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| 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race | |
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| Header1: | Race details[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] |
| Label3: | Date |
| Label4: | Location |
| Data4: | Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina |
| Label5: | Course |
| Data5: | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
| Label6: | Distance |
| Data6: | Open: 50 laps, 75miles All-Star Race: 93 laps, 139.5miles |
| Label7: | Avg Speed |
| Data7: | Open: 98.72mph All-Star Race: 84.688mph |
| Label8: | Weather |
| Header9: | Monster Energy Open |
| Label10: | Pole |
| Data10: | Aric Almirola (Stewart-Haas Racing) |
| Label11: | Time |
| Data11: | N/A |
| Label12: | Winner (segment 1) |
| Data12: | Alex Bowman (Hendrick Motorsports) |
| Label13: | Winner (segment 2) |
| Data13: | Daniel Suárez (Joe Gibbs Racing) |
| Label14: | Winner (segment 3) |
| Data14: | A. J. Allmendinger (JTG Daugherty Racing) |
| Label15: | Fan Vote winners |
| Data15: | Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports) |
| Header16: | Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race |
| Label17: | Pole |
| Data17: | Matt Kenseth (Roush Fenway Racing) |
| Label18: | Time |
| Data18: | 127.644 |
| Label19: | Most laps led |
| Data19: | Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing) |
| Label20: | Laps led |
| Data20: | 36 |
| Label21: | Winner |
| Data21: | Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing) |
| Header22: | Television |
| Label23: | Network |
| Data23: | FS1 |
| Label24: | Announcers |
| Data24: | Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip |
| Label25: | Nielsen ratings |
| Data25: | 1.5 (Overnight)[10] |
| Header26: | Radio |
| Label27: | Network |
| Data27: | Motor Racing Network |
| Label28: | Announcers |
| Data28: | Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace (Booth) Dave Moody (1 & 2) Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) (Turns) |
The 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXIV) was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race held on May 19, 2018 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 93 laps -- extended from 80 laps due to an overtime finish, it was the second exhibition race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
The All-Star Race was open to race winners from last season through the 2018 KC Masterpiece 400 at Kansas Speedway and all previous All-Star race winners and Monster Race NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2018 were eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.
| Driver | Team | Manufacturer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Chevrolet | |||
| 9 | Chevrolet | |||
| 10 | Ford | |||
| 13 | Chevrolet | |||
| 15 | Ross Chastain (i) | Chevrolet | ||
| 19 | Toyota | |||
| 20 | Toyota | |||
| 21 | Ford | |||
| 23 | Toyota | |||
| 24 | William Byron (R) | Chevrolet | ||
| 32 | Ford | |||
| 34 | Ford | |||
| 37 | Chevrolet | |||
| 38 | Ford | |||
| 43 | Bubba Wallace (R) | Chevrolet | ||
| 47 | Chevrolet | |||
| 51 | B. J. McLeod (i) | Chevrolet | ||
| 55 | Chevrolet | |||
| 66 | Timmy Hill (i) | Toyota | ||
| 72 | Chevrolet | |||
| 88 | Chevrolet | |||
| Official entry list | ||||
| Driver | Team | Manufacturer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevrolet | |||
| 2 | Ford | |||
| 3 | Chevrolet | |||
| 4 | Ford | |||
| 6 | Ford | |||
| 11 | Toyota | |||
| 12 | Ford | |||
| 14 | Ford | |||
| 17 | Ford | |||
| 18 | Toyota | |||
| 22 | Ford | |||
| 31 | Chevrolet | |||
| 41 | Ford | |||
| 42 | Chevrolet | |||
| 48 | Chevrolet | |||
| 78 | Toyota | |||
| 95 | Chevrolet | |||
| Official entry list | ||||
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the Open/All-Star practice session with a time of 31.689 seconds and a speed of 170.406mph.[11]
| Pos | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 31.689 | 170.406 | ||||
| 2 | 41 | 31.858 | 169.502 | ||||
| 3 | 11 | 31.872 | 169.428 | ||||
| Official Monster Energy Open/All-Star practice results | |||||||
Open qualifying for Friday was cancelled due to weather and Aric Almirola was awarded the pole as a result.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Ford | |||||
| 2 | 20 | Toyota | |||||
| 3 | 88 | Chevrolet | |||||
| 4 | 9 | Chevrolet | |||||
| 5 | 21 | Ford | |||||
| 6 | 24 | William Byron (R) | Chevrolet | ||||
| 7 | 19 | Toyota | |||||
| 8 | 43 | Bubba Wallace (R) | Chevrolet | ||||
| 9 | 47 | Chevrolet | |||||
| 10 | 38 | Ford | |||||
| 11 | 37 | Chevrolet | |||||
| 12 | 34 | Ford | |||||
| 13 | 32 | Ford | |||||
| 14 | 13 | Chevrolet | |||||
| 15 | 72 | Chevrolet | |||||
| 16 | 15 | Ross Chastain (i) | |||||
| 17 | 00 | Chevrolet | |||||
| 18 | 23 | Toyota | |||||
| 19 | 51 | B. J. McLeod (i) | Chevrolet | ||||
