2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
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The 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West is the sixty-fifth season of the K&N Pro Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Bakersfield 175 presented by NAPA Auto Parts at Kern County Raceway Park on 15 March and will conclude with the NAPA Auto Parts 175 presented by West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame at Kern County Raceway Park on 27 October. Todd Gilliland entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion; however, he did not go for three in a row, because he moved up to the Camping World Truck Series. Derek Thorn leads the championship after twelve races, 32 points in front of Ryan Partridge.

Drivers

No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief
1 Chevrolet Valerie Inglebright Jim Inglebright 1 Rodney Haygood
04 Toyota 2 Bill McAnally Hershel McGriff 2 Jeff Barkshire 2
Chevrolet 1 Alex Bowman[N 1] 1 Ron Otto 1
4 Ford Jerry Pitts 1 Kevin Harvick[N 2] 1 Richard Boswell 1
Bob Farmer 6 Rod Johnson Jr.[N 3] (R) 1 Mark Perry 2
Bob Farmer 4
Will Rodgers 5
6 Ford Bob Bruncati Derek Thorn Bill Sedgwick
7 Ford Jeff Jefferson Will Rodgers 2 Jeff Jefferson 4
Jerry Pitts 3
Devin Dodson (R) 3
Cole Keatts (R) 2
08 Chevrolet 7
Toyota 1		 Mike Holleran Travis Milburn 4 Mike Holleran 4
Charles Price 1
Bob Wood 1
Unknown 2
Cassie Gannis 2
Zack St. Onge (R) 1
John Wood 1
9 Ford Bob Bruncati Ryan Partridge Jeff Schrader
10 Chevrolet 12
Ford 1		 Jodi Levin Matt Levin 12 Roger Bracken 3
Ron Norman 5
Erik Higley 4
Chase Newell 1
Will Rodgers[N 4] (R) 1
11 Chevrolet 12 John Krebs Takuma Koga John Krebs 5
Toyota 1 Hiroki Miyaji 8
13 Toyota Kelly Souza Todd Souza 9 Michael Munoz
16 Toyota Mike Curb Derek Kraus John Camilleri
17 Chevrolet Steve McGowan David Mayhew 2 Johnny White 1
Bruce Cook 1
18 Chevrolet Becky Kann Bill Kann[N 5] 8 Billy Kann 6
Johnny White 2
19 Toyota Bill McAnally Hailie Deegan (R) Joe Draper 3
Ty Joiner 5
Kevin Reed 5
20 Toyota David Gilliland Erik Jones 1 Chris Lawson
22 Ford Bob Bruncati Trevor Huddleston (R) Clinton Cram
25 Chevrolet Mike Naake Tom Klauer 1 Mike Naake
27 Ford 8
Chevrolet 1		 Jerry Pitts Vanessa Robinson (R) 2 Jeff Jefferson 2
Devin Dodson (R) 1 Jerry Pitts 7
William Byron 1
Jeff Jefferson 2
Sam Mayer (R) 1
Tyler Tanner (R) 1
Buddy Shepherd (R) 1
32 Ford 2 Sue McCarty Salvatore Iovino 1 Kevin McCarty 1
Rudy Vanderwal[N 6] (R) 1 Bruce Yackey 1
Toyota 1 Taylor Canfield[N 7] (R) 2 Unknown 2
Dodge 1
36 Chevrolet 6
Ford 3
Toyota 1		 Shawne Merriman Jesse Iwuji 4 Terry Elmore 1
John Wood 4
Don Joiner 1
Carl Joiner Jr. 1
Sonny Wahl 1
James Wahl 1
Unknown 1
Cassie Gannis 1
Rudy Vanderwal[N 8] (R) 1
Armani Williams[N 9] (R) 1
Andrew Engberson (R) 1
Tim Ward[N 10] (R) 1
