The 2018 Active Pest Control 200 was the second

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of the

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season and the 13th iteration of the

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. The race was held on Saturday, February 24, 2018 in

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, a permanent quad-oval racetrack. The race was extended from 130 laps from 134 due to a

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finish caused by a crash including

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. After a costly mistake by

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's pit crew before the final restart,

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would steal and win the race- the first of the season and the 2nd of his career. To complete the podium,

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and

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would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

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, 20 miles (32 km) south of

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. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a

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of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) standard oval. In 1994, 46

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were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile (2.4 km) ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the

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circuit.

Practice

First practice

First practice was held on Friday, February 23 at 3:00 PM EST. Justin Haley of

would set the fastest time in the session with a 31.141 and an average speed of .

Second and final practice

The second and final practice was held on Friday, February 23 at 4:58 PM EST.

would set the fastest time in the session with a 31.011 and an average speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, February 24 at 11:45 AM EST. The qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13-32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1-12.

, driving for his own team

would set the fastest time in Round 2 to win the pole.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 40 Stage 2 Laps: 40 Stage 3 Laps: 54

References

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