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The official 2018 Bojangles' Southern 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Darlington Raceway.

Bojangles' Southern 500

Sunday, September 2nd, 2018

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

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  • 20 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 8 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: 01.224 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 48 Minutes 54 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 131.408
  • Cautions: 6 for 35 laps
  • Lead Changes: 7
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,264 (6.8 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 173.571 28.332 0.000 FedEx Throwback Joe Gibbs Racing Mike Wheeler
2 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 173.411 28.358 0.026 DC Solar Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
3 78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 173.204 28.392 0.060 Bass Pro Shops / 5-Hour Energy Furniture Row Racing Cole Pearn
4 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 173.155 28.400 0.068 LLumar Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 173.064 28.415 0.083 Skittles 1998 Retro Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
6 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 172.832 28.453 0.121 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
7 20 Erik Jones Toyota 172.511 28.506 0.174 Sports Clips Throwback Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
8 22 Joey Logano Ford 172.505 28.507 0.175 Pennzoil Team Penske Todd Gordon
9 41 Kurt Busch Ford 172.336 28.535 0.203 Haas Automation Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
10 24 William Byron Chevrolet 172.245 28.550 0.218 AXALTA Throwback Hendrick Motorsports Darian Grubb
11 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 171.381 28.694 0.362 NAPA Throwback Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
12 10 Aric Almirola Ford 170.030 28.922 0.590 Smithfield Helping Hungry Homes Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
13 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 172.790 28.460 0.128 Miller Genuine Draft Team Penske Paul Wolfe
14 21 Paul Menard Ford 172.517 28.505 0.173 Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & … Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
15 6 Matt Kenseth Ford 172.475 28.512 0.180 Oscar Mayer Rfk Racing Matt Puccia
16 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 172.408 28.523 0.191 ARRIS Joe Gibbs Racing Scott Graves
17 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 172.263 28.547 0.215 Carolina Ford Dealers Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
18 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 172.034 28.585 0.253 American Ethanol e15 Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
19 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 171.818 28.621 0.289 Bush's Beans Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
20 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 171.734 28.635 0.303 Lowe's Throwback Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
21 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 171.566 28.663 0.331 Menards / Duracell Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
22 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 171.542 28.667 0.335 Busch Beer Throwback Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
23 38 David Ragan Ford 170.691 28.810 0.478 Citgard 700 Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
24 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 170.572 28.830 0.498 Kroger Click List Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 172.917 28.439 0.107 John Deere Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
26 34 Michael McDowell Ford 172.881 28.445 0.113 Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Derrick Finley
27 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 172.614 28.489 0.157 STP Richard Petty Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
28 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 172.293 28.542 0.210 GEICO Germain Racing Matt Borland
29 95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 172.034 28.585 0.253 Dumont JETS Leavine Family Racing Jon Leonard
30 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 171.812 28.622 0.290 Keen Parts / CorvetteParts.Net Go Fas Racing Randy Cox
31 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 170.637 28.819 0.487 McDonald's 50 Years of Big Mac Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
32 52 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 170.430 28.854 0.522 Trading View Rick Ware Racing Ken Evans
33 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 169.994 28.928 0.596 Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
34 72 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 169.042 29.091 0.759 Unsponsored Tristar Motorsports Frank Kerr
35 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 167.665 29.330 0.998 StarCom Fiber Starcom Racing Rick Bourgeois
36 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 163.822 30.018 1.686 Unsponsored Motorsports Business Management Robert Scott
37 51 BJ McLeod Chevrolet 163.713 30.038 1.706 Jacob Companies Rick Ware Racing Ken Evans
38 99 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 160.381 30.662 2.330 Bojangle's Starcom Racing Wayne Carroll Jr
39 23 Joey Gase Toyota 154.734 31.781 3.449 Sparks Energy Bk Racing Tony Furr
40 96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 0.000 0.000 28.332 Xtreme Concepts Gaunt Brothers Racing Mark Hillman