2018 Kansas Lottery 300
{{Short description|30th race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NASCAR race report|Type=NASXFIN|Location=Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas Speedway|Distance_mi=300|Year=2018|Course_mi=1.5|Course_km=2.41|Scheduled_laps=200|Scheduled_mi=300|Race_No=30|Season_No=33|Distance_laps=200|Distance_km=482.803|Scheduled_km=482.803|Race_Name=Kansas Lottery 300|Official_name=18th Annual Kansas Lottery 300|Avg={{convert|118.995|mph|km/h}}|Date=October 20|Car=42|First_Team=Chip Ganassi Racing|First_Driver=John Hunter Nemechek|Pole_Time=29.355|Most_Driver=Daniel Hemric|Pole_Driver=Daniel Hemric|Most_Team=Richard Childress Racing|Pole_Team=Richard Childress Racing|Announcers=Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr.|Network=NBC|Most_laps=128|Radio=Motor Racing Network}}
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.{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Reid|date=2018-10-20|title=John Hunter Nemechek grabs first Xfinity win at Kansas|url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2018/10/20/results-xfinity-series-kansas-speedway-kansas-lottery-300-playoffs/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Official Site Of NASCAR|language=en-US}} To fill out the podium, Elliott Sadler of JR Motorsports would finish third.
Background
File:Kansas_Speedway_diagram.svg, 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 |
00
|Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste |Ford |
1 |
01 |
2 |
3 |
4
|In Memory of Charlie Blanton |
5 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
11 |
13 |
15 |
16
|Ford |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22
|Ford |
23 |
26
|Ford |
35 |
36 |
37 |
38
|Adoption For My Child "Connecting Families" |
39 |
40 |
42 |
45 |
51
|[https://repairablevehicles.com/ RepairableVehicles.com] |
52 |
55 |
60
|Ford |Ford |
66
|HABCO Material Handling Specialists, Copeland Insurance Agency |
74 |
76
|Grunt Style "This We'll Defend" |
78
|[https://corvetteparts.net/ CorvetteParts.net] |
89 |
90 |
93 |
98
|Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste |Ford |
99 |
colspan="5" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/nxs30kan2018entrylist.pdf Official entry list] |
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Practice
= First practice =
The first practice session was held on Friday, October 19, at 2:05 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.{{Cite web|date=2018-10-22|title=2018 NASCAR XFINITY Kansas Race Page|url=https://www.espn.com/jayski/nxs/races/2018/story/_/id/24675130/2018-nascar-xfinity-kansas-race-page|access-date=2022-01-25|website=ESPN.com|language=en}} 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 {{Convert|179.916|mph|km/h}}.{{Cite web|last=Beaver|first=Dan|date=2018-10-19|title=Xfinity practice report from Kansas|url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/10/19/xfinity-practice-report-from-kansas/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=NASCAR Talk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US}}
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!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Time !Speed |
1
|21 |30.014 |179.916 |
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2
|20 |30.057 |179.659 |
3
|9 |30.088 |179.474 |
colspan="7" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/nxs30kan2018prac1.pdf Official first practice results] |
= Second and final practice =
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.{{Cite web|date=2018-10-22|title=2018 NASCAR XFINITY Kansas Race Page|url=https://www.espn.com/jayski/nxs/races/2018/story/_/id/24675130/2018-nascar-xfinity-kansas-race-page|access-date=2022-01-25|website=ESPN.com|language=en}} 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 {{Convert|179.480|mph|km/h}}.{{Cite web|last=Beaver|first=Dan|date=2018-10-19|title=Xfinity practice report from Kansas|url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/10/19/xfinity-practice-report-from-kansas/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=NASCAR Talk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US}}
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!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Time !Speed |
1
|3 |30.087 |179.480 |
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2
|60 |Ford |30.098 |179.414 |
3
|20 |30.221 |178.684 |
colspan="7" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/nxs30kan2018prac2.pdf Official Happy Hour practice results] |
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 20, at 10:40 AM CST.{{Cite web|date=2018-10-22|title=2018 NASCAR XFINITY Kansas Race Page|url=https://www.espn.com/jayski/nxs/races/2018/story/_/id/24675130/2018-nascar-xfinity-kansas-race-page|access-date=2022-01-25|website=ESPN.com|language=en}} 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.{{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=2021-11-03|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}
Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.355 and an average speed of {{Convert|183.955|mph|km/h}} in the third round.{{Cite web|last=McFadin|first=Daniel|date=2018-10-20|title=Daniel Hemric wins Xfinity pole at Kansas Speedway|url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/10/20/daniel-hemric-wins-xfinity-pole-at-kansas-speedway/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=NASCAR Talk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US}}
