Jamie McMurray was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 46.947 seconds and a speed of 203.975 mph (328.266 km/h).[12] The practice was marred by a three-car crash on the back-straightaway that resulted in McMurray barrel rolling several times into the inside catchfence while Ty Dillon and Ryan Newman were also involved. “When I realized I was going to flip, I actually shut my eyes because I don't really want to see what's getting ready to happen,” McMurray said. “And then it just kept, it seemed like forever. I opened my eyes a couple times and I couldn't, I'm like I don't know if I'm going up or down or where it's going to hit next. So I was just thankful when it finally ... a couple of times I thought it was going to stop and it just kind of kept going.” McMurray's accident led to NASCAR reducing the restrictor plates from 7/8th to 55/64th of an inch.[13]
MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XMNASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Kyle Rickey called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 4 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley, Kim Coon, and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.
^"McMurray wrecks hard in final Talladega practice". Official Site Of NASCAR. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
^Zenor, John (April 28, 2018). . Associated Press. Lincoln, Alabama: AP Sports. Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
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The 2018 GEICO 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 29 2018 at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln Alabama Contested over 188 laps on the 2 66 mile 4 28 km superspeedway it was the 10th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season 2018 GEICO 500Race details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Race 10 of 36 in the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup SeriesDateApril 29 2018 2018 04 29 LocationTalladega Superspeedway in Lincoln AlabamaCoursePermanent racing facility2 66 mi 4 28 km Distance188 laps 500 08 mi 804 64 km Average speed152 489 miles per hour 245 407 km h Pole positionDriverKevin HarvickStewart Haas RacingTime49 247Most laps ledDriverJoey LoganoTeam PenskeLaps70WinnerNo 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeTelevision in the United StatesNetworkFoxAnnouncersMike Joy Jeff Gordon and Darrell WaltripNielsen Ratings2 9 2 8 Overnight 10 Radio in the United StatesRadioMRNBooth AnnouncersJoe Moore Jeff Striegle and Rusty WallaceTurn AnnouncersDave Moody 1 amp 2 Mike Bagley Backstretch and Kyle Rickey 3 amp 4 Contents 1 Report 1 1 Background 1 1 1 Entry list 2 Practice 2 1 First practice 2 2 Final practice 3 Qualifying 3 1 Qualifying results 4 Race 4 1 Stage Results 4 2 Final Stage Results 4 3 Race statistics 5 Media 5 1 Television 5 2 Radio 6 Standings after the race 7 ReferencesReport editBackground edit nbsp Talladega Superspeedway the track where the race will be heldTalladega Superspeedway formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega Alabama It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln A tri oval the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation a business controlled by the France family Talladega is most known for its steep banking The track currently hosts NASCAR s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2 66 mile long 4 28 km tri oval like the Daytona International Speedway which is a 2 5 mile long 4 0 km Entry list edit No Driver Team Manufacturer00 Joey Gase i StarCom Racing Chevrolet1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet4 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing Ford6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet10 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing Ford11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet14 Clint Bowyer Stewart Haas Racing Ford15 Ross Chastain i Premium Motorsports Chevrolet17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Roush Fenway Racing Ford18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota19 Daniel Suarez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford23 Gray Gaulding BK Racing Toyota24 William Byron R Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford41 Kurt Busch Stewart Haas Racing Ford42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet43 Darrell Wallace Jr R Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet47 A J Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet51 Timmy Hill i Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet55 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet62 Brendan Gaughan Beard Motorsports Chevrolet72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Racing Toyota88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet92 Timothy Peters i RBR Enterprises Ford95 Kasey Kahne Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet96 D J Kennington Gaunt Brothers Racing ToyotaOfficial entry listPractice editFirst practice edit Ty Dillon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 47 182 seconds and a speed of 202 959 mph 326 631 km h 11 Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed1 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 47 182 202 9592 19 Daniel Suarez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 47 247 202 6803 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 47 247 202 680Official first practice resultsFinal practice edit Jamie McMurray was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 46 947 seconds and a speed of 203 975 mph 328 266 km h 12 The practice was marred by a three car crash on the back straightaway that resulted in McMurray barrel rolling several times into the inside catchfence while Ty Dillon and Ryan Newman were also involved When I realized I was going to flip I actually shut my eyes because I don t really want to see what s getting ready to happen McMurray said And then it just kept