The 2018 PPG 400 was the eighth 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, June 8, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a permanent quad-oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 167 laps to complete. At race's end, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would hold off Stewart Friesen to win the race, the 21st NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win of his career and the 4th of the season. To fill out the podium, Stewart Friesen of Halmar Friesen Racing and Justin Haley of GMS Racing finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list #DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Camden MurphyJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletJennifer Jo Cobb Racing2Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevroletJegs02Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevroletEnnis Steel Industries3Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevroletSefton Steel4Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaMobil 16Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletZomongo7Korbin ForristerAll Out MotorsportsToyotaN. O. W. Matters More8Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletROMCO Equipment10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven2Honor.org13Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFordThe Carolina Nut Co.15Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevroletSunwest Construction16Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaNorthland Foundations17Bo LeMastusDGR-CrosleyToyotaCrosley Brands18Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSafelite Auto Glass20Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevroletFindARanch.com, Texas Rig Equipment21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletISM Connect Patriotic22Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevroletAM Technical Solutions, GO TEXAN.24Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevroletFraternal Order of Eagles Patriotic25Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevroletPerformance Plus Motor Oil33Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyotaReaume Brothers Racing41Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordAlpha Energy Solutions45Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevroletPromatic Automation49Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevroletSobrietyNation.org50Todd PeckBeaver MotorsportsChevroletImage Tech51Spencer DavisKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSiriusXM, JBL52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar "We Build America"54Chris EgglestonDGR-CrosleyToyotaGlobe Sprinkler63Kyle DonahueCopp MotorsportsChevroletCopp Motorsports68Clay GreenfieldClay Greenfield MotorsportsChevroletAMVETS #PLEASESTAND74Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevroletHorizon Transport, Koolbox83Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevroletFr8Auctions, 20/30 Fasttrack88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFordpMenards, Matador98Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFordProtect the Harvest
Practice Initially, two practice sessions were scheduled for the event- however, second practice would be rained out, meaning that second practice was canceled.
First and final practice The first and final practice took place on 3:05 PM CST. Chris Eggleston of DGR-Crosley would set the fastest time in practice with a 29.853 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed154Chris EgglestonDGR-CrosleyToyota29.853180.886218Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.909180.548321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet29.926180.445Full final practice results
Qualifying Qualifying would take place on Friday, June 8 on 4:45 CST. Since Texas Motor Speedway is at least a racetrack, 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.
Stewart Friesen of Halmar Friesen Racing would win the pole, advancing to Round 2 and setting the fastest time in Round 2 with a time of 29.173 and an average speed of . Mike Harmon of Mike Harmon Racing would be the only driver not to qualify. Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)152Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet29.173185.10324Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.197184.951318Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.227184.761451Spencer DavisKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.271184.483521Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet29.336184.074654Chris EgglestonDGR-CrosleyToyota29.355183.955716Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota29.357183.943898Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord29.411183.605988Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord29.448183.3741024Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet29.454183.3371141Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord29.618182.3221217Bo LeMastusDGR-CrosleyToyota30.495177.078Eliminated in Round 11313Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord29.861180.838——142Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet29.884180.699——1522Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet29.916180.505——168Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet30.010179.940——173Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet30.037179.778——1845Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevrolet30.238178.583——1949Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevrolet30.548176.771——2020Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet30.896174.780——217Korbin ForristerAll Out MotorsportsToyota31.335172.331——2202Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.350172.249——2333Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyota31.388172.040——240Camden MurphyJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet31.408171.931——2568Clay GreenfieldClay Greenfield MotorsportsChevrolet31.810169.758——2683Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet31.856169.513——2763Kyle DonahueCopp MotorsportsChevrolet31.992168.792——Qualified by owner's points2825Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevrolet32.493166.190——2915Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet32.791164.679——306Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet33.199162.656——3110Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet33.261162.352 ——3250Todd PeckBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet————Failed to qualify3374Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet33.058163.349——Official starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 40 Fin#DriverTeamMakePts152Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet10288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord9313Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord8421Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet752Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet6622Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet5751Spencer DavisKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota4824Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet394Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota21017Bo LeMastusDGR-CrosleyToyota1 Stage 2 Laps: 40 Fin#DriverTeamMakePts198Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord10252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet9324Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet8402Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet754Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota6618Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota5720Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet4813Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord3921Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet21088Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1 Stage 3 Laps: 87 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1521Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet16751running492152Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet16713running5431024Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet1673running454898Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord1677running435988Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1670running42624Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota16762running3972020Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1670running358142Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet1670running359451Spencer DavisKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1677running3210318Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota16719running31112825Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevrolet1670running26121949Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevrolet1670running25132202Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1650running3114654Chris EgglestonDGR-CrosleyToyota1654running2315168Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1650running22161141Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1641running21171522Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1620running2518716Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1580running1919173Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1570oil cooler18202568Clay GreenfieldClay Greenfield MotorsportsChevrolet1570running1721306Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet1570running1622217Korbin ForristerAll Out MotorsportsToyota1550running15231313Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord1050crash25243110Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1020crash13252333Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingToyota790engine12261217Bo LeMastusDGR-CrosleyToyota730crash12272915Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet150overheating0282763Kyle DonahueCopp MotorsportsChevrolet130overheating9292683Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet110crash8301845Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevrolet60crash731240Camden MurphyJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet40electrical6323250Todd PeckBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet10electrical5Failed to qualify3374Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet
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