2018 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225
# 2018 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225

The 2018 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225 was the 12th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and the eighth iteration of the event. The race was held on Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Sparta, Kentucky, at Kentucky Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.41 km) tri-oval speedway. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. At race's end, Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing would win after not pitting for tires on the final round of pit stops, earning his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his first and only of the season. To fill out the podium, Stewart Friesen of Halmar Friesen Racing and Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

## Background

Kentucky Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned Kentucky Speedway until 2008. The speedway has a grandstand capacity of 117,000. Construction of the speedway began in 1998 and was completed in mid-2000. The speedway has hosted the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Xfinity Series, IndyCar Series, Indy Lights, and most recently, the NASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2011.

### Entry list

| # | Driver | Team | Make | Sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 0 | Camden Murphy | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing |
| 2 | Cody Coughlin | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Jegs |
| 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | Whitetail Heaven Outfitters |
| 3 | Jordan Anderson | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | Lucas Oil, Bommarito Automotive Group |
| 4 | Todd Gilliland | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Mobil 1 |
| 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | Zomongo |
| 7 | Korbin Forrister | All Out Motorsports | Toyota | N. O. W. Matters More |
| 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | D. A. B. Constructors, Inc. |
| 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | Driven2Honor.org |
| 13 | Myatt Snider | ThorSport Racing | Ford | Louisiana Hot Sauce, The Carolina Nut Company |
| 15 | Robby Lyons | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | Sunwest Construction |
| 16 | Brett Moffitt | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | Aisin |
| 17 | Chris Eggleston | DGR-Crosley | Toyota | BlazeMaster Fire Protection Systems |
| 18 | Noah Gragson | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Safelite Auto Glass |
| 20 | Tate Fogleman | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | Randco, Young's Building Systems |
| 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | ISM Connect |
| 22 | Austin Wayne Self | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | AM Technical Solutions, GO TEXAN. |
| 24 | Justin Haley | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Fraternal Order of Eagles |
| 25 | Dalton Sargeant | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Performance Plus Motor Oil |
| 33 | Josh Reaume | Reaume Brothers Racing | Chevrolet | Colonial Countertops |
| 41 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | The Carolina Nut Company |
| 45 | Justin Fontaine | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | ProMatic Automation |
| 49 | Wendell Chavous | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | SobrietyNation.org |
| 50 | Timmy Hill | Beaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | Beaver Motorsports |
| 51 | Brandon Jones | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Soleus Air |
| 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | Halmar "We Build America" |
| 54 | Bo LeMastus | DGR-Crosley | Toyota | Crosley Brands |
| 63 | Bayley Currey | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | MB Motorsports |
| 68 | Clay Greenfield | Clay Greenfield Motorsports | Chevrolet | AMVETS #PLEASESTAND |
| 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports | Chevrolet | Food Country USA, Tide Pods |
| 83 | Tyler Matthews | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | Accent Imaging, Cane River Brewing Company |
| 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | Petron Plus |
| 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Ford | Menards, Great Lakes Flooring |
| 98 | Grant Enfinger | ThorSport Racing | Ford | Curb Records |
| Official entry list |||||

## Practice

### First practice

The first practice session would occur on Thursday, July 12, at 9:05 AM EST and would last for 50 minutes. Justin Haley of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.658 and an average speed of 182.076 miles per hour (293.023 km/h).

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 24 | Justin Haley | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 29.658 | 182.076 |
| 2 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 29.705 | 181.788 |
| 3 | 13 | Myatt Snider | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 29.733 | 181.616 |
| Full first practice results |||||||

### Second practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, would occur on Thursday, July 12, at 11:05 AM EST and would last for 50 minutes. Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.535 and an average speed of 182.834 miles per hour (294.243 km/h).

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 41 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 29.535 | 182.834 |
| 2 | 98 | Grant Enfinger | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 29.686 | 181.904 |
| 3 | 17 | Chris Eggleston | DGR-Crosley | Toyota | 29.732 | 181.622 |
| Full Happy Hour practice results |||||||

## Qualifying

Qualifying would occur on Thursday, July 12, at 5:10 PM EST. Since Kentucky Speedway 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.

Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.355 and an average speed of 183.955 miles per hour (296.047 km/h) in the second round.

Myatt Snider would crash on his first lap, hitting the turn 4 wall. He would not make a lap, but would still qualify by owner's points.

Two drivers would fail to qualify: Joe Nemechek and Timmy Hill.

