|last=Beaver|first=Dan|date=2018-11-02|title=Johnny Sauter wins truck pole at Texas|url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/11/02/johnny-sauter-wins-truck-pole-at-texas/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=NASCAR Talk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US}}
Two drivers would fail to qualify: Josh Reaume and Reid Wilson.
= Full qualifying results =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Time (R1) !Speed (R1) !Time (R2) !Speed (R2) |
| 1
|21 | | |28.608 |188.758 |
|---|
| 2
|18 | | |28.633 |188.594 |
| 3
|52 | | |28.699 |188.160 |
| 4
|16 | | |28.738 |187.905 |
| 5
|17 | | |28.760 |187.761 |
| 6
|24 | | |28.940 |186.593 |
| 7
|2 | | |28.963 |186.445 |
| 8
|51 | | |28.978 |186.348 |
| 9
|25 | | |29.197 |184.951 |
| 10
|97 |Ford | | |29.216 |184.830 |
| 11
|87 | | |31.811 |169.753 |
| 12
|4 |28.909 |186.793 |— |— |
| colspan="9" |Eliminated in Round 1 |
| 13
|98 |Ford |29.161 |185.179 |— |— |
| 14
|88 |Ford |29.187 |185.014 |— |— |
| 15
|02 |29.198 |184.944 |— |— |
| 16
|41 |Ford |29.211 |184.862 |— |— |
| 17
|13 |Ford |29.219 |184.811 |— |— |
| 18
|8 |29.239 |184.685 |— |— |
| 19
|38 |29.332 |184.099 |— |— |
| 20
|54 |29.353 |183.968 |— |— |
| 21
|22 |29.402 |183.661 |— |— |
| 22
|35 |29.515 |182.958 |— |— |
| 23
|04 |Ford |29.530 |182.865 |— |— |
| 24
|12 |29.603 |182.414 |— |— |
| 25
|83 |29.809 |181.153 |— |— |
| 26
|9 |Ford |29.837 |180.983 |— |— |
| 27
|49 |29.922 |180.469 |— |— |
| colspan="9" |Qualified by owner's points |
| 28
|45 |30.177 |178.944 |— |— |
| 29
|20 |30.185 |178.897 |— |— |
| 30
|10 |30.591 |176.523 |— |— |
| 31
|15 |31.876 |169.406 |— |— |
| 32
|3 |34.152 |158.117 |— |— |
| colspan="9" |Failed to qualify or withdrew |
| 33
|33 |30.302 |178.206 |— |— |
| 34
|7 |31.071 |173.796 |— |— |
| WD
|0 |— |— |— |— |
| colspan="9" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts21tms2018lineup.pdf Official starting lineup] |
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 35
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Pts |
| 1
|24 |10 |
|---|
| 2
|2 |9 |
| 3
|52 |8 |
| 4
|88 |Ford |7 |
| 5
|16 |6 |
| 6
|18 |5 |
| 7
|98 |Ford |4 |
| 8
|41 |Ford |3 |
| 9
|38 |0 |
| 10
|4 |1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 35
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Pts |
| 1
|13 |Ford |10 |
|---|
| 2
|02 |9 |
| 3
|24 |8 |
| 4
|98 |Ford |7 |
| 5
|88 |Ford |6 |
| 6
|16 |5 |
| 7
|25 |4 |
| 8
|35 |3 |
| 9
|4 |2 |
| 10
|8 |1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 77
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!St !# !Driver !Team !Make !Laps !Led !Status !Pts |
| 1
|6 |24 |147 |33 |running |58 |
|---|
| 2
|16 |41 |Ford |147 |2 |running |38 |
| 3
|4 |16 |147 |0 |running |45 |
| 4
|12 |4 |147 |60 |running |36 |
| 5
|15 |02 |147 |0 |running |41 |
| 6
|8 |51 |147 |0 |running |31 |
| 7
|10 |97 |Ford |147 |0 |running |30 |
| 8
|3 |52 |147 |12 |running |37 |
| 9
|14 |88 |Ford |147 |0 |running |41 |
| 10
|2 |18 |147 |2 |running |32 |
| 11
|1 |21 |147 |1 |running |26 |
| 12
|13 |98 |Ford |146 |0 |running |36 |
| 13
|17 |13 |Ford |146 |35 |running |34 |
| 14
|9 |25 |146 |0 |running |27 |
| 15
|22 |35 |146 |0 |running |25 |
| 16
|21 |22 |145 |0 |running |21 |
| 17
|26 |9 |Ford |145 |0 |running |20 |
| 18
|18 |8 |145 |0 |running |20 |
| 19
|28 |45 |145 |0 |running |18 |
| 20
|27 |49 |143 |0 |running |17 |
| 21
|29 |20 |143 |0 |running |16 |
| 22
|31 |15 |138 |0 |running |0 |
| 23
|25 |83 |134 |0 |suspension |14 |
| 24
|30 |10 |134 |0 |running |13 |
| 25
|7 |2 |133 |2 |running |21 |
| 26
|19 |38 |112 |0 |electrical |0 |
| 27
|24 |12 |40 |0 |crash |10 |
| 28
|23 |04 |Ford |40 |0 |crash |9 |
| 29
|32 |3 |30 |0 |overheating |8 |
| 30
|5 |17 |14 |0 |crash |7 |
| 31
|11 |87 |5 |0 |rear gear |0 |
| 32
|20 |54 |2 |0 |crash |5 |
| colspan="10" |Failed to qualify or withdrew |
| 33
! rowspan="3" | |33 ! colspan="4" rowspan="3" | |
| 34
|7 |
| WD
|0 |
| colspan="10" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts21tms2018racereport.pdf Official race results] |
References
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