| 2018 Auto Club 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 5 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | Not Disclosed | Race Date: | Mar 18, 2018 | Auto Club Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 11.685 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2Hr 42Min 41Sec. | Fontana, California | |
| Lead Changes: | 16 Among / 7 Drivers | Average Speed: | 147.526 MPH | 2 Mile Paved D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 37 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 21 Laps | autoclubspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Martin Truex, Jr. M. Truex, Jr. | Driver: | Martin Truex, Jr. M. Truex, Jr. | Toyota: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #78 Toyota | Car No.: | #78 Toyota | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Furniture Row Racing | Team: | Furniture Row Racing | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Cole Pearn | Crew Chief: | Cole Pearn | |||||
| Laps Led: | 125 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 186.567 MPH | |||||
| Official 2018 Auto Club 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 1 | 78 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Bass Pro Shops / 5-hour Energy | Running |  | 60 | 200 | 125 |
| 2 | 3 | 42 | Kyle Larson | DC Solar | Running |  | 43 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 51 | 200 | 62 |
| 4 | 11 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Wurth | Running |  | 49 | 200 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | 22 | Joey Logano | Auto Club of Southern California | Running | | 45 | 200 | 9 |
| 6 | 25 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express | Running | | 39 | 200 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 20 | Erik Jones | SiriusXM | Running | | 39 | 200 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | PPG | Running | | 29 | 200 | 0 |
| 9 | 33 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's for Pros | Running | | 38 | 200 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Dow Coatings | Running | | 27 | 200 | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Rush Truck Centers | Running | | 30 | 199 | 0 |
| 12 | 27 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield | Running | | 25 | 199 | 0 |
| 13 | 28 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Nationwide | Running | | 24 | 199 | 0 |
| 14 | 7 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Haas Automation / Monster Energy | Running | | 27 | 199 | 0 |
| 15 | 29 | 24 | William Byron (R) | Axalta | Running | | 23 | 199 | 1 |
| 16 | 31 | 9 | Chase Elliott | NAPA Auto Parts | Running | | 21 | 199 | 0 |
| 17 | 15 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | McDonald's | Running | | 20 | 199 | 1 |
| 18 | 16 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | Ford | Running | | 19 | 199 | 0 |
| 19 | 14 | 21 | Paul Menard | Menards / FVP | Running | | 18 | 199 | 0 |
| 20 | 19 | 43 | Bubba Wallace (R) | Farmer John | Running | | 17 | 199 | 0 |
| 21 | 9 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet Accessories | Running | | 16 | 199 | 0 |
| 22 | 32 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Kroger Click List | Running | | 15 | 199 | 0 |
| 23 | 30 | 19 | Daniel Suarez | Arris | Running | | 14 | 199 | 0 |
| 24 | 34 | 95 | Kasey Kahne | Procore | Running | | 13 | 199 | 1 |
| 25 | 21 | 38 | David Ragan | 1000Bulbs.Com | Running | | 12 | 199 | 0 |
| 26 | 22 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Love's Travel Stops | Running | | 11 | 199 | 0 |
| 27 | 17 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Twisted Tea | Running | | 10 | 198 | 0 |
| 28 | 37 | 72 | Cole Whitt | SoCal Chevy | Running | | 9 | 198 | 0 |
| 29 | 36 | 15 | Ross Chastain (I) | LowT Center | Running | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 30 | 12 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Healthy Choice Power Bowls | Running | | 7 | 197 | 0 |
| 31 | 18 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Can-Am / Wholey | Running | | 6 | 196 | 0 |
| 32 | 20 | 23 | Gray Gaulding | Earthwater | Running | | 5 | 194 | 0 |
| 33 | 35 | 51 | Timmy Hill (I) | Bubba Burgers | Running | | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 34 | 24 | 55 | Reed Sorenson | Premium Motorsports | Running | | 3 | 193 | 0 |
| 35 | 10 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Busch Beer | Running | | 2 | 191 | 0 |
| 36 | 23 | 00 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | VRX SIMULATORS | Running | | 1 | 189 | 0 |
| 37 | 13 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Performance Plus | Accident | | 1 | 108 | 0 |
