GEICO 500 Results

April 29, 2018 at 5:53 PM
Fin St Car Driver Car Laps Status Laps Led Pts
1 9 22 Joey Logano Ford 188 Running 70 58
2 2 41 Kurt Busch Ford 188 Running 5 38
3 5 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 188 Running 0 34
4 1 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 188 Running 12 42
5 7 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Ford 188 Running 4 41
6 12 38 David Ragan Ford 188 Running 0 36
7 40 10 Aric Almirola Ford 188 Running 0 30
8 11 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 188 Running 26 29
9 18 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 188 Running 0 28
10 14 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 188 Running 1 27
11 25 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 188 Running 1 26
12 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 188 Running 0 30
13 19 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 188 Running 0 32
14 4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 188 Running 11 28
15 29 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 188 Running 0 22
16 15 43 Darrell Wallace, Jr. Chevrolet 188 Running 5 21
17 26 95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 188 Running 1 20
18 23 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 188 Running 0 31
19 33 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 188 Running 6 18
20 31 96 D.J. Kennington Toyota 188 Running 0 17
21 36 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 188 Running 0 16
22 30 62 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 188 Running 1 15
23 32 92 Timothy Peters Ford 187 Running 0 0
24 37 23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 187 Running 0 13
25 35 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 186 Running 0 0
26 3 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Toyota 184 Accident 0 19
27 34 00 Joey Gase Chevrolet 178 Engine 0 0
28 27 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 174 Running 0 9
29 17 24 William Byron Chevrolet 165 Accident 14 10
30 13 21 Paul Menard Ford 165 Accident 8 23
31 8 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 165 Accident 0 6
32 20 34 Michael McDowell Ford 165 Accident 0 5
33 10 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 165 Accident 21 14
34 28 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 165 Accident 2 3
35 24 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 165 Accident 0 2
36 39 51 Timmy Hill Ford 151 Engine 0 0
37 38 55 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 79 Suspension 0 1
38 21 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 71 Accident 0 1
39 6 20 Erik Jones Toyota 71 Accident 0 1
40 22 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 71 Accident 0 1

Time of Race: 03 Hrs, 16 Mins, 46 Secs.
Average Speed: 152.489 MPH
Margin of Victory: 0.127 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 2,22,78,18,21,11,12,17,4,48
Stage 2 Top 10: 21,22,12,4,17,38,48,41,24,18

Race Comments: Joey Logano won the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, his 19th 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. 1, 13, 19 and 31 (backup car), No. 9 (unapproved tire change) and No. 10 (unapproved adjustments). Race Story

Caution Flags: 6 for 29 laps: Laps: 57-61 (Stage 1 Conclusion [38]); 73-78 (#1, 6, 10, 20, 42, 78 Incident on the backstretch [72]); 112-116 (Stage 2 Conclusion [95]); 130-133 (Debris on the frontstretch [14]); 156-159 (Fluid on the track from #51 [96]); 167-171 (2, 3, 11, 12, 14, 18, 21, 24, 34, 43, 47, 48, 62 and 95 Incident in Turn 3 [11]).

Lead Changes: 25 among 16 drivers: K. Harvick 1-12; A. Bowman 13-38; D. Wallace Jr. # 39-43; B. Keselowski 44-57; A. Allmendinger 58; B. Keselowski 59-61; W. Byron # 62-63; B. Keselowski 64-66; W. Byron # 67; C. Buescher 68; M. DiBenedetto 69-74; J. Logano 75-96; D. Hamlin 97-104; P. Menard 105-112; B. Gaughan 113; W. Byron # 114-124; Kurt Busch 125-129; A. Allmendinger 130; R. Stenhouse Jr. 131-134; D. Hamlin 135-137; J. Logano 138-140; B. Keselowski 141; J. Logano 142-144; D. Suarez 145; K. Kahne 146; J. Logano 147-188.