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.

2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

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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

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

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
5
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[lower-alpha 1]	Iowa Speedway, Newton	July 27
11	Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen	August 3
12	Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 3]

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

Races

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

Notes

• ¹ – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first Who's Your Driver Twin 100 race.
• ² – The qualifying session for the Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Owners' championship.
• ³ – The qualifying session for the Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Practice results.

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – 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

Notes

• ¹ – Bill Hoff and Brandon McReynolds received championship points, despite the fact that they did not start the race.
• ² – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series West.

See also

• Sports portal

• 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
• 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series
• 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
• 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
• 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series
• 2018 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series
• 2018 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

References

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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.
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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.

External links

• Official website