Race Lineup

The official 2018 Quaker State 400 by Walmart NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Kentucky Speedway.

Quaker State 400 by Walmart

Saturday, July 14th, 2018

Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY

  • 19 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 267
  • Margin of Victory: 01.901 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 39 Minutes 43 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 150.454
  • Cautions: 4 for 22 laps
  • Lead Changes: 14
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,728 (7.1 passes per green flag lap)
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
Daytona Beach, Florida - January 29, 2023 : The NASCAR Garage 56 car is seen on display during the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
James GilbertGetty Images
Race lineup for the Quaker State 400 by Walmart at Kentucky Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 188.890 28.588 0.000 Auto-Owners Insurance Furniture Row Racing Cole Pearn
2 20 Erik Jones Toyota 188.739 28.611 0.023 Freightliner Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
3 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 188.547 28.640 0.052 Busch Light Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
4 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 188.390 28.664 0.076 Discount Tire Team Penske Paul Wolfe
5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 188.206 28.692 0.104 Snickers Intense Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
6 21 Paul Menard Ford 188.121 28.705 0.117 Menards / Quaker State Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
7 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 187.944 28.732 0.144 DEX Imaging Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
8 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 187.696 28.770 0.182 Haas 30 Years of the VF1 Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
9 41 Kurt Busch Ford 187.630 28.780 0.192 Monster Energy / Haas Automation Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
10 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 187.071 28.866 0.278 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
11 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 187.000 28.877 0.289 ARRIS Joe Gibbs Racing Scott Graves
12 10 Aric Almirola Ford 186.884 28.895 0.307 Smithfield Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
13 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 187.169 28.851 0.263 AAA Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 187.071 28.866 0.278 Fifth Third Bank Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
15 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 186.625 28.935 0.347 Axalta Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
16 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 186.548 28.947 0.359 NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
17 6 Matt Kenseth Ford 186.522 28.951 0.363 Performance Plus Motor Oil Rfk Racing Matt Puccia
18 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 186.342 28.979 0.391 Credit One Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
19 22 Joey Logano Ford 186.329 28.981 0.393 Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Todd Gordon
20 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 186.181 29.004 0.416 Gain Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
21 24 William Byron Chevrolet 186.143 29.010 0.422 Liberty University Hendrick Motorsports Darian Grubb
22 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 185.886 29.050 0.462 Artic Cat Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
23 34 Michael McDowell Ford 185.465 29.116 0.528 Love's Travel Stops / Roller B… Front Row Motorsports Derrick Finley
24 38 David Ragan Ford 184.716 29.234 0.646 MDS Transport Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
25 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 184.533 29.263 0.675 Petty's Garage \ Medallion Ban… Richard Petty Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
26 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 184.483 29.271 0.683 Kroger ClickList Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
27 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 184.420 29.281 0.693 Lowe's / Jimmy Johnson Foundat… Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
28 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 182.846 29.533 0.945 GEICO Germain Racing Matt Borland
29 95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 182.543 29.582 0.994 Dark Matter presented by Ionomy Leavine Family Racing Jon Leonard
30 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 181.178 29.805 1.217 Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
31 72 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 180.385 29.936 1.348 Monarch Tristar Motorsports Frank Kerr
32 23 JJ Yeley Toyota 179.868 30.022 1.434 Steakhouse Elite Bk Racing Tony Furr
33 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 179.104 30.150 1.562 StarCom Fiber Starcom Racing Rick Bourgeois
34 51 BJ McLeod Chevrolet 177.883 30.357 1.769 Prefund Capital Rick Ware Racing Ken Evans
35 99 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 176.188 30.649 2.061 Victory Lane Quick Oil Change Starcom Racing Jonas Bell
36 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 0.000 0.000 28.588 FedEx Office Joe Gibbs Racing Mike Wheeler
37 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 0.000 0.000 28.588 Keen Parts / CorvetteParts.net Go Fas Racing Randy Cox
38 7 Jesse Little Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 28.588 Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Todd Parrott
39 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 0.000 0.000 28.588 CrashClaimsR.us Motorsports Business Management Robert Scott