document_title: 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

question_text: who drives the 99 car in nascar in 2018

question_tokens: who drives the 99 car in nascar in 2018

text: 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

text: Teams and drivers[edit]

text: Chartered teams[edit]

text:
Manufacturer

Team

No.

Race driver

Crew chief

Chevrolet

Chip Ganassi Racing

1

Jamie McMurray

Matt McCall

42

Kyle Larson

Chad Johnston

Germain Racing

13

Ty Dillon

Matt Borland

Hendrick Motorsports

9

Chase Elliott

Alan Gustafson

24

William Byron (R)

Darian Grubb

48

Jimmie Johnson

Chad Knaus

88

Alex Bowman

Greg Ives

JTG Daugherty Racing

37

Chris Buescher

Trent Owens

47

A. J. Allmendinger

Tristan Smith

Leavine Family Racing

95

Kasey Kahne

Travis Mack 15  Jon Leonard 21

Premium Motorsports

15

Danica Patrick 1

Tony Eury Jr. 1  Todd Parrott 1  Pat Tryson 34

Ross Chastain 33

Justin Marks 2

Richard Childress Racing

3

Austin Dillon

Justin Alexander

31

Ryan Newman

Luke Lambert

Richard Petty Motorsports

43

Darrell Wallace Jr. (R)

Drew Blickensderfer

StarCom Racing

00

Jeffrey Earnhardt 5

Tony Furr 16  Jonas Bell 1  Rick Bourgeois 6

Landon Cassill 28

Joey Gase 2

Tomy Drissi 1

TriStar Motorsports

72

Corey LaJoie 25

Frankie Kerr

Cole Whitt 11

Ford

Front Row Motorsports

34

Michael McDowell

Derrick Finley

38

David Ragan

Seth Barbour

Go Fas Racing

32

Matt DiBenedetto

Gene Nead 2  Randy Cox 34

Roush Fenway Racing

6

Trevor Bayne 21

Matt Puccia

Matt Kenseth 15

17

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Brian Pattie

Stewart-Haas Racing

4

Kevin Harvick

Rodney Childers

10

Aric Almirola

Johnny Klausmeier

14

Clint Bowyer

Mike Bugarewicz

41

Kurt Busch

Billy Scott

Team Penske

2

Brad Keselowski

Paul Wolfe

12

Ryan Blaney

Jeremy Bullins

22

Joey Logano

Todd Gordon

Wood Brothers Racing

21

Paul Menard

Greg Erwin

Toyota

BK Racing

23

Gray Gaulding 17

Rick Bourgeois 30  Tony Furr 5  Peter Sospenzo 1

Blake Jones 2

J. J. Yeley 3

Spencer Gallagher 1

Furniture Row Racing

78

Martin Truex Jr.

Cole Pearn

Joe Gibbs Racing

11

Denny Hamlin

Mike Wheeler

18

Kyle Busch

Adam Stevens

19

Daniel Suárez

Scott Graves

20

Erik Jones

Chris Gayle

Chevrolet 16  Ford 5  Toyota 2

Rick Ware Racing

51

Justin Marks 1

Pat Tryson 1 Ken Evans 35

Harrison Rhodes 5

Cole Custer 2

Timmy Hill 3

Cody Ware 1

B. J. McLeod 8

Chris Cook 1

Ray Black Jr. 1

Josh Bilicki 1

Source:[3][4]

text: Limited schedule[edit]

text:
Manufacturer

Team

No.

Race driver

Crew chief

Round(s)

Chevrolet

Beard Motorsports

62

Brendan Gaughan

Darren Shaw

4

NY Racing Team

7

J. J. Yeley

George Church

1

Premium Motorsports

Todd Parrott 16  Peter Sospenzo 2

1

D. J. Kennington

1

Reed Sorenson

2

Jeffrey Earnhardt

1

Jesse Little

1

Garrett Smithley

1

55

Joey Gase

1

Reed Sorenson

7

J. J. Yeley

1

Jeffrey Earnhardt

1

Richard Childress Racing

8

Daniel Hemric

Brandon Thomas

2

StarCom Racing

99

Derrike Cope

Domenick Turse 3  Jonas Bell 3  Derrike Cope 1  Wayne Carroll Jr. 3

2

Garrett Smithley

2

Kyle Weatherman

3

Landon Cassill

1

Gray Gaulding

1

Rick Ware Racing

52

Cody Ware

George Church

1

Ford

RBR Enterprises

92

David Gilliland

Mike Hester

1

Timothy Peters

2

Toyota

Gaunt Brothers Racing

96

D. J. Kennington

Mark Hillman

6

Parker Kligerman

3

Jeffrey Earnhardt

14

Jesse Little

1

Ford 1  Toyota 7  Chevrolet 1

MBM Motorsports

66

Mark Thompson

Mike Hillman Sr. 4  Robert Scott 4  Gary Showalter 1

1

Chad Finchum

1

Timmy Hill

7

TBA

TBA

TBA

Hermie Sadler[5]

TBA

1

text: Changes[edit]

text: Teams[edit]

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Team Penske will expand to a three-car team with the addition of Ryan Blaney in the No. 12, previously with Wood Brothers Racing in the No. 21 in 2017.
On August 29, 2017, Hendrick Motorsports announced that the current No. 24 team driven by Chase Elliott would be changing to the No. 9 team, while the No. 5 would become the new No. 24 team to be driven by rookie William Byron. Alan Gustafson is expected to remain as Elliott's crew chief while Darian Grubb will work with William Byron.
Furniture Row Racing will downsize from a two car team to a one car team, shutting down the No. 77 team as sponsor 5-hour Energy moves to the No. 78 team.
On September 25, 2017, it was announced that a new Chevrolet team, StarCom Racing, would open and run the No. 00 car full-time, with driver Derrike Cope, moving from Premium Motorsports. Cope was planning to drive the majority of the 2018 schedule with other drivers possibly running races, however, Jeffrey Earnhardt was later announced as the driver for the season. The No. 00 is also guaranteed to run every race as they have leased a charter from the part-time Richard Childress Racing No. 8 team. Cope will instead run a second car later in the season, the No. 99 Camaro. After Fontana, Earnhardt and StarCom mutually agreed to part ways. After starting the season without a ride, Landon Cassill would take over the 00 for Martinsville, Texas, Bristol, Richmond and possibly the rest of the season. Joey Gase was later announced as the driver for Talladega and road course ringer Tomy Drissi was announced as the driver for Sonoma. The No. 99 would debut with Cope at the first Dover race of the season.
On November 22, 2017, Rick Ware Racing announced an expansion from a 30-race open team to 1 full-time team for Ray Black Jr. and 1 part-time team for Cody Ware, Kyle Weatherman, B. J. McLeod and John Graham. However, before the season began, the deal with Black fell through, but Black will still drive the No. 51 at Daytona in July. RWR has fielded the No. 51 for Black, Justin Marks, Cole Custer, Harrison Rhodes, Timmy Hill, Cody Ware, B.J. McLeod, and Chris Cook. The No. 52 would make its debut at Sonoma with Cody Ware.
On December 7, 2017, after it was announced that Richard Petty Motorsports would be switching manufacturers from Ford to Chevrolet, RPM also announced that in 2018 they would have a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.
On December 12, 2017, it was announced that Circle Sport Racing and The Motorsports Group, who became one team in 2017, parted ways.[6] Both teams will field a car for 2018. Circle Sport will continue with the No. 33, but Jeffrey Earnhardt was released even though he was going to be the No. 33 driver in 2018.[7] Both teams will have different drivers and sponsors.
On January 3, 2018, it was announced that Team Penske had purchased a charter from Roush Fenway Racing in order to field the No. 12 car for Ryan Blaney full-time in 2018. The charter had been leased to JTG Daugherty Racing to field the No. 37 for Chris Buescher in 2017, and had previously been used for the No. 16 of Greg Biffle in 2016.[8]
On January 17, 2018, it was announced that RBR Enterprises will join the Cup series and will field the No. 92 Ford to attempt the Daytona 500 with David Gilliland behind the wheel. The team spent the past eight seasons competing 79 races in the Truck series.[9]
On January 22, 2018, it was announced that Gaunt Brothers Racing will return to the Daytona 500 with D. J. Kennington driving the No. 96 Toyota.[10] The team entered the spring ISM Raceway race, which would be their first appearance on a non restrictor track.
On January 23, 2018, Richard Childress Racing announced that it will downsize to two full-time teams and one part-time team for 2018, the No. 27 team will be renumbered as the No. 8 and it will run two races with Daniel Hemric.[11]
On April 25, 2018, Roush Fenway Racing announced that Matt Kenseth will reunite with RFR and will share the #6 car with Trevor Bayne for the 2018 season.

text: Drivers[edit]

