The 2018 Hollywood Casino 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 21, 2018, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 32nd race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, sixth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 12.
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Background
Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The speedway is owned and operated by NASCAR.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 6 Trevor Bayne Roush–Fenway Racing Ford 7 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush–Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 24 William Byron (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Bubba Wallace (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 72 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Regan Smith Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 99 Kyle Weatherman StarCom Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
First practice Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.106 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.106 192.130 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.159 191.768 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.160 191.761Official first practice results
Qualifying
Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.177 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 122 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.327 28.271 28.177 24 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.235 28.260 28.235 310 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.470 28.239 28.239 412 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.460 28.298 28.282 52 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.431 28.377 28.313 620 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.486 28.308 28.308 718 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.271 28.338 28.271 819 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.677 28.373 28.354 911 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.734 28.408 28.408 1088 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.548 28.383 28.383 1141 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.382 28.314 28.314 1278 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.373 28.352 28.352 139 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.506 28.417 — 1414 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.228 28.424 — 1517 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush–Fenway Racing Ford 28.598 28.453 — 1631 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.606 28.459 — 1724 William Byron (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.661 28.461 — 1821 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.460 28.553 — 196 Trevor Bayne Roush–Fenway Racing Ford 28.736 28.557 — 201 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.650 28.599 — 2137 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.680 28.599 — 2248 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.640 28.628 — 233 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.529 28.640 — 2434 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.697 28.740 — 2547 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.767 — — 2695 Regan Smith Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 28.805 — — 2742 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.852 — — 2838 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.856 — — 2943 Bubba Wallace (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 28.946 — — 3013 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 29.020 — — 3132 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 29.093 — — 3215 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 29.349 — — 3396 Jeffrey Earnhardt Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 29.468 — — 3472 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 29.486 — — 3500 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 29.625 — — 3623 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 29.804 — — 3799 Kyle Weatherman StarCom Racing Chevrolet 29.892 — — 3851 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.313 — — 397 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 30.356 — — 4066 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.387 — —Official qualifying results
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice Aric Almirola was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.926 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.926 186.683 2 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.939 186.599 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.977 186.355Official second practice results
Final practice Kurt Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.997 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.997 186.226 2 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.016 186.104 3 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 29.057 185.842Official final practice results
Race
Stage Results
Stage 1 Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 102 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 93 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 84 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 66 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 57 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 48 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage 2 Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 102 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 93 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 84 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 57 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage 3 Laps: 107
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 13 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 482 7 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 483 27 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 267 394 6 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 405 12 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 267 336 5 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 267 317 4 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 267 478 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 479 10 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 3010 3 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 267 3211 23 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 2612 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 267 4413 14 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 267 2814 9 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 266 2315 16 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 266 2216 21 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 266 2117 20 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 266 2018 11 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 266 1919 28 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 265 1820 15 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush–Fenway Racing Ford 265 1721 25 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 265 1622 22 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 264 2023 31 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 264 1424 8 19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 263 1325 30 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 263 1226 29 43 Bubba Wallace (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 263 1127 24 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 262 1028 26 95 Regan Smith Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 259 929 35 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 258 030 19 6 Trevor Bayne Roush–Fenway Racing Ford 258 731 36 23 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 256 032 18 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 256 1133 38 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 250 034 34 72 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 219 335 37 99 Kyle Weatherman StarCom Racing Chevrolet 216 236 39 7 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 157 137 33 96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 151 138 17 24 William Byron (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 55 139 32 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 37 040 40 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 3 0Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 8 among different drivers Cautions/Laps: 3 for 17 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 38 minutes and 2 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.
NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve LetarteColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dave BurnsParker KligermanMarty SniderKelli Stavast
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
MRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Joe MooreAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley Alex HaydenWinston KelleySteve PostKim Coon
Standings after the race
Pos Driver Points 1 1 Kyle Busch 4,055 1 2 Kevin Harvick 4,054 (–1) 4 3 Martin Truex Jr. 4,038 (–17) 4 4 Chase Elliott 4,018 (–37) 1 5 Clint Bowyer 4,015 (–40) 3 6 Joey Logano 4,015 (–40) 3 7 Kurt Busch 4,015 (–40) 3 8 Aric Almirola 4,006 (–49) 1 9 Ryan Blaney 2,212 (–1,843) 1 10 Brad Keselowski 2,194 (–1,861) 11 Kyle Larson 2,178 (–1,877) 1 12 Denny Hamlin 2,159 (–1,896) 2 13 Austin Dillon 2,150 (–1,905) 2 14 Erik Jones 2,148 (–1,907) 1 15 Jimmie Johnson 2,148 (–1,907) 4 16 Alex Bowman 2,144 (–1,911)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Ford 1,155 2 Toyota 1,143 (–12) 3 Chevrolet 1,061 (–94)Official manufacturers' standings Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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