TrueLapScore

Who really raced up front?

TrueLapScore (TLS) scores every lap. On each lap, every car earns points for where it is running: in a 38-car field P1 earns 38 and P38 earns 1. Add up the laps for the race, then the races for the season.

It doesn't replace NASCAR's official points. It shows who ran up front all race, not just who was in front at the checkered flag. How it works →

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Daily Brief Nov 7, 2026 · Updated Nov 7 · 7:13 AM ET

Truck Series Championship and Cup Season Wrap

  • Truck Series Championship: Kaden Honeycutt secured the NASCAR Truck Series title and a victory at Homestead. Ford was officially named the 2026 Manufacturers' Championship winner. Jayski ↗ TobyChristie ↗ Jayski ↗
    TLS Take The Truck Series season concluded with a victory for Honeycutt following the final race at Martinsville where Chandler Smith took the win. Trucks Martinsville results ? →
  • Cup Series Championship: The NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is scheduled for November 8. Tickets for the 2027 season are now available for purchase. Sporting News ↗ TobyChristie ↗
    TLS Take The upcoming championship race follows a season where Denny Hamlin led the standings with 280,315 points. 2026 Cup TLS standings ? →
  • Driver Movement and News: Connor Zilisch confirmed he will remain with Trackhouse next season, while Blake Harris is moving to Trackhouse to crew chief for van Gisbergen. Jayski ↗ Jayski ↗
    TLS Take Newer talent and crew changes come as the season concludes with William Byron winning the final Cup race at Martinsville. Martinsville track history ? →
  • Disciplinary Action: Carson Hocevar admitted to brake-checking Austin Cindric and has accepted a suspension. Jayski ↗
    TLS Take Hocevar finished the season ranked 14th in the Cup standings with 210,579 points. Carson Hocevar stats ? →

TLS Feature Analysis · Cup · Oct 28, 2026

One Season, Three Scoreboards: Why Kyle Larson Leads the 2026 Chase While Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney Dominate Full-Season & TrueLapScore

Kyle Larson leaves Talladega with a 73-point lead in the official Chase standings — yet he is simultaneously eliminated from a traditional 36-race full-season points title (sitting 4th at 1,120 points, 175 behind Denny Hamlin's 1,295 with 152 available) and sits 5th in TrueLapScore behind a razor-thin 1,934-point duel between Hamlin and Ryan Blaney.

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This week's TLS Movers

TLS champions by season

"TLS champion" = most TrueLapScore points that season (not the official NASCAR champion). Seasons still in progress show the current TLS leader. 2020–present use NASCAR's exact start/finish lap-by-lap feed; 2018–2019 (ARP*) are reconstructed from NASCAR's official post-race Average Running Position & Laps Completed feed (how 2018–2019 differ →).

Cup Series

SeasonTLS championTLS points
2026 leader Denny Hamlin (C) 280,315
2025 William Byron (P) 285,377
2024 Denny Hamlin (P) 273,119
2023 Denny Hamlin (P) 262,800
2022 Joey Logano (P) 252,415
2021 Denny Hamlin (P) 294,969
2020 Joey Logano (P) 318,739
2019 ARP* Kyle Busch (P) 315,486
2018 ARP* Kyle Busch (P) 324,283

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (formerly Xfinity)

SeasonTLS championTLS points
2026 leader Justin Allgaier (C) 172,646
2025 Justin Allgaier (P) 156,960
2024 Cole Custer (P) 167,273
2023 John Hunter Nemechek (P) 165,119
2022 Noah Gragson (P) 167,142
2021 Austin Cindric (P) 170,803
2020 Chase Briscoe (P) 168,964
2019 ARP* Tyler Reddick (P) 187,295
2018 ARP* Daniel Hemric (P) 197,603

Truck Series

SeasonTLS championTLS points
2026 Layne Riggs (C) 113,742
2025 Corey Heim (P) 109,734
2024 Christian Eckes (P) 111,732
2023 Corey Heim (P) 91,564
2022 Chandler Smith (P) 91,738
2021 Todd Gilliland (P) 85,183
2020 Brett Moffitt (P) 95,161
2019 ARP* Brett Moffitt (P) 85,154
2018 ARP* Noah Gragson (P) 88,874

Name tags such as (C), (P), # and * come from NASCAR's timing data. See the legend.