Motor car race
The
2018 Overton's 225
was the 11th
stock car race
of the
2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
season and the 10th iteration of the
event
. The race was held on Friday, June 29, 2018, in
Joliet, Illinois
at
Chicagoland Speedway
, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. At race's end, a hard-charging
Brett Moffitt
, driving for
Hattori Racing Enterprises
would pass the fuel-ailing
John Hunter Nemechek
of
NEMCO Motorsports
on the final lap to take Moffitt's 4th career win in the
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
and his 3rd of the season.
[1]
To fill out the podium,
Ben Rhodes
of
ThorSport Racing
and
Johnny Sauter
of
GMS Racing
would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background
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Chicagoland Speedway
is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in
Joliet, Illinois
, southwest of
Chicago
. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts
NASCAR
races. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the
IndyCar Series
, recording numerous close finishes, including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by
International Speedway Corporation
and is located adjacent to
Route 66 Raceway
.
Entry list
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*Withdrew drew to the team's transporter breaking down while traveling to the track.
[2]
Practice
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First practice
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The first practice would occur on Thursday, June 28, at 4:30 PM
CST
.
Johnny Sauter
of
GMS Racing
would set the fastest lap, with a 31.006 and an average speed of 174.160 miles per hour (280.283 km/h).
[3]
Second and final practice
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The second and final practice would occur on Thursday, June 28, at 6:35 PM
CST
.
Todd Gilliland
of
Kyle Busch Motorsports
would set the fastest lap, with a 30.862 and an average speed of 174.972 miles per hour (281.590 km/h).
[3]
Qualifying
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Qualifying would take place on Friday, May 11, at 4:05 PM
CST
. Since
Chicagoland Speedway
is at least 1.5 miles (2.4 km), 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.
[4]
Noah Gragson
would proceed to set the fastest time in both rounds, achieving a lap in the second round of a 30.384 and an average speed of 175.131 miles per hour (281.846 km/h), making Gragson the pole winner for the event.
[5]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Race results
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Stage 1
Laps: 35
Stage 2
Laps: 35
Stage 3
Laps: 80
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