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On April 25, 2017, Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced that he would retire from full-time racing.[12] On July 20, 2017, Alex Bowman was announced as his full-time replacement.
On July 11, 2017, it was announced that Erik Jones will be replacing Matt Kenseth in the No. 20 car for Joe Gibbs Racing. On November 4, 2017, Kenseth announced he would be stepping away from full-time racing and will not compete in any 2018 events, but on April 25, 2018, it was announced that Kenseth would drive the No. 6 part-time along with Trevor Bayne for Roush Fenway Racing.
On July 26, 2017, it was announced that Paul Menard will replace Ryan Blaney in the No. 21 car for Wood Brothers Racing.
On August 1, 2017, it was announced that Kurt Busch will become a free agent after driving the No. 41 car for Stewart Haas Racing. However, on December 11, 2017, it was announced that Busch had re-signed with Stewart-Haas Racing on a 1-year deal.
On August 7, 2017, it was announced that Kasey Kahne would be leaving the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports car at the end of 2017. On August 8, 2017, it was announced that William Byron was named as his full-time replacement in the renumbered No. 24 car and will be running for Rookie of the Year honors. On September 19, 2017, it was announced that Kahne would be driving the No. 95 Chevrolet Camaro for Leavine Family Racing, replacing Michael McDowell.
On September 12, 2017, Danica Patrick announced that she would not be returning to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2018. Later that day, Richard Petty Motorsports announced that Aric Almirola would not be returning to the No. 43 team in 2018. On October 25, 2017, Richard Petty Motorsports announced that Darrell Wallace Jr. would drive the No. 43 and compete for Rookie of the Year Honors. In 2017, Wallace Jr. was going to run the full NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing, but the team shut down in June due to a lack of sponsorship. Wallace would also drive the No. 43 in the Cup series, filling in for Almirola when he was injured in a crash at Kansas. Wallace also drove the No. 98 Ford Mustang for Biagi-DenBeste Racing in the Xfinity Series at Chicago, and the No. 99 Chevrolet Silverado for MDM Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Michigan.
On September 25, 2017, Derrike Cope announced he would leave the No. 55 car of Premium Motorsports to drive the new No. 99 for StarCom Racing. Cope also serves as Team Manager, and the No. 00 team will run the full schedule after securing a charter and Landon Cassill will drive the majority of the schedule.
On October 10, 2017, Front Row Motorsports announced that Landon Cassill would not return to drive the teams No. 34 entry in 2018. On December 14, 2017, it has been confirmed that Michael McDowell will drive full-time in the No. 34, and David Ragan is returning to FRM in the No. 38.[13]
On November 8, 2017, Stewart-Haas Racing announced that Aric Almirola would take over the No. 10 Ford full-time in 2018, replacing Danica Patrick.
On November 15, 2017, it was announced that Danica Patrick would be retiring from auto racing. She plans to race in the 2018 Daytona 500 (NASCAR) and the 2018 Indy 500 (IndyCar) before retiring.
On November 22, 2017, it was announced that Ray Black Jr. would compete full-time and challenge for Rookie of the Year with Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 chartered entry. The No. 51 did not have a charter in 2017. RWR also announced a part-time No. 52 team with drivers Cody Ware, Kyle Weatherman, B. J. McLeod and John Graham.[14] However, in early February, it was that Justin Marks would drive the No. 51 in the Daytona 500, even though Ray Black Jr. was announced as the full-time driver. It is rumored that the deal fell through. Marks, Black, Cole Custer, Harrison Rhodes, Timmy Hill, Cody Ware, B.J. McLeod, and Chris Cook all made starts in the car. The No. 52 would make its debut at Sonoma with Cody Ware.
On January 30, 2018, StarCom Racing signed Jeffrey Earnhardt to drive its chartered No. 00 Chevrolet for the season. Earnhardt replaces Derrike Cope, who will remain as team manager and also will drive a second car for the team later in the year. Earnhardt previously drove for Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group full-time in 2017. After the first 5 races, Earnhardt was replaced by Landon Cassill. Joey Gase was later announced as the driver for Talladega and road course ringer Tomy Drissi was announced as the driver for Sonoma.
On February 5, 2018, TriStar Motorsports announced that Corey LaJoie would split the chartered No. 72 team with Cole Whitt, with sponsorship from Schluter Systems. LaJoie previously drove for BK Racing's Nos. 23 and 83 in most of the races in 2017.
On March 20, 2018, Richard Childress Racing announced that Daniel Hemric would drive a part-time No. 8 car in the Cup Series during the Richmond spring race and the during the playoffs on the new Charlotte "Roval" course.[15]

text: Crew chiefs[edit]

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Jeremy Bullins will move over from the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing team to the new No. 12 Team Penske team to continue to be Ryan Blaney's crew chief.
Greg Erwin will move from the No. 22 Team Penske team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series to the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing team to be Paul Menard's crew chief.[16]
Travis Mack will move from being the car chief for the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team to the No. 95 Leavine Family Racing team to be Kasey Kahne's crew chief. After Michigan in June, Mack was removed and replaced by Jon Leonard in the short term.[17]
Championship winning crew chief Darian Grubb will be the crew chief for the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team and William Byron. In 2017, Grubb was the crew chief for Kasey Kahne in the final 9 races of the season after Keith Rodden left as the crew chief role.
Bootie Barker will leave the No. 13 team at the end of the 2017 season. On November 27, 2017, Germain Racing announced that Matt Borland will move over from the No. 27 Richard Childress Racing team to be the crew chief for Ty Dillon.
Jason Ratcliff will move over from the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team to the No. 20 JGR team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series to be the crew chief for Christopher Bell. Chris Gayle moves over from the now shut down No. 77 Furniture Row Racing team to continue to be Erik Jones' crew chief.
Eddie Pardue will move with The Motorsports Group and be the crew chief. Pardue was the crew chief for the No. 33 for Circle Sport-The Motorsports Group until the two teams split after the 2017 season.
On December 15, 2017, Tony Gibson announced his retirement. Johnny Klausmeier, who served as car chief on the No. 41 team, will be the crew chief for Aric Almirola, while Billy Scott moves from the No. 10 team to the No. 41 to be crew chief for Kurt Busch.
On February 27, 2018, Go Fas Racing announced Randy Cox would take over crew chief duties for the No. 32 team, replacing Gene Nead.

text: Manufacturers[edit]

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With the discontinuation of the SS after the 2017 model year, Chevrolet unveiled a new body style based on the Camaro ZL1.[18][19]
MBM Motorsports purchased an old Richard Petty Motorsports Ford and ran it in the Daytona 500 with Mark Thompson behind the wheel.[20] MBM ran Chevrolets and Toyotas in 2017. MBM Motorsports would return to using Toyotas for the remainder of 2018 starting at Bristol with Chad Finchum.
After running Chevrolets for the 2017 season, Rick Ware Racing announced that they will run with all 3 manufacturers in 2018.
On December 7, 2017, Richard Petty Motorsports announced that they would be switching manufacturers from Ford to Chevrolet for the 2018 season. Richard Petty Motorsports ran Fords from 2010 to 2017 and last ran a General Motors car in 2000.
This will be the final year of the Ford Fusion as on April 17, 2018, Ford announced the Ford Mustang as their entry in the Cup series for 2019.

text: Offseason changes[edit]

text: Rule changes[edit]

text: During its annual media tour in November 2017, NASCAR announced that constraints would be imposed on crew rosters in its three national series. Crew members are divided into "Organizational", "Road Crew", and "Pit Crew" roles; in the Cup Series, a single team may only have a roster of 3-4 organizational crew members (depending on the number of cars they field), 12 road crew members, and 5 pit crew members (reduced from 6, as implemented in 2011). Crew members must be assigned a jersey number and a letter corresponding to their position, which must be worn on their crew uniforms. Staff may be shared between a team's individual cars, even if they are not explicitly listed on their roster. NASCAR's executive vice president and chief racing development officer Steve O'Donnell stated that these changes were intended to improve safety, as well as improve its focus on teamwork.[21][22]

text: In February 2018, it was announced that the vehicle damage policy introduced in 2017 had been modified, following analysis of the rule's effects in 2017, and to account for the reduction in pit crew members. The length of the repair window has been extended to six minutes, and the penalty for having too many crew members repairing the car was reduced from disqualification to a two-lap penalty. Additionally, the length of the first session in qualifying on intermediate- and short-tracks has been reduced from 20 to 15 minutes.[23]

text: On May 16, 2018, NASCAR announced that teams no longer need to start the race on the tires used in qualifying, due to teams that fail to pass the inspection before qualifying getting an advantage.[24]

text: Schedule[edit]

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The final schedule – comprising 36 races, as well as exhibition races, which are the Advance Auto Parts Clash, Can-Am Duel qualifying duel races for the Daytona 500 and the All-Star Race – was released on May 23, 2017.[25]
Key changes from 2017 include:

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The Daytona 500 is held one week earlier. As a result of this, all races from Atlanta until Talladega (spring), and also Pocono and Michigan in June will move one week earlier than 2017.
The Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway will move from Sunday afternoon to Saturday night due to attendance issues.
The AAA 400 Drive for Autism will move after the GEICO 500 and before the KC Masterpiece 400. Due to Daytona moving a week earlier, Dover was forced to move to May, similar to 2016 and (some) years before that when Daytona was on Presidents Day Weekend.
The new date that Las Vegas Motor Speedway acquired from New Hampshire Motor Speedway was moved to the first race of playoffs to replace Overton's 400 at Chicagoland Speedway which moved back to July before the Coke Zero Sugar 400. That means the Coke Zero Sugar 400, Quaker State 400 and Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 will move one week later than 2017.
The Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will move to September to become the final race of the regular season while the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway will move to the second race in the Round of 16.
The Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway will move one week earlier to become the elimination race of the Round of 16 and will utilize the track's road course layout instead of its quad-oval. The race's scheduled distance will also be shortened from 500 miles to 400 kilometers, resulting in a name change to the Bank of America Roval 400. That means the Dover 400 at Dover International Speedway will move one week later to become the first race of the Round of 12.
In broadcasting changes, an additional off week in June was added for the Father's Day weekend between Michigan and Sonoma so that the Fox networks could air the U.S. Open and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The third off week will be after Bristol's August race.

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No

Race Title

Track

Date

Time

TV

Advance Auto Parts Clash

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida

February 11

3:00 p.m.

FS1

Can-Am Duel

February 15

7:00 p.m.

FS1

1

Daytona 500

February 18

2:30 p.m.

Fox

2

Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia

February 25

3:30 p.m.

Fox

3

Pennzoil 400

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada

March 4

3:30 p.m.

Fox

4

TicketGuardian 500

ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona

March 11

3:30 p.m.

Fox

5

Auto Club 400

Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California

March 18

3:30 p.m.

Fox

6

STP 500

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia

March 26[N 1]

2:00 p.m.

FS1

7

O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas

April 8

2:00 p.m.

FS1

8

Food City 500

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee

April 15–16[N 2]

1:15 p.m.1:30 p.m.

Fox

9

Toyota Owners 400

Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia

April 21

6:30 p.m.

Fox

10

GEICO 500

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama

April 29

2:00 p.m.

Fox

11

AAA 400 Drive for Autism

Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware

May 6

1:45 p.m.

FS1

12

KC Masterpiece 400

Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas

May 12

8:00 p.m.

FS1

Monster Energy Open

Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina

May 19

6:00 p.m.

FS1

Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race

May 19

8:00 p.m.

FS1

13

Coca-Cola 600

May 27

6:00 p.m.

Fox

14

Pocono 400

Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania

June 3

2:00 p.m.

FS1

15

FireKeepers Casino 400

Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan

June 10

4:30 p.m.

Fox

16

Toyota/Save Mart 350

Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California

June 24

3:00 p.m.

