2018 Eaton 200
The 2018 Villa Lighting Delivers the Eaton 200 was the tenth stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and the 18th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Madison, Illinois at Gateway Motorsports Park, a 1.25 miles permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 160 laps to complete. At race's end, after a chaotic final restart with three to go, Justin Haley of GMS Racing would win his first ever NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career win and of the season. To fill out the podium, Todd Gilliland of Kyle Busch Motorsports and Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
The race was the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debuts for Bryant Barnhill, Riley Herbst, Zane Smith, and Tate Fogleman.
Background
Known as Gateway Motorsports Park until its renaming in April 2019, World Wide Technology Raceway is a 1.25-mile paved oval motor racing track in Madison, Illinois, United States. The track previously held Truck races from 1998 to 2010, and returned starting in 2014.Practice
First practice
The first practice would occur on Friday, June 22, at 4:45 PM CST. Christian Eckes would set the fastest time with a 33.492 and an average speed of.Second practice
The second practice would occur on Friday, June 22, at 6:35 PM CST. Brett Moffitt of Hattori Racing Enterprises would set the fastest time with a 32.801 and an average speed of.Third and final practice
The third and final practice took place on Saturday, June 23, at 11:00 AM CST. Todd Gilliland of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time with a 32.304 and an average speed of.Qualifying
Qualifying would take place on Saturday, June 23, at 4:45 PM CST. Since Gateway Motorsports Park is under 1.5 miles, 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.Grant Enfinger would make it through the preliminary two rounds and set the fastest time in Round 3 with a 32.405 and an average speed of, making Enfinger win the pole. Meanwhile, the #74 of B. J. McLeod and the #0 of Camden Murphy would fail to qualify.
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 35Stage 2 Laps: 35
Stage 3 Laps: 90