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2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

24th season of third-tier NASCAR Camping World Truck Series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
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The 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was the 24th season of the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in North America. Christopher Bell entered as the defending champion, but he did not defend his championship, leaving his No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports entry to a number of drivers throughout the season, with Todd Gilliland covering the majority of the schedule in the truck. Title sponsor Camping World Holdings rebranded the series with their Gander Outdoors brand they acquired in 2017 for the 2019 season, replacing the Camping World brand.

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Brett Moffitt, shown here in 2019, the 2018 Camping World Truck Series champion.
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Noah Gragson finished second behind Moffitt in the championship.
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Justin Haley finished third in the championship.
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Johnny Sauter, the 2016 champion, finished fourth in the championship. He was also the Regular season champion.
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Myatt Snider won the Rookie of the Year title.
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Chevrolet won the manufacturer's championship with 11 wins and 847 points.

This was the third year that the Truck Series (and the Xfinity Series) had a playoff system. For the first time in the three years of the playoffs at that time, Christopher Bell and Matt Crafton were not part of the "championship 4" drivers competing for the title at Homestead. Bell had moved up to the Xfinity Series full-time, while Crafton did qualify for the postseason but did not advance to the last round of the playoffs as he had done the past two years.

The 2018 season was also the first to feature the regular season championship trophy, which was awarded at the final race before the playoffs.[1] Johnny Sauter clinched the NCWTS Regular Season Championship trophy at the end of the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway.[2] Brett Moffitt was declared the NCWTS Champion for 2018, after winning the Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In addition, Hattori Racing Enterprises won the NCWTS Owners' Championship.

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Teams and drivers

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Notes

  1. Entries were fielded by Jordan Anderson Racing in a collaboration with Premium Motorsports.
  2. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Chad Finley Racing.
  3. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Premium Motorsports.
  4. Entries were fielded in a collaboration with MB Motorsports.
  5. MB Motorsports and Copp Motorsports shared the Nos. 36/63/83 and helped each other at the track in all their entries.
  6. At Kentucky (Race 12), the entry was fielded in a collaboration with NextGen Motorsports.
  7. At Talladega (Race 19) and Homestead (Race 23), the entry was fielded in a collaboration with CMI Motorsports.
  8. Entry was fielded by Jordan Anderson Racing in a collaboration with JJL Motorsports.

Changes

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Manufacturers

  • On January 16, 2018, it was announced that, after a six-year relationship, ThorSport Racing split ways with Toyota. On January 22, 2018, Ford was announced to be the new manufacturer for the team.

Engine rules

  • Teams may use an Ilmor-built LSX 396 engine, similar to the ARCA Racing Series, in 2018, regardless of manufacturer of the body.
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Schedule

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The JEGS 200 at Dover International Speedway in May
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The Gander Outdoors 150 at Pocono Raceway in July

The final schedule – comprising 23 races – was released on May 23, 2017.[21]

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  1. Race started on Saturday, March 24 but stopped after 23 laps and remainder postponed to Monday, March 26 due to weather.

Schedule changes

In 2015, NASCAR and 21 Camping World Truck Series tracks agreed on a five-year contract that guarantees each track would continue to host races through 2020.[26] Despite the agreement, Speedway Motorsports decided to cancel the New Hampshire Motor Speedway race and add a second race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, to form two weekends involving each of the three national series.[27] The new race will be the third race of the regular season, while the established fall race will be the second race of the first playoff round.

As a result, the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park will be held as the first race of the playoffs, while the Overton's 225 at Chicagoland Speedway will move from September to June. The UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway will become the final race of the regular season as a result of the schedule realignment.

Unlike the 2017 schedule, the JEGS 200 at Dover International Speedway will precede the 37 Kind Days 250 at Kansas Speedway and the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Also, the Eaton 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park will be held one week later as the tenth race of the season, slated to be held the week before the Chicagoland round.[21][28]

On April 17, 2018, Bristol Motor Speedway announced the UNOH 200 will be moved one day to Thursday night, August 16. The new race date will also reflect a change from FS1 to Fox, as the race broadcast moves to the broadcast network. The live Thursday night race on Fox coincides with preparation for Fox to broadcast the majority of Thursday games during the 2018 NFL season.[29] Fox will now air two Truck Series races, both during the second half of the season when NBC has the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series coverage.

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Results and standings

Race results

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Drivers' standings

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 8 . – Eliminated after Round of 6

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Owners' championship (Top 15)

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Owners' regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 8 . – Eliminated after Round of 6

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Manufacturers' Championship

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