STP 500 Results

March 26, 2018 at 5:37 PM
Fin St Car Driver Make Laps Status Laps Led Points
1 9 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 500 Running 215 55
2 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 500 Running 24 50
3 5 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 500 Running 145 52
4 1 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Toyota 500 Running 4 33
5 8 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 500 Running 0 42
6 3 22 Joey Logano Ford 500 Running 0 35
7 16 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 500 Running 0 30
8 25 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 500 Running 0 36
9 21 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 500 Running 0 28
10 4 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 500 Running 1 43
11 11 41 Kurt Busch Ford 500 Running 0 33
12 6 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 500 Running 111 41
13 15 21 Paul Menard Ford 500 Running 0 24
14 10 10 Aric Almirola Ford 500 Running 0 23
15 18 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 499 Running 0 24
16 7 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 499 Running 0 21
17 13 20 Erik Jones Toyota 497 Running 0 20
18 23 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 497 Running 0 19
19 14 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 497 Running 0 18
20 20 24 William Byron Chevrolet 497 Running 0 17
21 24 34 Michael McDowell Ford 497 Running 0 16
22 32 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 496 Running 0 15
23 22 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 496 Running 0 14
24 29 95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 496 Running 0 13
25 28 38 David Ragan Ford 495 Running 0 12
26 26 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 495 Running 0 11
27 35 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 493 Running 0 10
28 37 96 D.J. Kennington Toyota 493 Running 0 9
29 33 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 493 Running 0 0
30 12 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 493 Running 0 7
31 38 55 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 493 Running 0 0
32 31 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 488 Running 0 5
33 27 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 486 Running 0 4
34 19 43 Darrell Wallace, Jr. Chevrolet 486 Running 0 3
35 30 51 Harrison Rhodes Chevrolet 482 Running 0 2
36 34 23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 481 Running 0 1
37 17 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Ford 481 Running 0 1
38 36 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 211 Rear Gear 0 1

Time of Race: 03 Hrs, 13 Mins, 14 Secs.
Average Speed: 81.663 mph
Margin of Victory: 1.146 seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 11,2,12,18,14,4,47,41,22,48
Stage 2 Top 10: 12,14,18,2,11,4,41,47,22,48

Race Comments: Clint Bowyer won the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, his ninth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: No. 17 (backup car), No. 23 (failed inspection three times) and No. 34 (unapproved adjustments). Race Story

Caution Flags: 4 for 33 laps: Laps: 52-56 (Competition caution [55]); 132-142 (Stage 1 conclusion [1]); 262-271 (Stage 2 conclusion [9]); 385-391 (#1 and 3 Incident in Turn 2 [9]).

Lead Changes: 11 among 6 drivers: M. Truex Jr. 1-4; Kyle Busch 5-26; D. Hamlin 27-51; Kyle Busch 52; D. Hamlin 53-135; B. Keselowski 136; R. Blaney 137-142; D. Hamlin 143-145; R. Blaney 146-284; C. Bowyer 285-385; Kyle Busch 386; C. Bowyer 387-500.