The 2018 CARS Tour was the 22nd season of the CARS Response Energy Tour, a stock car racing series. It began at Tri-County Motor Speedway on March 10 and ended at South Boston Speedway on November 3. Bobby McCarty won the Late Model Stock Tour championship, while Jared Fryar won the Super Late Model Tour championship.
Josh Berry entered the season as the defending Late Model Stock Tour champion, while Cole Rouse entered as the defending Super Late Model Tour champion. Rouse did not return to the series in 2018, as he ran full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West that year.
Schedule & results Source:
Date Track Location LMSC Winner SLM Winner March 10 Tri-County Motor Speedway Hudson, North Carolina Bobby McCarty N/A March 24 Myrtle Beach Speedway Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Lee Pulliam Jeff Fultz April 7 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville, Tennessee N/A Casey Roderick April 21 Orange County Speedway Rougemont, North Carolina Deac McCaskill Bubba Pollard May 5 Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory, North Carolina Bobby McCarty Chris Dilbeck May 19-20 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee Lee Pulliam (5/19) Raphaël Lessard (5/20) June 9 Ace Speedway Altamahaw, North Carolina Bobby McCarty N/A Anderson Motor Speedway Anderson, South Carolina N/A Bubba Pollard June 23 Carteret County Speedway Swansboro, North Carolina Bobby McCarty N/A July 14 Kingsport Speedway Kingsport, Tennessee Layne Riggs N/A August 3-4 Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory, North Carolina Josh Berry (8/3) Brandon Setzer (8/4) August 25 Wake County Speedway Raleigh, North Carolina Sam Mayer N/A September 8 Orange County Speedway Rougemont, North Carolina Josh Berry Kyle Plott November 3 South Boston Speedway South Boston, Virginia Craig Moore Corey Heim
Standings Late Model Stock Car championship (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. Pos Driver TCM MYB ROU HCY BRI ACE CCS KPT HCY WKS ROU SBO Points 1 Bobby McCarty 1* 5 3 1 7 1** 1 7 4 7* 5 9 361 2 Lee Pulliam 21 1 4 4 1* 4 6 3 2 2 8 3 344 3 Deac McCaskill 6 14 1* 5 8 17 11 5 6 4 2* 2 322 4 Josh Berry 5 4 2 5 14 9 9 1* 5 1 4 312 5 Sam Mayer 3 15 7 7 9 20 14 4 7 1 6 8 297 6 Layne Riggs 14 11 9 2 3 2* 1* 5 3 14 28* 281 7 Ronald Hill 15 2 10 6 14 9 8 13 19 9 12 18 262 8 Ty Gibbs 19 22* 5 11* 4 7 5 12 27 11 16 6 258 9 Brandon Pierce 20 10 2 17 18 3 10 18 8 7 5 247 10 Charlie Watson DNQ 27 6 14 15 11 16 18 8 12 9 13 216 11 Cody Haskins 9 9 9 25 10 2 13 15 9 17 212 12 Bradley McCaskill 23 6 17 19 20 10 7 22 10 6 13 211 13 Craig Moore 13 13 22 22 19 12 23 17 3 1* 190 14 Trevor Ward 18 26 18 13 13 5 15 11 DNS 7 173 15 Tommy Lemons Jr. 12 3 13 4 8 24 4 163 16 Grayson Cullather 26 23 12 12 21 21 13 12 124 17 Chris Denny 27 8 23 12 23 10 25 103 18 Justin Johnson 22 3 11 15 82 19 Justin Carroll 2 21 8 26 75 20 Timothy Peters 8 3 17 73 21 Ryan Repko 4 16 24 23 65 22 Austin McDaniel 10 16 16 58 23 Cole Glasson 10 11 22 56 24 Blake Stallings 7 6 53 25 Justin Crider 18 6 22 50 26 Thomas Beane 24 20 25 13 50 27 Mike Chambers 19 19 17 44 28 Craig Stallard 25 13 20 41 29 Jacob Heafner DNQ 19 18 23 41 30 Eric Winslow 10 16 40 31 Ryan Millington 20 8 38 32 Mason Diaz 14 15 37 33 Dylon Wilson 12 18 36 34 Dexter Canipe Jr. 25 24 15 35 35 Nik Williams DNQ 18 16 34 36 Austin Thaxton 19 14 33 37 Kres VanDyke 2 32 38 Myatt Snider 3* 32 39 Danny O'Quinn Jr. 16 21 29 40 Carson Kvapil 17 21 28 41 Derrick Lancaster 6 27 42 Matt Cox 7 26 43 Sam Yarbrough 8 25 44 Camden Gullie 11 DNS 24 45 Colby Howard DNQ 12 23 46 10 23 47 Tyler Hughes 10 23 48 Justin Hicks 11 22 49 Landon Huffman 16 28 22 50 Matt