### Full qualifying results

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time (R1) | Speed (R1) | Time (R2) | Speed (R2) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 18 | Noah Gragson | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 29.403 | 183.655 | 29.355 | 183.955 |
| 2 | 4 | Todd Gilliland | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 29.664 | 182.039 | 29.474 | 183.212 |
| 3 | 41 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 29.619 | 182.315 | 29.476 | 183.200 |
| 4 | 17 | Chris Eggleston | DGR-Crosley | Toyota | 29.581 | 182.550 | 29.522 | 182.914 |
| 5 | 98 | Grant Enfinger | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 29.832 | 181.014 | 29.578 | 182.568 |
| 6 | 51 | Brandon Jones | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 29.668 | 182.014 | 29.636 | 182.211 |
| 7 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 29.824 | 181.062 | 29.667 | 182.020 |
| 8 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.709 | 181.763 | 29.707 | 181.775 |
| 9 | 25 | Dalton Sargeant | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 29.746 | 181.537 | 29.719 | 181.702 |
| 10 | 24 | Justin Haley | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 29.854 | 180.880 | 29.797 | 181.226 |
| 11 | 2 | Cody Coughlin | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 29.841 | 180.959 | 29.941 | 180.355 |
| 12 | 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.942 | 180.349 | 30.079 | 179.527 |
| Eliminated in Round 1 |||||||||
| 13 | 16 | Brett Moffitt | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 29.943 | 180.343 | — | — |
| 14 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 29.951 | 180.294 | — | — |
| 15 | 7 | Korbin Forrister | All Out Motorsports | Toyota | 29.973 | 180.162 | — | — |
| 16 | 20 | Tate Fogleman | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.034 | 179.796 | — | — |
| 17 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.067 | 179.599 | — | — |
| 18 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.215 | 178.719 | — | — |
| 19 | 45 | Justin Fontaine | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.264 | 178.430 | — | — |
| 20 | 3 | Jordan Anderson | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 30.348 | 177.936 | — | — |
| 21 | 68 | Clay Greenfield | Clay Greenfield Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.371 | 177.801 | — | — |
| 22 | 54 | Bo LeMastus | DGR-Crosley | Toyota | 30.595 | 176.499 | — | — |
| 23 | 15 | Robby Lyons | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.618 | 176.367 | — | — |
| 24 | 83 | Tyler Matthews | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.683 | 175.993 | — | — |
| 25 | 0 | Camden Murphy | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 30.742 | 175.655 | — | — |
| 26 | 33 | Josh Reaume | Reaume Brothers Racing | Chevrolet | 30.830 | 175.154 | — | — |
| 27 | 63 | Bayley Currey | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.989 | 174.255 | — | — |
| Qualified by owner's points |||||||||
| 28 | 49 | Wendell Chavous | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.219 | 172.972 | — | — |
| 29 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 31.264 | 172.723 | — | — |
| 30 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 31.927 | 169.136 | — | — |
| 31 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 32.878 | 164.244 | — | — |
| 32 | 13 | Myatt Snider | ThorSport Racing | Ford | — | — | — | — |
| Failed to qualify |||||||||
| 33 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.043 | 173.952 | — | — |
| 34 | 50 | Timmy Hill | Beaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.238 | 172.866 | — | — |
| Official qualifying results |||||||||
| Official starting lineup |||||||||

## Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 35

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 41 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 10 |
| 2 | 18 | Noah Gragson | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 4 | Todd Gilliland | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 51 | Brandon Jones | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 0 |
| 5 | 98 | Grant Enfinger | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 5 |
| 7 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 25 | Dalton Sargeant | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |

Stage 2 Laps: 35

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 18 | Noah Gragson | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 51 | Brandon Jones | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 0 |
| 3 | 41 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 8 |
| 4 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 98 | Grant Enfinger | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | Todd Gilliland | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 24 | Justin Haley | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 9 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 2 |
| 10 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |

Stage 3 Laps: 80

| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 41 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 150 | 38 | running | 58 |
| 2 | 14 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 37 | running | 46 |
| 3 | 30 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 150 | 0 | running | 41 |
| 4 | 6 | 51 | Brandon Jones | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 0 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 17 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 98 | Grant Enfinger | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 150 | 0 | running | 43 |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Todd Gilliland | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 1 | running | 43 |
| 8 | 1 | 18 | Noah Gragson | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 62 | running | 48 |
| 9 | 9 | 25 | Dalton Sargeant | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | running | 29 |
| 10 | 10 | 24 | Justin Haley | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | running | 31 |
| 11 | 4 | 17 | Chris Eggleston | DGR-Crosley | Toyota | 149 | 0 | running | 26 |
| 12 | 11 | 2 | Cody Coughlin | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | running | 25 |
| 13 | 15 | 7 | Korbin Forrister | All Out Motorsports | Toyota | 149 | 0 | running | 24 |
| 14 | 18 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | running | 23 |
| 15 | 7 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | running | 25 |
| 16 | 12 | 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | running | 21 |
| 17 | 19 | 45 | Justin Fontaine | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | running | 20 |
| 18 | 13 | 16 | Brett Moffitt | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 148 | 0 | running | 19 |
| 19 | 20 | 3 | Jordan Anderson | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 146 | 0 | running | 18 |
| 20 | 22 | 54 | Bo LeMastus | DGR-Crosley | Toyota | 146 | 0 | running | 17 |
| 21 | 21 | 68 | Clay Greenfield | Clay Greenfield Motorsports | Chevrolet | 145 | 0 | running | 16 |
| 22 | 23 | 15 | Robby Lyons | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 143 | 0 | running | 15 |
| 23 | 26 | 33 | Josh Reaume | Reaume Brothers Racing | Chevrolet | 143 | 0 | running | 14 |
| 24 | 28 | 49 | Wendell Chavous | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 139 | 0 | running | 13 |
| 25 | 31 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 138 | 0 | running | 12 |
| 26 | 32 | 13 | Myatt Snider | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 137 | 0 | running | 11 |
| 27 | 8 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports | Chevrolet | 133 | 12 | crash | 13 |
| 28 | 16 | 20 | Tate Fogleman | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 103 | 0 | suspension | 9 |
| 29 | 29 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 28 | 0 | overheating | 8 |
| 30 | 27 | 63 | Bayley Currey | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 22 | 0 | vibration | 7 |
| 31 | 25 | 0 | Camden Murphy | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 11 | 0 | electrical | 6 |
| 32 | 24 | 83 | Tyler Matthews | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 | 0 | crash | 5 |
| Failed to qualify ||||||||||
| 33 | | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | | | | |
| 34 | | 50 | Timmy Hill | Beaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | | | | |
| Official race results ||||||||||
