Event statistics following the 24th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, the Bass Pro Shops/NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.
Kurt Busch outlasted Clint Bowyer on a pair of late restarts and polesitter Kyle Larson over the last 10 laps to record his first victory of the season, ending a 58-race winless streak. Busch led the final 24 laps to become the ninth driver to win a Cup Series race in 2018, and in the process gave crew chief Billy Scott his first career win and Stewart-Haas Racing its 10th victory as a team this year. All four SHR drivers led the race in 2018, Larson – who won Friday’s Xfinity Series race at the .533-mile track – was second, 0.367 seconds behind, with Chase Elliott, Joey Logano and Erik Jones rounding out the top five.
Race Statistics
Bass Pro Shops/NRA Night Race
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, Tennessee
- Winner (starting position): Kurt Busch (9th)
- Top Five: Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Erik Jones
- Full Results: Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Erik Jones, Clint Bowyer, Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Trevor Bayne, Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon, Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski, David Ragan, Daniel Suarez, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Ty Dillon, Matt DiBenedetto, William Byron, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Landon Cassill, Ross Chastain, Blake Jones, Timmy Hill, Jamie McMurray, Martin Truex Jr., Aric Almirola, J.J. Yeley, Reed Sorenson, Corey LaJoie, Jesse Little, Paul Menard, Michael McDowell, Darrell Wallace Jr., A.J. Allmendinger, Gray Gaulding
- Average Speed: 84.940 mph
- Laps Completed: 500
- Race Leaders: 9
- Lead Changes: 19
- Laps Led: Ryan Blaney (121), Clint Bowyer (120), Chase Elliott (112), Joey Logano (95), Kurt Busch (24), Kyle Larson (17), Kevin Harvick (8), Aric Almirola (2), Ryan Newman (1)
- Pole Position: Kyle Larson (127.792 mph; 15.015 seconds)
- Hard Charger: Joey Logano (+15; 19th to 4th)
- Margin of Victory: 0.367 seconds
- Car Count: 40
- Cars Entered: 41
- Cars Running at Finish: 30 (of 40; or 75 percent of the field)
- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 15
- Cautions: 9
- Stage Winners: Ryan Blaney (1), Joey Logano (2)
- Winning Manufacturer: Ford
- Manufacturer Breakdown: Chevrolet (19); Ford (13); Toyota (8)
- Weather at Start of Race: 74 degrees Fahrenheit, mostly cloudy, winds 0 mph
- Weather at End of Race: 71 degrees Fahrenheit, overcast, winds 0 mph
Notes of Interest – Race/Weekend Recap (Bristol Motor Speedway)
- This marked the 116th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
- This is Kurt Busch’s first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season and the 30th of his career. His last victory came in the 2017 Daytona 500.
- Busch has now won at least one race in each of the last five seasons and 15 in 18 fulltime seasons.
- Busch is the ninth driver to win a Cup Series race this season. He joins teammate Kevin Harvick, who has a series-high seven; brother Kyle Busch, who has six; defending series champion Martin Truex Jr., who has four; teammate Clint Bowyer, who has two; and Austin Dillon, Joey Logano, Erik Jones and Chase Elliott
- Busch has finished in the top 10 in each of the last six races, and now has three top threes, four top fives and 15 top 10s in 2018.
- Kurt Busch had entered the race with the most top-10 finishes of any driver this season without a victory, with 14. Kyle Larson is now the leader in most top 10s without a win with 13 (Larson also has six top threes and seven top fives, which are also the most of any driver without a win in 2018).
- Trevor Bayne of Knoxville scored a season-best 11th-place finish.
- A total of nine drivers led the race, and traded the lead a total of 19 times.
- The next Cup Series race will be Sunday, September 2, with the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.
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