2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

The 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 32nd season of the K&N Pro Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna 175 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 11 and concluded with the Crosley 125 at Dover International Speedway on October 6. Harrison Burton entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion. Tyler Ankrum won the championship, 84 points in front of Tyler Dippel.

Tyler Ankrum, the 2018 K&N Pro Series East champion.
Tyler Dippel finished second in the championship behind Ankrum by 84 points.
Rubén García Jr. finished third in the championship.

Drivers

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No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief
1 Toyota Shigeaki Hattori 2 Kyle Benjamin 1 Mark Hillman 1
Brett Moffitt 1 Scott Zipadelli 1
David Gilliland 2 Derek Kraus 2 Kyle Moon 2
2 Toyota Max Siegel Ryan Vargas (R) Matt Bucher
04 Toyota 5
Chevrolet 9
Ronnie Bassett Ronnie Bassett Jr. Kris Bowen 3
Daniel Johnson 6
Nathan Kennedy 5
4 Toyota Max Siegel Chase Cabre[N 1] Mark Green 7
Tyler Green 7
5 Toyota 5
Chevrolet 5
Jen Brown Juan Manuel González (R) 8 Kase Kallenbach 5
Teddy Brown 2
Rob White 2
Ryan Bell 1
Dale Quarterley 1
Thomas Ferrando[N 2] (R) 1
6 Toyota Max Siegel Rubén García Jr.[N 3] Steve Plattenberger
08 Chevrolet Mike Holleran John Wood 2 Mike Holleran
10 Chevrolet 2
Ford 2
Jody Levin Matt Levin 3 Ron Norman 2
Roger Bracken 1
Will Rodgers[N 4] (R) 1 Erik Higley 1
11 Chevrolet Robert Pawlowski Robert Pawlowski (R) 1 Aaron Brown
12 Toyota Matthew Miller Harrison Burton 5 Shane Huffman 5
Sam Mayer (R) 2 Mardy Lindley 2
14 Chevrolet Bobby Hutchens Jr. Trey Hutchens 3 Bobby Hutchens Jr.
16 Toyota Mike Curb Derek Kraus 6 John Camilleri
17 Toyota David Gilliland Tyler Ankrum (R) Seth Smith
18 Toyota Sam Hunt Colin Garrett (R) 12 Clinton Cram
19 Toyota Bill McAnally Hailie Deegan (R) 6 Joe Draper 2
Ty Joiner 2
Kevin Reed Jr. 1
Kevin Reed 1
20 Toyota Ben Kennedy 1 Anthony Sergi (R) 1 Glenn Garrison 1
David Gilliland 1 Erik Jones 1 Kevin Manion 1
23 Chevrolet J. P. Morgan J. P. Morgan 3 James Beck
27 Ford 5
Chevrolet 1
Jerry Pitts 5
Jeff Jefferson 1
Max Tullman (R) 1 Doug Richert 1
Will Rodgers[N 5] 1 Jason Jefferson 1
Sam Mayer (R) 2 Jerry Pitts 4
Bubba Wallace 1
Devin Dodson[N 6] (R) 1
28 Chevrolet Logan Yiengst Tanner Thorson (R) 1 Andrew Abbott
30 Ford Mark Rette Tyler Dippel 1 Mark Rette
Grant Quinlan (R) 6
Tristan Van Wieringen (R) 7
31 Chevrolet Ted Marsh Jimmy Zacharias (R) 2 Todd Fisette
Connor Hall (R) 3
Chase Dowling (R) 1
Scott Heckert 1
32 Chevrolet 3
Ford 1
Sue McCarty 3 Salvatore Iovino 3 Sue McCarty 1
John Wood 1
Kevin McCarty 1
Dale Quarterley 1 Dale Quarterley 1 Mike Sibley 1
34 Toyota 2 John Wood Kody Vanderwal[N 7] 3 Jason Dickenson
Ford 1
36 Chevrolet 1 Shawne Merriman Jesse Iwuji 2 Terry Elmore 1
Toyota 1 Mike Holleran 1
