2018 Brickyard 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 26 of 36 in the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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The 2018 Brickyard 400 program cover, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the race. | |||
| Date | September 10, 2018 | ||
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.5 miles (4.023 km) | ||
| Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643.738 km) | ||
| Average speed | 128.629 miles per hour (207.008 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Drivers | Clint Bowyer | Stewart–Haas Racing | |
| Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Laps | 37 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBCSN | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen, Steve Letarte (booth), Mike Bagley (Turn 2), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Turn 3), Jeff Burton (Turn 4) | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | IndyCar Radio Network | ||
| Booth announcers | Doug Rice, Pat Patterson and Jeff Hammond | ||
| Turn announcers | Mark Jaynes (1), Nick Yeoman (2), Jake Query (3) and Chris Denari (4) | ||
The 2018 Brickyard 400, branded as Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 10, 2018, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The 25th running of the Brickyard 400, it was contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0-kilometre) speedway, and was the 26th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, and the final race of the regular season before the playoffs.