2018 South Point 400


The 2018 South Point 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 16, 2018 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 272 laps -- extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the 27th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, first race of the Playoffs, and the first race of the Round of 16.

Report

Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Entry list

First practice

was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.473 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.705 and a speed of.

Qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 29.365 seconds and a speed of.

Final practice

was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.793 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

Television

called the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

Radio

covered the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Heather Debeaux worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

;Manufacturers' Championship standings