Race Lineup
The official 2018 Gander Outdoors 400 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Dover Motor Speedway.
Gander Outdoors 400
Sunday, October 7th, 2018
Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, DE
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- Drivers Entered: 39
- Laps Scheduled: 400
- Laps Actual: 404 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.265 Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 18 Minutes 2 Seconds
- Average Speed: 122.404
- Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
- Lead Changes: 15
- Green Flag Passes: 1,683 (4.5 passes per green flag lap)
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Interstate Batteries | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Busch Outdoors | Stewart-haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 3 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 5-hour Energy / Bass Pro Shops | Furniture Row Racing | Cole Pearn |
| 4 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Wurth | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 5 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Haas VF1 / Rush Truck Centers | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |
| 6 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Shell Pennzoil | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 7 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Haas Automation / Monster Energy | Stewart-haas Racing | Billy Scott |
| 8 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | PPG | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 9 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | NAPA Auto Parts | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 10 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Credit One Bank | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chad Johnston |
| 11 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Smithfield | Stewart-haas Racing | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 12 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Axalta | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 13 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Lowe's for Pros | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 14 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | AAA | Richard Childress Racing | Justin Alexander |
| 15 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | FedEx Express | Joe Gibbs Racing | Mike Wheeler |
| 16 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Craftsman | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 17 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Caterpillar | Richard Childress Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 18 | 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Menards / Tarkett | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 19 | 19 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ARRIS | Joe Gibbs Racing | Scott Graves |
| 20 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GEARWRENCH | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt McCall |
| 21 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | SunnyD | Rfk Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 22 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Hendrick Autoguard | Hendrick Motorsports | Darian Grubb |
| 23 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Scott Products | Jtg Daughtery Racing | Tristan Smith |
| 24 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Kroger Click List | Jtg Daughtery Racing | Trent Owens |
| 25 | 95 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | WRL General Contractors | Leavine Family Racing | Jon Leonard |
| 26 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | MDS Transport | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 27 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Love's Travel Stops | Front Row Motorsports | Derrick Finley |
| 28 | 6 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Wyndham Rewards | Rfk Racing | Matt Puccia |
| 29 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | World Wide Technology | Richard Petty Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 30 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GEICO | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 31 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Can-Am / Wholey | Go Fas Racing | Randy Cox |
| 32 | 15 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
| 33 | 72 | Corey Lajoie | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Unsponsored | Tristar Motorsports | Frank Kerr |
| 34 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | StarCom Fiber | Starcom Racing | Rick Bourgeois |
| 35 | 23 | JJ Yeley | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Unsponsored | Bk Racing | Tony Furr |
| 36 | 51 | BJ McLeod | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Jacob Companies | Rick Ware Racing | Ken Evans |
| 37 | 96 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Xtreme Concepts / iK9 | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Mark Hillman |
| 38 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Unsponsored | Motorsports Business Management | Robert Scott |
| 39 | 52 | Harrison Rhodes | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Unsponsored | Rick Ware Racing | George Church |