Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 2018

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 2018
	Edizione n. 70 del Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Dati generali
Inizio	11 febbraio
Termine	18 novembre
Prove	36
Titoli in palio
Piloti; (Drivers)	Joey Logano; su Ford Fusion
Proprietari; (Owners)	Roger Penske
Case costruttrici; (Manufacturers)	Ford
Altre edizioni
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La Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 2018 è stata la 70ª edizione del massimo campionato motoristico NASCAR e la 47ª dall'inizio dell'era moderna della NASCAR. È iniziata l'11 febbraio con il "Advance Auto Parts Clash" al Daytona International Speedway e si è conclusa con la gara del "Championship 4" (fase finale dei playoff della NASCAR) disputata all'Homestead-Miami Speedway. Joey Logano ha vinto il primo titolo in carriera dopo una battaglia nelle gare finali con Martin Truex Jr.. Il Team Penske ha conquistato il suo secondo titolo in Cup Series dopo quello del 2012 con Brad Keselowski. Ford ha conquistato il campionato costruttori con 19 vittorie e 1310 punti.

Team e piloti modifica

Team entranti modifica

Costruttore	Team	No.	Pilota	Capo squadra
Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	Jamie McMurray	Matt McCall
	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Kyle Larson	Chad Johnston
	Germain Racing	13	Ty Dillon	Matt Borland
	Hendrick Motorsports	9	Chase Elliott	Alan Gustafson
		24	William Byron (R)	Darian Grubb
		48	Jimmie Johnson	Chad Knaus
		88	Alex Bowman	Greg Ives
	JTG Daugherty Racing	37	Chris Buescher	Trent Owens
	JTG Daugherty Racing	47	A. J. Allmendinger	Tristan Smith
	Leavine Family Racing	95	Kasey Kahne 25	Travis Mack 15 Jon Leonard 21
	Leavine Family Racing	95	Regan Smith 11	Travis Mack 15 Jon Leonard 21
	Premium Motorsports	15
			Ross Chastain 33	Todd Parrott 1 Pat Tryson 34
			Justin Marks 2	Todd Parrott 1 Pat Tryson 34
	Richard Childress Racing	3	Austin Dillon	Justin Alexander
	Richard Childress Racing	31	Ryan Newman	Luke Lambert
	Richard Petty Motorsports	43	Bubba Wallace (R)	Drew Blickensderfer
	StarCom Racing	00	Jeffrey Earnhardt 5	Tony Furr 16 Jonas Bell 1 Rick Bourgeois 19
			Landon Cassill 25
			Joey Gase 5
			Tomy Drissi 1
	TriStar Motorsports	72	Corey LaJoie 23	Frankie Kerr
	TriStar Motorsports	72	Cole Whitt 13	Frankie Kerr
Ford	Front Row Motorsports	34	Michael McDowell	Derrick Finley
	Front Row Motorsports	38	David Ragan	Seth Barbour
	Go Fas Racing	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Gene Nead 2 Randy Cox 34
	Roush Fenway Racing	6	Trevor Bayne 21	Matt Puccia
		6	Matt Kenseth 15	Matt Puccia
		17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Brian Pattie
	Stewart-Haas Racing	4	Kevin Harvick	Rodney Childers 34 Tony Gibson 2
		10	Aric Almirola	Johnny Klausmeier
		14	Clint Bowyer	Mike Bugarewicz
		41	Kurt Busch	Billy Scott
	Team Penske	2	Brad Keselowski	Paul Wolfe
		12	Ryan Blaney	Jeremy Bullins
		22	Joey Logano	Todd Gordon
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Paul Menard	Greg Erwin
Toyota	Furniture Row Racing	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Cole Pearn
	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	Denny Hamlin	Mike Wheeler
		18	Kyle Busch	Adam Stevens
		19	Daniel Suárez	Scott Graves 30 Dave Rogers 6
		20	Erik Jones	Chris Gayle
Toyota 34 Ford 2	BK Racing	23	Gray Gaulding 17	Rick Bourgeois 17 Tony Furr 19
			J. J. Yeley 13
			Blake Jones 3
			Spencer Gallagher 1
			Joey Gase 1
			Alon Day 1
Chevrolet 23 Ford 11 Toyota 2	Rick Ware Racing	51	Justin Marks 1	Pat Tryson 1 Ken Evans 34 George Church 1
			Harrison Rhodes 5
			Cole Custer 3
			Timmy Hill 3
			Cody Ware 3
			B. J. McLeod 13
			Chris Cook 1
			Ray Black Jr. 1
			Josh Bilicki 1
			Reed Sorenson 1
			David Starr 1
			Stanton Barrett 1
			Jeb Burton 1
			Joey Gase 1