FS1

17

Overton's 400[26]

Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois

July 1

2:30 p.m.

NBCSN

18

Coke Zero Sugar 400

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida

July 7

7:00 p.m.

NBC

19

Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart

Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky

July 14

7:30 p.m.

NBCSN

20

Foxwoods Resort Casino 301

New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire

July 22

4:15 p.m.

NBCSN

21

Gander Outdoors 400[27]

Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania

July 29

2:30 p.m.

NBCSN

22

Go Bowling at The Glen[28]

Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York

August 5

2:30 p.m.

NBC

23

Consumers Energy 400

Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan

August 12

2:30 p.m.

NBCSN

24

Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee

August 18

7:30 p.m.

NBCSN

25

Bojangles' Southern 500

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina

September 2

6:00 p.m.

NBCSN

26

Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana

September 9

2:00 p.m.

NBCSN

Cup Championship Playoffs

Round of 16

27

South Point 400

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada

September 16

3:00 p.m.

NBCSN

28

Federated Auto Parts 400

Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia

September 22

7:30 p.m.

NBCSN

29

Bank of America Roval 400

Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina, (Roval)

September 30

2:00 p.m.

NBC

Round of 12

30

Dover 400

Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware

October 7

2:00 p.m.

NBCSN

31

1000Bulbs.com 500[29]

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama

October 14

2:00 p.m.

NBC

32

Hollywood Casino 400

Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas

October 21

2:00 p.m.

NBC

Round of 8

33

First Data 500

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia

October 28

2:30 p.m.

NBCSN

34

AAA Texas 500

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas

November 4

3:00 p.m.

NBCSN

35

Can-Am 500

ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona

November 11

2:30 p.m.

NBC

Championship 4

36

Ford EcoBoost 400

Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida

November 18

2:30 p.m.

NBC

text: Crown Jewel races in bold

text:
Jump up ^ The spring Martinsville race was postponed from Sunday to Monday due to snow.

Jump up ^ The spring Bristol race started Sunday and ended Monday due to rain.

text: Schedule changes[edit]

text: In 2015, NASCAR and 23 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series tracks agreed on a five-year contract that guarantees each track would continue to host races through 2020.[30] Despite the agreement, Speedway Motorsports decided to transfer one of its Cup Series races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to Las Vegas Motor Speedway to form a race weekend involving each of the three national series in the fall.[31] On July 27, 2016, Daytona International Speedway announced that the 60th running of the Daytona 500 would be moved one week earlier to be held on February 18, 2018.[32]

text: Several changes were announced with the release of the final schedule. The Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway moved to September to become the final race of the regular season, while the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway moved to the second race in the Round of 16. The new date that Las Vegas Motor Speedway acquired from New Hampshire Motor Speedway was moved to the first race of the playoffs to replace Chicagoland Speedway, which became race 17 of the regular season. Dover International Speedway's spring race, the AAA 400 Drive for Autism, was moved one month early to precede Kansas Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. The track's fall race, the Dover 400, was moved one week later to become the first race of the Round of 12. Also, Charlotte Motor Speedway's Bank of America 500 moves one week earlier and will utilize the track's road course layout instead of its quad-oval; with the scheduled distance changing from 500 miles to 400 kilometers, the race will now be known as the Bank of America Roval 400. With an additional off-week in the schedule for 2018, the Father's Day off-week that Fox added for the U. S. Open will be restored, with the third off-week being after the Bristol August race.[25][33]

text: Season summary[edit]

text: Race reports[edit]

text: Speedweeks 2018

text: Daytona Speedweeks started with the Advance Auto Parts Clash. Austin Dillon drew the pole as Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski led the majority of the race. Jamie McMurray crashed and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. received a penalty. Keselowski led the last half to win over Joey Logano as Jimmie Johnson crashed after contact with Kyle Larson with Chase Elliott, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr. also getting involved.[34]

text: In Daytona 500 qualifying, Alex Bowman won the pole while Denny Hamlin qualified second. Bowman won the pole for his first race since taking over the #88 car from Dale Earnhardt Jr. full-time. This was the fourth consecutive Daytona 500 pole won by Hendrick Motorsports.[35]

text: In the Can-Am Duels on Thursday, Bowman was on pole for race one. In the early laps, Jimmie Johnson lost a tire and crashed along with Aric Almirola. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was moving around the entire race, but got into both William Byron and David Gilliland, taking them out. Joey Logano led the majority of laps, but was passed for the lead by Ryan Blaney as Brad Keselowski crashed with Jamie McMurray, sending the race into overtime. In overtime, Blaney held off Joey Logano and Darrell Wallace Jr. to win the first Duel. In the second Duel, Hamlin was on pole. Early in the race, Erik Jones spun and collected Kyle Larson and Matt DiBenedetto. Hamlin and Chase Elliott led most of the race. Eliott led the most laps to win his second straight Duel race over Kevin Harvick.[36]

text: Round 1: Daytona 500

text: Alex Bowman started on pole. Early on, Kyle Busch had a tire go down and had to pit. Later, Busch had another tire down and got into the wall and collected Jamie McMurray and D.J. Kennington. In the closing laps of stage one, Erik Jones spun and collected Kyle Larson, Jimmie Johnson, Daniel Suarez, William Byron, and Ty Dillon as Kurt Busch won stage one. In stage two, Byron got into the wall after having a tire go down. Brad Keselowski got into Chase Elliott and collected others including David Ragan, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, and Danica Patrick, who finished 35th in her final NASCAR race. Ryan Blaney won stage two over Joey Logano. In the final stage, Blaney continued to lead. In the closing laps, Byron again had a tire go down and spun. With two laps to go, Kurt Busch got turned around and collected Blaney, Matt DiBenedetto, Brendan Gaughan, and others, sending the race to overtime. In overtime, Aric Almirola was leading at the white flag, and tried to block Austin Dillon, but the block was late and Almirola ended up in the wall. Austin Dillon held off Darrell Wallace Jr. for his second career win and winning the Daytona 500 in the #3 20 years after Dale Earnhardt won his only 500 in 1998.[37]

text: Round 2: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

text: Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag after an hour delay from rain. Ryan Newman jumped out to an early lead, but Busch was able to reclaim the lead. After the end-of-stage caution, Newman had a tire go down and hit the wall. Kevin Harvick led and won the first stage. In the second stage, Harvick, Kurt Busch, and Brad Keselowski all led as Keselowski won stage two after a spin by Jimmie Johnson. In the final stage, Harvick continued to dominate as Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano tried to win on a different strategy as the rest of the field. Late in the final stage, Trevor Bayne had an engine failure as Darrell Wallace Jr. plowed into Ricky Stenhouse Jr. trying to avoid the smoke. Harvick continued to lead and won over Keselowski for his first win at Atlanta since 2001.[38]

text: Round 3: Pennzoil 400

text: Ryan Blaney started on pole. Kevin Harvick took the lead at the beginning and dominated and won the first two caution free stages. In the final stage, Jamie McMurray got into the wall after a flat tire. Kurt Busch got loose and crashed along with Chase Elliott. Harvick led over 200 laps and held off a hard charging Kyle Busch for his second straight win and second at Las Vegas.[39]

text: Round 4: TicketGuardian 500

text: Martin Truex Jr. started on pole. Kyle Larson shot out to the lead early and led most of the first stage. Kyle Busch took the lead and won the first stage. Early in the second stage, Larson spun on the apron. Chris Buescher had a tire go down and got into the wall. Kurt Busch stayed out and won the second stage. Denny Hamlin took the lead as Paul Menard had a tire go down and got into the wall. Kyle Busch regained the lead until green flag pit stops. Brad Keselowski stayed out to stretch it out until the end, but had to pit. Kevin Harvick was able to pass Chase Elliott during the green flag cycle to take the lead from Ryan Newman and hold off Kyle Busch for his third consecutive win and ninth at Phoenix.[40]

text: Round 5: Auto Club 400

text: Martin Truex Jr. started on pole for the second straight week. Early, Kevin Harvick got into the wall and spun through the grass after contact with Kyle Larson, ending his chances for a fourth straight win. Truex was able to win the first stage and win the second stage after Trevor Bayne got into the wall. David Ragan brought out the final caution as Truex was able to beat out Kyle Busch on pit stops and pulled away from Larson to sweep all three stages to win.[41]

text: Round 6: STP 500

text: Martin Truex Jr. started on pole for the third straight week as qualifying was cancelled due to rain and snow. The race was postponed from Sunday to Monday due to snow. Denny Hamlin won the first stage after a Competition Caution and Ryan Blaney won the second stage. Jamie McMurray spun after contact with Austin Dillon. Clint Bowyer took the lead from Blaney and dominated the remainder of the race, leading 215 laps. McMurray, Trevor Bayne, and Harrison Rhodes all had tires go down, but there was no caution. Bowyer held off Kyle Busch for his first win since 2012 and the fourth out of six races for Stewart-Haas Racing.[42]

text: Round 7: O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

text: Kurt Busch started on pole after qualifying was cancelled just after the first round due to rain. As soon as the race began, Alex Bowman spun and collected Aric Almirola, Austin Dillon, and Paul Menard. At the end of the first stage, Martin Truex Jr. had a tire go down and got into the wall as Kevin Harvick scored the stage win as it ended under caution. In the second stage, Kyle Larson had a tire go down and he got into the wall. Kyle Busch was able to win the second stage. Early in the final stage, Denny Hamlin spun and collected David Ragan, Brad Keselowski, and Jimmie Johnson. Menard and Ryan Newman both got into the wall. Kyle Busch and Harvick, both with  older tires, were able to stay out front and Busch was able to hold Harvick off for his first win of the year and third at Texas.[43]

text: Round 8: Food City 500

text: Kyle Busch started on pole. Michael McDowell spun on the third lap and collected others including Chase Elliott and Martin Truex Jr. The race was stopped three different times due to rain and a wreck by Trevor Bayne. Ryan Blaney led most of the first half of the race, but was caught up in an accident while leading, ending his race. Brad Keselowski won the first stage. After another red flag due to rain, the remainder of the race was postponed to Monday. After a small delay due to rain, the race continued. Keselowski would win the second stage after taking back the lead. Kyle Larson took back the lead and continued leading until spun after making contact with Ryan Newman. Kyle Busch got the lead when the caution was displayed for rain, but it was a brief yellow. On the final restart, Larson got back in the lead, but Kyle Busch passed Larson for the lead with six laps to go and Busch pulled away to his second straight win and seventh at Bristol.[44]

