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season, and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, February 16, 2018 in

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at Daytona International Speedway, a triangle-shaped superspeedway racetrack. The race would take 100 laps to complete. In a wreck filled race, Johnny Sauter driving for GMS Racing would survive and hold off the field to win the race. To fill out the podium, Justin Haley of GMS Racing and Joe Nemechek, driving for his own team NEMCO Motorsports would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. The race was the debut for Bo LeMastus and Jordan Anderson Racing.

Background

Daytona International Speedway is one of two

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to hold NASCAR races, the other being Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

Entry list

†In partnership with MB Motorsports.

Practice

1st practice

The first practice was held on Thursday, February 15 at 1:00 PM EST. Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in practice with a 46.867 and an average speed of .

2nd practice

The second practice was held on Thursday, February 15 at 3:32 PM EST. Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in practice with a 46.657 and an average speed of .

3rd and final practice

The third and final practice was held on Thursday, February 15 at 5:28 PM EST. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in practice with a 49.397 and an average speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, February 16 at 5:49 PM EST. Qualifying was held in two rounds, both consisting of two lap runs. The first round included every driver, and the second would take the 12 fastest qualifiers from the first round and make them run another two lap run; whoever was fastest won the pole. David Gilliland driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports would run the fastest time in both rounds and win the pole, with a time of 49.017 and an average speed of in the second round. Bobby Gerhart, Josh Reaume, Cody Ware, and

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would all fail to qualify.

Qualifying results

Race

Pre-race ceremonies

Race recap

Post-race driver comments

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 20 Stage 2 Laps: 20 Stage 3 Laps: 60

References

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