Programma limitato modifica

Costruttore	Team	No.	Pilota	Capo squadra	Gare
Chevrolet	Beard Motorsports	62	Brendan Gaughan	Darren Shaw	4
	NY Racing Team	7	J. J. Yeley	George Church	1
	Premium Motorsports		J. J. Yeley	Todd Parrott 15 Peter Sospenzo 11	2
			D. J. Kennington		3
			Reed Sorenson		6
			Jeffrey Earnhardt		1
			Jesse Little		1
			Garrett Smithley		1
			Ross Chastain		1
			Hermie Sadler		1
		55	Joey Gase		1
			Reed Sorenson		7
			J. J. Yeley		1
			Jeffrey Earnhardt		1
	Richard Childress Racing	8	Daniel Hemric	Brandon Thomas	2
	StarCom Racing	99	Derrike Cope	Domenick Turse 3 Jonas Bell 2 Derrike Cope 1 Wayne Carroll Jr. 12	3
			Garrett Smithley		2
			Kyle Weatherman		7
			Landon Cassill		4
			Gray Gaulding		2
Ford	RBR Enterprises	92	David Gilliland	Mike Hester	1
Ford	RBR Enterprises	92	Timothy Peters	Mike Hester	2
Toyota	Gaunt Brothers Racing	96	D. J. Kennington	Mark Hillman	7
			Parker Kligerman		4
			Jeffrey Earnhardt		10
			Jesse Little		1
	Obaika Racing	97	David Starr	Dan Stillman	2
	Obaika Racing	97	Tanner Berryhill	Dan Stillman	2
Ford 1 Toyota 19 Chevrolet 1	MBM Motorsports	66	Mark Thompson	Mike Hillman Sr. 4 Robert Scott 12 Gary Showalter 1 Michael Groves 4	1
			Chad Finchum		1
			Timmy Hill		19
Chevrolet 3 Ford 3	Rick Ware Racing	52	Cody Ware	George Church 5 Ken Evans 1	1
			B. J. McLeod		2
			J. J. Yeley		1
			Gray Gaulding		1
			Harrison Rhodes		1

Calendario modifica

No	Gara	Eventi	Data
	Advance Auto Parts Clash	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	11 febbraio
	Can-Am Duel		15 febbraio
1	Daytona 500		18 febbraio
2	Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia	25 febbraio
3	Pennzoil 400	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada	4 marzo
4	TicketGuardian 500	ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona	11 marzo
5	Auto Club 400	Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California	18 marzo
6	STP 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	26 marzo
7	O'Reilly Auto Parts 500	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas	8 aprile
8	Food City 500	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee	15–16 aprile
9	Toyota Owners 400	Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia	21 aprile
10	GEICO 500	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama	29 aprile
11	AAA 400 Drive for Autism	Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware	May 6
12	KC Masterpiece 400	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas	12 maggio
	Monster Energy Open	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, Carolina del Nord	19 maggio
	Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race		19 maggio
13	Coca-Cola 600		27 maggio
14	Pocono 400	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania	3 giugno
15	FireKeepers Casino 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan	10 giugno
16	Toyota/Save Mart 350	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California	24 giugno
17	Overton's 400	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois	1º luglio
18	Coke Zero Sugar 400	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	7 luglio
19	Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky	14 luglio
20	Foxwoods Resort Casino 301	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire	22 luglio
21	Gander Outdoors 400	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania	29 luglio
22	Go Bowling at The Glen	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	5 agosto
23	Consumers Energy 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan	12 agosto
24	Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee	18 agosto
25	Bojangles' Southern 500	Darlington Raceway, Darlington, Carolina del Sud	2 settembre
26	Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana	10 settembre
NASCAR playoffs Cup Championship Playoffs
Round of 16
27	South Point 400	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada	16 settembre
28	Federated Auto Parts 400	Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia	22 settembre
29	Bank of America Roval 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval), Concord	30 settembre
Round of 12
30	Gander Outdoors 400	Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware	7 ottobre
31	1000Bulbs.com 500	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama	14 ottobre
32	Hollywood Casino 400	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas	21 ottobre
Round of 8
33	First Data 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	28 ottobre
34	AAA Texas 500	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas	4 novembre
35	Can-Am 500	ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona	11 novembre
Championship 4
36	Ford EcoBoost 400	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida	18 novembre

Grand Slam gare in grassetto

Gara 6: La gara primaverile di Martinsville è stata rinviata da domenica a lunedì a causa della neve.
Gara 8: La gara primaverile di Bristol è iniziata domenica e si è conclusa lunedì a causa della pioggia.
Gara 26: Il Brickyard 400 è stato rinviato da domenica a lunedì a causa della pioggia.

