The 2018 JEGS 200 was the 5th

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of the

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season, and the 19th iteration of the

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. The race was held on Friday, May 4, 2018 in

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, a oval-shaped permanent racetrack. The race was extended from the scheduled 200 laps to 210 laps due to a late race caution including

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would be able to hold off the field on the final restart to take the win, the 19th of his career and the 2nd of the season. To fill out the podium,

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and Justin Haley of

would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

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that has held at least two

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races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the

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. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete

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, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by

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. The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after

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Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Entry list

*Withdrew.

Practice

First practice

First practice was held on 2:05 PM EST.

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would set the fastest time with a 23.107 and an average speed of .

Second and final practice

Final practice was held on 4:05 PM EST.

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would set the fastest time in practice with a 22.773 and an average speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, May 4, at 1:05 PM EST. Since

is under , the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole.

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would set the fastest time in Round 3 and win the pole with a 22.834 and an average speed of .

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would be the only driver not to set a lap time, due to the team wanting to have the entry to be a "

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". He would eventually park and retire the car very early in the race, after the team realizing that the #74 of Harmon would stay out, saying to Peck "Alright

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we appreciate you bud, take it back to the hauler.” He would finish last out of a 32 car field.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 45 Stage 2 Laps: 45 Stage 3 Laps: 120

References

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