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GEICO 500

Sunday, April 29th, 2018

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL

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  • 19 Chevrolet
  • 14 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Margin of Victory: 0.127 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 16 Minutes 46 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 152.489
  • Cautions: 6 for 29 laps
  • Lead Changes: 25
  • Green Flag Passes: 6,932 (43.6 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.
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Race lineup for the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
START VEH # DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 4 Kevin Harvick Ford Busch Beer Flannel Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
2 41 Kurt Busch Ford Haas Automation / Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
3 78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota Bass Pro Shops/5-Hour Energy Furniture Row Racing Cole Pearn
4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express Joe Gibbs Racing Mike Wheeler
5 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
6 20 Erik Jones Toyota XYO Network Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
7 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford Fifth Third Bank Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
8 14 Clint Bowyer Ford Haas Automation Demo Days Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
9 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Todd Gordon
10 2 Brad Keselowski Ford Snap On Team Penske Paul Wolfe
11 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet Nationwide Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
12 38 David Ragan Ford Bad Boy Mowers Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
13 21 Paul Menard Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & … Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
14 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota ARRIS Joe Gibbs Racing Scott Graves
15 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet Petty's Garage / Medallion Ban… Richard Petty Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
16 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's for Pros Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
17 24 William Byron Chevrolet Liberty University Hendrick Motorsports Darian Grubb
18 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
19 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Flavor Vote Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
20 34 Michael McDowell Ford Love's Travel Stops / Roller B… Front Row Motorsports Derrick Finley
21 6 Trevor Bayne Ford AdvoCare Rfk Racing Matt Puccia
22 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet Credit One Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
23 12 Ryan Blaney Ford Menards / Richmond Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
24 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet DOW Scooper Cat Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
25 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet Degree Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
26 95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Procore Safety Certified Leavine Family Racing Travis Mack
27 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet DC Solar Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
28 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet Kroger ClickList Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
29 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet GEICO Germain Racing Matt Borland
30 62 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet Beard Oil Distributing / South Poin… Beard Oil Motorsports Darren Shaw
31 96 DJ Kennington Toyota Gaunt Brothers Racing Gaunt Brothers Racing Mark Hillman
32 92 Timothy Peters Ford Advance Auto Parts / Black's T… Rbr Enterprises Michael Hester
33 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford Can-Am/Wholey Go Fas Racing Randy Cox
34 00 Joey Gase Chevrolet Sparks Inc. Starcom Racing Tony Furr
35 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
36 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet TriStar Motorsports Tristar Motorsports Frank Kerr
37 23 Gray Gaulding Toyota Earthwater Bk Racing Rick Bourgeois
38 55 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Todd Parrott
39 Timmy Hill
40 10 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier