2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

The 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 32nd season of the K&N Pro Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna 175 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 11 and concluded with the Crosley 125 at Dover International Speedway on October 6. Harrison Burton entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion. Tyler Ankrum won the championship, 84 points in front of Tyler Dippel.

2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

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Champions | Seasons

Tyler Ankrum, the 2018 K&N Pro Series East champion.

Tyler Dippel finished second in the championship behind Ankrum by 84 points.

Rubén García Jr. finished third in the championship.

Drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief
Ford	Rette Jones Racing	30	Tyler Dippel 1	Mark Rette
			Grant Quinlan (R) 6
			Tristan Van Wieringen (R) 7
Toyota	DGR-Crosley	17	Tyler Ankrum (R)	Seth Smith
		54	Todd Gilliland 2	Marcus Richmond 1 Chris Lawson 13
			Noah Gragson 1
			Tyler Dippel 11
	MDM Motorsports	40	Anthony Alfredo (R)	Robert Huffman
	Rev Racing	2	Ryan Vargas (R)	Matt Bucher
		4	Chase Cabre	Mark Green 7 Tyler Green 7
		6	Rubén García Jr.	Steve Plattenberger
Toyota 5 Chevrolet 9	Bassett Racing	04	Ronnie Bassett Jr.	Kris Bowen 3 Daniel Johnson 6 Nathan Kennedy 5
Chevrolet 9 Toyota 5		44	Dillon Bassett	Skip Eyler
Chevrolet 12 Ford 2	Danny Watts Racing	82	Spencer Davis	Jerry Babb 5 Scott Davis 1 Matt Noyce 5 Ryan London 3

Limited schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Driver	Crew chief	Rounds
Chevrolet	1/4 Ley Racing	32	Dale Quarterley	Mike Sibley	1
	Ace Motorsports	71	Bill Hoff	Dave Strother 2 Jeff Swenson 1 Unknown 1	4
	Kart Idaho Racing	08	John Wood	Mike Holleran	2
	Marsh Racing	31	Jimmy Zacharias (R)	Todd Fisette	2
			Connor Hall (R)		3
			Chase Dowling (R)		1
			Scott Heckert		1
	Morgan Racing	23	J. P. Morgan	James Beck	3
	NextGen Motorsports	25	David Levine	Kase Kallenbach	1
			Juan Manuel González (R)	Rob White	1
	Robert Pawlowski Racing	11	Robert Pawlowski (R)	Aaron Brown	1
	Trey Hutchens Racing	14	Trey Hutchens	Bobby Hutchens Jr.	3
	Visconti Motorsports	74	Brandon McReynolds	Doug Chouinard 1 Bruce Cook 9	9
			Austin Hill		1
	Young's Motorsports	28	Tanner Thorson (R)	Andrew Abbott	1
Ford	Brandon Oakley Racing	51	Brandon Oakley (R)	Gary Estes	2
	Jefferson Pitts Racing	7	Will Rodgers	Jason Jefferson 1 Jeff Jefferson 1	2
			Devin Dodson	Jerry Pitts	1
		55	Cole Keatts		1
		59	Reid Lanpher (R)	Jerry Pitts 1 Jeff Jefferson 1	2
	Patriot Motorsports Group	43	Armani Williams (R)	Ron Otto	1
Toyota	Ben Kennedy Racing	20	Anthony Sergi (R)	Glenn Garrison	1
	Bill McAnally Racing	16	Derek Kraus	John Camilleri	6
		19	Hailie Deegan (R)	Joe Draper 2 Ty Joiner 2 Kevin Reed Jr. 1 Kevin Reed 1	6
		99	Cole Rouse	Bryan Tasnady 2 Chris Nelle 1 Rob Dixon 3	6
	Calabrese Motorsports	43	Joe Graf Jr. (R)	Ron Otto	1
			Eddie MacDonald		1
	DGR-Crosley	1	Derek Kraus	Kyle Moon	2
		20	Erik Jones	Kevin Manion	1
		98	Todd Gilliland	Marcus Richmond	1
			Noah Gragson	Ryan Fugle	1
			Riley Herbst	Kevin Manion	1
	Hattori Racing Enterprises	1	Kyle Benjamin	Mark Hillman	1
			Brett Moffitt	Scott Zipadelli	1
	Hunt-Sellers Racing	18	Colin Garrett (R)	Clinton Cram	12
	Kart Idaho Racing	39	Andrew Tuttle (R)	C. J. Turnbough	1
	MDM Motorsports	12	Harrison Burton	Shane Huffman	5
			Sam Mayer (R)	Mardy Lindley	2
		41			2
			Tyler Dippel	Jeff Stankiewicz	1
	NextGen Motorsports	25	Thomas Ferrando (R)	Ryan Bell	1
		55	Abraham Calderón (R)	Wayne Setterington Jr. 6 Rob White 2	2
			Marcos Gomes (R)		5
			Juan Manuel González (R)		1
	Rev Racing	42	Ernie Francis Jr. (R)	Johnny Allen	3
	TC Motorsports	91	Justin Carroll	Dwaine Skinnell	3
Ford 3 Chevrolet 1	Jefferson Pitts Racing	27	Max Tullman (R)	Doug Richert	1
			Sam Mayer (R)	Jerry Pitts	2
			Bubba Wallace		1
Ford 2 Chevrolet 4	Charles Buchanan Racing	87	Chuck Buchanan Jr.	Craig Wood	6
Toyota 5 Chevrolet 5	NextGen Motorsports	5	Juan Manuel González (R)	Kase Kallenbach 5 Teddy Brown 2 Rob White 2	8
			Dale Quarterley		1
Chevrolet 2 Ford 2	Levin Racing	10	Matt Levin	Ron Norman 2 Roger Bracken 1	3
			Will Rodgers (R) [N 1]	Erik Higley	1
Chevrolet 2 Ford 1	Patriot Motorsports Group	32	Salvatore Iovino	Sue McCarty 1 John Wood 1 Kevin McCarty 1	3
Chevrolet 1 Toyota 1		36	Jesse Iwuji	Terry Elmore 1 Mike Holleran 1	2
Toyota 2 Ford 1		43	Kody Vanderwal	Jason Dickenson	3

Notes

1. Will Rodgers was scored as a Rookie in the Monaco Gateway Classic at Gateway.

Schedule

On December 6, 2017, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. Greenville-Pickens and Berlin were dropped from the schedule in favor of Gateway and a second race at New Hampshire.^[1] All races in the season - with the exception of the race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, of which extended highlights were shown on NASCAR America - were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis. In addition the New Smyrna 175 and the Apple Barrel 125 were shown live on FansChoice.tv.^[2]

No.	Race Title	Track	Date
1	New Smyrna 175	New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach	February 11
2	Zombie Auto 150	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	April 14
3	Visit Hampton VA 150	Langley Speedway, Hampton	April 28
4	Who's Your Driver Twin 100s	South Boston Speedway, South Boston	May 12
5
6	Memphis 150 presented by AutoZone	Memphis International Raceway, Millington	June 2
7	JustDrive.com 125	New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville	June 16
8	King Cadillac GMC Throwback 100	Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson	July 14
9	United Site Services 70	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	July 21
10	Casey's General Store 150[a]	Iowa Speedway, Newton	July 27
11	Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen	August 3
12	Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125[b]	Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison	August 24
13	Apple Barrel 125	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	September 22
14	Crosley 125	Dover International Speedway, Dover	October 6[c]

Notes

1. The Casey's General Store 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. Drivers received points and statistical credit relative to the whole field in general, instead of relative to other drivers in their series. Also drivers were allowed to score points for both the East and West Series.
2. The Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. Drivers received points and statistical credit relative to the whole field in general, instead of relative to other drivers in their series. Also drivers were allowed to score points for both the East and West Series.
3. The Crosley 125 was postponed a day due to inclement weather.^[3]

Results and standings

Races

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning driver	Manufacturer	No.	Winning team
1	New Smyrna 175[4]	Harrison Burton	Todd Gilliland	Todd Gilliland	Toyota	54	DGR-Crosley
2	Zombie Auto 150[5]	Noah Gragson	Todd Gilliland			98
3	Visit Hampton VA 150[6]	Tyler Dippel	Anthony Alfredo	Tyler Dippel		54
4	Who's Your Driver Twin 100s[7]	Grant Quinlan	Tyler Ankrum	Tyler Ankrum		17
5	Who's Your Driver Twin 100s[8]	Anthony Alfredo1	Grant Quinlan	Anthony Alfredo		40	MDM Motorsports
6	Memphis 150 presented by AutoZone[9]	Tyler Ankrum	Tyler Ankrum	Rubén García Jr.		6	Rev Racing
7	JustDrive.com 125[10]	Ernie Francis Jr.	Will Rodgers	Will Rodgers	Ford	27	Jefferson Pitts Racing
8	King Cadillac GMC Throwback 100[11]	Spencer Davis	Spencer Davis	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	17	DGR-Crosley
9	United Site Services 70[12]	Derek Kraus	Tyler Ankrum
10	Casey's General Store 150[13]	Tyler Dippel	Tyler Dippel
11	Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100[14]	Tyler Ankrum2	Will Rodgers	Brett Moffitt		1	Hattori Racing Enterprises
12	Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125[15]	Spencer Davis3	Derek Kraus	Derek Kraus		16	Bill McAnally Racing
13	Apple Barrel 125[16]	Derek Kraus	Brandon McReynolds	Brandon McReynolds	Chevrolet	74	Visconti Motorsports
14	Crosley 125[17]	Harrison Burton	Rubén García Jr.	Rubén García Jr.	Toyota	6	Rev Racing

Notes

• ¹ – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first Who's Your Driver Twin 100 race.
• ² – The qualifying session for the Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Owners' championship.
• ³ – The qualifying session for the Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Practice results.