Sting Ray Robb (R) 1
38 Toyota Hollis Thackeray Hollis Thackeray (R) 2 Quintin Crye 1
Roger Bracken 1
39 Toyota Kevin McCarty Andrew Tuttle (R) 1 Sue McCarty
40 Chevrolet Jan Levin Ron Norman 5 Erik Higley 3
Chris Wood 2
Jesse Iwuji[N 11] 2 Chase Newell 2
Sheldon Creed 1 Jeff Stankiewicz 1
41 Ford Tony Stewart Aric Almirola 1 Richard Boswell
43 Ford 12 John Wood Kody Vanderwal Jason Dickenson
Toyota 1
44 Toyota Dave Reed Austin Reed (R) 1 Unknown
47 Toyota Michelle Ivie Scott Ivie 1 Unknown
50 Toyota Bill McAnally Chris Eggleston 1 Bryan Tasnady
51 Ford Dione Jefferson Austin Herzog[N 12] (R) 1 Charlie Wilson
Carlos Vieira 1
54 Toyota David Gilliland Daniel Suárez 1 Seth Smith
55 Ford Jeff Jefferson 1
Dione Jefferson 2		 Vanessa Robinson (R) 2 Jeff Jefferson 1
Unknown 1
Cole Keatts (R) 1 Jason Jefferson 1
59 Ford Dione Jefferson Reid Lanpher[N 13] (R) 1 Jerry Pitts
60 Toyota Bill McAnally Christopher Bell 1 Unknown
62 Toyota Bill McAnally Brendan Gaughan 1 Shane Wilson
64 Chevrolet Jason DeLong 1 David Hibbard (R) 2 Rich DeLong Jr. 1
Rich DeLong Jr. 1 Rich DeLong III 1
68 Chevrolet Jenise Kneeland Rodd Kneeland 1 Tim Barber
77 Toyota Joe Nava Nick Joanides 3 Roger Bracken 4
Unknown 2
Ken Pedersen 1
Andrew Koens (R) 2
83 Chevrolet Cindy DeLong Michael Kofoid (R) 1 Rich DeLong Jr.
84 Chevrolet Cindy DeLong Rich DeLong III 5 Rich DeLong Jr. 1
Chris Dittes 2
Unknown 1
Rich DeLong III 1
86 Chevrolet Tim Spurgeon Tim Spurgeon 1 Unknown
91 Chevrolet Kevin McCarty Kyle Tellstrom (R) 1 Unknown
97 Chevrolet Victor Obaika Arnout Kok (R) 1 Unknown
99 Toyota Bill McAnally Cole Rouse Bryan Tasnady 1
Ty Joiner 2
Chris Nelle 5
Rob Dixon 3
Ron Otto 1
Unknown 1
Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Notes
  1. ↑ Alex Bowman drove in the Carneros 200 with car number 24.
  2. ↑ Kevin Harvick scored Owners' points in the Carneros 200 for the No. 27 team.
  3. ↑ Rod Johnson Jr. drove in the Bakersfield 175 with car number 44.
  4. ↑ Will Rodgers was scored as a Rookie in the Monaco Gateway Classic at Gateway.
  5. ↑ Bill Kann drove in the Casey's General Store 150 and the Monaco Gateway Classic with car number 13.
  6. ↑ Rudy Vanderwal drove in the NAPA Auto Parts 175 with car number 34.
  7. ↑ Taylor Canfield drove in the NAPA AutoCare/Roseville Toyota 200 with car number 39.
  8. ↑ Rudy Vanderwal drove in the Clint Newell Toyota 150 with car number 34.
  9. ↑ Armani Williams drove in the NAPA 175 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame with car number 34.
  10. ↑ Tim Ward drove in the Star Nursery 100 with car number 34.
  11. ↑ Jesse Iwuji drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 21.
  12. ↑ Austin Herzog drove in the Bakersfield 175 with car number 77.
  13. ↑ Reid Lanpher scored Owners' points in the Bakersfield 175 for the No. 7 team.

