2018 Federated Auto Parts 400

Motor car race

The 2018 Federated Auto Parts 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on September 22, 2018, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the .75-mile (1.21 km) D-shaped short track, it was the 28th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, second race of the Playoffs and second race of the Round of 16.

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Background[edit]

Richmond Raceway, the track where the race was held.

Richmond Raceway (RR), formerly known as Richmond International Raceway (RIR), is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. Known as “America’s premier short track”, it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race and two USAC sprint car races.

Entry list[edit]

Practice[edit]

First practice[edit]

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Kyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.279 seconds and a speed of 121.190 mph (195.036 km/h).^[11]

Final practice[edit]

Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.458 seconds and a speed of 120.224 mph (193.482 km/h).^[12]

Qualifying[edit]

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.153 and a speed of 121.880 mph (196.147 km/h).^[13]

Qualifying results[edit]

Kyle Busch, Daniel Suárez, Regan Smith, and David Ragan all started from the rear after failing inspection.

Kyle Busch won the race it was his 50th overall career cup series win.

Stage Results[edit]

Stage 1
Laps: 100

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	10
2	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	9
3	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	6
6	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4
8	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	3
9	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage 2
Laps: 100

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	10
2	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	9
3	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	8
4	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	3
9	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results[edit]

Stage 3
Laps: 200

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Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	11	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	40
2	1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	400	53
3	3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	400	54
4	18	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	47
5	6	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	400	45
6	26	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	35
7	9	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	400	32
8	21	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	32
9	7	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	400	42
10	24	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	400	27
11	8	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	30
12	13	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	33
13	15	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	400	24
14	12	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	399	25
15	16	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	399	22
16	2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	399	23
17	38	19	Daniel Suárez	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	399	20
18	5	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	398	25
19	4	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	398	18
20	19	24	William Byron (R)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	398	17
21	14	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	398	16
22	20	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	397	15
23	40	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	397	14
24	23	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	397	13
25	17	6	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	396	12
26	10	51	Cole Custer (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	396	0
27	25	43	Darrell Wallace Jr. (R)	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	395	10
28	29	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	395	9
29	28	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	394	8
30	22	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	394	7
31	39	95	Regan Smith	Leavine Family Racing	Chevrolet	394	6
32	31	72	Corey LaJoie	TriStar Motorsports	Chevrolet	393	5
33	30	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	392	0
34	27	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Go Fas Racing	Ford	391	3
35	35	00	Joey Gase (i)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	388	0
36	36	99	Landon Cassill (i)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	387	0
37	32	96	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	387	1
38	34	23	Alon Day	BK Racing	Toyota	383	1
39	37	66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	382	0
40	33	52	Gray Gaulding	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	289	1
Official race results

Race statistics[edit]

Lead changes: 8 among different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 3 for 23
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 2 hours, 54 minutes and 30 seconds
Average speed: 103.152 miles per hour (166.007 km/h)

Television[edit]

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and three-time Richmond winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast will report from pit lane during the race.

Radio[edit]

The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

MRN
Booth announcers	Turn announcers	Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore Announcer: Jeff Striegle Announcer: Rusty Wallace	Backstretch: Dave Moody	Alex Hayden Winston Kelley Steve Post

Standings after the race[edit]

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Martin Truex Jr.	2,141
	2	Kyle Busch	2,125 (–16)
1	3	Kevin Harvick	2,113 (–28)
1	4	Brad Keselowski	2,111 (–30)
	5	Joey Logano	2,081 (–60)
3	6	Aric Almirola	2,079 (–62)
1	7	Kyle Larson	2,073 (–68)
2	8	Kurt Busch	2,071 (–70)
4	9	Chase Elliott	2,066 (–75)
	10	Austin Dillon	2,066 (–75)
1	11	Alex Bowman	2,061 (–80)
5	12	Ryan Blaney	2,060 (–81)
2	13	Clint Bowyer	2,056 (–85)
1	14	Jimmie Johnson	2,054 (–87)
	15	Erik Jones	2,039 (–102)
	16	Denny Hamlin	2,031 (–110)
Official driver’s standings

Manufacturers’ Championship standings

Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

References[edit]

^ “2018 schedule”. Jayski.com. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. May 5, 2017. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
^ “Richmond International Raceway”. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
^ “Entry List”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
^ “First Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ “Final Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ “Starting Lineup”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ “Federated Auto Parts 400 Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
^ “Points standings” (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ “Manufacturer standings” (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ “Richmond final TV ratings”. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ Utter, Jim (September 21, 2018). “Kyle Busch leads first Cup practice at Richmond”. Motorsport.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ Utter, Jim (September 21, 2018). “Brad Keselowski tops Truex in final practice at Richmond”. Motorsport.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^ Kurz Jr., Hank (September 21, 2018). “Harvick edges Hamlin for pole at Richmond”. Associated Press. Richmond, Virginia: AP Sports. Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[1] “2018 schedule”. Jayski.com. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. May 5, 2017. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018.

[2] “Richmond International Raceway”. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2018.

[3] “Entry List”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.

[4] “First Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[5] “Final Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[6] “Starting Lineup”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[7] “Federated Auto Parts 400 Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

[8] “Points standings” (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[9] “Manufacturer standings” (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[10] “Richmond final TV ratings”. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[11] Utter, Jim (September 21, 2018). “Kyle Busch leads first Cup practice at Richmond”. Motorsport.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[12] Utter, Jim (September 21, 2018). “Brad Keselowski tops Truex in final practice at Richmond”. Motorsport.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[13] Kurz Jr., Hank (September 21, 2018). “Harvick edges Hamlin for pole at Richmond”. Associated Press. Richmond, Virginia: AP Sports. Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.