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2018 Bojangles' Southern 500

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The 2018 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 69th running of the event is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 2, 2018, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 367 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) egg-shaped oval, it will be the 25th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

2018 Bojangles' Southern 500
Race details[1][2]
Race 25 of 36 in the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date September 2, 2018 (2018-09-02)
Location Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.366 miles (2.198 km)
Distance 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.666 km)
Television in the United States
Network NBC
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, and Dale Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth announcers Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

Report

Background

 
Layout of Darlington Raceway, the track where the race is held.

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.

Entry list

No. Driver Team Manufacturer Sponsor or Throwback
00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet StarCom Fiber – Bobby Allison's 1988 Daytona 500 winning car[3]
1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet McDonald's – Bill Elliott's 1998 car, scheme dedicated to the 50th anniversary of McDonald's Big Mac[3]
2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford Miller Genuine Draft – Rusty Wallace's 1990 car[3]
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet TBA
4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1996 Busch Beer design[3]
6 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford Oscar Mayer[3][4]
9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts – Cousin Casey Elliott's 1993 All Pro Series-inspired car.[3]
10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Smithfield Foods Helping Hungry Homes
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota FedEx – Hamlin's first-ever car that he ran in mini stock in 1997 at Langley Speedway and Southside Speedway in Virginia.[3]
12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford Duracell – Father Dave Blaney's 2003 car[3]
13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 2009-2011 GEICO design[3]
14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Ned Jarrett's 1965 Southern 500 winning car[3]
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford John Deere – Chad Little's 1997-2000 car[3]
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Skittles – Derrike Cope & Ernie Irvan's 1997-1998 car[3]
19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Arris
20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Sport Clips – Rick Carelli Camping World Truck Series inspired car[3]
21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford Ford Motorcraft – Cale Yarborough's 1968 Southern 500 winning car[3]
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford Pennzoil – Steve Park's early 2000's car that Park drove for Dale Earnhardt Inc. won two races with.[3]
24 William Byron (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Axalta Coating Systems – Jeff Gordon's iconic 1993-2000 “Rainbow Warriors” car[3]
31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Caterpillar Inc. – Neil Bonnett's 1993 car[3]
32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford Keen Parts – Jeff Burton's 2000 car[3]
34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford TBA
37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet Scheme dedicated to the 110th anniversary of Bush's Best Beans.[3]
38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford Citgo – Dale Jarrett's 1991 Champion Spark Plug 400 winning car, which was his first cup win.[3]
41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Haas Automation – Busch's 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 car, where he was part of one of the closest finishes in NASCAR history at Darlington Raceway.[3]
42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet DC Solar – Davey Allison inspired car[3]
43 Darrell Wallace Jr. (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet STP – Richard Petty's 1972 car[3]
47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet Kroger – Robert Pressley's 1998 NASCAR Busch Series car[3]
48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's/Kobalt (tools) – Johnson's 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 winning car[3]
51 TBA Rick Ware Racing TBA TBA
66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota Rewards.com – Darrell Waltrip's 2000 car.
72 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet TBA
78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota TBA
88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet LLumar
95 Kasey Kahne Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet Dumont Jets – Kahne 2006 car[3]
96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota Xtreme Concepts/Project K9 Hero/Nine Line Apparel – Grandfather Dale Earnhardt's 1978 car[3]
99 Derrike Cope StarCom Racing Chevrolet Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits – Cope's 1993 car[3]

Practice

First practice

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1
2
3

Final practice

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1
2
3

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2 R3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 —
14 —
15 —
16 —
17 —
18 —
19 —
20 —
21 —
22 —
23 —
24 —
25 — —
26 — —
27 — —
28 — —
29 — —
30 — —
31 — —
32 — —
33 — —
34 — —
35 — —
36 — —
37 — —
38 — —
39 — —
40 — —

Race

Stage Results

Stage 1 Laps: 100

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 10
2 9
3 8
4 7
5 6
6 5
7 4
8 3
9 2
10 1

Stage 2 Laps: 100

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 10
2 9
3 8
4 7
5 6
6 5
7 4
8 3
9 2
10 1

Final Stage Results

Stage 3 Laps: 167

Pos Grid No Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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15
16
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40

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two–time Darlington winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. As part of the throwback weekend, Ken Squier, 1965 Darlington winner Ned Jarrett, and three-time Darlington winner Dale Jarrett, also called a portion of the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

NBC
Booth announcers Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Rick Allen and Ken Squier
Color-commentator: Jeff Burton and Ned Jarrett
Color-commentator: Steve Letarte and Dale Jarrett
Color-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr.		 Dave Burns
Marty Snider
Kelli Stavast

Radio

The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Dave Moody called the race from a Billboard outside of turn when the field raced through turns 1 and 2, and Mike Bagley had the call of the race atop of the Darlington Raceway Club outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4

MRN
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Rusty Wallace		 Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody
Turns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley		 Alex Hayden
Winston Kelley
Steve Post

Standings after the race

References

  1. ^ "2018 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 5, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  2. ^ "Darlington Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab McFadin, Daniel (August 24, 2018). "Retro Rundown 2018: Southern 500 paint schemes". NASCARTalk.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  4. ^ McFadin, Daniel (August 21, 2018). "Oscar Mayer to sponsor Matt Kenseth in Southern 500". NASCARTalk.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved August 21, 2018.


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