Bojangles’ Southern 500 Results

September 2, 2018 at 11:10 PM
Fin St Car Driver Make Laps Status Laps Led Points
1 13 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 367 Running 24 55
2 8 22 Joey Logano Ford 367 Running 18 50
3 2 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 367 Running 284 54
4 22 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 367 Running 0 39
5 11 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 367 Running 0 40
6 9 41 Kurt Busch Ford 367 Running 0 39
7 5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 367 Running 0 35
8 7 20 Erik Jones Toyota 367 Running 0 44
9 31 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 367 Running 0 30
10 1 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 367 Running 11 31
11 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 367 Running 30 34
12 25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 367 Running 0 25
13 19 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 367 Running 0 24
14 12 10 Aric Almirola Ford 367 Running 0 23
15 21 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 367 Running 0 22
16 18 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 367 Running 0 21
17 14 21 Paul Menard Ford 366 Running 0 20
18 23 38 David Ragan Ford 366 Running 0 19
19 6 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 366 Running 0 22
20 26 34 Michael McDowell Ford 365 Running 0 17
21 28 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 365 Running 0 16
22 24 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 365 Running 0 15
23 4 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 365 Running 0 14
24 29 95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 364 Running 0 13
25 15 6 Matt Kenseth Ford 364 Running 0 12
26 27 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 363 Running 0 11
27 34 72 Corey LaJoie Chevrolet 360 Running 0 10
28 33 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 360 Running 0 0
29 16 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 358 Running 0 8
30 35 0 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 357 Running 0 0
31 32 52 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 350 Running 0 0
32 37 51 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 347 Running 0 0
33 38 99 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 346 Running 0 4
34 40 96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 344 Running 0 3
35 10 24 William Byron Chevrolet 329 Engine 0 2
36 17 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 309 Accident 0 1
37 36 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 268 Engine 0 0
38 30 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 254 Rear End 0 1
39 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 227 Oil Pump 0 1
40 39 23 Joey Gase Toyota 120 Accident 0 0

Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 48 Mins, 54 Secs.
Average Speed: 131.408 MPH
Margin of Victory: 1.224 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 42,20,78,22,2,4,11,41,18,9
Stage 2 Top 10: 42,2,22,9,20,41,31,18,1,4

Race Comments: Brad Keselowski won the 69th Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, his 25th victory in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 1 and 23 (engine changes), Nos. 96 and 48 (unapproved adjustments).

Caution Flags: 6 for 35 laps: Laps: 102-107 (End of Stage 1 [37]); 129-133 (#23, 18 Incident Frontstretch [1]); 202-207 (End of Stage 2 [3]); 313-322 (#14, 31, 96 Incident Turns 3 and 4 [4]); 330-333 (Debris Turn 2 [41]); 345-348 (#96 Spin Turn 2 [78]).

Lead Changes: 7 among 5 drivers: D. Hamlin 1-11; K. Larson 12-129; M. Truex Jr. 130-159; K. Larson 160-258; B. Keselowski 259-260; J. Logano 261-278; K. Larson 279-345; B. Keselowski 346-367.