2018 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race

2018 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Date	May 19, 2018 (2018-05-19)
Location	Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	Open: 50 laps, 75 mi (121 km) All-Star Race: 93 laps, 139.5 mi (224.5 km)
Avg Speed	Open: 98.720 mph (158.874 km/h) All-Star Race: 84.688 mph (136.292 km/h)
Monster Energy Open
Pole	Aric Almirola (Stewart-Haas Racing)
Time	N/A
Winner (segment 1)	Alex Bowman (Hendrick Motorsports)
Winner (segment 2)	Daniel Suárez (Joe Gibbs Racing)
Winner (segment 3)	A. J. Allmendinger (JTG Daugherty Racing)
Fan Vote winners	Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports)
Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
Pole	Matt Kenseth (Roush Fenway Racing)
Time	127.644
Most laps led	Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing)
Laps led	36
Winner	Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing)
Television
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen ratings	1.5 (Overnight)[10]
Radio
Network	Motor Racing Network
Announcers	Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace (Booth) Dave Moody (1 & 2) Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) (Turns)

The 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.

The 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXIV) was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race held on May 19, 2018 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 93 laps -- extended from 80 laps due to an overtime finish, it was the second exhibition race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report[]

Background[]

Charlotte Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

The All-Star Race was open to race winners from last season through the 2018 KC Masterpiece 400 at Kansas Speedway and all previous All-Star race winners and Monster Race NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2018 were eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.

Entry list[]

Monster Energy Open[]

Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race[]

Monster Energy Open/All-Star practice[]

Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the Open/All-Star practice session with a time of 31.689 seconds and a speed of 170.406 mph (274.242 km/h).^[11]

Qualifying (Open)[]

Open qualifying for Friday was cancelled due to weather and Aric Almirola was awarded the pole as a result.

Starting Lineup (Open)[]

Qualifying (All-Star Race)[]

Matt Kenseth scored the pole for the race with a time of 127.644 and a speed of 126.915 mph (204.250 km/h).^[12]

All-Star Race qualifying results[]

Monster Energy Open[]

Monster Energy Open results[]

All-Star Race[]

All-Star Race results[]

Media[]

Television[]

Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, was accompanied on the broadcast by retired NASCAR drivers, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip. Jamie Little, Vince Welch, and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane.

Radio[]

Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with the track to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Mike Bagley, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelly, Kim Coon, and Steve Post were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

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