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 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. To fill out the podium, Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing and Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background
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 #DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Camden MurphyJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletJennifer Jo Cobb Racing2Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevroletJegs Patriotic02Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevroletYoung's Building Systems3Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevroletBommarito Automotive Group03Mike Affarano*Mike Affarano MotorsportsChevroletCalumet City Auto Parts "Stop Bullying"4Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaMobil 16Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletZomongo7Korbin ForristerAll Out MotorsportsToyotaN. O. W. Matters More8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletFleetwing10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven2Honor.org13Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFordCentury Container15Ross ChastainPremium MotorsportsChevroletPremium Motorsports16Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaFr8Auctions18Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSafelite Auto Glass20Max TullmanYoung's MotorsportsChevroletYurpal21Johnny 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 RacingChevroletPit Barrel Cooker Company41Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordAlpha Energy Solutions45Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevroletProMatic Automation49Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevroletSobrietyNation.org50Brian KaltreiderBeaver MotorsportsChevroletImage Tech51Brandon JonesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaAmerican Standard Eljer52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar "We Build America"54Bo LeMastusDGR-CrosleyToyotaCrosley Brands63J. J. YeleyCopp MotorsportsChevroletCopp Motorsports74Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevroletTroptions83Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevroletCopp Motorsports87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletNEMCO Motorsports88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFordMenards, Shasta98Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFordChampion Power Equipment "Powering Your Life."Official entry list *Withdrew drew to the team's transporter breaking down while traveling to the track.
Practice
First practice The first practice would occur on Thursday, June 28, at 4:30p.m. CST. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest lap, with a 31.006 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet31.006174.160225Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevrolet31.029174.031341Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord31.133173.449Full first practice results
Second and final practice The second and final practice would occur on Thursday, June 28, at 6:35p.m. CST. Todd Gilliland of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest lap, with a 30.862 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed14Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.862174.972241Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord30.995174.222324Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet30.060173.857Full final practice results
Qualifying Qualifying would take place on Friday, May 11, at 4:05p.m. 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.
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 , making Gragson the pole winner for the event. No drivers would fail to qualify. Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)118Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.850175.04130.834175.131225Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevrolet30.950174.47530.938174.54338John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet31.145173.38330.940174.53144Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.989174.22530.959174.424552Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet31.060173.85730.999174.199616Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota31.139173.41631.023174.064721Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet31.066173.82331.027174.042888Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord31.045173.94131.027174.042941Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord31.076173.76831.044173.9471024Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet31.072173.79031.105173.6061113Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord31.162173.28831.149173.360122Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet31.130173.46631.273172.673Eliminated in Round 11398Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord31.206173.044——1402Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.648170.627——1522Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet31.891169.327——1651Brandon JonesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota31.922169.162——1715Ross ChastainPremium MotorsportsChevrolet32.079168.334——1854Bo LeMastusDGR-CrosleyToyota32.198167.712——1945Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevrolet32.244167.473——207Korbin ForristerAll Out MotorsportsToyota32.311167.126——2120Max TullmanYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet32.358166.883——2233Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet32.570165.797——2387Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet33.197162.665——240Camden MurphyJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet33.220162.553——2583Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet33.284162.240——263Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet33.395161.701——2763J. J. YeleyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet33.429161.536——Qualified on owner's points2874Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet33.503161.180——2910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet33.567160.872——3050Brian KaltreiderBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet34.618155.988——316Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet34.891154.768——3249Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevrolet————WithdrewWD03Mike AffaranoMike Affarano MotorsportsChevrolet————Official qualifying results
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 35 Fin#DriverTeamMakePts18John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet0218Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9352Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet8425Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevrolet7516Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota6641Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord5721Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet484Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota3924Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet2102Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet1 Stage 2 Laps: 35 Fin#DriverTeamMakePts118Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota10216Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota938John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet0452Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet7521Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet6688Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord5724Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet484Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota392Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet21098Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord1 Stage 3 Laps: 80 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1616Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota15017running552941Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1500running403721Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1500running444118Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota15042running5251651Brandon JonesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1500running061024Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet1500running37738John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet15064running081398Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord1500running3091402Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1500running28101113Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord1490running2711888Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1490running3112122Cody CoughlinGMS RacingChevrolet1490running28131522Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1490running24141945Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1490running23151854Bo LeMastusDGR-CrosleyToyota1490running221644Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1480running2717263Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1480running2018207Korbin ForristerAll Out MotorsportsToyota1482running1919552Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet1480running3320225Dalton SargeantGMS RacingChevrolet14724running24212233Josh ReaumeReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet1470running16223249Wendell ChavousPremium MotorsportsChevrolet1460running15232120Max TullmanYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1460running14242910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1381running13253050Brian KaltreiderBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet980suspension12261715Ross ChastainPremium MotorsportsChevrolet510crash0272583Bayley CurreyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet450fuel pump10282387Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet290fuel pump9292763J. J. YeleyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet220vibration030240Camden MurphyJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet110suspension731316Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet20oil pump6322874Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet00oil cooler0WithdrewWD03Mike AffaranoMike Affarano MotorsportsChevroletOfficial race results
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