| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 7 of 33 of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
| Date | April 14, 2018 | ||
| Official name | 36th Annual Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 | ||
| Location | Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol Motor Speedway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.533 mi (0.858 km) | ||
| Distance | 300 laps, 159.9 mi (257.334 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 300 laps, 159.9 mi (257.334 km) | ||
| Average speed | 67.857 miles per hour (109.205 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste | ||
| Time | 15.090 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 106 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Ryan Preece | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Sports 1 | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Michael Waltrip, Joey Logano | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Performance Racing Network | ||
The 2018 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 was the seventh stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the 36th iteration of the event. The race was held Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee at Bristol Motor Speedway, a 0.533 miles (0.858 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 300 laps to complete. At race's end, Ryan Preece of Joe Gibbs Racing would take the lead on the final restart with 10 laps to go and win his second and to date, final career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his first and only win of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports and Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would finish second and third, respectively.