Cup Series · 2018 · race 7 of 36

O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

TrackTexas Motor Speedway
ScheduledSun, Apr 8, 2018 · 2:00 PM ET
Laps334
Cars37
Official winnerKyle Busch (#18)
TLS leaderKyle Busch (#18) · 11,434

2018–2019 Methodology Note · ARP-Derived How 2018 TrueLapScore standings differ from 2020–present

NASCAR's lap-by-lap lap-times.json feed begins in 2020. For 2018 and 2019, TrueLapScore points are reconstructed from NASCAR's official post-race timing feed (live_feed.json / Loop Data Average Running Position and Laps Completed) using the mathematical identity TLS Points = round((Laps Completed + 1) × (Cars in Field + 1 − ARP)).

Because NASCAR's Loop Data samples running position across multiple track timing loops each lap rather than solely at the start/finish line, 2018–2019 race totals can vary by ~0.1%–0.3% (typically 1–15 points per race) from start/finish-only lap scoring, and lap-by-lap Top-5/Top-10 lap counts are not available. Full methodology details →

Three ways to measure this race

	Official winner	TLS leader	Best ARP
Driver	Kyle Busch (#18)	Kyle Busch (#18)	Kyle Busch (#18)
Finish	P1	P1	P1
TLS points	11,434	11,434	11,434
ARP	3.87	3.87	3.87
Laps led	116	116	116

This race lined up on all three measures: Kyle Busch (#18) won the race, led TLS points (11,434), and posted the best average running position (3.87).

Race Notes auto-generated

Official winner: Kyle Busch (#18), who also led TrueLapScore with 11,434 points (ARP 3.87).
Most laps led: Kyle Busch, 116 laps.
Luck index ▼ Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ran 10th on TLS but finished P25 (15 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Landon Cassill finished P21 after running 28th on TLS (7 spots better than they ran).

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

Race results

Fin	TLS rank	Driver	Car	Make	Team	Start	Laps led	ARP	TLS points
1	1	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	8	116	3.87	11,434
2	6	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	2	87	6.69	10,489
3	7	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	24	0	9.03	9,704
4	4	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	21	64	6.05	10,702
5	9	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	4	0	10.45	9,231
6	3	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	7	0	5.14	11,007
7	2	Kurt Busch	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	1	40	4.11	11,354
8	12	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	15	0	14.84	7,760
9	5	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	3	0	6.64	10,505
10	11	William Byron #	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	33	1	14.29	7,942
11	8	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	20	4	9.02	9,680
12	14	Trevor Bayne	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	13	0	15.51	7,511
13	17	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	23	0	18.50	6,494
14	16	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	27	0	18.36	6,539
15	15	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	18	0	16.96	6,984
16	19	Matt DiBenedetto	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	30	0	22.38	5,155
17	18	Kasey Kahne	95	Chevrolet	Leavine Family Racing	28	0	20.33	5,814
18	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	31	0	–	4,284 (i)
19	22	Cole Whitt	72	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	34	0	24.95	4,243
20	24	Gray Gaulding	23	Toyota	BK Racing	32	0	27.32	3,448
21	28	Landon Cassill	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	35	0	29.10	2,865
22	29	Harrison Rhodes	51	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	36	0	29.39	2,756
23	20	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	29	0	22.00	5,089
24	21	AJ Allmendinger	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	22	0	22.50	4,912
25	10	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	26	10	11.49	8,376
26	23	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	17	0	25.53	3,803
27	13	Ryan Newman	31	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	25	0	12.60	7,722
28	32	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	16	0	32.60	1,592
29	35	Daniel Suarez	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	14	0	33.76	1,235
30	34	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	19	0	31.40	1,425
31	31	* Reed Sorenson	55	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	37	0	29.10	1,869
32	26	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	12	0	20.14	3,197
33	25	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	11	0	18.96	3,407
34	27	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	5	12	20.43	3,127
35	30	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	9	0	26.42	2,038
36	33	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	10	0	25.62	1,573
37	36	Martin Truex Jr.	78	Toyota	Furniture Row Racing	6	0	28.66	757

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

Season standings through this race

Rank	Driver	Car	Season points	ARP	Laps led	This race
1	Kyle Busch	18	69,372	7.31	349	11,434
2	Joey Logano	22	65,229	8.02	38	11,007
3	Ryan Blaney	12	63,359	9.44	264	9,231
4	Kevin Harvick	4	62,644	9.92	520	10,489
5	Clint Bowyer	14	62,623	10.60	215	10,505
6	Kurt Busch	41	61,128	9.29	114	11,354
7	Martin Truex Jr.	78	59,202	9.29	143	757
8	Denny Hamlin	11	57,056	11.14	205	3,127
9	Brad Keselowski	2	56,999	10.04	51	3,407
10	Erik Jones	20	51,259	13.51	75	10,702
11	Kyle Larson	42	51,180	13.01	54	1,573
12	Chase Elliott	9	49,647	13.93	8	9,680
13	Aric Almirola	10	48,075	14.51	1	3,197
14	Ryan Newman	31	46,989	15.99	40	7,722
15	Alex Bowman	88	43,735	17.46	13	1,592
16	Jamie McMurray	1	42,953	17.68	1	9,704
17	Paul Menard	21	42,485	17.34	1	1,425
18	William Byron #	24	40,886	19.25	17	7,942
19	Austin Dillon	3	38,494	18.86	1	3,803
20	Jimmie Johnson	48	37,834	19.85	0	2,038
21	AJ Allmendinger	47	37,751	21.79	1	4,912
22	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	36,797	19.26	21	8,376
23	Daniel Suarez	19	36,421	20.81	0	1,235
24	Chris Buescher	37	32,169	22.87	0	6,984
25	Trevor Bayne	6	31,985	22.17	0	7,511
26	Kasey Kahne	95	31,563	22.94	1	5,814
27	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	30,281	22.72	0	7,760
28	Michael McDowell	34	29,985	23.74	11	6,539
29	Ty Dillon	13	27,648	25.48	0	6,494
30	David Ragan	38	26,885	24.63	0	5,089
31	Matt DiBenedetto	32	23,612	26.63	0	5,155
32	Cole Whitt	72	15,355	28.75	0	4,243
33	Gray Gaulding Jr.	23	11,655	31.97	0	3,448
34	* DJ Kennington	96	8,163	30.83	0	0
35	Jeffrey Earnhardt	00	6,609	32.55	0	0
36	Harrison Rhodes	51	5,485	32.88	0	2,756
37	* Brendan Gaughan	62	4,359	19.10	0	0
38	Landon Cassill	00	3,552	32.43	0	2,865
39	* Reed Sorenson	55	2,713	31.38	0	1,869
40	* Mark Thompson	66	2,020	31.10	0	0
41	Danica Patrick	7	1,533	25.97	0	0
42	Corey LaJoie	72	74	37.09	0	0