Schedule

On 11 December 2017, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. The two races at Irwindale were dropped from the schedule in favor of a second race at Tucson and a race at Gateway. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track was added to the schedule, marking the series' first race on dirt since 1979 at Ascot Park.[14] All races in the season are televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis.[15]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Bakersfield 175 presented by NAPA Auto Parts Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield 15 March
2 Port of Tucson Twin 100s Tucson Speedway, Tucson 5 May
3
4 Sunrise Ford 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino 19 May
5 NAPA Auto Parts 175 Colorado National Speedway, Dacono 9 June
6 Carneros 200 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma 23 June
7 Clint Newell Toyota 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts Douglas County Speedway, Roseburg 30 June
8 Casey's General Store 150[lower-alpha 1] Iowa Speedway, Newton 27 July
9 NAPA 175 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Evergreen Speedway, Monroe 11 August
10 Monaco Gateway Classic[lower-alpha 2] Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison 24 August
11 Star Nursery 100 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, Las Vegas 13 September
12 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 Meridian Speedway, Meridian 29 September
13 NAPA AutoCare/Roseville Toyota 200 presented by
TriCo Welding Supplies & the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame		 All American Speedway, Roseville 13 October
14 NAPA Auto Parts 175 presented by West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield 27 October
Notes
  1. ↑ The Casey's General Store 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series West competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series East. Drivers received points and statistical credit relative to the whole field in general, instead of relative to other drivers in their series. Also drivers were allowed to score points for both the East and West Series.
  2. ↑ The Monaco Gateway Classic was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series West competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series East. Drivers received points and statistical credit relative to the whole field in general, instead of relative to other drivers in their series. Also drivers were allowed to score points for both the East and West Series.

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Bakersfield 175 presented by NAPA Auto Parts[17] Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Derek Kraus Toyota
2 Port of Tucson Twin 100s[18] Derek Kraus Kody Vanderwal Kody Vanderwal Ford
3 Port of Tucson Twin 100s[19] Derek Kraus1 Ryan Partridge Kody Vanderwal Ford
4 Sunrise Ford 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts[20] Ryan Partridge Ryan Partridge Ryan Partridge Ford
5 NAPA Auto Parts 175[21] Derek Kraus Derek Thorn Derek Thorn Ford
6 Carneros 200[22] Will Rodgers Will Rodgers Will Rodgers Ford
7 Clint Newell Toyota 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts[23] Derek Thorn Derek Kraus Derek Kraus Toyota
8 Casey's General Store 150[24] Tyler Dippel Tyler Dippel Tyler Ankrum Toyota
9 NAPA 175 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame[25] Derek Kraus Derek Kraus Derek Thorn Ford
10 Monaco Gateway Classic[26] Spencer Davis2 Derek Kraus Derek Kraus Toyota
11 Star Nursery 100[27] Hailie Deegan Derek Kraus Sheldon Creed Chevrolet
12 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208[28] Derek Kraus Derek Kraus Hailie Deegan Toyota
Notes
  • 1 – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first Port of Tucson Twin 100 race.
  • 2 – The qualifying session for the Monaco Gateway Classic was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Practice results.

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.

