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2018 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race number 7 of 36 Sunday, April 8, 2018 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:32:07 Average speed: 141.714 mph Pole speed: 197.368 mph Cautions: 8 for 48 laps Margin of victory: .300 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 16 Green flag passes: 1,776 (6.2 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup results   /   2018 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Status Led Pts PPts 1 8 18   Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 334 running 116 59 6 2 2 4   Kevin Harvick Busch Light   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 334 running 87 45 1 3 24 1   Jamie McMurray Cessna   (Chip Ganassi) Chevrolet 334 running 0 38 0 4 21 20   Erik Jones Reser's   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 334 running 64 41 0 5 4 12   Ryan Blaney Menards / Richmond "The Water Heater Experts"   (Roger Penske) Ford 334 running 0 32 0 6 7 22   Joey Logano Shell / Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Ford 334 running 0 46 0 7 1 41   Kurt Busch Haas Automation / Monster Energy   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 334 running 40 47 0 8 15 43   Bubba Wallace Click n' Close   (Richard Petty Motorsports) Chevrolet 334 running 0 29 0 9 3 14   Clint Bowyer Mobil 1 / Rush Truck Centers   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 334 running 0 39 0 10 33 24   William Byron Liberty University   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 334 running 1 27 0 11 20 9   Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 333 running 4 13 0 12 13 6   Trevor Bayne Performance Plus Motor Oil   (Jack Roush) Ford 333 running 0 25 0 13 23 13   Ty Dillon GEICO   (Germain Racing) Chevrolet 332 running 0 24 0 14 27 34   Michael McDowell Love's Travel Stops / WinStar Casino & Resort   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 332 running 0 23 0 15 18 37   Chris Buescher Bush's Beans / Cheerios / Hellmann's   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 331 running 0 22 0 16 30 32   Matt DiBenedetto Can-Am / Wholey   (Archie St. Hilaire) Ford 329 running 0 21 0 17 28 95   Kasey Kahne Procore   (Leavine Family Racing) Chevrolet 328 running 0 20 0 18 31 15   Ross Chastain Low T Centers   (Jay Robinson) Chevrolet 325 running 0 0 0 19 34 72   Cole Whitt Rinnai   (Bryan Smith) Chevrolet 324 running 0 18 0 20 32 23   Gray Gaulding Earthwater   (BK Racing) Toyota 322 running 0 17 0 21 35 00   Landon Cassill USFRA.org   (StarCom Racing) Chevrolet 321 running 0 0 0 22 36 51   Harrison Rhodes Rick Ware Racing   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 319 running 0 15 0 23 29 38   David Ragan 1000Bulbs.com   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 317 running 0 14 0 24 22 47   A.J. Allmendinger Kroger ClickList / Velveeta / Tyson   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 316 engine 0 13 0 25 26 17   Ricky Stenhouse Jr Sunny D   (Jack Roush) Ford 315 suspension 10 15 0 26 17 3   Austin Dillon Symbicort   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 304 running 0 11 0 27 25 31   Ryan Newman Grainger   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 303 crash 0 10 0 28 16 88   Alex Bowman Nationwide Insurance   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 294 running 0 9 0 29 14 19   Daniel Suarez Stanley "Racing for a Miracle"   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 290 running 0 8 0 30 19 21   Paul Menard Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center   (Wood Brothers) Ford 215 crash 0 7 0 31 37 55   Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports   (Jay Robinson) Chevrolet 209 overheating 0 0 0 32 12 10   Aric Almirola Smithfield   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 178 crash 0 6 0 33 11 2   Brad Keselowski Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 178 crash 0 11 0 34 5 11   Denny Hamlin FedEx Office   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 177 crash 12 5 0 35 9 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's for Pros   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 175 crash 0 2 0 36 10 42   Kyle Larson Credit One Bank   (Chip Ganassi) Chevrolet 126 crash 0 7 0 37 6 78   Martin Truex Jr Bass Pro Shops / 5-hour Energy   (Barney Visser) Toyota 80 crash 0 1 0 Top 10 in Stage 1: #4, 18, 41, 22, 42, 14, 1, 2, 9, 20 Top 10 in Stage 2: #18, 41, 22, 20, 14, 9, 2, 17, 11, 10

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 17 backup car William Byron 24 engine change Matt DiBenedetto 32 transmission change Kyle Larson 42 inspection failure Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Carl Long 66 Carl Long Toyota Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3     4 7 4   #3,19,21,88 accident turn 4 none 8 81 74     82 90 9   #78 accident turn 4 #11 91 127 37     128 134 7   #42 accident turn 2 #24 135 171 37     172 177 6   end of stage 2 #6 178 178 1     179 183 5   #2,3,6,10,11,38,48 accident turn 4 #12 184 235 52     236 240 5   #21 accident turn 2 #43 241 250 10     251 255 5   #6,95 accident turn 4 none 256 304 49     305 311 7   #31 accident frontstretch #1 312 334 23       Percent of race run under caution: 14.4%             Average green flag run: 31.8 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Kevin Harvick 1 43 43   Denny Hamlin 44 55 12   Kevin Harvick 56 86 31   Kyle Busch 87 116 30   Kevin Harvick 117 129 13   Kurt Busch 130 166 37   Kyle Busch 167 172 6   Kurt Busch 173 173 1   Erik Jones 174 231 58   Kurt Busch 232 233 2   William Byron 234 234 1   Erik Jones 235 240 6   Kyle Busch 241 290 50   Chase Elliott 291 294 4   Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 295 304 10   Kyle Busch 305 334 30 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Kyle Busch 316     2   Joey Logano 278   -38   3   Ryan Blaney 265   -51   4   Kevin Harvick 257   -59   5   Martin Truex Jr 250   -66   6   Clint Bowyer 249   -67   7   Brad Keselowski 237   -79   8   Kurt Busch 224   -92   9   Denny Hamlin 222   -94   10   Kyle Larson 202   -114   11   Erik Jones 193   -123   12   Aric Almirola 177   -139   13   Austin Dillon 159   -157   14   Alex Bowman 154   -162   15   Paul Menard 146   -170   16   Ryan Newman 145   -171   17   William Byron 135   -181   18   Chase Elliott 128   -188   19   Bubba Wallace 126   -190   20   A.J. Allmendinger 123   -193   20   Jimmie Johnson 123   -193   Playoff standings after this race: Rank Driver Wins Points 1   Kevin Harvick 2   257   2   Kyle Busch 1   316   3   Martin Truex Jr 1   250   4   Clint Bowyer 1   249   5   Austin Dillon 1   159   6   Joey Logano 0   278   7   Ryan Blaney 0   265   8   Brad Keselowski 0   237   9   Kurt Busch 0   224   10   Denny Hamlin 0   222   11   Kyle Larson 0   202   12   Erik Jones 0   193   13   Aric Almirola 0   177   14   Alex Bowman 0   154   15   Paul Menard 0   146   16   Ryan Newman 0   145