Risultati e classifiche modifica

Risultati gare modifica

No.	Gara	Pole position	Più giri in testa	Pilota vincitore	Costruttore	Resoconto
	Advance Auto Parts Clash	Dillon, Austin Austin Dillon	Keselowski, Brad Brad Keselowski	Keselowski, Brad Brad Keselowski	Ford	Resoconto
	Can-Am Duel 1	Bowman, Alex Alex Bowman	Logano, Joey Joey Logano	Blaney, Ryan Ryan Blaney	Ford	Resoconto
	Can-Am Duel 2	Hamlin, Denny Denny Hamlin	Elliott, Chase Chase Elliott	Elliott, Chase Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	Resoconto
1	Daytona 500	Bowman, Alex Alex Bowman	Blaney, Ryan Ryan Blaney	Dillon, Austin Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	Resoconto
2	Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Ford	Resoconto
3	Pennzoil 400	Blaney, Ryan Ryan Blaney	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Ford	Resoconto
4	TicketGuardian 500	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Ford	Resoconto
5	Auto Club 400	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	Resoconto
6	STP 500	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Bowyer, Clint Clint Bowyer	Bowyer, Clint Clint Bowyer	Ford	Resoconto
7	O'Reilly Auto Parts 500	Busch, Kurt Kurt Busch	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Toyota	Resoconto
8	Food City 500	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Larson, Kyle Kyle Larson	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Toyota	Resoconto
9	Toyota Owners 400	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Toyota	Resoconto
10	GEICO 500	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Logano, Joey Joey Logano	Logano, Joey Joey Logano	Ford	Resoconto
11	AAA 400 Drive for Autism	Larson, Kyle Kyle Larson	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Ford	Resoconto
12	KC Masterpiece 400	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Larson, Kyle Kyle Larson	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Ford	Resoconto
	Monster Energy Open	Almirola, Aric Aric Almirola	Suárez, Daniel Daniel Suárez	Allmendinger, A. J. A. J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	Resoconto
	Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race	Kenseth, Matt Matt Kenseth	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Ford	Resoconto
13	Coca-Cola 600	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Toyota	Resoconto
14	Pocono 400	Blaney, Ryan Ryan Blaney	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	Resoconto
15	FireKeepers Casino 400	Busch, Kurt Kurt Busch	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Bowyer, Clint Clint Bowyer	Ford	Resoconto
16	Toyota/Save Mart 350	Larson, Kyle Kyle Larson	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	Resoconto
17	Overton's 400	Menard, Paul Paul Menard	Almirola, Aric Aric Almirola	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Toyota	Resoconto
18	Coke Zero Sugar 400	Elliott, Chase Chase Elliott	Stenhouse Jr., Ricky Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Jones, Erik Erik Jones	Toyota	Resoconto
19	Quaker State 400	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	Resoconto
20	Foxwoods Resort Casino 301	Busch, Kurt Kurt Busch	Busch, Kurt Kurt Busch	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Ford	Resoconto
21	Gander Outdoors 400	Suárez, Daniel Daniel Suárez	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Toyota	Resoconto
22	Go Bowling at The Glen	Hamlin, Denny Denny Hamlin	Elliott, Chase Chase Elliott	Elliott, Chase Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	Resoconto
23	Consumers Energy 400	Hamlin, Denny Denny Hamlin	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Ford	Resoconto
24	Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race	Larson, Kyle Kyle Larson	Blaney, Ryan Ryan Blaney	Busch, Kurt Kurt Busch	Ford	Resoconto
25	Bojangles' Southern 500	Hamlin, Denny Denny Hamlin	Larson, Kyle Kyle Larson	Keselowski, Brad Brad Keselowski	Ford	Resoconto
26	Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Bowyer, Clint Clint Bowyer Hamlin, Denny Denny Hamlin	Keselowski, Brad Brad Keselowski	Ford	Resoconto
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Round of 16
27	South Point 400	Jones, Erik Erik Jones	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Keselowski, Brad Brad Keselowski	Ford	Resoconto
28	Federated Auto Parts 400	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Truex Jr., Martin Martin Truex Jr.	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Toyota	Resoconto
29	Bank of America Roval 400	Busch, Kurt Kurt Busch	Larson, Kyle Kyle Larson	Blaney, Ryan Ryan Blaney	Ford	Resoconto
Round of 12
30	Gander Outdoors 400	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Elliott, Chase Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	Resoconto
31	1000Bulbs.com 500	Busch, Kurt Kurt Busch	Busch, Kurt Kurt Busch	Almirola, Aric Aric Almirola	Ford	Resoconto
32	Hollywood Casino 400	Logano, Joey Joey Logano	Logano, Joey Joey Logano	Elliott, Chase Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	Resoconto
Round of 8
33	First Data 500	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Logano, Joey Joey Logano	Logano, Joey Joey Logano	Ford	Resoconto
34	AAA Texas 500	Blaney, Ryan Ryan Blaney	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Ford	Resoconto
35	Can-Am 500	Harvick, Kevin Kevin Harvick	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Busch, Kyle Kyle Busch	Toyota	Resoconto
Championship 4
36	Ford EcoBoost 400	Hamlin, Denny Denny Hamlin	Logano, Joey Joey Logano	Logano, Joey Joey Logano	Ford	Resoconto

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