text: Round 9: Toyota Owners 400

text: Martin Truex Jr. won the pole. Joey Logano dominated the early part of the race, winning both stages. Kurt Busch and Clint Bowyer took turned swapping the lead. Truex regained the lead and lead a race high of 121 laps. Ryan Blaney and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got together and spun. Jamie McMurray got into the wall and made contact with Ryan Newman, who blew up. David Ragan had a tire go down and got into the wall. Stenhouse spun again to send the race into overtime. On the restart, Kyle Busch held off Chase Elliott for his third straight win and fifth at Richmond.[45]

text: Round 10: GEICO 500

text: Kevin Harvick started the race from the pole. Brad Keselowski won the first stage of the race. In the second stage, Erik Jones caused a multicar wreck that collected Jamie McMurray, Kyle Larson, Martin Truex Jr., and Trevor Bayne. Paul Menard won the second stage of the race. Numerous drivers experienced speeding penalties on pit road including Denny Hamlin, who was caught speeding on pit road multiple times. Late in the race, Jimmie Johnson got loose in front of teammate William Byron and caused a 14-car accident that also collected Keselowski, Menard, Clint Bowyer, Michael McDowell, Ryan Blaney, Darrell Wallace Jr., and A.J. Allmendinger. Joey Logano led in the closing laps of the race and went to score his first win of the season, ending a 36 race winless streak.[46]

text: Round 11: AAA 400 Drive for Autism

text: Kyle Larson started on pole. Michael McDowell spun and Derrike Cope crashed early as Kevin Harvick won both stages. Kyle Busch went to the garage after suffering a broken driveshaft. Clint Bowyer was leading when the race was halted by a red flag due to rain. After the delay, Kevin Harvick passed Bowyer for the lead and pulled away for his second win at Dover and his fourth win of the season.[47]

text: Round 12: KC Masterpiece 400

text: Kevin Harvick started on pole. Harvick led early, but Ryan Blaney took the lead and won the first stage. Kyle Larson came from the rear of the field to dominate the race, winning the second stage. Alex Bowman and Daniel Suarez got together and both got into the wall. Larson and Blaney got into each other, putting Blaney in the wall. On the restart, William Byron had a tire go down caused a wreck featuring Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman, Ty Dillon, Jamie McMurray, Chris Buescher, and Matt Kenseth, competing in his first race of the year, bringing out the red flag. On the restart, Martin Truex Jr. pulled away from the field, but Kevin Harvick was able run down Truex to take the lead for his second consecutive win and his fifth of the season.[48]

text: Exhibition: Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race

text: First, it was the  Monster Energy Open. Aric Almirola started on pole due to qualifying being rained out. Almirola led early, but Alex Bowman took the lead and won the first stage to transfer. In the second stage, Paul Menard got into the wall. Chase Elliott had the lead, but Daniel Suárez took the lead and won the second stage to transfer. Darrell Wallace Jr. led in the final stage, but Elliott got back into the lead. Alimrola and Erik Jones got into each other as A.J. Allmendinger took the lead and held off Eliott to win his second Open to transfer.[49] Chase Eliott won the fan vote to transfer for the third straight year.[50]

text: Matt Kenseth won the pole for the race. Kurt Busch spun early as Kevin Harvick won the first stage and Kyle Busch won the second stage. In the third stage, Kasey Kahne got into the wall. Martin Truex Jr. got into Clint Bowyer and they crashed with Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, and Brad Keselowski. Harvick got by Daniel Suárez to win the third stage. In the final 10 laps, Harvick was out front as Kyle Larson spun after contact with Joey Logano. In a two lap shootout, Kevin Harvick held off Daniel Suárez for his second All-Star Race win and the $1 million.[51]

text: Round 13: Coca-Cola 600

text: Kyle Busch started on pole. Defending winner Austin Dillon got in the wall after having a tire go down early. Kevin Harvick got into the wall, taking him out of the race, as Busch won the first stage. William Byron had a tire go down and got into the wall. Jimmie Johnson spun after contact with Denny Hamlin and also sent Joey Logano spinning. Busch won the second stage. In the third stage, Gray Gaulding crashed and Chris Buescher spun. Kyle Larson spun and Ryan Blaney blew an engine and caught fire. Busch won the third stage. Kyle Busch continued to dominate and won his fourth race of the season and with the win, he became the first in history to win a race at every racetrack in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series that he competed at.[52]

text: Round 14: Pocono 400

text: Defending race winner Ryan Blaney started on pole. Blaney led early until he had a problem and had to pit. Martin Truex, Jr. got the lead and won the first stage. Kevin Harvick got to the lead and dominated to win a caution free stage two. In the final stage, Matt DiBenedetto had brake issues and it caused a tire to catch fire as Kasey Kahne and Darrell Wallace, Jr. both had transmission issues. Derrike Cope spun after contact with Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin spun and crashed into the wall after contact with Alex Bowman. On the restart, Erik Jones spun after contact with Joey Logano. On the restart, Martin Truex, Jr. pulled away from Larson, Harvick, and Kyle Busch to pick up his second win of the season and second at Pocono.[53]

text: Round 15: FireKeepers Casino 400

text: Kurt Busch started on pole. The race started over two hours late due to rain. Austin Dillon and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. spun after making contact with each other just as the competition caution came out. David Ragan got into the wall after contact with Darrell Wallace, Jr. Matt Kenseth spun at the end of the stage as Ryan Blaney, who had taken the lead from Kurt Busch, won the first stage. Daniel Suárez spun after contact with Paul Menard. Kyle Larson, who won the last three Michigan races, spun into the grass, ending his changes of a fourth straight win. Kevin Harvick won the second stage over his teammates. Clint Bowyer had taken the lead from Harvick as Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun as rain was reported around the track. The race was called giving Bowyer his second win of the season.[54]

text: Round 16: Toyota/Save Mart 350

text: Kyle Larson started on pole. Erik Jones had problems early as Martin Truex, Jr. led most of the first stage, but pitted allowing A.J. Allmendinger to win the stage. On the restart, Allmendinger blew an engine while Jamie McMurray went to the garage with low oil pressure. Denny Hamlin won the second stage by staying out while others pitted. Ryan Blaney had to make several stops to fix damage. Kevin Harvick had the lead late until he decided to pit in case of a late caution. Truex stayed out during green flag pit stops and won his third win of the season and second at Sonoma with a ten second lead over Harvick.[55]

text: Round 17: Overton's 400

text: Paul Menard started the race on pole. Clint Bowyer led early in the race before getting two speeding penalties on pit road. Aric Almirola won Stage 1 and led the most laps the race, but had to pit under green for a loose wheel. Kevin Harvick won Stage 2 of the race. Harvick would continue to lead until losing it to Kyle Busch during a round of pit stops under caution. Kyle Busch continued to lead in the closing laps as Kyle Larson was catching him. Larson caught up to Kyle Busch on the final lap and the two made contact twice, with Kyle Busch holding on to win the race with Larson finishing second.[56]

text: Round 18: Coke Zero Sugar 400

text: Chase Elliott started on pole. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. dominated by winning both stages. In the second stage, Paul Menard got turned and into the grass. Brad Keselowski got turned around and collected Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Elliott, and others. Kyle Busch got turned into William Byron and also involved Jamie McMurray. In the final stage, Kyle Larson got turned into Stenhouse. Jimmie Johnson was leading until he received a penalty on pit road. Stenhouse had a tire go down and spun, ending his chance of back-to-back wins. On the restart, Aric Almirola lost a wheel and crashed along with Michael McDowell and Johnson. In overtime, Kevin Harvick took the lead from Kasey Kahne, but Clint Bowyer spun and collected Harvick, Brendan Gaughan, and others. On the second restart of overtime, Erik Jones drove past Martin Truex Jr. to score his first career win and became the seventh different winner of the season.[57]

text: Round 19: Quaker State 400

text: Martin Truex Jr. started on pole. Truex dominated by leading the most laps and winning both stages. Alex Bowman had a tire go down and got into the wall and J.J. Yeley lost an engine. Teammates Jamie McMurray and Kyle Larson suffered mechanical problems. Truex pulled away from a charging Ryan Blaney for his fourth win of the season and second straight at Kentucky.[58]

text: Round 20: Foxwoods Resort Casino 301

text: Kurt Busch started on pole. The start of the race was delayed due to rain. Busch dominated the majority of the race. A.J. Allmendinger got into the wall, ending his day. Martin Truex, Jr. took the lead after the Competition Caution and won the first stage. Chase Elliott took the lead from Truex to win the second stage. Clint Bowyer got into the wall and went to the garage. Kyle Busch had the lead late, but Kevin Harvick moved Busch to take the lead and get his sixth win of the season and third at New Hampshire.[59]

text: Round 21: Gander Outdoors 400

text: Kevin Harvick originally won the pole. Thirteen cars including Harvick failed post-qualifying inspection, disallowing their times and forcing them to start in the back, thus Daniel Suarez won the pole. Chase Elliott won the first stage while Harvick won the second stage. A few had tire problems including Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, and Brad Keselowski. Keselowski got into the wall, sending him to the garage. Darrell Wallace, Jr. lost his brakes and hit the wall hard at a high rate of speed, resulting in a red flag. On the restart, Aric Almirola spun after contact with Matt DiBenedetto, sending the race to overtime. Kyle Busch pulled away to hold off Daniel Suarez for his sixth win of the season and second at Pocono.[60]

text: Round 22: Go Bowling at The Glen

text: Denny Hamlin started on pole. Aric Almirola got into the wall early and Joey Logano spun and went to the garage. Martin Truex Jr. won the first stage. Chase Elliott dominated the second half of the race and won the second stage. Ryan Newman spun and Jimmie Johnson spun after contact with A.J. Allmendinger. Martin Truex Jr. caught Elliott, but ran out of fuel which allowed Chase Elliott to get his first career win and the 250th win for Hendrick Motorsports.[61]

text: Round 23: Consumers Energy 400

text: Denny Hamlin started on pole for the second straight week. Erik Jones spun early and William Byron spun and got into the wall along with Martin Truex Jr. Kevin Harvick dominated and won both stages. Jones spun again and Ty Dillon ran over a battery and got into the wall and caught fire. Harvick took the lead from Jamie McMurray and held off Brad Keselowski for his seventh win of the season.[62]

text: Results and standings[edit]

text: Race results[edit]

text:
No.