Bowling 11 22 51 Stacy Puryear 11 22 52 Terry Brooks Jr. 12 21 53 Alex Fleming 14 19 54 R. D. Smith III DNS 16 19 55 Trey Bayne 14 19 56 Tyler Matthews 14 19 57 Bruce Anderson 15 18 58 Jeb Burton 15 18 59 Joe Graf Jr. DNQ 17 18 60 Kevin Leicht 15 18 61 Sam Pacitti 15 18 62 Scott Riggs 16 17 63 Zachary Marks 16 17 64 Hayden Woods 17 16 65 Joey Trent 17 16 66 Mini Tyrrell 19 14 67 Wayne Hale 19 14 68 Bryant Barnhill 20 13 69 Jessica Dana 20 13 70 Randy Renfrow 20 13 71 Terry Dease 20 13 72 Colin Garrett 21 12 73 Riley Herbst 21 12 74 Will Burns 21 12 75 Mitch Walker 22 11 76 Paul Nogradi Jr. 22 11 77 Austin Peters 23 10 78 Brandon Rogers 24 9 79 Logan Jones 24 9 80 Mason Hudson 26 7 81 Rodney Boyd 27 6 82 Chad McCumbee 28 5 83 Andrew Garcia DNQ 2 84 Chris Hudspeth DNQ 2 85 J. R. Courage DNS 2 86 Sheflon Gray DNQ 2 87 Zachary Bruenger DNS 2 Pos Driver TCM MYB ROU HCY BRI ACE CCS KPT HCY WKS ROU SBO Points
Super Late Model Tour championship (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. Pos Driver MYB NSH ROU HCY BRI AND HCY ROU SBO Points 1 Jared Fryar 8 9 3 3 7 14 5 4 12 232 2 Corey Heim 7 11 24 8 3 12 8 2 1 224 3 Anthony Cataldi 5 13 21 4 8 10 24 7 2 204 4 Raphaël Lessard 6 19 4 12 1* 4 15 5 203 5 Molly Helmuth 15 21 12 14 8 12 8 9 165 6 Jeff Batten 4 18 6 15 20 12 6 150 7 Matt Craig 10 8 15 5 6 13 141 8 Tate Fogleman 14 25 5 9 11 4* 133 9 Darrell Gilchrist 18 19 17 27 13 9 11 119 10 Steve Wallace 31 6 18 13 3* 94 11 Chandler Smith 2 2 2 93 12 Bubba Pollard 33 1 1* 19* 87 13 Preston Peltier 17 26 6 4 82 14 Mike Speeney 17 14 6 14 81 15 Brandon Setzer 15* 11 1 80 16 Tyler Church 7 10 8 74 17 Taylor Stricklin 16 9 27 10 70 18 Tyler Ankrum 30 5 5 25 64 19 Gracie Trotter 10 16 10 63 20 Jody Measamer 11 22 11 55 21 Nolan Pope 7 5 54 22 Ryan Moore 3 9 54 23 Stephen Nasse 7 2 12 53 24 Kodie Conner 12 3 51 25 Dean Ward 23 15 15 46 26 Tim Hollis 11 11 44 27 Chris Dilbrick 1* 26 42 28 Matt Wallace 17 7 17 7 42 29 Jeff Fultz 1* 35 30 Wayne Jefferson 10 21 35 31 Kyle Plott 3 1 34 32 Greg Burgess 20 17 31 33 Brandon Lynn 3 30 34 Dan Speeney 27 14 27 35 Corey LaJoie 6 7 26 36 Jake Crum 16 25 25 37 Gus Dean 9 24 38 Chris Fontaine 13 21 39 Blaise Rutherford 13 20 40 Lucas Jones 13 20 41 Mike Wallace 13 20 42 Harold Crooms 26 DNQ 16 19 43 Roy Hayes 16 DNQ 19 44 Ryan Mathews DNQ 16 19 45 Wyatt Alexander 14 19 46 Colin Garrett 17 16 47 Austin Theriault 18 15 48 Bradley Riethmeyer 18 15 49 Mason Diaz 22 11 50 Matt Thomas 23 10 51 Amber Balcaen 28 5 52 Jerick Johnson DNQ 2 53 Joe Graf Jr. DNQ 2 54 Allen Karnes 22 21 55 Anthony Sergi 22 56 Austin Kunert 23 13 57 Billy VanMeter 20 58 Boris Jurkovic 35 59 Carson Hocevar 10 60 Casey Roderick 1 2 61 Chad McCumbee 16 62 Cole Anderson DNS 63 Cole Williams 27 64 Colin Allman 23 65 Connor Okrzesik 15 6 21 66 Dan Fredrickson 16 67 David Green 28 68 Donnie Wilson 34 69 Greg Van Alst 22 70 Hudson Halder 24 71 Hunter Jack 14 16 72 Jack Dossey III 24 73 Jeff Gordon 19 74 Jerry Fortner 26 75 Jett Noland 25 76 John Coffman 14 77 Johnny VanDoorn 3 78 Jon Beach 20 9 79 Josh Brock 5* 10 80 Justin Ashburn 26 81 Lance Moss 19 82 Lee Tissot 20 83 Logan Bearden 12 84 Logan Boyett DNS 85 Logan Runyon 29 17 86 Mason Mingus 32 4 87 Nick Grodi 11 88 Noah Gragson 4 89 Paul Shafer Jr. 8 90 Preston Bores 25 91 Scotty Ellis 9 92 Shane Chastain 18 93 Steve Renner 23 94 Stewart Friesen 2 2 95 Trevor Noles 15 96 36 97 Willie Allen 24 Pos Driver MYB NSH ROU HCY BRI AND HCY ROU SBO Points
See also
2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series 2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series 2018 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
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