39 Toyota Kevin McCarty Andrew Tuttle (R) 1 C. J. Turnbough
40 Toyota Mark McFarland Anthony Alfredo (R) Robert Huffman
41 Toyota Douglas Fuller Tyler Dippel 1 Jeff Stankiewicz 1
Sam Mayer (R) 2 Mardy Lindley 2
42 Toyota Max Siegel Ernie Francis Jr. (R) 3 Johnny Allen
43 Toyota 2 David Calabrese Joe Graf Jr. (R) 1 Ron Otto
Eddie MacDonald 1
Ford 1 Armani Williams (R) 1
44 Chevrolet 9 Ronnie Bassett Dillon Bassett Skip Eyler
Toyota 5
51 Ford Thomas Oakley Brandon Oakley (R) 2 Gary Estes
54 Toyota David Gilliland Todd Gilliland 2 Marcus Richmond 1
Chris Lawson 13
Noah Gragson 1
Tyler Dippel 11
55 Toyota 8
Chevrolet 2
Carlos Crespo Abraham Calderón (R) 2 Wayne Setterington Jr. 6
Kase Kallenbach 1
Rob White 3
Marcos Gomes (R) 5
David Levine[N 8] 1
Juan Manuel González[N 9] (R) 2
59 Ford Dione Jefferson Reid Lanpher (R) 2 Jerry Pitts 2
Jeff Jefferson 2
Cole Keatts[N 10] (R) 1
Will Rodgers[N 11] 1
71 Chevrolet Bill Hoff Bill Hoff 4 Dave Strother 2
Jeff Swenson 1
 ??? 1
74 Chevrolet Marie Benevento-Visconti Brandon McReynolds 9 Doug Chouinard 1
Bruce Cook 9
Austin Hill 1
82 Chevrolet 12
Ford 2
Danny Watts Jr. Spencer Davis[N 12] Jerry Babb 5
Scott Davis 1
Matt Noyce 5
Ryan London 3
87 Ford 2 Chuck Buchanan Chuck Buchanan Jr. 6 Craig Wood
Chevrolet 4
91 Toyota Terry Carroll Justin Carroll 3 Dwaine Skinnell
98 Toyota David Gilliland Todd Gilliland 1 Marcus Richmond 1
Noah Gragson 1 Ryan Fugle 1
Riley Herbst 1 Kevin Manion 1
99 Toyota Bill McAnally Cole Rouse 6 Bryan Tasnady 2
Chris Nelle 1
Rob Dixon 3
Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Notes
  1. ^ Chase Cabre drove in the King Cadillac GMC Throwback 100 and the United Site Services 70 with car number 15, because of the paint scheme honoring Geoff Bodine.
  2. ^ Thomas Ferrando drove in the Apple Barrel 125 with car number 25.
  3. ^ Rubén García Jr. drove in the King Cadillac GMC Throwback 100 with car number 12, because of the paint scheme honoring Rubén Pardo. He drove in the Casey's General Store 150 and the Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 with car number 42.
  4. ^ Will Rodgers was scored as a Rookie in the Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 at Gateway.
  5. ^ Will Rodgers drove in the JustDrive.com 125 with car number 7.
  6. ^ Devin Dodson drove in the Crosley 125 with car number 7.
  7. ^ Kody Vanderwal drove in the Casey's General Store 150 and the Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 with car number 43.
  8. ^ David Levine drove in the JustDrive.com 125 with car number 25.
  9. ^ Juan Manuel González drove in the Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 with car number 25.
  10. ^ Cole Keatts drove in the JustDrive.com 125 with car number 55.
  11. ^ Will Rodgers drove in the Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 with car number 7.
  12. ^ Spencer Davis drove in the King Cadillac GMC Throwback 100 with car number 13, because of the paint scheme honoring Ted Christopher.

