Results
PPG 400
Friday, June 8th, 2018
Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
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- Texas Motor Speedway
- 22nd Annual PPG 400
- Pole Winner: Stewart Friesen
- Age: 34
- Team : No. 52 - We Build America Chevrolet
- Owner: Halmar Friesen Racing
- Crew Chief: Trip Bruce
- Stewart Friesen won the Pole Award for the 22nd Annual PPG 400 with a lap of 29.173 seconds, 185.103 mph.
- This is his second pole in 33 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his first pole and eighth top-10 start in 2018.
- This is his first pole in three races at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Todd Gilliland (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2018 and his first in his series debut at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Noah Gragson (third) posted his third top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his seventh in eight races this season.
- Todd Gilliland (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 33
- Laps Scheduled: 167
- Margin of Victory: 0.092 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 9 Minutes 57 Seconds
- Average Speed: 115.660
- Cautions: 9 for 44 laps
- Lead Changes: 12
- Green Flag Passes: 635 (5.2 passes per green flag lap)
- Texas Motor Speedway
- 22nd Annual PPG 400
- Race Winner: Johnny Sauter
- Age: 40
- Team : No. 21 - ISM Connect Chevrolet
- Owner: GMS Racing
- Crew Chief: Joe Shear Jr.
- Johnny Sauter won the 22nd Annual PPG 400, his 21st victory in 229 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his fourth victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2018.
- This is his fifth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 20 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Stewart Friesen (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2018.
- Justin Haley (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Todd Gilliland (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Johnny Sauter leads the point standings by 77 points over Noah Gragson.
- Tonight's race with a margin of victory of 0.092 second is the closest MOV in series history at Texas Motor Speedway. The previous record was the 6/9/2006 race with a MOV of 0.116 second.
- Sauter becomes just the third driver in series history to win four or more races in the first eight races of the season joining Kyle Busch (five in 2014 and four in 2011) and Mike Skinner (four in 1995).
Race weekend links appear as data becomes available.
| FIN | ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | TOT PTS | FIN PTS | STG PTS | PO PTS | LAPS | LED | X LED | S1 | S2 | STATUS |
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| 15 | 16 | 8 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 1 | 5 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | Chevrolet | 54 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 167 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 9 | Running |
| 27 | 29 | 15 | Reed Sorenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Overheating | |
| 21 | 30 | 6 | Norm Benning | Chevrolet | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 4 | 8 | 98 | Grant Enfinger | Ford | 44 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 167 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Running |
| 5 | 9 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Ford | 42 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | Running |
| 18 | 7 | 16 | Brett Moffitt | Toyota | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 29 | 26 | 83 | Bayley Currey | Chevrolet | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Accident |
| 3 | 10 | 24 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet | 45 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 167 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Running |
| 13 | 22 | 02 | Austin Hill | Chevrolet | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Running |
| 23 | 13 | 13 | Myatt Snider | Ford | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | Accident |
| 10 | 3 | 18 | Noah Gragson | Toyota | 31 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 167 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Running |
| 25 | 23 | 33 | Josh Reaume | Toyota | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Engine |
| 22 | 21 | 7 | Korbin Forrister | Toyota | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 31 | 24 | 0 | Camden Murphy | Chevrolet | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Electrical |
| 32 | 32 | 50 | Todd Peck | Chevrolet | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Electrical |
| 19 | 17 | 3 | Jordan Anderson | Chevrolet | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Oil Cooler |
| 2 | 1 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Chevrolet | 55 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 167 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Running |
| 16 | 11 | 41 | Ben Rhodes | Ford | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 20 | 25 | 68 | Clay Greenfield | Chevrolet | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 24 | 31 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Chevrolet | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Accident |
| 7 | 20 | 20 | Tyler Young | Chevrolet | 35 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Running |
| 12 | 19 | 49 | Wendell Chavous | Chevrolet | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 8 | 14 | 2 | Cody Coughlin | Chevrolet | 35 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 28 | 25 | Dalton Sargeant | Chevrolet | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 17 | 15 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self | Chevrolet | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Running |
| 28 | 27 | 63 | Kyle Donahue | Chevrolet | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Overheating |
| 30 | 18 | 45 | Justin Fontaine | Chevrolet | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Accident |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Todd Gilliland | Toyota | 39 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 167 | 62 | 3 | 9 | 5 | Running |
| 26 | 12 | 17 | Bo LeMastus | Toyota | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | Accident |
| 14 | 6 | 54 | Chris Eggleston | Toyota | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 9 | 4 | 51 | Spencer Davis | Toyota | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 167 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Running |
Race Infractions
Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.
| Driver | Infraction | Penalty | Lap | Lap Assessed | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Sargeant | Pre-Race to the rear unapproved adjustments | tail end | 0 | 0 | White |
| Todd Peck | Pre-Race to the rear unapproved adjustments | tail end | 0 | 0 | White |
| Korbin Forrister | Speed-Entering pits | pass thru / tail end | 6 | 11 | Green/Yellow |
| Justin Fontaine | Pitting before pit road is open garage | tail end | 7 | 0 | Yellow |
| Bayley Currey | Pitting before pit road is open garage | tail end | 12 | 0 | Yellow |
| Brett Moffitt | Pitting before pit road is open | tail end | 29 | 33 | Yellow |
| Korbin Forrister | Pitting before pit road is open | tail end | 30 | 33 | Yellow |
| Korbin Forrister | Speed-Entering pits | tail end | 30 | 33 | Yellow |
| Norm Benning | Pitting before pit road is open | tail end | 42 | 46 | Yellow |
| Norm Benning | Disobeying a NASCAR request taking fuel 2nd time as free pass truck | 1 lap | 45 | 45 | Yellow |
| Norm Benning | Pitting before pit road is open | tail end | 75 | 79 | Yellow |
| Jennifer Jo Cobb | Outside half of the pit box tire violation/Team member not in contact with the outside tires | tail end | 77 | 79 | Yellow |
| Austin Wayne Self | Speed-Entering pits | pass thru | 89 | 92 | Green |
| Austin Wayne Self | Speed-Entering pits | stop and go | 92 | 94 | Green |
| Brett Moffitt | Pitting before pit road is open | tail end | 150 | 154 | Yellow |
| Jordan Anderson | Pitting before pit road is open garage | tail end | 159 | 0 | Yellow |