The 2018 Hollywood Casino 400 was a

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race held on October 21, 2018, at

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. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 32nd race of the

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season, sixth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 12.

Report

Background

Kansas Speedway is a

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race track in

. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual

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race weekends. The

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also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the

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Entry list

First practice

Ryan Blaney Ryan Michael Blaney (born December 31, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 12 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske. He i ...

was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.106 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying

Joey Logano Joseph Thomas Logano (born May 24, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No.22 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for NASCAR operations of Tea ...

scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.177 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Aric Almirola Aric Michael Almirola (born March 14, 1984) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. Almirola previously compete ...

was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.926 seconds and a speed of .

Final practice

Kurt Busch Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is an American auto racing driver. He is best known for competing in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2000–2022, last driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. Busch is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series ch ...

was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.997 seconds and a speed of .

Race

Stage Results

Stage 1 ''Laps:'' 80 Stage 2 ''Laps:'' 80

Final Stage Results

Stage 3 ''Laps:'' 107

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 8 among different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 3 for 17 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 2 hours, 38 minutes and 2 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen,

Jeff Burton Jeffrey Tyler Burton (born June 29, 1967), nicknamed "the Mayor", is an American former professional stock car racing driver and current racing commentator. He is a member of the Burton racing family. He scored 23 career victories in the NASCAR ...

Steve Letarte Steven Letarte (born May 14, 1979) is an American professional NASCAR crew chief and TV sportscaster who works as a color commentator for ''Amazon Prime'', ''TNT'' and ''NASCAR on NBC''. He also works as a consultant for Spire Motorsports, a ...

and

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974) is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and broadcaster. A third-generation driver, he is the son of the late 7-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt and relative ...

had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns,

Parker Kligerman Parker Lindsley Kligerman (born August 8, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver, color commentator for ''NASCAR on The CW'', studio talent for ''NASCAR on TNT Sports'', and pit reporter for ''NASCAR on NBC''. He competes part-t ...

, Marty Snider and

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reported from pit lane during the race.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on

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Standings after the race

;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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