Schedule

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On December 6, 2017, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. Greenville-Pickens and Berlin were dropped from the schedule in favor of Gateway and a second race at New Hampshire.[15] All races in the season - with the exception of the race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, of which extended highlights were shown on NASCAR America - were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis. In addition the New Smyrna 175 and the Apple Barrel 125 were shown live on FansChoice.tv.[16]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 New Smyrna 175 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach February 11
2 Zombie Auto 150 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol April 14
3 Visit Hampton VA 150 Langley Speedway, Hampton April 28
4 Who's Your Driver Twin 100s South Boston Speedway, South Boston May 12
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6 Memphis 150 presented by AutoZone Memphis International Raceway, Millington June 2
7 JustDrive.com 125 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville June 16
8 King Cadillac GMC Throwback 100 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson July 14
9 United Site Services 70 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 21
10 Casey's General Store 150[a] Iowa Speedway, Newton July 27
11 Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen August 3
12 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125[b] Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison August 24
13 Apple Barrel 125 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 22
14 Crosley 125 Dover International Speedway, Dover October 6[c]
Notes
  1. ^ The Casey's General Store 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. 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 Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. 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.
  3. ^ The Crosley 125 was postponed a day due to inclement weather.[17]

Results and standings

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Races

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team
1 New Smyrna 175[18] Harrison Burton Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota 54 DGR-Crosley
2 Zombie Auto 150[19] Noah Gragson Todd Gilliland 98
3 Visit Hampton VA 150[20] Tyler Dippel Anthony Alfredo Tyler Dippel 54
4 Who's Your Driver Twin 100s[21] Grant Quinlan Tyler Ankrum Tyler Ankrum 17
5 Who's Your Driver Twin 100s[22] Anthony Alfredo1 Grant Quinlan Anthony Alfredo 40 MDM Motorsports
6 Memphis 150 presented by AutoZone[23] Tyler Ankrum Tyler Ankrum Rubén García Jr. 6 Rev Racing
7 JustDrive.com 125[24] Ernie Francis Jr. Will Rodgers Will Rodgers Ford 27 Jefferson Pitts Racing
8 King Cadillac GMC Throwback 100[25] Spencer Davis Spencer Davis Tyler Ankrum Toyota 17 DGR-Crosley
9 United Site Services 70[26] Derek Kraus Tyler Ankrum
10 Casey's General Store 150[27] Tyler Dippel Tyler Dippel
11 Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100[28] Tyler Ankrum2 Will Rodgers Brett Moffitt 1 Hattori Racing Enterprises
12 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125[29] Spencer Davis3 Derek Kraus Derek Kraus 16 Bill McAnally Racing
13 Apple Barrel 125[30] Derek Kraus Brandon McReynolds Brandon McReynolds Chevrolet 74 Visconti Motorsports
14 Crosley 125[31] Harrison Burton Rubén García Jr. Rubén García Jr. Toyota 6 Rev Racing
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Drivers' championship

