2018_Stratosphere_200

2018 Stratosphere 200

2018 Stratosphere 200

Motor car race


The 2018 Stratosphere 200 was the third stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, March 2 in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. In a late race restart, Kyle Busch of Kyle Busch Motorsports was able to hold off a charging Sauter and Moffitt for the last 11 laps to win the race, the 50th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win of his career and the first of the season.[1] To fill out the rest of the podium, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and Brett Moffitt of Hattori Racing Enterprises finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

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Background

The layout of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Entry list

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Practice

First practice

The first practice was held on Thursday, March 1 at 5:05 PM EST. Justin Marks of DGR-Crosley would set the fastest time of the session with a 30.313 and an average speed of 178.141 miles per hour (286.690 km/h).[2]

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Second and final practice

The second and final practice was held on Thursday, March 1 at 7:05 PM EST. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time with a 30.114 and an average speed of 179.319 miles per hour (288.586 km/h).[2]

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Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, March 2, at 6:05 PM EST. The qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13-32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1-12.[3]

Starting lineup

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Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 40

Stage 2 Laps: 40

Stage 3 Laps: 54

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References

  1. "Kyle Busch starts Las Vegas weekend with 50th Truck Series win". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  2. "Truck Series practice report from Las Vegas Motor Speedway". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  3. "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  4. "2018 Stratosphere 200 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
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