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2018 STP 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race number 6 of 36 Monday, March 26, 2018 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.526 mile paved track (263.000 miles) Time of race: 3:13:14 Average speed: 81.663 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 4 for 33 laps Margin of victory: 1.146 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 11 Green flag passes: 966 (2.1 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 9 14   Clint Bowyer Haas Automation Demo Day   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 500 running 215 55 5 2 2 18   Kyle Busch M&M's Caramel   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 500 running 24 50 0 3 5 12   Ryan Blaney Menards / Libman "Cleaning Since 1896"   (Roger Penske) Ford 500 running 145 52 1 4 1 78   Martin Truex Jr 5-hour Energy / Bass Pro Shops   (Barney Visser) Toyota 500 running 4 33 0 5 8 4   Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 500 running 0 42 0 6 3 22   Joey Logano Shell / Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Ford 500 running 0 35 0 7 16 88   Alex Bowman Nationwide Insurance   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 running 0 30 0 8 25 47   A.J. Allmendinger Kroger ClickList / Maxwell House Max   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 500 running 0 36 0 9 21 9   Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 running 0 28 0 10 4 2   Brad Keselowski Reese / DrawTite   (Roger Penske) Ford 500 running 1 43 0 11 11 41   Kurt Busch Haas Automation / Monster Energy   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 500 running 0 33 0 12 6 11   Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 500 running 111 41 1 13 15 21   Paul Menard Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center   (Wood Brothers) Ford 500 running 0 24 0 14 10 10   Aric Almirola Mobil 1   (Stewart Haas Racing) Ford 500 running 0 23 0 15 18 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's for Pros   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 499 running 0 24 0 16 7 42   Kyle Larson Credit One Bank / DC Solar   (Chip Ganassi) Chevrolet 499 running 0 21 0 17 13 20   Erik Jones Circle K "Take it Easy"   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 497 running 0 20 0 18 23 19   Daniel Suarez Arris   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 497 running 0 19 0 19 14 31   Ryan Newman eBay Motors   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 497 running 0 18 0 20 20 24   William Byron Liberty University   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 497 running 0 17 0 21 24 34   Michael McDowell A&W All American Food   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 497 running 0 16 0 22 32 13   Ty Dillon GEICO   (Germain Racing) Chevrolet 496 running 0 15 0 23 22 37   Chris Buescher Bush's Beans / Hidden Valley / Energizer   (JTG-Daugherty Racing) Chevrolet 496 running 0 14 0 24 29 95   Kasey Kahne WRL General Contractors   (Leavine Family Racing) Chevrolet 496 running 0 13 0 25 28 38   David Ragan MDS Transport   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 495 running 0 12 0 26 26 1   Jamie McMurray First Data / Clover   (Chip Ganassi) Chevrolet 495 running 0 11 0 27 35 72   Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports   (Bryan Smith) Chevrolet 493 running 0 10 0 28 37 96   D.J. Kennington Gordon Brothers   (Gaunt Brothers) Toyota 493 running 0 9 0 29 33 15   Ross Chastain ChampionMachinery.com   (Jay Robinson) Chevrolet 493 running 0 0 0 30 12 3   Austin Dillon American Ethanol E15   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 493 running 0 7 0 31 38 55   J.J. Yeley Adirondack Tree Surgeons   (Jay Robinson) Chevrolet 493 running 0 0 0 32 31 32   Matt DiBenedetto Can-Am / Wholey   (Archie St. Hilaire) Ford 488 running 0 5 0 33 27 6   Trevor Bayne AdvoCare   (Jack Roush) Ford 486 running 0 4 0 34 19 43   Bubba Wallace STP   (Richard Petty Motorsports) Chevrolet 486 running 0 3 0 35 30 51   Harrison Rhodes Custom Aircraft Cabinets   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 482 running 0 2 0 36 34 23   Gray Gaulding Earthwater   (BK Racing) Toyota 481 running 0 1 0 37 17 17   Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fastenal   (Jack Roush) Ford 481 running 0 1 0 38 36 00   Landon Cassill USFRA.org / Starcom Fiber   (StarCom Racing) Chevrolet 211 rear gear 0 0 0 Top 10 in Stage 1: #11, 2, 12, 18, 14, 4, 47, 41, 22, 48 Top 10 in Stage 2: #12, 14, 18, 2, 11, 4, 41, 47, 22, 48

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 17 backup car Gray Gaulding 23 inspection infraction Michael McDowell 34 unapproved adjustments Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 51 51     52 56 5   competition #55 57 131 75     132 142 11   end of stage 1 #1 143 261 119     262 271 10   end of stage 2 #9 272 384 113     385 391 7   #1,3 accident turn 2 #9 392 500 109       Percent of race run under caution: 6.6%             Average green flag run: 93.4 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Martin Truex, Jr. 1 4 4   Kyle Busch 5 26 22   Denny Hamlin 27 51 25   Kyle Busch 52 52 1   Denny Hamlin 53 135 83   Brad Keselowski 136 136 1   Ryan Blaney 137 142 6   Denny Hamlin 143 145 3   Ryan Blaney 146 284 139   Clint Bowyer 285 385 101   Kyle Busch 386 386 1   Clint Bowyer 387 500 114 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Kyle Busch 257     2   Martin Truex Jr 249   -8   3   Ryan Blaney 233   -24   4   Joey Logano 232   -25   5   Brad Keselowski 226   -31   6   Denny Hamlin 217   -40   7   Kevin Harvick 212   -45   8   Clint Bowyer 210   -47   9   Kyle Larson 195   -62   10   Kurt Busch 177   -80   11   Aric Almirola 171   -86   12   Erik Jones 152   -105   13   Austin Dillon 148   -109   14   Alex Bowman 145   -112   15   Paul Menard 139   -118   16   Ryan Newman 135   -122   17   Jimmie Johnson 121   -136   18   Chase Elliott 115   -142   19   A.J. Allmendinger 110   -147   20   William Byron 108   -149   20   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 108   -149   Playoff standings after this race: Rank Driver Wins Points 1   Kevin Harvick 2   212   2   Martin Truex Jr 1   249   3   Clint Bowyer 1   210   4   Austin Dillon 1   148   5   Kyle Busch 0   257   6   Ryan Blaney 0   233   7   Joey Logano 0   232   8   Brad Keselowski 0   226   9   Denny Hamlin 0   217   10   Kyle Larson 0   195   11   Kurt Busch 0   177   12   Aric Almirola 0   171   13   Erik Jones 0   152   14   Alex Bowman 0   145   15   Paul Menard 0   139   16   Ryan Newman 0   135