2018 Luk Thung Cup

The 2018 Luk Thung Cup is the third Luk Thung Cup, scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from October 15-21, 2018. It is the second Luk Thung Cup to be held in Thailand, as it was moved from October to November due to James Hinchcliffe on DWTS and Bhumibol's death.

Pee Saderd was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the race for the wildcard to Jirayu La-ongmanee and thus failed to qualify, despite having led the points after The Kardashians vs. The West Family.

Tournament
The Luk Thung Cup is the same as the WTA Elite Trophy, with IndyCar drivers finishing 9th to 19th in the final standings after the 2018 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma qualifying for the tournament. As Robert Wickens suffered injuries from the 2018 ABC Supply 500, if Robert Wickens is among the drivers 9th to 19th, the 20th place driver qualifies. The wildcard entrant had to be of Thai origin, or born in Thailand.

In 2018, the tournament is 12 players in four groups representing the Korean rookie's Luk Thung Cup wildcard.

Qualified players
Matheus Leist qualified after finishing 16th at Gateway, where he pitted late for fuel. Had he not pit, he would have most likely not qualified at the conclusion of Gateway. Although he had no top ten finishes, his best IndyCar result is 11th at the 2018 ABC Supply 500. Leist made more progress in the Feud, in Steph Curry vs. Chris Paul and Laurie Hernandez vs. Shawn Johnson East, where he made the quarterfinals and was beaten by no.6 seed and rookie Jirayu La-ongmanee, the defending Feud champion.

Max Chilton qualified after finishing 17th at Gateway. He didn't get the results he had from the 2017 season, where he finished 11th in the points, upsetting James Hinchcliffe and Pee Saderd in the points standings after Sonoma. He needed to win the Gateway race to keep his top eight hopes alive, but didn't and instead finished 17th. Although he had no top ten finishes, his best IndyCar result was 11th in the first race of two of the 2018 Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit. Chilton made more progress in the Feud, in Sherri Shepherd vs. Ian Ziering and Tommy Chong vs. Derek Fisher and Gloria Govan, upsetting Pee Saderd in three sets in the fourth round and losing to Jirayu La-ongmanee in the quarterfinals.

Jirayu La-ongmanee qualified after winning Emmitt Smith vs. Todd Gurley II and Craig Robinson vs. Casey Wilson, where he needed to win the tournament in order to win the wildcard race. His first Feud tournament was The Kardashians vs. The West Family, where he lost 13 and a half seconds to Pee Saderd and rebounded by winning the title in Inside the NBA vs. MLB All-Stars and Rashad Jennings vs. Team Eve. He sat on the sidelines with other full-time IndyCar guys as he wasn't even entered for the days after being on The Mask Singer and the first three months of 2018 tournaments. As a rookie, he led the points, and won eight titles, leading him to the wildcard. Despite being a full-time Sato captain, he finished 3rd at the 2018 Iowa Corn 300.