it seemed like forever I opened my eyes a couple times and I couldn t I m like I don t know if I m going up or down or where it s going to hit next So I was just thankful when it finally a couple of times I thought it was going to stop and it just kind of kept going McMurray s accident led to NASCAR reducing the restrictor plates from 7 8th to 55 64th of an inch 13 Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed1 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 46 947 203 9752 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 47 031 203 6103 19 Daniel Suarez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 47 154 203 079Official final practice resultsQualifying edit nbsp Kevin Harvick scored the pole position Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 49 247 and a speed of 194 448 mph 312 934 km h 14 Qualifying results edit Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R21 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing Ford 49 291 49 2472 41 Kurt Busch Stewart Haas Racing Ford 49 381 49 3403 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Racing Toyota 49 692 49 4824 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49 829 49 6335 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49 722 49 6806 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49 715 49 6867 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Roush Fenway Racing Ford 49 951 49 9008 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart Haas Racing Ford 49 969 49 9479 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 49 872 49 96810 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 49 941 50 04611 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49 973 50 07112 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 49 991 50 11313 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 50 009 14 19 Daniel Suarez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50 011 15 43 Darrell Wallace Jr R Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 50 054 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50 068 17 24 William Byron R Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50 087 18 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50 107 19 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50 109 20 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 50 138 21 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50 140 22 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50 151 23 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 50 269 24 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50 363 25 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 50 454 26 95 Kasey Kahne Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 50 462 27 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50 474 28 47 A J Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 50 476 29 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 50 762 30 62 Brendan Gaughan Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 50 766 31 96 D J Kennington Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 51 145 32 92 Timothy Peters i RBR Enterprises Ford 51 190 33 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 51 319 34 00 Joey Gase i StarCom Racing Chevrolet 51 484 35 15 Ross Chastain i Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 51 564 36 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 51 710 37 23 Gray Gaulding BK Racing Toyota 52 102 38 55 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 52 372 39 51 Timmy Hill i Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 52 647 40 10 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing Ford 54 604 Official qualifying resultsRace edit nbsp Joey Logano won the race Stage Results edit Stage 1 Laps 55 Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 102 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 93 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Racing Toyota 84 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 66 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Roush Fenway Racing Ford 39 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing Ford 210 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one resultsStage 2 Laps 55 Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 102 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 93 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 84 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing Ford 75 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Roush Fenway Racing Ford 66 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 57 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 41 Kurt Busch Stewart Haas Racing Ford 39 24 William Byron R Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage two resultsFinal Stage Results edit Stage 3 Laps 78 Pos Grid No Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 9 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 188 582 2 41 Kurt Busch Stewart Haas Racing Ford 188 383 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 344 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing Ford 188 425 7 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Roush Fenway Racing Ford 188 416 12 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 188 367 40 10 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing Ford 188 308 11 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 299 18 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 188 2810 14 19 Daniel Suarez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 188 2711 25 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 188 2612 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 3013 19 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 188 3214 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 188 2815 29 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 188 2216 15 43 Darrell Wallace Jr R Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 