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

Pos. Driver NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM THO NHA IOW GLN GTW NHA DOV Points
1 Tyler Ankrum (R) 5 4 3 1* 3 2* 9 1 1* 1 7 6 13 11 574
2 Tyler Dippel 9 6 1 5 2 3 11 3 4 6* 15 12 12 490
3 Rubén García Jr. 26 10 10 12 15 1 7 9 12 5 8 4 17 1* 489
4 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 8 8 11 6 4 5 3 12 14 16 10 14 9 9 487
5 Anthony Alfredo (R) 24 18 2* 15 1 9 5 6 3 22 16 9 6 6 480
6 Ryan Vargas (R) 12 13 9 16 11 7 6 10 11 7 18 13 14 7 462
7 Chase Cabre 19 26 8 13 10 4 14 5 8 24 14 5 8 8 452
8 Dillon Bassett 25 16 4 17 8 6 15 2 20 12 21 8 5 10 448
9 Spencer Davis 6 7 Wth 8 5 19 Wth 4* 7 4 4 24 3 15 426
10 Colin Garrett (R) 6 3 16 8 8 13 13 23 22 15 7 17 377
11 Brandon McReynolds 10 5 Wth 14 DNS1 7 6 1* 2 295
12 Derek Kraus 4 24 14 5 20 1* 2 3 287
13 Juan Manuel González (R) 18 20 12 7 14 17 23 22 15 16 276
14 Grant Quinlan (R) 19 5 10 7* 11 4 211
15 Tristan Van Wieringen (R) 11 9 14 24 17 11 13 209
16 Cole Rouse 2 21 18 10 8 2 204
17 Harrison Burton 3 2 2 9 5 200
18 Sam Mayer (R) 17 17 5 11 10 4 200
19 Marcos Gomes (R) 12 13 4 9 10 173
20 Hailie Deegan (R) 29 22 13 16 21 23 142
21 Chuck Buchanan Jr. 21 28 Wth 9 12 21 129
22 Todd Gilliland 1* 1* 14 127
23 Will Rodgers 1* 2* 26 110
24 Justin Carroll 15 2 6 109
25 Connor Hall (R) 7 11 13 101
26 J. P. Morgan 13 12 18 89
27 Kody Vanderwal 11 19 16 86
28 Ernie Francis Jr. (R) 2 11 Wth 76
29 Salvatore Iovino 28 17 14 73
30 Matt Levin 20 25 18 69
31 Noah Gragson 3 20 67
32 Dale Quarterley 13 13 62
33 Reid Lanpher (R) 11 15 61
34 Brandon Oakley (R) 14 14 60
35 Trey Hutchens 15 18 Wth 55
36 Abraham Calderón (R) 16 19 53
37 Brett Moffitt 1 47
38 Bill Hoff 16 Wth DNS1 Wth 47
39 Scott Heckert 3 41
40 Riley Herbst 4 41
41 Jesse Iwuji 22 27 252 39
42 Bubba Wallace 6 38
43 Anthony Sergi (R) 7 37
44 Chase Dowling (R) 8 36
45 Eddie MacDonald 9 35
46 Cole Keatts (R) 10 34
47 Kyle Benjamin 10 34
48 David Levine 12 32
49 Austin Hill 12 32
50 Devin Dodson (R) 112 12 32
51 Joe Graf Jr. (R) 15 29
52 Max Tullman (R) 15 29
53 Armani Williams (R) 16 28
54 Thomas Ferrando (R) 16 28
55 Jimmy Zacharias (R) 17 Wth 27
56 Robert Pawlowski (R) 17 27
57 Erik Jones 19 26
58 Andrew Tuttle (R) 23 21
59 Tanner Thorson (R) 23 21
60 John Wood 27 Wth 17
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series East points
Derek Thorn 2 3
Ryan Partridge 3 10
Trevor Huddleston (R) 9 7
Bill Kann 13 19
Takuma Koga 15 20
Andrew Engberson (R) 25
Pos. Driver NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM THO NHA IOW GLN GTW NHA DOV Points
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2018 New Smyrna 175 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Zombie Auto 150 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Visit Hampton VA 150 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 Who's Your Driver Twin 100s Race 1 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 Who's Your Driver Twin 100s Race 2 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Memphis 150 presented by AutoZone entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 JUSTDRIVE.com 125 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  8. ^ "2018 King Cadillac GMC Throwback 100 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  9. ^ "2018 United Site Services 70 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  10. ^ "2018 Casey's General Store 150 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  11. ^ "2018 Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  12. ^ "2018 Monaco Gateway Classic entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  13. ^ "2018 Apple Barrel 125 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  14. ^ "2018 Crosley Brands 125 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  15. ^ "2018 Schedule Set For K&N Pro Series East". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  16. ^ "NBCSN Announces 2018 Broadcast Schedule of Regional Series". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  17. ^ Jacobs, Jaxson (5 October 2018). "Crosley 125 Postponed to Saturday". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  18. ^ "2018 New Smyrna 175 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  19. ^ "2018 Zombie Auto 150 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  20. ^ "2018 Visit Hampton VA 150 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  21. ^ "2018 Who's Your Driver Twin 100s Race 1 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  22. ^ "2018 Who's Your Driver Twin 100s Race 2 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  23. ^ "2018 Memphis 150 Presented by AutoZone race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  24. ^ "2018 JUSTDRIVE.com 125 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  25. ^ "2018 King Cadillac GMC Throwback 100 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  26. ^ "2018 United Site Services 70 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  27. ^ "2018 Casey's General Store 150 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  28. ^ "2018 Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  29. ^ "2018 Monaco Gateway Classic race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  30. ^ "2018 Apple Barrel 125 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  31. ^ "2018 Crosley Brands 125 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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