The 2018 37 Kind Days 250 was the sixth stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, and the 18th iteration of the event. The event was held on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Kansas City, Kansas at Kansas Speedway. The race rook 167 laps to complete. Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would dominate the race, and eventually win the race, the first and only win of the season and the second of his career. To fill out the podium, Kyle Busch of Kyle Busch Motorsports and Stewart Friesen of Halmar Friesen Racing finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

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 #DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Joey GaseJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletJennifer Jo Cobb Racing1Camden MurphyTJL MotorsportsChevroletCrossbar E-Cigarettes2Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevroletJegs02Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevroletUnited Rentals3Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevroletBommarito Automotive Group4Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaBeechcraft, Cessna6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletZomongo8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletFleetwing10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletMark One Electric, Think Realty13Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFordLouisiana Hot Sauce15Robby LyonsPremium MotorsportsChevroletSunwest Construction, Finke Brothers, Inc. 16Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaCentral Plains Cement Company, Concrete Supply18Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSafelite Auto Glass20Bubba WallaceYoung's MotorsportsChevroletAndy's Frozen Custard21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletISM Connect22Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevroletCForce by Chuck Norris "A Force Of Nature", GO TEXAN. "Don't mess with Texas"24Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevroletFraternal Order of Eagles25Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevroletPerformance Plus Motor Oil33Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyotaIG Racing36Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevroletFirst Responder Racing41Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordAlpha Energy Solutions45Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevroletProMatic Automation49Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevroletSobrietyNation.org50Jamie MosleyBeaver MotorsportsChevroletCrossbar E-Cigarettes51Brandon JonesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaLyons Bathtubs & Showers52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar "We Build America"54Bo LeMastusDGR-CrosleyToyotaCrosley Brands63Kevin DonahueMB MotorsportsChevroletFirst Responder Racing, Mittler Bros74Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevroletHorizon Transport, Koolbox83Kyle DonahueMB MotorsportsChevroletFirst Responder Racing87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletNEMCO Motorsports88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFordMenards, Flex Seal98Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFordProtect the HarvestOfficial entry list

Practice

First and final practice The first and final practice was held on 10:35 AM CST. Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in practice with a 30.401 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed188Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord30.401177.626213Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord30.647176.200316Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.653176.165Full first practice results

Qualifying Qualifying would take place on Friday, May 11, at 4:05 PM CST. Since Kansas Speedway was at least , 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.

While Noah Gragson would not the set the fastest time in Round 1 (the honor would go to Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing), he would set a time fast enough to advance into Round 2. He would proceed to set the fastest time in Round 2 and win the pole for the race.

Myatt Snider of ThorSport Racing would be the only driver not to set a time. During his pole lap, he would spin off of Turn 4. While no damage was caused to the vehicle, he would not set the lap, and take the last starting position.

Camden Murphy of TJL Motorsports would be the only driver not to qualify, finishing just under 3 seconds off of a guaranteed spot and just under 8 tenths of the second to last qualifier, Kyle Donahue of MB Motorsports. Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)118Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.728175.73530.564176.67822Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet30.769175.501 30.598176.482388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord30.629176.30430.602176.459498Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord30.861174.97830.619176.361521Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet30.711175.83330.655176.15464Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.762175.54130.701175.890741Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord30.794175.35930.730175.724852Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet30.780175.43930.829175.160902Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet30.953174.45830.852175.0291016Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.931174.58230.854175.0181125Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevrolet30.967174.37930.954174.4521224Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet30.887174.831 31.001174.188Eliminated in Round 11351Brandon JonesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota31.039173.975——148John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet31.059173.863——1520Bubba WallaceYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.185173.160——1654Bo LeMastusDGR-CrosleyToyota31.229172.916——1745Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevrolet31.242172.844——1849Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevrolet31.396171.996——1922Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet31.437171.772——2063Kevin DonahueMB MotorsportsChevrolet31.472171.581——213Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet31.540171.211——2287Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet31.751170.073——230Joey GaseJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet32.143167.999——2436Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet32.400166.667——2533Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyota32.532165.990——2650Jamie MosleyBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet32.583165.731——2715Robby LyonsPremium MotorsportsChevrolet32.653165.375——Qualified by owner's points286Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet33.148162.906——2910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet33.190162.700——3074Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet33.619160.623——3183Kyle DonahueMB MotorsportsChevrolet34.735155.463——3213Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord————Failed to qualify331Camden MurphyTJL MotorsportsChevrolet35.522152.018——Official first and second round results

Race results Stage 1 Laps: 40 Fin#DriverTeamMakePts118Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1024Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0316Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota8441Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord7598Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord668John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet0751Brandon JonesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0888Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord3921Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet21052Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet1 Stage 2 Laps: 40 Fin#DriverTeamMakePts118Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota10216Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota934Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0451Brandon JonesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0552Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet668John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet0798Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord4821Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet3988Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord2102Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet1 Stage 3 Laps: 87 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1118Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota167128running60264Kyle BuschKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1671running03852Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet1676running414148John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1670running05521Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet16714running376388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1674running36722Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet1670running318498Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord1670running3991351Brandon JonesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1670running0101224Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet1664running27111125Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevrolet1650running2612902Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1650running25131922Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1640running24141520Bubba WallaceYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1640running0153213Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord1649running22161016Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1630running38171745Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1630running2018741Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1621running26191654Bo LeMastusDGR-CrosleyToyota1600running18203183Kyle DonahueMB MotorsportsChevrolet1590running17212533Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyota1580running16222910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1570running1523286Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet1570running14243074Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet1460oil leak025213Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1390running12262715Robby LyonsPremium MotorsportsChevrolet1390running11271849Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevrolet1310suspension10282650Jamie MosleyBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet660overheating9292436Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet300transmission8302287Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet270overheating731230Joey GaseJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet60electrical0322063Kevin DonahueMB MotorsportsChevrolet00transmission5Failed to qualify331Camden MurphyTJL MotorsportsChevroletOfficial race results

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