| 20 | 55 | Chevrolet | |||||
| 21 | 66 | Timmy Hill (i) | Toyota | ||||
| Official Open starting lineup | |||||||
Matt Kenseth scored the pole for the race with a time of 127.644 and a speed of 126.915mph.[12]
| Pos | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Ford | 127.644 | |||
| 2 | 17 | Ford | 128.137 | |||
| 3 | 14 | Ford | 128.334 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Ford | 128.741 | |||
| 5 | 78 | Toyota | 128.944 | |||
| 6 | 12 | Ford | 129.072 | |||
| 7 | 18 | Toyota | 129.159 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Ford | 129.639 | |||
| 9 | 3 | Chevrolet | 129.872 | |||
| 10 | 22 | Ford | 130.501 | |||
| 11 | 48 | Chevrolet | 131.043 | |||
| 12 | 1 | Chevrolet | 131.595 | |||
| 13 | 31 | Chevrolet | 133.850 | |||
| 14 | 11 | Toyota | 135.866 | |||
| 15 | 41 | Ford | 135.996 | |||
| 16 | 42 | Chevrolet | 137.776 | |||
| 17 | 95 | Chevrolet | 145.643 | |||
| Official All-Star qualifying results | ||||||
| Pos | Grid | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 2 | 2 | 20 | Erik Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 50 | |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 4 | 5 | 21 | Paul Menard | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 50 | |
| 5 | 11 | 37 | Chris Buescher | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 6 | 1 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 50 | |
| 7 | 6 | 24 | William Byron (R) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 8 | 14 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 9 | 10 | 38 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 50 | |
| 10 | 12 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 50 | |
| 11 | 8 | 43 | Bubba Wallace (R) | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 12 | 13 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 50 | |
| 13 | 17 | 00 | Landon Cassill | StarCom Racing | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 14 | 18 | 23 | Gray Gaulding | BK Racing | Toyota | 50 | |
| 15 | 15 | 72 | Corey LaJoie | TriStar Motorsports | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 16 | 19 | 51 | B. J. McLeod (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 17 | 16 | 15 | Ross Chastain (i) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 18 | 21 | 66 | Timmy Hill (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota | 50 | |
| 19 | 20 | 55 | Reed Sorenson | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 50 | |
| 20 | 7 | 19 | Daniel Suárez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 40 | |
| 21 | 3 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 20 | |
| Winner of the second segment. Winner of the first segment. | |||||||
| Monster Energy Open race results | |||||||
| Pos | Grid | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 93 | |
| 2 | 19 | 19 | Daniel Suárez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 93 | |
| 3 | 10 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 93 | |
| 4 | 14 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 93 | |
| 5 | 21 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 93 | |
| 6 | 11 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 93 | |
| 7 | 16 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 93 | |
| 8 | 20 | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 93 | |
| 9 | 7 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 93 | |
| 10 | 17 | 95 | Kasey Kahne | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 93 | |
| 11 | 2 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 93 | |
| 12 | 9 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 93 | |
| 13 | 12 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 93 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 93 | |
| 15 | 6 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 93 | |
| 16 | 13 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 93 | |
| 17 | 5 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 75 | |
| 18 | 15 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 74 | |
| 19 | 3 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 74 | |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 74 | |
| 21 | 18 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 68 | |
| Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race results | |||||||
Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, was accompanied on the broadcast by retired NASCAR drivers, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip. Jamie Little, Vince Welch, and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane.
Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with the track to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Mike Bagley, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelly, Kim Coon, and Steve Post were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.