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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race number 31 of 36
Sunday, October 14, 2018 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 3:20:24 Average speed: 153.707 mph Pole speed: 195.804 mph	Cautions: 8 for 32 laps Margin of victory: .105 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 15
Green flag passes: 6,362 (39.5 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup results / 2018 standings

Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

Driver	Start	Mid Race	Finish	High Pos.	Low Pos.	Avg. Pos.	Pass Diff.	Green Flag Passes	Green Flag Times Passed	Quality Passes	Pct. Quality Passes	Fastest Lap	Top 15 Laps	Pct. Top 15 Laps	Laps Led	Pct. Laps Led	Total Laps	DRIVER RATING

Loop data for this race:
Aric Almirola	4	3	1	1	21	5	16	83	67	78	94.0	8	189	97.9	1	0.5	193	118.6
Clint Bowyer	2	2	2	1	17	4	11	102	91	93	91.2	6	192	99.5	0	0.0	193	116.1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	12	18	3	2	33	19	26	256	230	113	44.1	3	80	41.5	0	0.0	193	92.0
Denny Hamlin	10	5	4	4	30	12	23	208	185	130	62.5	6	140	72.5	0	0.0	193	94.0
Joey Logano	20	6	5	1	20	8	19	169	150	151	89.4	4	183	94.8	0	0.0	193	107.3
A.J. Allmendinger	23	23	6	1	35	21	19	190	171	56	29.5	4	49	25.4	1	0.5	193	70.6
Jimmie Johnson	6	33	7	4	36	24	20	145	125	60	41.4	5	69	35.8	0	0.0	193	83.6
Erik Jones	15	13	8	5	30	15	25	250	225	139	55.6	7	116	60.1	0	0.0	193	86.0
Paul Menard	30	32	9	2	38	22	-10	120	130	77	64.2	2	82	42.5	0	0.0	193	86.2
Regan Smith	25	14	10	6	35	20	14	312	298	106	34.0	7	57	29.5	0	0.0	193	74.6
Kyle Larson	34	11	11	8	34	19	35	301	266	114	37.9	8	57	29.5	0	0.0	193	80.9
Brendan Gaughan	28	27	12	1	36	24	7	225	218	37	16.4	2	12	6.2	1	0.5	193	59.6
Trevor Bayne	24	17	13	10	34	21	3	236	233	44	18.6	7	36	18.7	0	0.0	193	69.6
Kurt Busch	1	4	14	1	18	3	-1	73	74	69	94.5	8	191	99.0	108	56.0	193	125.6
Ty Dillon	29	19	15	3	32	19	11	273	262	48	17.6	5	53	27.5	0	0.0	193	77.9
Daniel Suarez	13	9	16	1	27	12	-18	249	267	182	73.1	5	146	75.7	0	0.0	193	81.6
Austin Dillon	21	15	17	7	38	20	12	248	236	65	26.2	5	47	24.4	0	0.0	193	70.6
Joey Gase	37	31	18	11	37	24	-33	223	256	42	18.8	1	18	9.3	0	0.0	193	54.1
Bubba Wallace	17	21	19	3	34	19	-35	227	262	70	30.8	2	44	22.8	0	0.0	193	66.9
William Byron	8	20	20	1	30	16	-19	232	251	67	28.9	7	73	37.8	5	2.6	193	74.1
Chris Buescher	26	22	21	2	34	22	-20	201	221	69	34.3	0	54	28.0	0	0.0	193	56.9
Landon Cassill	38	28	22	3	38	30	-19	38	57	0	0.0	0	3	1.6	0	0.0	193	42.5
Martin Truex Jr	11	24	23	2	33	26	-5	122	127	29	23.8	3	10	5.2	0	0.0	193	52.8
Ross Chastain	36	30	24	1	37	31	4	27	23	0	0.0	0	5	2.6	1	0.5	193	41.5
Ryan Newman	22	34	25	7	35	27	-11	114	125	26	22.8	3	21	10.9	0	0.0	193	63.9
Kyle Busch	9	10	26	1	29	16	-23	220	243	134	60.9	6	109	56.5	1	0.5	193	72.5
Brad Keselowski	18	12	27	1	34	12	-2	181	183	137	75.7	8	157	81.4	21	10.9	193	84.0
Kevin Harvick	3	1	28	1	30	4	9	80	71	64	80.0	7	187	96.9	46	23.8	193	106.9
Ryan Blaney	19	8	29	1	31	9	24	187	163	146	78.1	3	174	90.2	6	3.1	193	86.0
Matt DiBenedetto	27	25	30	1	38	23	-6	187	193	12	6.4	1	9	4.7	2	1.0	192	51.1
Chase Elliott	5	16	31	1	31	12	-3	243	246	149	61.3	9	139	72.0	0	0.0	192	79.5
Corey LaJoie	40	36	32	23	40	34	-3	29	32	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	191	33.0
Alex Bowman	7	7	33	6	33	12	21	248	227	199	80.2	5	168	87.1	0	0.0	191	79.4
D.J. Kennington	33	35	34	5	38	35	6	8	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.5	0	0.0	190	30.0
Jamie McMurray	31	26	35	2	37	26	-28	125	153	20	16.0	2	14	7.3	0	0.0	186	47.7
J.J. Yeley	32	29	36	6	34	27	-30	137	167	3	2.2	4	5	2.6	0	0.0	185	42.8
Jeffrey Earnhardt	35	38	37	34	39	38	0	4	4	0	0.0	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	185	27.5
Cody Ware	39	37	38	6	39	37	-5	8	13	0	0.0	0	1	0.5	0	0.0	185	26.2
David Ragan	16	40	39	16	40	39	-24	4	28	3	75.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	173	27.2
Michael McDowell	14	39	40	10	40	34	-16	77	93	13	16.9	1	4	2.1	0	0.0	155	37.3

Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position.Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers.

Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.