CUP Series Talladega Superspeedway

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The official 2018 GEICO 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Talladega Superspeedway.

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)
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Race lineup for the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 194.448 49.247 0.000 Busch Beer Flannel Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
2 41 Kurt Busch Ford 194.082 49.340 0.093 Haas Automation / Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
3 78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 193.525 49.482 0.235 Bass Pro Shops/5-Hour Energy Furniture Row Racing Cole Pearn
4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 192.936 49.633 0.386 FedEx Express Joe Gibbs Racing Mike Wheeler
5 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 192.754 49.680 0.433 NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
6 20 Erik Jones Toyota 192.730 49.686 0.439 XYO Network Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
7 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 191.904 49.900 0.653 Fifth Third Bank Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
8 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 191.723 49.947 0.700 Haas Automation Demo Days Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
9 22 Joey Logano Ford 191.643 49.968 0.721 Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Todd Gordon
10 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 191.344 50.046 0.799 Snap On Team Penske Paul Wolfe
11 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 191.248 50.071 0.824 Nationwide Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
12 38 David Ragan Ford 191.088 50.113 0.866 Bad Boy Mowers Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
13 21 Paul Menard Ford 191.486 50.009 0.762 Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & … Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
14 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 191.478 50.011 0.764 ARRIS Joe Gibbs Racing Scott Graves
15 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 191.313 50.054 0.807 Petty's Garage / Medallion Ban… Richard Petty Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
16 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 191.260 50.068 0.821 Lowe's for Pros Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
17 24 William Byron Chevrolet 191.187 50.087 0.840 Liberty University Hendrick Motorsports Darian Grubb
18 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 191.111 50.107 0.860 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
19 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 191.103 50.109 0.862 M&M's Flavor Vote Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
20 34 Michael McDowell Ford 190.993 50.138 0.891 Love's Travel Stops / Roller B… Front Row Motorsports Derrick Finley
21 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 190.985 50.140 0.893 AdvoCare Rfk Racing Matt Puccia
22 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 190.943 50.151 0.904 Credit One Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
23 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 190.495 50.269 1.022 Menards / Richmond Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
24 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 190.140 50.363 1.116 DOW Scooper Cat Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
25 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 189.797 50.454 1.207 Degree Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
26 95 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 189.767 50.462 1.215 Procore Safety Certified Leavine Family Racing Travis Mack
27 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 189.721 50.474 1.227 DC Solar Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
28 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 189.714 50.476 1.229 Kroger ClickList Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
29 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 188.645 50.762 1.515 GEICO Germain Racing Matt Borland
30 62 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 188.630 50.766 1.519 Beard Oil Distributing / South Poin… Beard Oil Motorsports Darren Shaw
31 96 DJ Kennington Toyota 187.232 51.145 1.898 Gaunt Brothers Racing Gaunt Brothers Racing Mark Hillman
32 92 Timothy Peters Ford 187.068 51.190 1.943 Advance Auto Parts / Black's T… Rbr Enterprises Michael Hester
33 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 186.598 51.319 2.072 Can-Am/Wholey Go Fas Racing Randy Cox
34 00 Joey Gase Chevrolet 186.000 51.484 2.237 Sparks Inc. Starcom Racing Tony Furr
35 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 185.711 51.564 2.317 Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
36 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 185.187 51.710 2.463 TriStar Motorsports Tristar Motorsports Frank Kerr
37 23 Gray Gaulding Toyota 183.793 52.102 2.855 Earthwater Bk Racing Rick Bourgeois
38 55 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 182.846 52.372 3.125 Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Todd Parrott
39 Timmy Hill 181.891 52.647 3.400
40 10 Aric Almirola Ford 175.372 54.604 5.357 Smithfield Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier