O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Results

April 8, 2018 at 6:09 PM
Fin St Car Driver Make Laps Status Laps Led Points
1 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 334 Running 116 59
2 2 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 334 Running 87 45
3 24 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 334 Running 0 38
4 21 20 Erik Jones Toyota 334 Running 64 41
5 4 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 334 Running 0 32
6 7 22 Joey Logano Ford 334 Running 0 46
7 1 41 Kurt Busch Ford 334 Running 40 47
8 15 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 334 Running 0 29
9 3 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 334 Running 0 39
10 33 24 William Byron Chevrolet 334 Running 1 27
11 20 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 333 Running 4 33
12 13 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 333 Running 0 25
13 23 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 332 Running 0 24
14 27 34 Michael McDowell Ford 332 Running 0 23
15 18 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 331 Running 0 22
16 30 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 329 Running 0 21
17 28 95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 328 Running 0 20
18 31 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 325 Running 0 0
19 34 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 324 Running 0 18
20 32 23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 322 Running 0 17
21 35 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 321 Running 0 16
22 36 51 Harrison Rhodes Chevrolet 319 Running 0 15
23 29 38 David Ragan Ford 317 Running 0 14
24 22 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 316 Engine 0 13
25 26 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 315 Suspension 10 15
26 17 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 304 Running 0 11
27 25 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 303 Accident 0 10
28 16 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 294 Running 0 9
29 14 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 290 Running 0 8
30 19 21 Paul Menard Ford 215 Accident 0 7
31 37 55 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 209 Overheating 0 6
32 12 10 Aric Almirola Ford 178 Accident 0 6
33 11 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 178 Accident 0 11
34 5 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 177 Accident 12 5
35 9 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 175 Accident 0 2
36 10 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 126 Accident 0 7
37 6 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 80 Accident 0 1

Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 32 Mins, 07 Secs.
Average Speed: 141.714 MPH
Margin of Victory: 0.300 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 4,18,41,22,42,14,1,2,9,20
Stage 2 Top 10: 18,41,22,20,14,9,2,17,11,10

Stage Points

Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, his 44th 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: #17 (backup car), #24 (engine change), #32 (transmissioon change) and #42 (failing pre-race inspection three times). Race Story

Caution Flags: 8 for 48 laps: Laps: 4-7 (#3, 19, 21 and 88 Incident in Turn 4 [None]); 82-90 (#78 Incident in Turn 4 [11]); 128-134 (#42 Incident in Turn 2 [24]); 172-177 (Stage 2 Conclusion [6]); 179-183 (2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 38 and 48 Incident in Turn 4 [Red: 11:05] [12]); 236-240 (#21 Incident in Turn 2 [43]); 251-255 (#6 and 95 Incident in Turn 4 [None]); 305-311 (#31 Incident on the frontstretch [1]).

Lead Changes: 16 among 8 drivers: Kurt Busch 0; K. Harvick 1-43; D. Hamlin 44-55; K. Harvick 56-86; Kyle Busch 87-116; K. Harvick 117-129; Kurt Busch 130-166; Kyle Busch 167-172; Kurt Busch 173; E. Jones 174-231; Kurt Busch 232-233; W. Byron # 234; E. Jones 235-240; Kyle Busch 241-290; C. Elliott 291-294; R. Stenhouse Jr. 295-304; Kyle Busch 305-334.