Race

Pole position

Most laps led

Winning driver

Manufacturer

Report

Advance Auto Parts Clash

Austin Dillon

Brad Keselowski

Brad Keselowski

Ford

Report

Can-Am Duel 1

Alex Bowman

Joey Logano

Ryan Blaney

Ford

Report

Can-Am Duel 2

Denny Hamlin

Chase Elliott

Chase Elliott

Chevrolet

1

Daytona 500

Alex Bowman

Ryan Blaney

Austin Dillon

Chevrolet

Report

2

Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

Kyle Busch

Kevin Harvick

Kevin Harvick

Ford

Report

3

Pennzoil 400

Ryan Blaney

Kevin Harvick

Kevin Harvick

Ford

Report

4

TicketGuardian 500

Martin Truex Jr.

Kyle Busch

Kevin Harvick

Ford

Report

5

Auto Club 400

Martin Truex Jr.

Martin Truex Jr.

Martin Truex Jr.

Toyota

Report

6

STP 500

Martin Truex Jr.

Clint Bowyer

Clint Bowyer

Ford

Report

7

O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

Kurt Busch

Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch

Toyota

Report

8

Food City 500

Kyle Busch

Kyle Larson

Kyle Busch

Toyota

Report

9

Toyota Owners 400

Martin Truex Jr.

Martin Truex Jr.

Kyle Busch

Toyota

Report

10

GEICO 500

Kevin Harvick

Joey Logano

Joey Logano

Ford

Report

11

AAA 400 Drive for Autism

Kyle Larson

Kevin Harvick

Kevin Harvick

Ford

Report

12

KC Masterpiece 400

Kevin Harvick

Kyle Larson

Kevin Harvick

Ford

Report

Monster Energy Open

Aric Almirola

Daniel Suárez

A. J. Allmendinger

Chevrolet

Report

Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race

Matt Kenseth

Kevin Harvick

Kevin Harvick

Ford

13

Coca-Cola 600

Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch

Toyota

Report

14

Pocono 400

Ryan Blaney

Kevin Harvick

Martin Truex Jr.

Toyota

Report

15

FireKeepers Casino 400

Kurt Busch

Kevin Harvick

Clint Bowyer

Ford

Report

16

Toyota/Save Mart 350

Kyle Larson

Martin Truex Jr.

Martin Truex Jr.

Toyota

Report

17

Overton's 400

Paul Menard

Aric Almirola

Kyle Busch

Toyota

Report

18

Coke Zero Sugar 400

Chase Elliott

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Erik Jones

Toyota

Report

19

Quaker State 400

Martin Truex Jr.

Martin Truex Jr.

Martin Truex Jr.

Toyota

Report

20

Foxwoods Resort Casino 301

Kurt Busch

Kurt Busch

Kevin Harvick

Ford

Report

21

Gander Outdoors 400

Daniel Suárez

Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch

Toyota

Report

22

Go Bowling at The Glen

Denny Hamlin

Chase Elliott

Chase Elliott

Chevrolet

Report

23

Consumers Energy 400

Denny Hamlin

Kevin Harvick

Kevin Harvick

Ford

Report

24

Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

Report

text: Driver standings[edit]

text: (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner.3 – Stage 3 winner.[N 1]

text:
Pos.

Driver

DAY

ATL

LVS

PHO

CAL

MAR

TEX

BRI

RCH

TAL

DOV

KAN

CLT

POC

MCH

SON

CHI

DAY

KEN

NHA

POC

GLN

MCH

BRI

DAR

IND

LVS

RCH

CLT

DOV

TAL

KAN

MAR

TEX

PHO

HOM

Pts.

Stage

Bonus

1

Kyle Busch

25

7

2

2*1

3

2

1*2

1

1

13

35

10

1*123

3

4

5

1

33

4

2

1*

3

3

986

267

35

2

Kevin Harvick

31

1*1

1*12

1

35

5

21

7

5

4

1*12

1

40

4*2

2*2

2

32

19

5

1

42

10

1*12

924

247

40

3

Martin Truex Jr.

18

5

4

5

1*12

4

37

30

14*

28

4

2

2

11

18

1*

4

2

1*12

41

15

21

14

842

188

27

4

Kurt Busch

261

8

34

102

14

11

7

22

11

2

5

8

8

19

3

6

17

37

6

8*

9

9

6

750

179

2

5

Clint Bowyer

15

3

18

6

11

1*

9

8

9

31

2

15

12

20

1

3

5

22

12

35

11

11

12

732

158

10

6

Joey Logano

4

6

7

19

5

6

6

9

412

1*

13

3

22

9

7

19

8

39

10

9

26

37

10

723

134

7

7

Brad Keselowski

32

22

6

15

4

10

33

2312

8

331

6

14

4

5

6

13

9

36

3

32

38

17

2

709

207

4

8

Ryan Blaney

7*2

12

5

16

8

32

5

35

22

18

8

371

36

6

81

34

18

40

2

7

12

12

5

687

177

4

9

Denny Hamlin

3

4

17

4

6

121

34

14

3

14

7

5

3

35

12

102

7

38

16

13

10

13

8

684

117

2

10

Kyle Larson

19

9

3

18

2

16

36

2*

7

40

10

4*2

7

2

28

14

2

29

9

12

23

6

17

681

161

–

11

Chase Elliott

33

10

34

3

16

9

11

29

2

3

12

12

11

10

9

4

19

34

13

52

71

1*2

9

647

123

8

12

Aric Almirola

11

13

10

7

12

14

32

6

17

7

11

9

13

7

11

8

25*1

27

8

3

25

22

7

639

93

1

13

Erik Jones

36

11

8

9

7

17

4

26

13

39

18

7

19

29

15

7

6

1

7

16

5

5

13

596

48

5

14

Jimmie Johnson

38

27

12

14

9

15

35

3

6

12

9

19

5

8

20

11

14

23

14

10

17

30

28

572

98

–

15

Alex Bowman

17

20

16

13

13

7

28

5

18

8

23

18

9

27

16

9

10

10

39

11

3

14

19

542

41

–

16

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

29

16

14

23

18

37

25

4

23

5

15

11

10

14

29

18

16

17*12

26

30

22

16

18

480

57

2

17

Paul Menard

6

17

9

36

19

13

30

13

24

302

34

6

14

11

5

26

13

28

11

17

21

28

16

472

44

1

18

Daniel Suárez

37

15

26

8

23

18

29

11

10

10

3

28

15

24

30

15

11

35

15

22

2

4

11

460

27

–

19

Ryan Newman

8

22

11

11

21

19

27

10

37

9

33

30

35

25

22

24

15

8

21

6

8

19

15

456

35

–

20

Austin Dillon

1

14

13

17

10

30

26

15

15

35

26

17

34

12

14

16

37

9

22

21

13

27

4

451

18

5

21

William Byron (R)

23

18

27

12

15

20

10

18

12

29

14

33

39

18

13

25

20

32

20

14

6

8

36

428

36

–

22

Jamie McMurray

16

19

36

26

17

26

3

19

19

26

16

31

6

15

10

37

12

30

17

18

20

7

21

426

21

–

23

A. J. Allmendinger

10

29

30

21

22

8

24

17

27

34

21

16

23

22

17

381

24

3

30

36

14

15

22

375

24

1

24

Chris Buescher

5

25

15

29

30

23

15

36

26

11

20

34

29

17

24

12

22

5

23

20

37

20

20

362

7

–

25

Darrell Wallace Jr. (R)

2

32

21

28

20

34

8

16

25

16

25

23

16

38

19

29

23

14

27

24

33

25

23

345

5

–

26

Michael McDowell

9

24

37

32

26

21

14

38

31

32

22

20

18

21

25

21

21

26

24

26

16

18

25

343

36

–

27

David Ragan

30

23

23

22

25

25

23

12

33

6

27

13

25

16

38

22

38

15

18

29

19

26

27

329

5

–

28

Kasey Kahne

34

21

19

24

24

24

17

34

29

17

17

21

20

36

23

20

27

4

25

19

30

21

26

323

14

–

29

Ty Dillon

39

26

24

30

27

22

13

28

20

15

24

38

21

23

21

33

28

6

29

23

24

23

38

294

11

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30

Matt DiBenedetto

27

31

22

25

31

32

16

21

16

19

29

22

37

37

36

17

29

7

37

28

27

33

24

251

–

–

31

Trevor Bayne

13

35

20

20

37

33

12

24

21

38

19

27

26

20

34

188

6

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32

Matt Kenseth

36

17

13

33

19

15

18

29

117

1

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33

Gray Gaulding

20

36

33

34

32

36

20

31

35

24

30

29

31

33

31

30

31

QL

33

117

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34

Landon Cassill

38

21

20

34

31

25

28

31

32

36

24

33

37

34

31

29

111

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–

35

Cole Whitt

28

28

28

27

19

30

21

30

35

34

90

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36

D. J. Kennington

24

31

28

27

20

34

13

82

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–

37

Corey LaJoie

40

37

25

38

24

26

27

34

31

31

27

39

40

76

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–

38

Jeffrey Earnhardt

21

34

31

35

36

30

11

29

39

70

–

–

39

Brendan Gaughan

28

22

12

49

–

–

40

Reed Sorenson

34

31

32

38

37

32

27

32

32

QL

41

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41

Harrison Rhodes

33

35

22

37

36

23

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–

42

Kyle Weatherman

33

31

31

16

–

–

43

Mark Thompson

22

15

–

–

44

Blake Jones

33

30

11

–

–

45

Chris Cook

31

6

–

–

46

Tomy Drissi

32

5

–

–

47

Derrike Cope

37

34

4

–

–

48

Danica Patrick

35

2

–

–

49

Cody Ware

36‡

36

1

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–

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Justin Marks

12

28

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David Gilliland

14

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Ray Black Jr.

