The 2018 Ford EcoBoost 200 was the 23rd and final

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of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the championship race of the season, and the 23th iteration of the

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. The race was held on Friday, November 16, 2018, in

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, a permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. At race's end,

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, driving for underfunded team

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, dominated the late stages of the race to win his first

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championship. The win was also Moffitt's seventh career

win and his sixth and final win of the season. To fill out the podium,

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and

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finished second and third, respectively.

Background

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Homestead-Miami Speedway is a

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track located in

. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including

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, the

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, the Grand-Am

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and the

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. Since 2002, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of

's series: the

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and

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sponsors all three of the season-ending races; the races have the names

Ford EcoBoost 400 The Dixie Vodka 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race held at Homestead–Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The inaugural race was held in 1999 and was the final race in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2002 until 2019, as well as the final race of the ...

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and

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, respectively, and the weekend is marketed as

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. The Xfinity Series (then known as the Busch Series) has held its season-ending races at Homestead since 1995 and held it until 2020, when it was moved to

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, along with NASCAR's other two series.

Championship drivers

: Advanced by virtue of points. * Justin Haley: Advanced by winning the 2018 JAG Metals 350. *

: Advanced by winning the 2018 Lucas Oil 150. *

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: Advanced by winning the 2018 Texas Roadhouse 200.

Entry list

*Driver changed to

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. **Withdrew due to wrecking in first practice.

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, November 16, at 8:35 AM EST, and would last for 50 minutes.

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would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.678 and an average speed of .

Second and final practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, November 16, at 10:05 AM EST, and would last for 50 minutes. Justin Haley of

would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 32.308 and an average speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, November 16, at 3:45 PM EST. Since

is at least a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) racetrack, 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.

would win the pole, setting a lap of 31.887 and an average speed of in the second round. No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Race results

* Note:

, Justin Haley,

, and

are not eligible for stage points because of their participation in the Championship 4. Stage 1 Laps: 30 Stage 2 Laps: 30 Stage 3 Laps: 74

References

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