The 2018 Ford EcoBoost 200 was the 23rd and final stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the championship race of the season, and the 23rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 16, 2018, in Homestead, Florida at Homestead–Miami Speedway, a permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. At race's end, Brett Moffitt, driving for underfunded team Hattori Racing Enterprises, dominated the late stages of the race to win his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. The win was also Moffitt's seventh career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his sixth and final win of the season. To fill out the podium, Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing and Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports finished second and third, respectively.

Background

Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the Verizon IndyCar Series, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and the Championship Cup Series.

From 2002 to 2019, Homestead–Miami Speedway hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Ford Motor Company sponsored all three of the season-ending races, under the names Ford EcoBoost 400, Ford EcoBoost 300, and Ford EcoBoost 200, respectively. The weekend itself was marketed as Ford Championship Weekend. The Xfinity Series held its season-ending races at Homestead from 1995 until 2020, when it was moved to Phoenix Raceway, along with NASCAR's other two series.

Championship drivers

Noah Gragson: Advanced by virtue of points. Justin Haley: Advanced by winning the 2018 JAG Metals 350. Brett Moffitt: Advanced by winning the 2018 Lucas Oil 150. Johnny Sauter: Advanced by winning the 2018 Texas Roadhouse 200.

Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. (CC) denotes Championship Contender.

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Ray CiccarelliJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet11 Health2Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevroletUnited Rentals02Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevroletRandco, Young's Building Systems3Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevroletBommarito Automotive Group, Knight Fire Protection4Todd Gilliland (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaJBL, SiriusXM04Cory RoperRoper RacingFordPreferred Industrial Contractors, Inc.8John Hunter Nemechek (i)NEMCO MotorsportsChevroletRomco Equipment Co., Fleetwing10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven2Honor.org13Myatt Snider (R)ThorSport RacingFordTenda15Reid WilsonPremium MotorsportsChevroletTruNorth16Brett Moffitt (CC)Hattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaAisin18Noah Gragson (CC)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSafelite Auto Glass20Tanner ThorsonYoung's MotorsportsChevroletGoShare21Johnny Sauter (CC)GMS RacingChevroletISM Connect22Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevroletAM Technical Solutions, GO TEXAN.24Justin Haley (CC)GMS RacingChevroletFraternal Order of Eagles25Tyler DippelGMS RacingChevroletVai Anitta30Jeb Burton (i)On Point MotorsportsToyotaUltimate Headers33Robby Lyons (R)Reaume Brothers RacingChevroletB&W Structural35Brennan PooleNextGen MotorsportsToyotaSolid Rock Carriers, Motorsports Safety Group38Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevroletMG Machinery41Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordThe Carolina Nut Company45Justin Fontaine (R)Niece MotorsportsChevroletProMatic Automation "Rage Against The Dying of the Light"49D. J. KenningtonPremium MotorsportsChevroletSobrietyNation.org50Mike Harmon*Beaver MotorsportsChevroletSobrietyNation.org51Harrison BurtonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaDEX Imaging52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar "We Build America"54Chris WindomDGR-CrosleyToyotaCrosley Brands, Baldwin Brothers Racing83Todd Peck**Copp MotorsportsChevroletPulse Transport, Inc.87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletD.A.B. Constructors, Inc.88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFordMenards, Ideal Door97Jesse LittleJJL MotorsportsFordSkuttleTight98Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFordChampion Power Equipment "Powering Your Life."Official entry list *Driver changed to Camden Murphy.

**Withdrew due to wrecking in first practice.

Practice

First practice The first practice session was held on Friday, November 16, at 8:35a.m. EST, and would last for 50 minutes. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.678 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet31.678170.465298Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord31.737170.148316Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota32.253167.426Full first practice results

Second and final practice The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, November 16, at 10:05a.m. EST, and would last for 50 minutes. Justin Haley of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 32.308 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed124Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet32.308167.141218Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota32.355166.898351Harrison BurtonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota32.541165.945Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, November 16, at 3:45p.m. EST. Since Homestead–Miami Speedway is at least a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) 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.

Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 31.887 and an average speed of in the second round.

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)198Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord31.913169.21031.887169.348252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet32.365166.84731.912169.215318Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota31.961168.95631.990168.803424Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet32.117168.13532.103168.209516Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota32.074168.36132.131168.062621Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet32.139168.02032.231167.541738Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet32.051168.48132.258167.40088John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet32.406166.63632.290167.234997Jesse LittleJJL MotorsportsFord32.172167.84832.312167.1211054Chris WindomDGR-CrosleyToyota32.346166.94532.468166.3181141Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord32.432166.50232.554165.8781213Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord32.380166.77032.565165.822Eliminated in Round 1132Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet32.517166.067——1451Harrison BurtonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota32.538165.960——154Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota32.544165.929——1602Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet32.555165.873——1725Tyler DippelGMS RacingChevrolet32.579165.751——1833Robby LyonsReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet32.584165.726——1904Cory RoperRoper RacingFord32.599165.649——2087Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet32.658165.350——2130Jeb BurtonOn Point MotorsportsToyota32.737164.951——2288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord32.745164.911——2335Brennan PooleNextGen MotorsportsToyota32.853164.369——2422Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet33.193162.685——253Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet33.240162.455——2620Tanner ThorsonYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet33.368161.832——2749D. J. KenningtonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet33.740160.047——Qualified by owner's points2810Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet33.822159.659——290Ray CiccarelliJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet34.012158.767——3015Reid WilsonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet34.416156.904——3145Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevrolet34.629155.939——Qualified by time3250Camden MurphyBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet34.934154.577——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup

Race results

Note: Noah Gragson, Justin Haley, Brett Moffitt, and Johnny Sauter are not eligible for stage points because of their participation in the Championship 4.

Stage 1 Laps: 30 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts198Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord10218Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0316Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota048John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet0588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord5624Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet0752Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet4897Jesse LittleJJL MotorsportsFord3941Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord2102Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet1 Stage 2 Laps: 30 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts116Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota0218Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0398Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord8488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord758John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet0652Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet5797Jesse LittleJJL MotorsportsFord4824Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet092Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet21021Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet0 Stage 3 Laps: 74 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1516Brett MoffittHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota13459running402198Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord13433running533318Noah GragsonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota13434running344252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingChevrolet1340running425132Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet1341running3562288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1344running44788John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1340running08424Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet1340running299997Jesse LittleJJL MotorsportsFord1340running35101141Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1342running29111451Harrison BurtonKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1340running2612621Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1340running2513154Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1330running24141213Myatt SniderThorSport RacingFord1330running23151725Tyler DippelGMS RacingChevrolet1330running2216738Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1330running0171904Cory RoperRoper RacingFord1330running20182130Jeb BurtonOn Point MotorsportsToyota1320running0192335Brennan PooleNextGen MotorsportsToyota1320running1820253Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1321running17211602Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1320running16223145Justin FontaineNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1310running15232422Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1300running14241054Chris WindomDGR-CrosleyToyota1300running1325290Ray CiccarelliJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1290running12262749D. J. KenningtonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet1290running11271833Robby LyonsReaume Brothers RacingChevrolet1240running10282810Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1240running9292620Tanner ThorsonYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1200engine8303015Reid WilsonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet800engine7312087Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet200suspension6323250Camden MurphyBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet110vibration5WithdrewWD83Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevroletOfficial race results

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