16

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Ross Chastain

30

29

27

29

29

18

39

28

25

28

26

24

28

26

30

21

28

25

35

32

35

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31

38

32

18

38

28

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27

23

24

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Timothy Peters

23

DNQ

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Cole Custer

25

26

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Joey Gase

32

27

25

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B. J. McLeod

35

33

37

35

32

34

40

31

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–

Timmy Hill

33

33

36

32

32

35

39

34

36

37

–

–

Garrett Smithley

39

36

32

–

–

Daniel Hemric

32

–

–

Chad Finchum

33

–

–

Jesse Little

35

–

–

Spencer Gallagher

35

–

–

Josh Bilicki

36

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Wins

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Toyota

11

844

2

Ford

10

815

3

Chevrolet

2

748

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1

18

Kyle Busch

6

2

4

Kevin Harvick

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78

Martin Truex Jr.

4

4

14

Clint Bowyer

2

5

22

Joey Logano

1

6

20

Erik Jones

1

7

9

Chase Elliott

1

8

3

Austin Dillon

1

9

41

Kurt Busch

0

10

2

Brad Keselowski

0

11

12

Ryan Blaney

0

12

11

Denny Hamlin

0

13

42

Kyle Larson

0

14

10

Aric Almirola

0

15

48

Jimmie Johnson

0

16

88

Alex Bowman

0

text: Kevin Harvick's Las Vegas win will not count towards his playoff standings.


document_title: List of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations episodes

question_text: when is episode 7 of boruto coming out

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text: Episode list[edit]

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No.
Title
Original air date[3]

1
"Boruto Uzumaki!"
"Uzumaki Boruto!!" (うずまきボルト!!)
April 5, 2017

Boruto fights a man named Kawaki on the Hokage Monument as Kawaki declares the age of shinobi is over. Boruto activates his right eye and says he too is a shinobi, revealing Konoha has been destroyed. Several years prior to the event, Boruto is the son of Naruto, the Seventh Hokage, and Hinata. Boruto and Shikadai ride on top of a train and Shikadai reminds him tomorrow is the day of their Academy entrance ceremony but Boruto doesn't care because he only wants to embarrass Naruto. Boruto sees a boy, Denki, being bullied and defends him. They talk about their fathers, with Denki revealing his father is a billionaire businessman in charge of Konoha's train system. Boruto encourages him to stand up to his father. Boruto returns home and is unsurprised to hear Naruto is not home. Meanwhile Denki tries to stand up for himself but his father rejects him, saying Denki will win his approval by being strong. The next morning, Boruto is running late for the ceremony and sees Denki being controlled by an evil aura. Denki lures the bullies on a broken train and sends it driving towards another train with the intent of scaring them. Boruto intervenes and snaps Denki back to his senses, and manages to avoid the collision. However the train ends up crashing into Naruto's stone face. The two become friends as they attend the Academy the next day.

2
"The Hokage's Son!"
"Hokage no Musuko…!!" (火影の息子…!!)
April 12, 2017

After having been suspended for two weeks for nearly destroying the Hokage face monument, Boruto begins his education at the academy, Once starting in the academy, Boruto starts making clashes with an older student named Iwabe Yuino who has been picking on Denki. This causes the two of them to have a one-on-one battle during their break.

3
"Metal Lee Goes Wild!"
"Bōsō, Metaru Rī!!" (暴走、メタル・リー!!)
April 19, 2017

Shikadai realizes he has been too harsh with his mate Metal Lee who is always nervous when in front of other students. When Shikadai asks his father, Shikamaru Nara, he decides to apologize to him. However, by the next day, Lee goes berserk and attacks his mates with Boruto's right eye noting a strange change with his chakra. After succedding at making Lee recover, Shikadai and Lee befriend.

4
"A Ninjutsu Battle of the Sexes!"
"Danjo Taikō Ninjutsu Gassen!!" (男女対抗忍術合戦!!)
April 26, 2017

When Boruto and Sarada Uchiha start antagonizing each other, Shino suggests all the students engage in a battle divided between sexes.

5
"The Mysterious Transfer Student!"
"Nazo no Tenkōsei…!!" (謎の転校生…!!)
May 3, 2017

A new student named Mitsuki joins the academy. While friendly, he is often considered too dangerous due to how he faces his mates. Meanwhile, Shino starts seeing himself as a failure to his class.

6
"The Final Lesson!"
"Saigo no Jugyō…!!" (最後の授業…!!)
May 10, 2017

Shino, being possessed by an unknown being, goes to his patience point and fights Boruto with Shikadai and Mitsuki being trapped in the forest. However, Mitsuki is hiding something that is not yet known by the two. When Shino came back to his consciousness, he saved Mitsuki and Boruto from drowning and reports back to the Hokage's Office.

7
"Love and Potato Chips!"
"Koi to Potechi…!!" (恋とポテチ…!!)
May 17, 2017

While walking down streets Sarada, Chocho and Sumire realize that someone is tailing them but they couldn't find anyone so they assume that someone is stalking after Chocho. But next day when that person tries to stalks again Chocho caught him, at that moment Boruto, Shikadai and Mitsuki were near so they go there after hearing stalker's scream and the stalker turned out to be Magire, a student from another class, who is actually stalking after Sumire because he likes her. So Chocho advices him to propose her but she rejects him. At the academy, Magire kidnapped Sumire and Boruto and the others go to save her. Boruto saw the same mysterious shadow around him, he plans to defeat him but couldn't because of Magire's disguise Jutsu. Magire reveals that Sumire was the only girl who ever talked to him but after Chocho makes him realizes that people don't talk to him because of his own weakness, Boruto sees that the shadow disappeared without even defeating him, but Magire faints afterwards. At the Hokage office, Naruto gets reports of people losing chakra for some unknown reason.

8
"The Dream's Revelation"
"Yume no Otsuge" (夢のお告げ)
May 24, 2017

Boruto goes to watch a ninja film with Shikadai, Iwabe, and Denki. Boruto talks to Shikadai about the mysterious shadow that only he can see. Shikadai advices him to tell the elders about it but Boruto plans to handle this matter all by himself. Later, Boruto make three Shadow Clones of himself to discuss about the mysterious shadow but in the end got confuse if he really saw the shadow or is he just hallucinating. His clones also advise him that he should tell the elders but Boruto still wants to solve this himself. In a dream, a mysterious man tells him that he will shoulder the fate of world with his eye. After waking up Boruto sees his eye in a mirror and believes that he has awakened the Byakugan. Naruto gets tired because of work so Shikamaru comes to drop him home only to find Boruto acting like the ninja movie's hero. Boruto tells everyone that he has awakened the Byakugan but Naruto says that he never trained enough to awaken the Byakugan. Instead, Hinata tells him to meet her father, Hiashi. Naruto takes Himawari and Boruto to the Hyuga's place where they meet Hiashi, who also admitted that even in the Hyuga clan not everyone can awaken the Byakugan but offers spar with Boruto to find its validity.

9
"Proof of Oneself"
"Jibun no Shōmei" (自分の証明)
May 31, 2017

Hiashi plans to have a match with Boruto to found out if he really awakened the Byakugan or not, but Hanabi offers to fight on his place while saying that he won't hold back against Boruto. The match starts between Hanabi and Boruto but he easily gets defeated even after using his shadow clones, So Boruto asks for another match with Hanabi but gets defeated after trying very hard. Hanabi didn't see any signs of Byakugan during their matches so she assumes that he did not awaken a Byakugan yet. Hiashi asks Naruto and the others to stay at their place that night because Boruto gets exhausted. Later, after dinner Naruto and Hiashi have a private talk about Boruto, and Naruto tells that he believes in Boruto even though he didn't awaken the Byakugan because Boruto wouldn't be trying hard if he was lying about Byakugan. Hanabi goes to talk with Boruto while he was reminiscing his dream, Boruto tells her that Naruto and the elders are probably thinking that he is lying. Hanabi says that she don't know about what the others are thinking but will help him whenever he needs. Then, Boruto goes to market because he didn't dinner properly, where he meets Sarada and while talking to her he spots a person with the mysterious shadow. So he goes after him and that person turned out to be "Kagemasa" the hero of the movie he watched in the previous episode, who became chubby and the production company cancelled making film's sequel, Boruto fights Kagemasa but as he was about to get defeated by him, Sarada comes to save him and they defeat him together. Next day at academy Boruto tells Shikadai and Mitsuki that he won't be able prove that he has awakened the Byakugan but he will continue to find a way to make everyone believe him.

10
"The Ghost Incident: The Investigation Begins!"
"Gōsuto Jiken, Sōsa Kaishi!!" (ゴースト事件、捜査開始!!)
June 7, 2017

Boruto skipped classes at the academy along with Shikadai and Mitsuki to find someone possessed by the mysterious shadow. When he gets back home, he finds out that Hinata knows about him skipping classes. Next day, Hinata meets Shino at academy where he lectures Boruto that he will end up in the after-school tutoring sessions if continue skipping classes. Later, Shino tells the class that they will get workplace experience that day, and students have freedom to select any workplace they want. Boruto, Shikadai, and Mitsuki select Post Office as their workplace so that they can roam around the village and get the chance to find the mysterious shadow. Then after delivering some mails Boruto meets Naruto and Naruto tells him to deliver mails carefully but Boruto carelessly delivers mails. Mitsuki tells that he has found someone possessed by the mysterious shadow but he was on the other side of the village, So when they reached there the person possessed by shadow has already drained out of chakra. At the Hokage Office, Sai reports Naruto that he finds signs of the uses of Wood Style at place where that person gets possessed, and tells him that the members of disbanded Foundation can be behind this. Naruto advised sai to be careful about this if members of Foundation are involved. Then he goes home to bring some pair of clothes because he needs to stay at the Hokage Office for little longer, Where Hinata helps him packing clothes and Naruto tells her that he spend his childhood without father so he don't know how to act like a father but Hinata assures him that Boruto understands his feelings very well. Next day, When Boruto, Shikadai, Mitsuki went at the Post Office the Bureau Chief Komame tells that he is getting complaints from all the places where Boruto delivered mails the day before. So he orders Boruto, Shikadai, and Mitsuki to count the stamp in the inventory instead of delivering mails. Later, Boruto watches the news that a person possessed by the shadow barricaded himself in the Water Purification Plant where Sumire and the two other girls from his class went as their workplace, So he rushes to the Water Purification Plant.

