Race Lineup
The official 2018 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Texas Motor Speedway.
O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
Sunday, April 8th, 2018
Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
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- Drivers Entered: 38
- Laps Scheduled: 334
- Margin of Victory: 0.300 Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 32 Minutes 7 Seconds
- Average Speed: 141.714
- Cautions: 8 for 48 laps
- Lead Changes: 16
- Green Flag Passes: 1,776 (6.2 passes per green flag lap)
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Ford | 197.368 | 27.360 | 0.000 | Haas Automation / Monster Energy | Stewart-haas Racing | Billy Scott |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 197.116 | 27.395 | 0.035 | Busch Light | Stewart-haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 3 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 196.829 | 27.435 | 0.075 | Mobil 1 / Rush Truck Centers | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |
| 4 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 196.600 | 27.467 | 0.107 | Menards / Richmond | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 5 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 196.257 | 27.515 | 0.155 | FedEx Office | Joe Gibbs Racing | Mike Wheeler |
| 6 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 195.979 | 27.554 | 0.194 | 5-Hour Energy / Bass Pro Shops | Furniture Row Racing | Cole Pearn |
| 7 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 195.922 | 27.562 | 0.202 | Shell Pennzoil | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 195.773 | 27.583 | 0.223 | Interstate Batteries | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 195.603 | 27.607 | 0.247 | Lowe's for Pros | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 10 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 195.030 | 27.688 | 0.328 | Credit One Bank | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chad Johnston |
| 11 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 195.023 | 27.689 | 0.329 | Miller Lite | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 12 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 194.995 | 27.693 | 0.333 | Smithfield | Stewart-haas Racing | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 13 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 194.840 | 27.715 | 0.355 | Performance Plus | Rfk Racing | Matt Puccia |
| 14 | 19 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | 194.812 | 27.719 | 0.359 | Stanley / Children's Miracle N… | Joe Gibbs Racing | Scott Graves |
| 15 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 194.763 | 27.726 | 0.366 | Click n' Close | Richard Petty Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 16 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 194.742 | 27.729 | 0.369 | Nationwide | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 17 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 194.546 | 27.757 | 0.397 | Symbicort | Richard Childress Racing | Justin Alexander |
| 18 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 194.539 | 27.758 | 0.398 | Bush's Beans | Jtg Daughtery Racing | Trent Owens |
| 19 | 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 194.426 | 27.774 | 0.414 | Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 20 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 194.321 | 27.789 | 0.429 | NAPA Auto Parts | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 21 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 194.175 | 27.810 | 0.450 | Reser's | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 22 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 193.952 | 27.842 | 0.482 | Kroger ClickList | Jtg Daughtery Racing | Tristan Smith |
| 23 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 193.819 | 27.861 | 0.501 | GEICO | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 24 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 193.736 | 27.873 | 0.513 | Cessna | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt McCall |
| 25 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 193.514 | 27.905 | 0.545 | Grainger | Richard Childress Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 26 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 193.458 | 27.913 | 0.553 | SunnyD | Rfk Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 27 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 193.417 | 27.919 | 0.559 | Love's Travel Stops | Front Row Motorsports | Derrick Finley |
| 28 | 95 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 192.651 | 28.030 | 0.670 | Procore | Leavine Family Racing | Travis Mack |
| 29 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 192.294 | 28.082 | 0.722 | 1000Bulbs.com | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 30 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | 191.598 | 28.184 | 0.824 | Can-Am / Wholey | Go Fas Racing | Randy Cox |
| 31 | 15 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 190.644 | 28.325 | 0.965 | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
| 32 | 23 | Gray Gaulding | Toyota | 189.016 | 28.569 | 1.209 | Earthwater | Bk Racing | Rick Bourgeois |
| 33 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 188.193 | 28.694 | 1.334 | Liberty University | Hendrick Motorsports | Darian Grubb |
| 34 | 72 | Cole Whitt | Chevrolet | 186.445 | 28.963 | 1.603 | Rinnai | Tristar Motorsports | Frank Kerr |
| 35 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 178.359 | 30.276 | 2.916 | USFRA.org | Starcom Racing | Tony Furr |
| 36 | Harrison Rhodes | 164.991 | 32.729 | 5.369 | |||||
| 37 | 55 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 27.360 | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Todd Parrott |