Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

Date
Sat 18th August 2018 (UTC)

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Season
2018

Round
24

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Location
Bristol Motor Speedway

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Description

The 2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 18, 2018 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the .533-mile (0.858 km) short track, it was the 24th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Starting on the inside lane, Busch grabbed the lead from Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Clint Bowyer on a Lap 478 restart, after Brad Keselowski’s flat-tire-induced spin caused the sixth caution of the night. The driver of the No. 41 Ford survived another restart on Lap 488, with Kyle Larson surging into second place on 30-lap better tires. But even with fresher rubber, Larson couldn’t catch Busch, who crossed the finish line .367 seconds ahead of the runner-up car.
Chase Elliott ran third, followed by Joey Logano and Erik Jones, as Bowyer slipped to sixth at the finish.
The victory was Busch’s sixth at the .533-mile short track and the 30th of his career, 26th on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series all-time list. The win was the 10th in 24 races for Stewart-Haas. Kurt and Kyle Busch are the first pair of brothers to reach 30 victories each at NASCAR’s highest level.

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Result List

Result Description
Position/Driver/manufacturer/Laps/LapsLed/Points/PlayoffPoints

1/KurtBusch/Ford/500/24/46/5
2/KyleLarson/Chevrolet/500/17/48/0
3/ChaseElliott/Chevrolet/500/112/50/0
4/JoeyLogano/Ford/500/9/45/1
5/ErikJones/Toyota/500/0/39/0
6/ClintBowyer/Ford/500/120/44/0
7/RyanBlaney/Ford/500/121/46/1
8/AlexBowman/Chevrolet/500/0/30/0
9/JimmieJohnson/Chevrolet/500/0/32/0
10/KevinHarvick/Ford/500/8/36/0

Drivers' Championship standings after the race

1/ Kyle Busch/ 1,003
2/Kevin Harvick/ 960
3/ Martin Truex Jr./ 849
4/ Kurt Busch/ 796
5/ Clint Bowyer/ 776
6/ Joey Logano/ 768
7/ Ryan Blaney/ 733
8/ Brad Keselowski/ 730
9/ Kyle Larson/ 729
10/Denny Hamlin/ 707

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