The 2018 Stratosphere 200 was the third stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, March 2 in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. In a late race restart, Kyle Busch of Kyle Busch Motorsports was able to hold off a charging Sauter and Moffitt for the last 11 laps to win the race, the 50th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win of his career and the first of the season. To fill out the rest of the podium, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and Brett Moffitt of Hattori Racing Enterprises finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Entry list #DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Mike SenicaJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletBetty Lou's1Tommy ReganTJL MotorsportsChevroletMotorsports Safety Group2Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevroletJegs02Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevroletUnited Rentals3Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevroletBommarito Automotive Group, Lucas Oil4Spencer DavisKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSiriusXM, JBL6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletZomongo8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletNEMCO Motorsports10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven2Honor.org, ThinkRealty.com13Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFordLiberty Tax "You Do Life, We Do Taxes"15Robby LyonsPremium MotorsportsChevroletSunwest Construction16Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaAisin18Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSafelite Auto Glass20Michel DisdierYoung's MotorsportsChevroletRichard Orlinski21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Air22Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevroletAM Technical Solutions, GO TEXAN. "Don't mess with Texas"24Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevroletFraternal Order of Eagles25Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevroletPerformance Plus Motor Oil33Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyotaGnarly Jerky41Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordAlpha Energy Solutions45Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevroletPromatic Automation49Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevroletSobrietyNation.org/50B. J. McLeodBeaver MotorsportsChevroletBeaver Motorsports51Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaCessna, Beechcraft52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar "We Build America"54Justin MarksDGR-CrosleyToyotaCrosley Brands63Scott StenzelCopp MotorsportsChevroletCopp Motorsports74Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevroletAtlanta Havoc83Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevroletFr8Auctions, United Nissan87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletNEMCO Motorsports88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFordMenards, Hormel Black Label Bacon98Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFordCurb RecordsOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice The first practice was held on Thursday, March 1 at 5:05p.m. EST. Justin Marks of DGR-Crosley would set the fastest time of the session with a 30.313 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed154Justin MarksDGR-CrosleyToyota30.313178.141216Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.317178.118318Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.345177.954Full first practice results
Second and final practice The second and final practice was held on Thursday, March 1 at 7:05p.m. EST. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time with a 30.114 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet30.114179.319216Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.154179.081318Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.184178.903 Full final practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, March 2, at 6:05p.m. EST. 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.
Starting lineup Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)151Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.575176.615252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet30.597176.488321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet30.680176.01044Spencer DavisKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.695175.924518Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.737175.684616Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.785175.410754Justin MarksDGR-CrosleyToyota30.810175.268898Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord30.931174.58298John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet31.006174.1601013Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord31.047173.9301124Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet31.053173.8961288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord31.127173.483Eliminated in Round 11302Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.044173.947——142Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet31.059173.863——1541Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord31.092173.678——163Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet31.145173.383——1745Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevrolet31.220172.966——1825Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevrolet31.231172.905——1922Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet31.249172.806——2049Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevrolet31.329172.364——2187Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet31.388172.040——2220Michel DisdierYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.398171.985——2383Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet31.472171.581——2415Robby LyonsPremium MotorsportsChevrolet32.426166.533——2533Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyota32.791164.679——2674Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet32.802164.624——2710Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet33.818159.678——Qualified by owner's points281Tommy ReganTJL MotorsportsChevrolet35.383152.616——2963Scott StenzelCopp MotorsportsChevrolet36.224149.072——306Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet37.856142.646——3150B. J. McLeodBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet————320Mike SenicaJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet————Official starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts118Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1024Spencer DavisKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9351Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0452Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet7513Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord6641Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord5721Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet4816Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota392Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet21088Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1 Stage 2 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts152Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet10213Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord9351Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0441Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord7516Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota6618Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota5724Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet4821Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet3998Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord2104Spencer DavisKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1 Stage 3 Laps: 54 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1151Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota13455running02321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1340running423616Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota13427running434898Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord1344running355252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet13431running4961825Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevrolet1343running3171541Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1340running428142Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet1340running3191745Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1342running28101302Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1340running2711754Justin MarksDGR-CrosleyToyota1340running2612518Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota13412running401344Spencer DavisKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1340running34142049Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevrolet1340running23151013Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord1330running37161922Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1330running2117163Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1330running20182415Robby LyonsPremium MotorsportsChevrolet1330running19192220Michel DisdierYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1320running18202383Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet1320running172198John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1300running0222674Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet1270running15233150B. J. McLeodBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet1230running0242710Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1230running13252533Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyota1190engine1226306Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet1180parked1127281Tommy ReganTJL MotorsportsChevrolet1120running10281124Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet750crash13291288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord400brakes930320Mike SenicaJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet280electrical7312187Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet230vibration6322963Scott StenzelCopp MotorsportsChevrolet50electrical5Official race results
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