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.

Pos.	Driver	NSM	BRI	LGY	SBO	SBO	MEM	NJM	THO	NHA	IOW	GLN	GTW	NHA	DOV	Points
1	Tyler Ankrum (R)	5	4	3	1*	3	2*	9	1	1*	1	7	6	13	11	574
2	Tyler Dippel	9	6	1	5	2	3	11	3	4	6*	15	12	12		490
3	Rubén García Jr.	26	10	10	12	15	1	7	9	12	5	8	4	17	1*	489
4	Ronnie Bassett Jr.	8	8	11	6	4	5	3	12	14	16	10	14	9	9	487
5	Anthony Alfredo (R)	24	18	2*	15	1	9	5	6	3	22	16	9	6	6	480
6	Ryan Vargas (R)	12	13	9	16	11	7	6	10	11	7	18	13	14	7	462
7	Chase Cabre	19	26	8	13	10	4	14	5	8	24	14	5	8	8	452
8	Dillon Bassett	25	16	4	17	8	6	15	2	20	12	21	8	5	10	448
9	Spencer Davis	6	7	Wth	8	5	19	Wth	4*	7	4	4	24	3	15	426
10	Colin Garrett (R)			6	3	16	8	8	13	13	23	22	15	7	17	377
11	Brandon McReynolds	10	5	Wth	14	DNS1			7	6				1*	2	295
12	Derek Kraus	4	24				14			5	20		1*	2	3	287
13	Juan Manuel González (R)	18	20	12	7	14	17					23	22	15	16	276
14	Grant Quinlan (R)		19	5	10	7*	11	4								211
15	Tristan Van Wieringen (R)								11	9	14	24	17	11	13	209
16	Cole Rouse	2	21				18			10	8		2			204
17	Harrison Burton	3	2							2		9			5	200
18	Sam Mayer (R)									17	17	5	11	10	4	200
19	Marcos Gomes (R)		12	13	4	9	10									173
20	Hailie Deegan (R)	29	22				13			16	21		23			142
21	Chuck Buchanan Jr.	21	28	Wth	9	12							21			129
22	Todd Gilliland	1*	1*												14	127
23	Will Rodgers							1*				2*	26			110
24	Justin Carroll			15	2	6										109
25	Connor Hall (R)			7	11	13										101
26	J. P. Morgan	13					12						18			89
27	Kody Vanderwal	11									19		16			86
28	Ernie Francis Jr. (R)							2				11		Wth		76
29	Salvatore Iovino	28	17	14												73
30	Matt Levin	20	25								18					69
31	Noah Gragson		3									20				67
32	Dale Quarterley							13				13				62
33	Reid Lanpher (R)		11							15						61
34	Brandon Oakley (R)	14	14													60
35	Trey Hutchens						15			18					Wth	55
36	Abraham Calderón (R)	16								19						53
37	Brett Moffitt											1				47
38	Bill Hoff							16	Wth			DNS1		Wth		47
39	Scott Heckert											3				41
40	Riley Herbst													4		41
41	Jesse Iwuji	22	27								252					39
42	Bubba Wallace											6				38
43	Anthony Sergi (R)	7														37
44	Chase Dowling (R)								8							36
45	Eddie MacDonald		9													35
46	Cole Keatts (R)							10								34
47	Kyle Benjamin										10					34
48	David Levine							12								32
49	Austin Hill											12				32
50	Devin Dodson (R)										112				12	32
51	Joe Graf Jr. (R)	15														29
52	Max Tullman (R)		15													29
53	Armani Williams (R)						16									28
54	Thomas Ferrando (R)													16		28
55	Jimmy Zacharias (R)	17	Wth													27
56	Robert Pawlowski (R)											17				27
57	Erik Jones											19				26
58	Andrew Tuttle (R)	23														21
59	Tanner Thorson (R)		23													21
60	John Wood	27		Wth												17
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series East points
	Derek Thorn										2		3
	Ryan Partridge										3		10
	Trevor Huddleston (R)										9		7
	Bill Kann										13		19
	Takuma Koga										15		20
	Andrew Engberson (R)												25
Pos.	Driver	NSM	BRI	LGY	SBO	SBO	MEM	NJM	THO	NHA	IOW	GLN	GTW	NHA	DOV	Points

Notes

• ¹ – Bill Hoff and Brandon McReynolds received championship points, despite the fact that they did not start the race.
• ² – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series West.

See also

• Sports portal

• 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
• 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
• 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
• 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
• 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series
• 2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series
• 2018 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series