The2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was the sixty-fifth season of theK&N Pro Series West, a regionalstock car racing series sanctioned byNASCAR. It began with theBakersfield 175 presented by NAPA Auto Parts atKern County Raceway Park on March 15 and concluded with theNAPA Auto Parts 175 presented by West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame atKern County Raceway Park on October 27.Todd Gilliland entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion; however, he did not go for three in a row, because he moved up to theTruck Series in 2018.Derek Thorn, the 2013 West Series champion, won his second championship in his first full season since his first title, 27 points in front of hisSunrise Ford Racing teammateRyan Partridge, who also returned to the series in 2018 after a year off in2017.
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | Sunrise Ford Racing | 6 | Derek Thorn | Bill Sedgwick |
| 9 | Ryan Partridge | Jeff Schrader | ||
| 22 | Trevor Huddleston(R) | Clinton Cram | ||
| Toyota | Bill McAnally Racing | 16 | Derek Kraus | John Camilleri |
| 19 | Hailie Deegan | Joe Draper3 Ty Joiner5 Kevin Reed Jr.6 | ||
| 99 | Cole Rouse | Bryan Tasnady1 Ty Joiner2 Chris Nelle4 Rob Dixon6 Ron Otto1 | ||
| Chevrolet13 Toyota1 | John Krebs Racing | 11 | Takuma Koga | John Krebs5 Hiroki Miyaji9 |
| Chevrolet13 Ford1 | Levin Racing | 10 | Matt Levin13 | Roger Bracken3 Ron Norman5 Erik Higley4 Chase Newell1 Jerry Pitts1 |
| Will Rodgers(R)1[N 1] | ||||
| Ford13 Toyota1 | Patriot Motorsports Group | 43 | Kody Vanderwal | Jason Dickenson |
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | B&B Motorsports | 8 | Billy Kann | Steve Elder | 1 |
| 13 | Bill Kann | Billy Kann | 1 | ||
| 18 | Billy Kann5 Johnny White2 Kevin Loster1 | 8 | |||
| Bill McAnally Racing | 24 | Alex Bowman | Ron Otto | 1 | |
| DeLong Racing | 64 | David Hibbard(R) | James Swan1 Colin Baker1 | 2 | |
| 84 | Rich DeLong III | Rich DeLong1 Chris Dittes4 Rich DeLong Jr.1 | 6 | ||
| Kart Idaho Racing | 08 | Travis Milburn | Mike Holleran5 Charles Price1 Bob Wood1 Roger Bracken2 | 5 | |
| Cassie Gannis | 2 | ||||
| Zack St. Onge(R) | 1 | ||||
| John Wood | 1 | ||||
| 83 | Buddy Kofoid | Mike Kofoid | 1 | ||
| McGowan Motorsports | 17 | David Mayhew | Johnny White1 Bruce Cook1 Matt Bucher1 | 3 | |
| Naake-Klauer Motorsports | 25 | Tom Klauer | Mike Naake | 1 | |
| Norman Levin Racing | 21 | Jesse Iwuji | Chase Newell | 1 | |
| 40 | Ron Norman | Erik Higley4 Chris Wood1 | 5 | ||
| Jesse Iwuji | Chase Newell | 1 | |||
| Sheldon Creed | Jeff Stankiewicz | 1 | |||
| Patriot Motorsports Group | 91 | Kyle Tellstrom(R) | Lee Hackney | 1 | |
| Roadrunner Motorsports | 1 | Jim Inglebright | Rodney Haygood | 1 | |
| Rodd Racing | 68 | Rodd Kneeland | Tim Barber | 1 | |
| Spurgeon Motorsports | 86 | Tim Spurgeon | Hollis Thackeray | 1 | |
| Ford | REF Motorsports | 4 | Will Rodgers | Mark Perry2 Bob Farmer3 | 5 |
