Race Lineup

The official 2018 AAA Texas 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Texas Motor Speedway.

AAA Texas 500

Sunday, November 4th, 2018

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

  • 19 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 9 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 334
  • Laps Actual: 337 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.447 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 21 Minutes 27 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 150.558
  • Cautions: 8 for 37 laps
  • Lead Changes: 16
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,902 (6.3 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 200.505 26.932 0.000 Acella / Carlisle Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
2 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 200.230 26.969 0.037 Rush Truck Centers / Mobil Delvac 1 Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
3 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 199.941 27.008 0.076 Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
4 10 Aric Almirola Ford 199.778 27.030 0.098 Smithfield Spirals Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
5 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 199.527 27.064 0.132 Wurth Team Penske Paul Wolfe
6 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 199.255 27.101 0.169 FedEx Office Joe Gibbs Racing Mike Wheeler
7 41 Kurt Busch Ford 199.225 27.105 0.173 State Water Heaters Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
8 22 Joey Logano Ford 199.086 27.124 0.192 AAA Insurance Team Penske Todd Gordon
9 24 William Byron Chevrolet 199.071 27.126 0.194 Hendrick Autoguard Hendrick Motorsports Darian Grubb
10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 198.705 27.176 0.244 M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
11 21 Paul Menard Ford 197.954 27.279 0.347 Menards / Cardell Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
12 20 Erik Jones Toyota 197.853 27.293 0.361 Sport Clips Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
13 78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 197.962 27.278 0.346 Bass Pro Shops / 5-hour Energy Furniture Row Racing Cole Pearn
14 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 197.925 27.283 0.351 Caterpillar Next Gen Excavator Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
15 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 197.715 27.312 0.380 AdvoCare Rehydrate Rfk Racing Matt Puccia
16 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 197.686 27.316 0.384 Kelley Blue Book Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
17 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 197.592 27.329 0.397 Fastenal Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
18 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 197.542 27.336 0.404 Axalta Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
19 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 197.397 27.356 0.424 ARRIS Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
20 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 197.383 27.358 0.426 Sherwin-Williams Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
21 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 197.087 27.399 0.467 Clorox Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
22 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 196.815 27.437 0.505 DC Solar Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 196.728 27.449 0.517 Lowe's Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
24 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 196.514 27.479 0.547 GEICO Military Germain Racing Matt Borland
25 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 196.007 27.550 0.618 Kroger Click List Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
26 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 195.327 27.646 0.714 Dow NORKOOL Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
27 38 David Ragan Ford 195.221 27.661 0.729 MDS Transport Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
28 95 Regan Smith Chevrolet 194.749 27.728 0.796 Procore Leavine Family Racing Jon Leonard
29 34 Michael McDowell Ford 194.475 27.767 0.835 Love's / Luber Finer Front Row Motorsports Derrick Finley
30 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 194.398 27.778 0.846 Unsponsored Richard Petty Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
31 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 192.404 28.066 1.134 Can-Am / Wholey Go Fas Racing Randy Cox
32 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 191.843 28.148 1.216 Brookshire's Starcom Racing Rick Bourgeois
33 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 191.299 28.228 1.296 Low T Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
34 96 Parker Kligerman Toyota 191.110 28.256 1.324 Gaunt Brothers Racing Gaunt Brothers Racing Mark Hillman
35 23 JJ Yeley Toyota 190.268 28.381 1.449 Unsponsored Bk Racing Tony Furr
36 99 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 189.221 28.538 1.606 StarCom Fiber Starcom Racing Wayne Carroll Jr
37 72 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 188.824 28.598 1.666 Gas Monkey Garage Tristar Motorsports Wally Rogers
38 7 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 187.598 28.785 1.853 Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Peter Sospenzo
39 51 Joey Gase Chevrolet 183.076 29.496 2.564 Jacob Companies Rick Ware Racing Ken Evans
40 97 David Starr Toyota 181.305 29.784 2.852 Unsponsored Obaika Racing Dan Stillman