Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the Verizon IndyCar Series.

Paul Menard was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.524 seconds and a speed of 159.830 mph (257.221 km/h).

[14] Aric Almirola was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.745 seconds and a speed of 158.277 mph (254.722 km/h).

Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.