The 2018 Can-Am Duels were a pair of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car races held on February 15, 2018, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the 2018 Daytona 500, and also counted as the first stage of the race, although no playoff points were awarded, the top ten in each race earn championship points as is normal in a stage.
Qualifying Alex Bowman scored the pole for the race with a time of 46.002 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 188 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.181 46.002 211 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 46.201 46.132 348 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.420 46.217 418 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 46.366 46.224 524 William Byron (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.328 46.261 620 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 46.513 46.279 719 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 46.412 46.280 84 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 46.420 46.281 917 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 46.313 46.381 109 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.534 46.413 1122 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 46.422 46.437 1221 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 46.470 46.584 1310 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas RacingFord 46.539 — 143 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 46.546 — 1512 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 46.577 — 1614 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas RacingFord 46.658 — 1741 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas RacingFord 46.678 — 1895 Kasey Kahne Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 46.694 — 192 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 46.698 — 206 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 46.781 — 2131 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 46.816 — 2242 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 46.817 — 231 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 46.836 — 2434 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 46.899 — 2543 Bubba Wallace (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 46.938 — 2678 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 47.002 — 2713 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 47.074 — 287 Danica Patrick Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 47.081 — 2937 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 47.095 — 3047 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 47.144 — 3162 Brendan Gaughan Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 47.398 — 3251 Justin Marks (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 47.464 — 3332 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 47.675 — 3496 D. J. Kennington Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 47.848 — 3500 Jeffrey Earnhardt StarCom Racing Chevrolet 47.866 — 3692 David Gilliland (i) RBR Enterprises Ford 47.884 — 3766 Mark Thompson MBM Motorsports Ford 48.267 — 3872 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 48.372 — 3923 Gray Gaulding BK Racing Toyota 0.000 — 4038 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 0.000 —Official qualifying results
Duels Duel 1
Duel 1 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 8 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 63 102 6 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 63 93 13 43 Bubba Wallace (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 63 84 5 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 63 75 9 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 63 66 11 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 63 57 20 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 63 48 4 19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 63 39 12 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 63 210 15 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 63 111 14 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 63 012 16 62 Brendan Gaughan Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 63 013 18 00 Jeffrey Earnhardt StarCom Racing Chevrolet 63 014 1 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 63 015 17 51 Justin Marks (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 63 016 10 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 57 017 19 92 David Gilliland (i) RBR Enterprises Ford 47 018 3 24 William Byron (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 38 019 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 8 020 7 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 8 0Official race results
Duel 2
Duel 2 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 102 4 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 60 93 3 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 84 8 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 60 75 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 66 7 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 57 6 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 60 48 10 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 60 39 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 210 15 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 60 111 12 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 012 13 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 60 013 9 95 Kasey Kahne Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 60 014 14 7 Danica Patrick Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 60 015 17 96 D. J. Kennington Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 58 016 19 72 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 58 017 20 23 Gray Gaulding BK Racing Toyota 55 018 18 66 Mark Thompson MBM Motorsports Ford 32 019 16 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 11 020 11 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 11 0Official race results
Media Television FS1Booth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Jeff GordonColor commentator: Darrell Waltrip Jamie LittleRegan SmithVince WelchMatt Yocum
Radio MRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Joe MooreAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyBackstretch: Mike BagleyTurns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey Alex HaydenWinston KelleySteve Post
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