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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Championship Race Prep and Discipline News

  • Homestead Championship Showdown: Kyle Larson needs only 28 points to secure his third Cup title, while Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick remain in the hunt. The championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is set for November 8. Jayski ↗ SpeedwayMedia ↗
    TLS Take Kyle Larson currently holds the 5th rank in the standings with 257,750 points. 2026 Cup TLS standings ? →
  • Hocevar Discipline Update: Carson Hocevar admitted to brake-checking Austin Cindric and has accepted a suspension. He currently holds the 14th rank in the Cup standings. Jayski ↗ RacingNews.co ↗
    TLS Take Carson Hocevar (car 77) has earned 1 win and an average ARP of 16.69 this season. Carson Hocevar stats ? →
  • Truck Series Championship Race: Kaden Honeycutt and Layne Riggs are set for a championship clash in the Truck Series. Riggs recently finished 3rd at Martinsville with an ARP of 1.36. Jayski ↗ Jayski ↗
    TLS Take Layne Riggs earned 7,164 points in the most recent Truck Series race at Martinsville. Martinsville Truck results ? →
  • Martinsville Performance Review: The recent Xfinity 500 at Martinsville saw William Byron take the win. The track has historically hosted winners like Tyler Reddick and Kyle Larson. RacingNews.co ↗ RacingNews.co ↗
    TLS Take William Byron won the most recent Cup race at Martinsville with 17,825 points. Martinsville track history ? →

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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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 leader 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.