188 2117 26 95 Kasey Kahne Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 188 2018 23 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 188 3119 33 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 188 1820 31 96 D J Kennington Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 188 1721 36 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 188 1622 30 62 Brendan Gaughan Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 188 1523 32 92 Timothy Peters i RBR Enterprises Ford 187 024 37 23 Gray Gaulding BK Racing Toyota 187 1325 35 15 Ross Chastain i Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 186 026 3 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Racing Toyota 184 1927 34 00 Joey Gase i StarCom Racing Chevrolet 178 028 27 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 174 929 17 24 William Byron R Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 165 1030 13 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 165 2331 8 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart Haas Racing Ford 165 632 20 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 165 533 10 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 165 1434 28 47 A J Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 165 335 24 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 165 236 39 51 Timmy Hill i Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 151 037 38 55 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 79 138 21 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 71 139 6 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 71 140 22 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 71 1Official race resultsRace statistics edit Lead changes 16 among different drivers Cautions Laps 6 for 29 Red flags 0 Time of race 3 hours 16 minutes and 46 seconds Average speed 152 489 miles per hour 245 407 km h Media editTelevision edit Fox Sports covered their 18th race at the Talladega Superspeedway Mike Joy six time Talladega winner and all time restrictor plate race wins record holder Jeff Gordon and four time Talladega winner Darrell Waltrip called the race in the booth for the race Jamie Little Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side Fox TelevisionBooth announcers Pit reportersLap by lap Mike JoyColor commentator Jeff GordonColor commentator Darrell Waltrip Jamie LittleVince WelchMatt YocumRadio edit MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Joe Moore Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri oval Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2 Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch Kyle Rickey called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 4 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4 Alex Hayden Winston Kelley Kim Coon and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side MRN RadioBooth announcers Turn announcers Pit reportersLead announcer Joe MooreAnnouncer Jeff StriegleAnnouncer Rusty Wallace Turns 1 amp 2 Dave MoodyBackstretch Mike BagleyTurns 3 amp 4 Kyle Rickey Alex HaydenWinston KelleyKim CoonSteve PostStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points nbsp 1 Kyle Busch 447 nbsp 2 Joey Logano 417 30 nbsp 1 3 Kevin Harvick 366 81 nbsp 1 4 Clint Bowyer 335 112 nbsp 4 5 Kurt Busch 320 127 nbsp 1 6 Brad Keselowski 317 130 nbsp 1 7 Denny Hamlin 314 133 nbsp 8 Ryan Blaney 313 134 nbsp 2 9 Martin Truex Jr 303 144 nbsp 10 Kyle Larson 280 167 nbsp 11 Aric Almirola 278 169 nbsp 1 12 Alex Bowman 238 209 nbsp 1 13 Erik Jones 234 213 nbsp 1 14 Jimmie Johnson 230 217 nbsp 4 15 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 217 230 nbsp 1 16 Ryan Newman 214 233 Official driver s standings Manufacturers Championship standingsPos Manufacturer Points nbsp 1 1 Ford 359 nbsp 1 2 Toyota 359 0 nbsp 3 Chevrolet 331 28 Official manufacturers standingsNote Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings Driver has clinched a position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs References edit 2018 schedule Jayski com Jayski s Silly Season Site May 5 2017 Archived from the original on December 24 2017 Retrieved March 20 2018 Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR com NASCAR Media Group LLC January 3 2013 Retrieved March 20 2018 Entry List MRN com Motor Racing Network April 24 2018 Retrieved April 24 2018 First Practice Results MRN com Motor Racing Network April 27 2018 Retrieved April 27 2018 Final Practice Results MRN com Motor Racing Network April 27 2018 Retrieved April 27 2018 Qualifying Results MRN com Motor Racing Network April 28 2018 Retrieved April 28 2018 GEICO 500 Results MRN com Motor Racing Network April 29 2018 Retrieved April 29 2018 Points standings PDF Jayski com Jayski s Silly Season Site April 30 2018 Archived from the original PDF on June 13 2018 Retrieved April 30 2018 Manufacturer standings PDF Jayski com Jayski s Silly Season Site April 30 2018 Archived from the original PDF on June 13 2018 Retrieved April 30 2018 Talladega TV ratings Jayski s NASCAR Silly Season Site ESPN Retrieved 7 May 2018 Utter Jim April 27 2018 Ty Dillon leads the first Talladega Cup practice at 203mph Motorsport com Lincoln Alabama Motorsport Network Retrieved April 27 2018 Utter Jim April 27 2018 McMurray fastest goes airborne in final practice at Talladega Motorsport com Lincoln Alabama Motorsport Network Retrieved April 27 2018 McMurray wrecks hard in final Talladega practice Official Site Of NASCAR Retrieved April 27 2018 Zenor John April 28 2018 Harvick eyeing 4th win of year to start on Talladega pole Associated Press Lincoln Alabama AP Sports Associated Press Archived from the original on April 29 2018 Retrieved April 28 2018 Previous race 2018 Toyota Owners 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series2018 season Next race 2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 GEICO 500 amp oldid 1129939319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