| 44 | Rod Johnson Jr.(R) | Mark Perry | 1 | ||
| Jefferson Pitts Racing | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Boswell | 1 | |
| 7 | Will Rodgers | Jeff Jefferson4 Jerry Pitts3 | 2 | ||
| Devin Dodson(R) | 3 | ||||
| Cole Keatts(R) | 2 | ||||
| 51 | Carlos Vieira | Charlie Wilson | 1 | ||
| 55 | Vanessa Robinson(R) | Jeff Jefferson1 Charlie Wilson1 | 2 | ||
| Cole Keatts(R) | Jason Jefferson | 1 | |||
| 59 | Reid Lanpher(R) | Jerry Pitts | 1 | ||
| 77 | Austin Herzog | Charlie Wilson | 1 | ||
| Patriot Motorsports Group | 34 | Rudy Vanderwal(R) | Bruce Yackey1 Don Joiner2 Al Neep1 | 3 | |
| Armani Williams(R) | 1 | ||||
| Tim Ward(R) | James Wahl | 1 | |||
| Stewart–Haas Racing | 41 | Aric Almirola | Richard Boswell | 1 | |
| Toyota | Austin Reed Racing | 44 | Austin Reed(R) | Bond Suss | 1 |
| Bill McAnally Racing | 04 | Hershel McGriff | Jeff Barkshire | 2 | |
| 50 | Chris Eggleston | Bryan Tasnady | 1 | ||
| 60 | Christopher Bell | Ron Otto | 1 | ||
| 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Shane Wilson | 1 | ||
| Central Coast Racing | 13 | Todd Souza | Michael Muñoz | 10 | |
| DGR-Crosley | 20 | Erik Jones | Chris Lawson | 1 | |
| 54 | Daniel Suárez | Seth Smith | 1 | ||
| Ivie Racing | 47 | Scott Ivie | Unknown | 1 | |
| Kart Idaho Racing | 38 | Hollis Thackeray(R) | Quintin Crye1 Roger Bracken1 | 2 | |
| Obaika Racing | 97 | Arnout Kok | Unknown | 1 | |
| Patriot Motorsports Group | 39 | Andrew Tuttle(R) | Sue McCarty | 1 | |
| Taylor Canfield(R) | Stafford Smith | 1 | |||
| Keith McGee(R) | Justin Creech | 1 | |||
| Performance P–1 Motorsports | 77 | Nick Joanides | Roger Bracken4 Tony Jackson1 Joe Nava2 | 4 | |
| Ken Pedersen | 1 | ||||
| Andrew Koens(R) | 2 | ||||
| Ford9 Chevrolet1 | Jefferson Pitts Racing | 27 | Vanessa Robinson(R) | Jeff Jefferson | 2 |
| Devin Dodson(R) | Jerry Pitts | 1 | |||
| William Byron | 1 | ||||
| Jeff Jefferson | 2 | ||||
| Sam Mayer(R) | 1 | ||||
| Tyler Tanner(R) | 1 | ||||
| Buddy Shepherd(R) | 1 | ||||
| Ford1 Toyota1 | Patriot Motorsports Group | 32 | Salvatore Iovino | Kevin McCarty | 1 |
| Taylor Canfield(R) | Stafford Smith | 1 | |||
| Chevrolet6 Ford4 Toyota2 | 36 | Jesse Iwuji | Terry Elmore1 John Wood4 Sonny Wahl1 Charlie Wahl1 Stafford Smith1 | 4 | |
| Cassie Gannis | 1 | ||||
| Andrew Engberson(R) | 1 | ||||
| Sting Ray Robb(R) | 1 | ||||
| Taylor Canfield(R) | 1 |
On December 11, 2017,NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. The two races atIrwindale were dropped from the schedule in favor of a second race atTucson and a race atGateway. TheLas Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track was added to the schedule, marking the series' first race on dirt since 1979 atAscot Park.[1] All races in the season are televised onNBCSN on a tape delay basis.[2]
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time.Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.
