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Cup Series · 2018 · race 4 of 36

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Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Kevin Harvick (#4) Kyle Busch (#18) Kyle Busch (#18)
Finish P1 P2 P2
TLS points 10,840 11,070 11,070
ARP 3.37 2.63 2.63
Laps led 38 128 128

Three different ways to measure a race — and they often point to different drivers.

Official winner — Kevin Harvick (#4): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 38 laps with 3.37 average running position and 10,840 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kyle Busch (#18): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (11,070 points). Finished P2 with 128 laps led and 2.63 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (2.63). The official winner ran a worse average position (3.37).

The checkered flag reflects who survived the final seconds. TLS reflects where drivers ran across the whole race. ARP tells you the typical running spot — but not who banked the most valuable laps.

Race Notes auto-generated

Auto-generated stats from TrueLapScore lap data. Not a written story.

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 2 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 10 38 3.37 10,840
2 1 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 7 128 2.63 11,070
3 4 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 3 0 5.48 10,178
4 5 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 6 33 6.44 9,879
5 3 Martin Truex Jr. 78 Toyota Furniture Row Racing 1 3 4.57 10,463
6 6 Clint Bowyer 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 19 0 10.32 8,665
7 12 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 22 0 12.98 7,831
8 15 Daniel Suarez 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 15 0 13.79 7,578
9 8 Erik Jones 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 9 0 12.29 8,048
10 9 Kurt Busch 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 23 6 12.66 7,931
11 14 Ryan Newman 31 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 13 23 13.17 7,772
12 11 William Byron # 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 11 15 12.93 7,847
13 20 Alex Bowman 88 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 4 0 15.79 6,951
14 17 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 17 0 14.61 7,320
15 7 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Team Penske 25 12 11.05 8,434
16 18 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 12 0 14.94 7,194
17 19 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 18 0 15.14 7,131
18 10 Kyle Larson 42 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 2 54 12.83 7,853
19 13 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 5 0 12.93 7,823
20 23 Trevor Bayne 6 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 21 0 23.29 4,589
21 22 AJ Allmendinger 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 20 0 22.12 4,953
22 25 David Ragan 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 16 0 24.85 4,104
23 21 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 29 0 21.95 5,009
24 24 Kasey Kahne 95 Chevrolet Leavine Family Racing 26 0 23.39 4,560
25 29 Matt DiBenedetto 32 Ford GO FAS Racing 30 0 28.24 3,044
26 16 Jamie McMurray 1 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 8 0 14.04 7,452
27 – Ross Chastain(i) 15 Chevrolet Premium Motorsports 36 0 – 3,173 (i)
28 27 Darrell Wallace Jr. # 43 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports 27 0 27.75 3,177
29 32 Chris Buescher 37 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 24 0 31.19 2,112
30 26 Ty Dillon 13 Chevrolet Germain Racing 28 0 25.36 3,918
31 31 * DJ Kennington 96 Toyota Gaunt Brothers Racing 34 0 31.00 2,170
32 28 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 31 0 28.07 3,067
33 – Timmy Hill(i) 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 35 0 – 1,431 (i)
34 33 Gray Gaulding 23 Toyota BK Racing 32 0 34.12 1,183
35 34 Jeffrey Earnhardt 00 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 37 0 35.61 700
36 30 Paul Menard 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 14 0 26.09 2,263
37 35 Corey LaJoie 72 Chevrolet TriStar Motorsports 33 0 35.91 50

official winner TLS leader · (i) ineligible for series points (lap points shown for reference, not counted) · legend

Season standings through this race

RankDriverCarSeason points ARPLaps ledThis race
1 Martin Truex Jr. 78 35,182 6.91 14 10,463
2 Kevin Harvick 4 34,105 6.62 433 10,840
3 Kyle Busch 18 32,445 10.69 147 11,070
4 Joey Logano 22 32,105 9.53 29 7,823
5 Ryan Blaney 12 31,825 8.98 119 7,194
6 Denny Hamlin 11 31,474 10.59 81 9,879
7 Kyle Larson 42 30,509 11.43 54 7,853
8 Brad Keselowski 2 29,994 10.32 50 8,434
9 Clint Bowyer 14 29,002 13.06 0 8,665
10 Kurt Busch 41 28,918 10.51 74 7,931
11 Aric Almirola 10 28,143 13.09 1 7,831
12 Alex Bowman 88 25,406 14.74 13 6,951
13 Austin Dillon 3 25,139 15.82 1 7,131
14 Ryan Newman 31 24,156 16.12 40 7,772
15 Chase Elliott 9 23,728 14.37 4 10,178
16 Paul Menard 21 23,246 15.36 1 2,263
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17 23,205 16.91 11 5,009
18 Erik Jones 20 22,998 16.39 11 8,048
19 Daniel Suarez 19 21,511 18.34 0 7,578
20 Jamie McMurray 1 19,440 20.02 0 7,452
21 William Byron # 24 19,345 20.98 15 7,847
22 Trevor Bayne 6 17,781 21.27 0 4,589
23 Darrell Wallace Jr. # 43 17,278 21.64 0 3,177
24 Jimmie Johnson 48 17,021 22.32 0 7,320
25 Kasey Kahne 95 15,268 23.33 0 4,560
26 Chris Buescher 37 15,251 23.89 0 2,112
27 AJ Allmendinger 47 15,190 24.14 1 4,953
28 David Ragan 38 12,746 24.91 0 4,104
29 Michael McDowell 34 12,700 24.86 11 3,067
30 Matt DiBenedetto 32 12,449 26.18 0 3,044
31 Ty Dillon 13 11,390 27.04 0 3,918
32 Jeffrey Earnhardt 00 6,224 31.69 0 700
33 Gray Gaulding Jr. 23 5,416 32.09 0 1,183
34 * Brendan Gaughan 62 4,359 19.10 0 0
35 * DJ Kennington 96 4,347 30.61 0 2,170
36 Cole Whitt 72 4,194 30.24 0 0
37 * Mark Thompson 66 2,020 31.10 0 0
38 Danica Patrick 7 1,533 25.97 0 0
39 Harrison Rhodes 51 951 33.94 0 0
40 Corey LaJoie 72 74 37.09 0 50
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