2018 World of Westgate 200
The 2018 World of Westgate 200 was the 18th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, the second race of the Round of 8, and the inaugural running of the event. Despite an agreement, Speedway Motorsports would cancel one New Hampshire Motor Speedway weekend and add one race of each national series to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The race was held on Friday, September 14, 2018 in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race was extended from its scheduled 134 laps to 144 laps due to numerous NASCAR overtime attempts. At race's end, Grant Enfinger would pull away from an ailing Brett Moffitt on the restart and pull away to win his 2nd career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race and the first and only win of the season. To fill out then podium, Johnny Sauter and Justin Haley, both driving for GMS Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.Entry list
Practice
First practice
First practice was held on Thursday, September 13 at 2:05 PST. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest lap in practice with a time with a 30.731 and an average speed of.Second and final practice
The second and final practice would take place on Thursday, September 13 at 4:05 PST. Riley Herbst of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest lap in practice with a time of 30.589 and an average speed of.Qualifying
Qualifying would take place on Friday, September 14 at 3:05 PST. Since Las Vegas Motor Speedway is at least 1.5 miles, 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 would proceed to set the fastest time in both rounds, achieving a lap in the second round of a 30.331 and an average speed of. Three drivers would fail to qualify: Tate Fogleman, J. J. Yeley, and Norm Benning.
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 30Stage 2 Laps: 30
Stage 3 Laps: 84