2018 Bonnie 499

The Bonnie 499 is the 12th race of the FNiA Racing Season. It was held at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. FNiA Fredbear won her 2nd and last race of her career here.

Background
Talladega is one of two superspeedways to hold FNiA races; the other being Daytona International Speedway. The standard track at the speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.66 miles (4.28 km) long. The track's turns are banked at thirty-three degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch has a two-degree banking. Talladega Superspeedway can seat up to 143,231 people.

Before the race, Aaron Gibson led the Drivers' Championship with 1426 points. FNiA Fredbear was second with 1259 points, 167 points behind. FNiA Bonnie was third with 1071 points, 355 points behind 1st and 188 points behind 2nd.

Race summary
Before the race, FNiA Freddy made an emergency last-minute pit stop, causing her to start the race in 40th, 1 lap down.

When the green flag dropped, polesitter FNiA Springtrap led a lap before eventual race winner Aaron Gibson passed her to lead laps 2-12.

The first caution came out when "MJ" Jones blew his engine on lap 13.