NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2018 0 2018-05-19 2018-05-19 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/y2mst41530551882.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/iyzcy71530551856.jpg The Monster Energy Open will be three stages set at 20, 20 and 10 laps respectively. Each stage winner will advance to the evening's main event. Alex Bowman passed pole-sitter Aric Almirola on Lap 12 and drove away to win Stage 1, Daniel Suarez and Chase Elliott went back-and-forth, but it was Suarez who reclaimed the lead from Elliott on Lap 35 en route to the Stage 2 victory. AJ Allmendinger passed Chase Elliott on the second-to-last lap of Saturday’s Monster Energy Open at Charlotte Motor Speedway to win the final stage and transfer to Saturday’s main event, the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race. 576851