11
"The Shadow of The Mastermind"
"Kuromaku no kage" (黒幕の影)
June 14, 2017

The episode starts out in the hospital where the Class Representative is recovering from her injuries with many people from the class visiting her for well-wishing. Naruto shows up and leads Boruto and his friends to another part of the hospital where the man who was possessed by the shadow is in intensive care. Naruto says that the man’s chakra was almost completely drained out of him, and that this investigation has become a serious matter, not for kids playing detective. The three of them return to the post office to continue their part-time jobs as delivery boys. On the route, Mitsuki informs Boruto and Shikadai that there has been another shadow attack. They go to investigate, but they are always just behind the village police who are now investigating the matter. The rest of their class shows up at the post office to help, and they run off; however, the minute they leave the shadow appears and possesses the post master, sending him into a rage. The group reappears instantly because they knew the shadow would strike there only to find the person controlling the shadow. In his state, the post master complains about how the job is worthless and he gets no respect for it, but Tayori reminds him that every piece of mail has a recipient waiting for it which calms him down enough to catch him off guard. Despite their efforts, the person controlling the shadow escapes. Boruto and his classmates cheerily cleaning up the post office after the big fight. A couple of shadowy figures talk about how they need the negative chakra from people to awaken an entity called "Nue".

12
"Boruto and Mitsuki"
"Boruto to Mitsuki" (ボルトとミツキ)
June 21, 2017

The class do a training exercise and Boruto's team is the only in the class that couldn't complete the exercise because Denki left behind and Boruto goes to help him. Shino announces that the whole class failed in the training because all of them abandoned their teammates in order to win. Denki tells Boruto that there are not any incidents happening lately, and Inojin says that they should stop searching for the culprit because the elders are already after him but Boruto still wants to find the culprit. Mitsuki realize that everyone gravitate towards Boruto and Inojin explained that it's probably because Boruto don't want everyone to see him only as the son of Hokage, and tries to do things his own way. Mitsuki goes to visit Sumire at the hospital and asks her that what does she thinks about Boruto. Sumire tells him that Boruto causes a lot of trouble at the academy but is fun when he's around. She revealed that she's an orphan. Later, Mitsuki goes to Boruto's home and Hinata informs everyone that Naruto is also coming to dinner at home that night. Boruto takes Mitsuki to his room where he saw photos of Naruto and starts bragging about him and then asks Boruto if he likes Naruto or not but Hinata calls them for dinner before he can answer. Naruto arrives at home to dinner and meets Mitsuki at the dinning table, and Mitsuki tells Boruto that he sure resembles Naruto. As they are about start eating, Naruto stops suddenly because his shadow clone got a report from Shikamaru that a strong chakra is spreading across the village and he needs to go. Boruto gets mad at him and runs from home with Mitsuki going after him. Mitsuki tells Boruto that he thinks Boruto likes Naruto but Boruto says that he hate the Hokage for abandoning his family because of his work. Mitsuki tells him that he knows the identity of the person who is behind all the incidents that happened until then.

13
"The Demon Beast Appears!"
"Majū, Arawaru…!!" (魔獣、現る…!!)
June 28, 2017

Sai comes to know the reality behind Danzo's fail safe and the culprit's name. Mitsuki and Boruto are having a conversation regarding if Sumire is the actual person to cause all the ghost incidents. Meanwhile, Sumire is found by Sai and his squad and is being captured with a sealing technique, but she lets Nue out and escapes in the chaos caused by him. Sai, Kakashi, and Naruto try to stop summoned Nue using Mud Wall and sealing barrier techniques, but it does not help. Mitsuki gets the updated order to kill Sumire and he leaves to stop her. When he encounters Boruto, Mitsuki stops him with his clone and moves ahead. Sumire and Mitsuki have a brief fight, until they were interrupted by Boruto. A strange light then appears from Boruto's right eye, which teleports him and Sumire to an unknown dimension.

14
"The Path That Boruto Can See"
"Boruto ni Mieru Michi" (ボルトに見える道)
July 5, 2017

After Boruto defeats Sumire's beast, Mitsuki starts battling Sumire. However, Boruto forces the two of them to stop fighting them taking a wound in the processing. Stating that Sumire has been their friend at the academy, Sumire decides to give up. Afterwards, the three return to Konoha where Sai takes Sumire promising the children she will not get hurt.

15
"A New Path"
"Atarashii Michi" (新しい道)
July 12, 2017

Boruto notices that the mysterious power in his eye is not activating for some weeks. Sai tells Naruto and Shikamaru that Sumire has confessed everything and the fact that she stops for the sake of her friends. At the academy, Shino tells the students that they should form a three man team but with different classmates from before for training exercise. Sarada asks Shino about Sumire's whereabouts and he informs that they don't know if she will be returning to academy or not. Boruto and Mitsuki asks their friends to form a team with them but all of them have already formed a team except Metal. Shikadai reveals that the Leaf Police have taken over the case so they can't do anything to bring Sumire back. Principal Iruka informs Shino that Sumire's report has come and she is under surveillance right now, but Shino decides to visit her. Boruto goes back home and is surprised to see Naruto at home. He asks Naruto to let Sumire free but Naruto says that even if he's the Hokage, he can't just let her go after all that happened. But Naruto ensures him that he won't let her down. Shino visits Sumire and she tells him that she should take responsibility for what she have done, but Shino says that the Gozu Tennou is no longer inside her body so she can rethink about her decision. Next day, the training exercise starts and Shino runs from there after hearing some information about Sumire. After completing the training, Boruto asks about Shino and Sarada tells that he rushed off after hearing some news about Sumire. Inojin also says that Sumire might be transferring to another school but Shino returns with her and everyone welcome her warm heartily. A clone of Naruto goes to give Sasuke a scroll of Gozu Tennou and asks him to return to Konoha. But instead, Sasuke tells Naruto to apologize to Sakura on his place. Toneri is shown on the moon mumbling about the Gozu Tennou. Momoshiki is shown ordering Kinshiki to do preparation for departure.

16
"Crisis: The Threat of Failing!"
"Daburi no Kiki" (留年 (ダブり)の危機)
July 19, 2017

Denki fails to walk on a wall at the academy, and all his friends tell him the concept of chakra in their own way but he doesn't understand anything and says that he doesn't want to repeat like Iwabe. Iwabe hears that but doesn't argue with him. Denki tries to walk on wall and Metal comes to help him in his training, and they start rock climbing but Denki falls and Lee comes just in time to save him. Lee is very happy to see him training very hard because he can't use Ninjutsu and present him a outfit similar to his own outfit. Iwabe on the other hand having problem in his studies, sees Denki trying to walk on wall and goes to meet him and tells him to focus his mind to use chakra and Denki is able to walk on wall. On their way back to home from the Academy, Denki offers his help in Iwabe's studies but he rejects saying that he doesn't want any of his friends to repeat a year because of him but Denki says that he wants to pass with all of his friends including Iwabe and Iwabe accepts his help in studies. Denki suggests Iwabe to stand on roof using chakra while studying because he realizes that Iwabe concentrates better when he is using chakra, and Boruto brings burgers for all of his friends and their mouth burns after eating the burgers because they're so spicy. Later, when Denki and Iwabe are going to the Academy to take the test they see a building burning and Iwabe hears a woman saying that her kids are still in the building so he goes to save them leaving Denki alone. Boruto at the academy gets worried that they didn't come because of his spicy burgers. Iwabe finds the children in the building but can't find an exit, so he starts fixing the sprinklers. Denki after waiting so long decides to go after Iwabe and gets into the building. But when he reaches Iwabe he has already fixed the sprinklers. Iwabe asks him to carry a child out of the building. Iwabe gets mad at Denki after coming out of the building but was happy that everyone is safe. When they get to the Academy, Shino after getting the information about that incident tells them that they have already passed the test because they have used their skills in real life, and all of their friends including Chocho congratulates them on passing the test.

17
"Run, Sarada!"
"Sarada, Hashiru!!" (サラダ、走る!!)
July 26, 2017

When Sarada accidentally leaves a teddy bear intended to a hospitalized child on a train, she goes back to find it and Cho-Cho joins in the search.

18
"A Day in the Life of the Uzumaki Family"
"Uzumaki-ke no Ichinichi" (うずまき家の一日)
August 2, 2017

When Himawari falls sick Boruto remembers the day Naruto was officially made the Hokage, and the incidents which occurred that day. Following in the present with Naruto taking him to Ichiraku ramen as they had made Hinata angry over Himwari's food since she was feeling well now. There, they meet Cho-Cho and Choji who had come for their monthly Ramen eating competition. Naruto then remembers all the incidents linked with Ichiraku over the period of his life. Boruto later comes to know of the Legendary Queen of Gluttony and that it was really his mom, Hinata.

19
"Sarada Uchiha"
"Uchiha Sarada" (うちはサラダ)
August 9, 2017

Boruto defaces the Hokage Mount in order to get Naruto's attention. In his attempt to get chased, he runs into Sarada who covers for him. Boruto is quickly caught by Shikamaru who remarks that Boruto and Naruto are very similar, being father and son, which Boruto resents (Shikamaru makes a similar comment about Shikadai and himself). Sarada wonders how Sasuke would be as a father since she was very young when he left the village, and hasn't seen him much since. She asks Sakura if Sasuke needed glasses when he was a child, and Sakura's vague answer does little to satisfy Sarada. Sarada decides to look into the Uchiha clan, learning about the Sharingan and how she and her father are the clan's last living members; when she tries to do further research, she discovers that the information is restricted from public access. Sarada approaches her mother again and asks her if she is truly Sakura and Sasuke's daughter, and if Sakura even is Sasuke's wife. In frustration, Sakura breaks the ground with a punch and subsequently faints upon seeing their house become demolished from the blow. In her efforts to find the family portrait amid the ruins of the house, Sarada discovers that Sasuke's picture is that of a larger one featuring Karin, Suigetsu, and Juugo. Sarada notices that Karin wears glasses very similar to hers, which further fuels her doubt about her relationship to her mother. With Sakura in the hospital to recover from the stress, Sarada asks Shizune if she is in fact the daughter of Sasuke and Sakura. Shizune confirms this, but becomes just as vague as Sakura when pressed by Sarada for more info. Sarada and Chocho run into each other at a restaurant, with Chocho revealing that she doesn't believe that she's related to her parents and expresses her desire to travel in order to find them. Sarada is inspired by the idea and resolves to track down Sasuke and make him tell her everything he knows. In an unknown location, Sasuke emerges from a portal. He quickly finds himself attacked by an unknown assailant and activates his Sharingan.