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 |29.729 |181.641 |29.610 |182.371 |29.355 |183.955 |
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2
|20 |29.976 |180.144 |29.647 |182.143 |29.543 |182.784 |
3
|7 |29.804 |181.184 |29.680 |181.941 |29.601 |182.426 |
4
|22 |Ford |29.861 |180.838 |29.556 |182.704 |29.629 |182.254 |
5
|19 |30.197 |178.826 |29.563 |182.661 |29.629 |182.254 |
6
|9 |30.001 |179.994 |29.658 |182.076 |29.666 |182.027 |
7
|18 |30.114 |179.319 |29.478 |183.187 |29.710 |181.757 |
8
|3 |29.982 |180.108 |29.641 |182.180 |29.752 |181.500 |
9
|2 |30.590 |176.528 |29.659 |182.070 |29.770 |181.391 |
10
|00 |Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste |Ford |29.975 |180.150 |29.676 |181.965 |29.840 |180.965 |
11
|1 |30.061 |179.635 |29.649 |182.131 |29.860 |180.844 |
12
|98 |Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste |Ford |29.896 |180.626 |29.635 |182.217 |29.931 |180.415 |
colspan="11" |Eliminated in Round 1 |
13
|42 |29.999 |180.006 |29.690 |181.879 |— |— |
14
|11 |30.057 |179.659 |29.806 |181.172 |— |— |
15
|5 |30.407 |177.591 |29.915 |180.511 |— |— |
16
|16 |Ford |30.330 |178.042 |29.949 |180.307 |— |— |
17
|23 |30.189 |178.873 |29.975 |180.150 |— |— |
18
|60 |Ford |30.009 |179.946 |30.006 |179.964 |— |— |
19
|39 |30.554 |176.736 |30.082 |179.509 |— |— |
20
|35 |Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing |30.668 |176.079 |30.531 |176.869 |— |— |
21
|37 |30.579 |176.592 |— |— |— |— |
22
|4 |30.609 |176.419 |— |— |— |— |
23
|0 |30.653 |176.165 |— |— |— |— |
24
|99 |30.825 |175.182 |— |— |— |— |
colspan="11" |Eliminated in Round 2 |
25
|13 |30.894 |174.791 |— |— |— |— |
26
|93 |30.911 |174.695 |— |— |— |— |
27
|36 |31.045 |173.941 |— |— |— |— |
28
|90 |31.108 |173.589 |— |— |— |— |
29
|01 |31.164 |173.277 |— |— |— |— |
30
|66 |31.165 |173.271 |— |— |— |— |
31
|15 |31.167 |173.260 |— |— |— |— |
32
|8 |31.326 |172.381 |— |— |— |— |
33
|40 |31.341 |172.298 |— |— |— |— |
colspan="11" |Qualified by owner's points |
34
|52 |31.465 |171.619 |— |— |— |— |
35
|76 |31.598 |170.897 |— |— |— |— |
36
|78 |31.638 |170.681 |— |— |— |— |
37
|45 |32.128 |168.078 |— |— |— |— |
38
|74 |32.464 |166.338 |— |— |— |— |
39
|38 |33.833 |159.607 |— |— |— |— |
40
|51 |— |— |— |— |— |— |
colspan="11" |Failed to qualify |
41
|55 |31.370 |172.139 |— |— |— |— |
42
|89 |32.401 |166.662 |— |— |— |— |
43
|26 |Ford |— |— |— |— |— |— |
colspan="11" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/nxs30kan2018qualresults.pdf Official qualifying results] |
colspan="11" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/nxs29dov2018lineup.pdf Official starting lineup] |
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 45
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!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Pts |
1
|21 |10 |
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2
|42 |9 |
3
|18 |8 |
4
|3 |7 |
5
|1 |6 |
6
|9 |5 |
7
|2 |4 |
8
|16 |Ford |3 |
9
|11 |2 |
10
|0 |1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 45
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!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Pts |
1
|42 |10 |
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2
|21 |9 |
3
|9 |8 |
4
|1 |7 |
5
|2 |6 |
6
|3 |5 |
7
|60 |Ford |4 |
8
|16 |Ford |3 |
9
|39 |2 |
10
|11 |1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 110
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!St !# !Driver !Team !Make !Laps !Led !Status !Pts |
1
|13 |42 |200 |64 |running |59 |
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2
|1 |21 |200 |128 |running |54 |
3
|11 |1 |200 |2 |running |47 |
4
|8 |3 |200 |0 |running |45 |
5
|6 |9 |200 |2 |running |45 |
6
|9 |2 |200 |2 |running |41 |
7
|16 |16 |Ford |200 |0 |running |36 |
8
|18 |60 |Ford |200 |0 |running |33 |
9
|19 |39 |199 |0 |running |30 |
10
|40 |51 |199 |0 |running |27 |
11
|14 |11 |198 |0 |running |29 |
12
|27 |36 |197 |0 |running |25 |
13
|23 |0 |196 |0 |running |25 |
14
|31 |15 |196 |0 |running |23 |
15
|20 |35 |Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing |195 |0 |running |22 |
16
|33 |40 |195 |0 |running |21 |
17
|34 |52 |194 |0 |running |20 |
18
|32 |8 |193 |0 |running |19 |
19
|35 |76 |192 |0 |running |18 |
20
|37 |45 |191 |0 |running |17 |
21
|7 |18 |189 |0 |running |24 |
22
|36 |78 |189 |0 |running |15 |
23
|29 |01 |189 |0 |running |14 |
24
|28 |90 |187 |2 |running |13 |
25
|22 |4 |182 |0 |running |12 |
26
|10 |00 |Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste |Ford |181 |0 |running |11 |
27
|30 |66 |133 |0 |fuel pump |10 |
28
|38 |74 |129 |0 |running |9 |
29
|39 |38 |98 |0 |oil leak |8 |
30
|12 |98 |Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste |Ford |79 |0 |suspension |7 |
31
|25 |13 |54 |0 |vibration |6 |
32
|24 |99 |26 |0 |steering |5 |
33
|17 |23 |24 |0 |crash |4 |
34
|26 |93 |16 |0 |rear gear |3 |
35
|21 |37 |16 |0 |brakes |2 |
36
|5 |19 |12 |0 |crash |1 |
37
|2 |20 |2 |0 |crash |1 |
38
|3 |7 |1 |0 |crash |1 |
39
|4 |22 |Ford |0 |0 |crash |1 |
40
|15 |5 |0 |0 |crash |1 |
colspan="10" |Failed to qualify |
41
! rowspan="3" | |55 ! colspan="4" rowspan="3" | |
42
|89 |
43
|26 |Ford |
colspan="10" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/nxs30kan2018racereport.pdf Official race results] |
References
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