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season and the 10th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 29, 2018, in

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, a permanent D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. At race's end, a hard-charging

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, driving for Hattori Racing Enterprises would pass the fuel-ailing John Hunter Nemechek of

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on the final lap to take Moffitt's 4th career win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and his 3rd of the season. To fill out the podium, Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing and

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would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in

, southwest of

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. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts

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races. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the

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, recording numerous close finishes, including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by

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and is located adjacent to Route 66 Raceway.

Entry list

*Withdrew drew to the team's transporter breaking down while traveling to the track.

Practice

First practice

The first practice would occur on Thursday, June 28, at 4:30 PM CST.

would set the fastest lap, with a 31.006 and an average speed of .

Second and final practice

The second and final practice would occur on Thursday, June 28, at 6:35 PM CST. Todd Gilliland of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest lap, with a 30.862 and an average speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying would take place on Friday, May 11, at 4:05 PM CST. Since

is at least 1.5 miles (2.4 km), 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.

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would proceed to set the fastest time in both rounds, achieving a lap in the second round of a 30.384 and an average speed of , making Gragson the pole winner for the event. No drivers would fail to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 35 Stage 2 Laps: 35 Stage 3 Laps: 80

References

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