The 2018 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 22, 2018 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the speedway, it was the 20th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 6 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Blake Jones BK Racing Toyota 24 William Byron (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Bubba Wallace (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 72 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Kasey Kahne Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 99 Kyle Weatherman StarCom Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
First practice Kyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.362 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.362 134.292 2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.469 133.788 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.475 133.759Official first practice results
Qualifying
Kurt Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.511 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 141 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.677 28.590 28.511 278 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.685 28.543 28.530 318 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.613 28.497 28.545 411 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.745 28.579 28.560 512 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.746 28.593 28.698 62 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.815 28.718 28.699 720 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.750 28.555 28.708 888 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.623 28.705 28.720 919 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.699 28.521 28.720 109 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.759 28.667 28.754 1124 William Byron (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.674 28.672 28.771 1221 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.880 28.721 28.813 1310 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.712 28.727 — 144 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.736 28.734 — 1514 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.930 28.767 — 1647 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.942 28.772 — 173 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.971 28.798 — 1831 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.888 28.811 — 1922 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.859 28.834 — 2042 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.855 28.846 — 2148 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.932 28.871 — 221 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.861 28.912 — 2317 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.013 28.976 — 2437 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.013 29.022 — 2513 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 29.020 — — 2695 Kasey Kahne Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 29.085 — — 2743 Bubba Wallace (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 29.106 — — 2832 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 29.123 — — 2934 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.171 — — 3038 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.179 — — 316 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.190 — — 3215 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 29.477 — — 3372 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 29.491 — — 3400 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 29.495 — — 3599 Kyle Weatherman StarCom Racing Chevrolet 29.855 — — 3651 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 29.860 — — 3723 Blake Jones BK Racing Toyota 30.579 — —Official qualifying results
Practice (post–qualifying)
Second practice Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.650 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.650 132.942 2 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.740 132.526 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.754 132.462Official second practice results
Final practice Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.937 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.937 131.624 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.952 131.556 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.967 131.488Official final practice results
Race
Stage Results
Stage 1 Laps: 75
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 102 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 75 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 66 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 48 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 39 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 210 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage 2 Laps: 75
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 93 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 84 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 75 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 66 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 48 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 210 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage 3 Laps: 151
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps1 14 4 Kevin Harivck Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 301 2 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 3 13 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 301 4 2 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 301 5 10 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 6 18 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 301 7 5 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 301 8 1 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 301 9 19 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 301 10 21 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 11 8 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 12 20 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 301 13 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 14 11 24 William Byron (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 15 31 6 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 301 16 7 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 17 12 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 301 18 22 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 301 19 26 95 Kasey Kahne Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 301 20 24 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 300 21 17 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 300 22 9 19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 300 23 25 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 300 24 27 43 Bubba Wallace (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 299 25 32 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 298 26 29 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 298 27 33 72 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 298 28 28 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 298 29 30 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 298 30 23 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 296 31 35 99 Kyle Weatherman StarCom Racing Chevrolet 294 32 6 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 293 33 37 23 Blake Jones BK Racing Toyota 289 34 36 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 267 35 15 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 255 36 16 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 19 37 34 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 13 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 7 among different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 31 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 52 minutes and 56 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Steve Letarte, four-time and all-time Loudon winner Jeff Burton and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race as part of an NBC Special Analyst Broadcast. Rick Allen, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.
NBCSNBooth announcersPit reporters Play-by-Play Announcer: Steve LetarteColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Rick AllenParker KligermanMarty SniderKelli Stavast
Radio PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanJim NobleSteve Richards
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 844 2 Kevin Harvick 791 (–53) 3 Martin Truex Jr. 740 (–104) 4 Joey Logano 679 (–165) 2 5 Kurt Busch 646 (–198) 6 Clint Bowyer 638 (–206) 2 7 Brad Keselowski 635 (–209) 8 Kyle Larson 606 (–238) 1 9 Ryan Blaney 584 (–260) 1 10 Denny Hamlin 583 (–261) 11 Aric Almirola 575 (–269) 12 Jimmie Johnson 522 (–322) 1 13 Chase Elliott 520 (–324) 1 14 Erik Jones 501 (–343) 15 Alex Bowman 453 (–391) 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 425 (–419)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 735 2 Ford 719 (–16) 3 Chevrolet 641 (–94)Official manufacturers' standings
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
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