Pos. Driver KER TUC TUC ORG CNS SON DCO IOW EVG GTW LVS MER AAS KER Points
1 Derek Thorn 2 2 3 2 1* 8 5 2 1 3 3 4 505
2 Ryan Partridge 5 3 2* 1* 2 5 4 3 3 10 8 5 473
3 Cole Rouse 3 7 4 3 6 12 6 8 2 2 6 2 473
4 Derek Kraus 1 4 11 5 4 10 1* 20 9* 1* 17* 3* 466
5 Hailie Deegan (R) 7 8 8 4 5 7 2 21 7 23 2 1 438
6 Trevor Huddleston (R) 6 11 5 6 3 20 8 9 10 7 7 6 430
7 Kody Vanderwal 21 1* 1 7 7 17 3 19 4 16 20 9 412
8 Matt Levin 11 12 12 10 8 26 9 18 8 9 7 354
9 Takuma Koga 20 17 16 12 14 25 12 15 14 20 16 14 333
10 Todd Souza 22 10 14 8 12 19 Wth 12 18 237
11 Will Rodgers 16 9 7 11 1* Wth 13 26 230
12 Bill Kann 14 15 13 13 DNS1 13 19 13 225
13 Jesse Iwuji 23 14 17 14 15 25 156
14 Vanessa Robinson (R) 5 6 10 12 143
15 Devin Dodson (R) 6 9 9 11 142
16 Ron Norman 13 13 10 10 Wth 131
17 Cole Keatts (R) 9 6 4 113
18 Rich DeLong III 18 15 16 22 105
19 Cassie Gannis 16 15 15 86
20 Travis Milburn 15 21 13 83
21 Jeff Jefferson 7 8 73
22 Nick Joanides 9 11 68
23 Andrew Koens (R) 11 11 66
24 David Mayhew 12 11 65
25 Rudy Vanderwal (R) 11 13 64
26 Hershel McGriff 18 DNS1 52
27 Sheldon Creed 1 47
28 Aric Almirola 2 43
29 Kevin Harvick 4* 42
30 William Byron 3 41
31 Daniel Suárez 4 41
32 Hollis Thackeray (R) 23 24 41
33 Tyler Tanner (R) 5 39
34 Brendan Gaughan 5 39
35 Erik Jones 6 38
36 Austin Herzog (R) 8 36
37 Rod Johnson Jr. (R) 9 35
38 Christopher Bell 10 35
39 Reid Lanpher (R) 10 34
40 Sting Ray Robb (R) 10 34
41 Austin Reed (R) 11 33
42 Taylor Canfield (R) 12 32
43 John Wood 13 31
44 Tom Klauer 13 31
45 Rodd Kneeland 14 30
46 Tim Ward (R) 14 30
47 Armani Williams (R) 15 29
48 David Hibbard (R) 15 29
49 Kyle Tellstrom (R) 15 29
50 Zack St. Onge (R) 16 28
51 Sam Mayer (R) 17 112 27
52 Salvatore Iovino 17 27
53 Jim Inglebright 18 26
54 Andrew Tuttle (R) 19 25
55 Tim Spurgeon 19 25
56 Michael Kofoid (R) 21 23
57 Carlos Vieira 22 22
58 Buddy Shepherd (R) 23 21
59 Alex Bowman 24 20
60 Andrew Engberson (R) 25 19
Scott Ivie Wth
Ken Pedersen Wth
Arnout Kok (R) Wth
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series West points
Tyler Ankrum (R) 1 6
Rubén García Jr. 5 4
Spencer Davis 4 24
Chase Cabre 24 5
Tyler Dippel 6* 12
Ryan Vargas (R) 7 13
Dillon Bassett 12 8
Anthony Alfredo (R) 22 9
Kyle Benjamin 10
Ronnie Bassett Jr. 16 14
Tristan Van Wieringen (R) 14 17
Colin Garrett (R) 23 15
J. P. Morgan 18
Chuck Buchanan Jr. 21
Juan Manuel González (R) 22
Pos. Driver KER TUC TUC ORG CNS SON DCO IOW EVG GTW LVS MER AAS KER Points
Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Bakersfield 175 Presented by NAPA Auto Parts entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Port of Tucson Twin 100 #1 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "2018 Port of Tucson Twin 100 #2 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 Sunrise Ford 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "2018 NAPA Auto Parts 175 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "2018 Carneros 200 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "2018 Clint Newell Toyota 150 Presented by NAPA Auto Parts entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "2018 Casey's General Store 150 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "2018 NAPA 175 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "2018 Monaco Gateway Classic entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "2018 Star Nursery 100 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "2018 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "2018 Toyota / NAPA AutoCare 150 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "2018 Schedule Announced For K&N Pro West". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  15. ↑ "NBCSN Announces 2018 Broadcast Schedule of Regional Series". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Race at Spokane Cancelled". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  17. ↑ "2018 Bakersfield 175 Presented by NAPA Auto Parts race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "2018 Port of Tucson Twin 100 #1 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  19. ↑ "2018 Port of Tucson Twin 100 #2 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  20. ↑ "2018 Sunrise Ford 150 Presented by NAPA Auto Parts race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  21. ↑ "2018 NAPA Auto Parts 175 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  22. ↑ "2018 Carneros 200 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  23. ↑ "2018 Clint Newell Toyota 150 Presented by NAPA Auto Parts race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  24. ↑ "2018 Casey's General Store 150 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  25. ↑ "2018 NAPA 175 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  26. ↑ "2018 Monaco Gateway Classic race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  27. ↑ "2018 Star Nursery 100 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  28. ↑ "2018 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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