20
"The Boy with the Sharingan"
"Sharingan no Shōnen" (写輪眼の少年)
August 16, 2017

The mysterious person attacks Sasuke and gets defeated by him. But, Sasuke is surprised to see that he has the Sharingan in possession. He then disappeared from there. At the Hokage Office, Naruto receives a message from Sasuke, and calls Kakashi to discuss the situation. Meanwhile, the person who attacked Sasuke meets someone and tells him about Sasuke's strength and they talk about their intentions to kill Sasuke. After discussing with Kakashi, Naruto decides to meet Sasuke himself and Sarada hears him; who came there to ask Naruto, Sasuke's whereabouts. She decides to chase after Naruto to meet his father. Sarada gets prepared for journey and waits for Naruto at the village's entrance. There, she meets Chocho who also plans to go on a journey to find her real father. Naruto departs and Sarada tried to chase after him but was left behind because Chocho falls halfway. Boruto comes to deliver a lunch box to Naruto but arrives late and Sarada asks him to let her deliver the lunch box on his place. He refused in the start but later agreed because she keeps asking him persistently. Afterwards when Sarada and Chocho are going after Naruto, the person who attacked Sasuke earlier gets in their way and introduce himself as Shin Uchiha, and asks Sarada to come with him. She refuses to go with him and he attacks them but Naruto comes to save them and fights him using his Tailed Beast form, much to everyone's surprise. Shin then retreats from there after acknowledging that he can't win against Naruto. Sarada was worried after the incident and Naruto assures her that he will protect her. Sarada delivers the lunch box but Naruto decides to take them with himself for their safety. They ate their lunch and after that Naruto tells them about how he sees Sasuke as his rival, and how Sarada's eyes resembles Sasuke's and how her scary attitude when she gets mad resembles Sakura's. They continue their journey and just when they're about reach the tower where Sasuke is, Chocho gets tired and Naruto tells Sarada to rest her body. But she makes an excuse about going to toilet and goes to meet Sasuke without Naruto and Chocho. Her eyes transforms into the Sharingan because of her strong desire to meet her father and when she gets inside the tower, Sasuke points out his sword at her because he thinks that Sarada is with the person who attacked him after seeing her Sharingan.

21
"Sasuke and Sarada"
"Sasuke to Sarada" (サスケとサラダ)
August 23, 2017

Shizune informs Sakura that Sarada has left town to meet Sasuke with Naruto after seeing the picture with team Taka. Sakura explains to Shizune that she is worried Sarada might end up getting into conflicts if she is near Sasuke. At the tower, Sasuke pierces his sword into a pillar behind Sarada, and tries to grab her, but recognizes her after she calls him "dad". Naruto shows up with Chocho, and Sasuke angrily asks him the reason for bringing kids along, but Sarada tells him that she purposely follows Naruto to meet him, as she wants to know whether or not Sakura is her real mother. Meanwhile, Shizune gets to know from Sakura that Sarada has awakened her Sharingan a long time ago. Sakura tells Shizune that she doesn't want Sarada to find out her father was an enemy of Konoha in the past. Sarada complaints to Sasuke that he's never been around, and that her mother never tells her anything. Sarada asks Sasuke about the woman in the picture (Karin) and his reason for abandoning his family for mission, but he replies simply that she has nothing to do it. After hearing his answer, she cries out and leaves the tower, and Naruto asks Sasuke if it wouldn't be better to let her know. Both reminisce about the time when Sasuke leaves Konoha in order to stay vigilant lest threat like Kaguya comes, as such a menace would bring global harm. Sasuke's mission is kept a secret, even at the cost of his daughter's possible, future resentment. Naruto then leaves the tower and tries to comfort Sarada. Later, a mysterious person talks to Shin about his plan to revive "Akatsuki", and prepares to attack everyone at the tower along with several persons who look like Shin. That person uses blades to attack Naruto, who foils the attack using Kurama's chakra. Then Sasuke joins the fight, and tries to defeat the enemy using Fire style. The enemy uses Shin as a shield. He then introduces himself as Shin Uchiha, and tells all present about his plan to revive Akatsuki using Sasuke's Sharingan. Sasuke asks Naruto to protect Sarada, and decides to fight Shin alone. As Sasuke is about to attack him, Sasuke's sword suddenly pierces Naruto, as Shin explains that such is his Dōjutsu (Visual Prowess). Accordingly, Sasuke realizes that Shin had marked his sword in their fight earlier. Because of Naruto's injury, Kurama's chakra fades, and Shin attacks Sarada with his blades, but Sasuke comes in their way to protect her, injuring himself in the process. Shin stops Sasuke's movements through the blades piercing Sasuke's body. Shin moves to take Sasuke's Sharingan, but Sakura suddenly appears and defeats the enemy with a single punch. Sarada stands surprised at the former Team 7's resilience and power, even as Naruto's injury has already started healing. Sakura hugs Sarada and apologizes to Sasuke for not explaining things to their daughter. Naruto grabs both older and younger Shin, and drags them towards himself. As they are about to get near Naruto, Shin's mysterious creatures begins teleporting Shin himself and Sarada to his place, but Sakura pushes her daughter out of the way. Sakura then ends up in Shin's hideout, and finds herself surrounded by more of his sons.

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"Connected Feelings"
"Tsunagaru Omoi" (つながる想い)
August 30, 2017

Sasuke and Naruto decide to go to Orochimaru's hideout. Naruto tells Sarada that she will meet the people in the picture she had there. Meanwhile in his hideout Shin explains to Sakura that human beings are bounded by their genes and are simple vessels and how Akatsuki enables the stronger genes to thrive through battles and helps the formation of new Jutsu. On their way to Orochimaru's hideout, Naruto and Sasuke meet Captain Yamoto who was on surveillance on Orchimaru. After getting into the hideout they meet Sasuke's former teammates -Suigetsu and Jugo who are the current caretakers of the hideout. Then, Orochimaru comes out and meets them in his new feminine body. On hearing the name of Shin from Sasuke, He takes them to another chamber room and explains that Shin Uchiha was one of his old experiments that was used for the right arm of Danzo. Shin had a unique ability of being transplanted or injected with anything without any side effects. He also explains why Shin refers himself as Uchiha as he could manifest the Sharingan as believed by Sasuke's Brother Itachi. On their way out, Sarada asks Suigetsu if he knows the lady in the picture and Suigetsu identifies her as Karin. After hearing this, Sarada asks if she is in the hideout to which Suigetsu replies she is in another hideout. Then Sarada asked him if she was her daughter or not. Suigetsu gets surprised by this and wonders if it could be possible as Karin and Sasuke were close back then. So Suigetsu takes a DNA test from Sarada and Karin using the umbilical cord of Karin. The result shows that both of them are genetically related and Karin is possibly Sarada's mom. After knowing this Sarada feels cheated and fooled by her mother. Realising how Sarada feels, Suigetsu runs out of the room to prevent further problems. Naruto sees Sarada crying and comes to her. After Sarada mainfests the Sharingan and Naruto shows Sarada her eyes and tells her to calm down and tries to consolidate her to whom Sarada tells who he is to consolidate her and tell her whom to save or not? Naruto says he is the Hokage and the entire village is his family which also includes Sarada. And tells her that the bonds between a parent and a child are not just based on history and blood but are based on the love between them. Then, Sarada becomes willing to go and save her mother from Shin Uchiha. When both of them come out Suigetsu gets frightened and hides so that Sarada can't see him. Sasuke then says that his Visual Prowess is recovered and he will take everyone to the hideout in his Susano'o. In the hideout of Shin Uchiha, Shin plans to revive Akatsuki by killing Sasuke and taking his Sharingan as he thinks Sasuke is not worthy of the Uchiha name.

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"Bonds Come in All Shapes"
"Tsunagari no Katachi" (つながりのカタチ)
September 6, 2017

As Naruto and the others are coming to save Sakura, she starts fighting Shin after learning of his evil intentions of reviving the Akatsuki. Meanwhile, Naruto and the others get themselves confronted by Shin's clones upon their arrival at the hideout, and Naruto decides to face them alone, so Sarada goes to save Sakura and Sasuke goes after her. Shin attacks Sakura with his blades and successfully pierces two blades into her arm, and restricts Sakura's movement. Afterwards, Shin tries to kill Sakura with a giant shuriken but Sasuke interrupts him and helps Sakura. He then goes after Shin, who lost his right leg, but a clone of Shin gets in his way, but instead Shin stabs Sasuke along with his clone. Sakura then runs to the opposite direction of Shin who sends his blades after her but Sasuke changes place with Sakura using his Rinnegan and she finally defeats him with a single punch. After that, the clones fighting Naruto come to save Shin, but instead of saving him they stab him with their weapon. They tell him that they are just following Shin's principles, as his Visual Prowess is no longer powerful, and they believe that it's their turn to get to evolve. Then, several other clones made by the clones themselves come and starts fighting with Naruto and Sasuke. Shin tries to teleports himself along with Sakura between all the commotion, but Sarada stops him by defeating his mysterious creature who is teleporting them. The clone fighting Naruto stops after seeing Kurama inside Naruto and Naruto promises that they won't attack them if they behave. Sakura hugs Sarada and Sasuke tells Sarada that her existence in the world is the proof of their connected fellings. Afterwards, all the clones are sent to the orphanage that's run by Kabuto, and upon returning to the village Chocho sees Choji in his slim form for the first time in her life and her quest to find her real father ends. Karin scolds Suigetsu as she was just the midwife for Sakura back then, and tells him that the umbilical cord he used for the test is actually that of Sakura and Sarada. Sakura confirms to Sarada along with Sasuke that she's her own child at the dinning table. Next day, Sarada and Sakura see Sasuke off as he leaves for his mission again. At the academy, Sarada tells Boruto that she wants to become the Hokage in future.

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"Boruto and Sarada"
"Boruto to Sarada" (ポルトとサラダ)
September 13, 2017

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"A Turbulent School Trip!!"
(波乱の修学旅行!!)
September 20, 2017

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Volume
Date
Discs
Episodes
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Volume 1
November 1, 2017
4
1–15
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