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. The race was held on Saturday, October 20, 2018, in

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would take advantage of a late-race restart and pass eventual second-place driver

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driver

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to win his first career

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win and his first and only win of the season. To fill out the podium,

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would finish third.

Background

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. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual

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Entry list

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, October 19, at 2:05 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.

would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.014 and an average speed of .

Second and final practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, October 19, at 4:00 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.

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would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.087 and an average speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 20, at 10:40 AM CST. Since

is under 2 miles (3.2 km), the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole.

would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.355 and an average speed of in the third round. Three drivers would fail to qualify: Bayley Currey,

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, and Max Tullman.

Full qualifying results

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 45 Stage 2 Laps: 45 Stage 3 Laps: 110

References

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