Cup Series · 2018 · race 9 of 36

TOYOTA OWNERS 400

TrackRichmond Raceway
ScheduledSat, Apr 21, 2018 · 6:30 PM ET
Laps402 of 400 scheduled
Cars38
Official winnerKyle Busch (#18)
TLS leaderJoey Logano (#22) · 14,214

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)	Joey Logano (#22)	Joey Logano (#22)
Finish	P1	P4	P4
TLS points	13,461	14,214	14,214
ARP	5.60	3.73	3.73
Laps led	32	92	92

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

Official winner — Kyle Busch (#18): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 32 laps with 5.60 average running position and 13,461 TLS points.

TLS leader — Joey Logano (#22): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (14,214 points). Finished P4 with 92 laps led and 3.73 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (3.73). The official winner ran a worse average position (5.60).

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

Official winner: Kyle Busch (#18), who ranked 5th on TLS with 13,461 points.
TLS leader: Joey Logano (#22) with 14,214 points, finished P4, ARP 3.73.
Most laps led: Martin Truex Jr., 121 laps.
Luck index ▼ Ryan Newman ran 16th on TLS but finished P37 (21 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Jimmie Johnson finished P6 after running 19th on TLS (13 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	5	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	32	32	5.60	13,461
2	7	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	2	0	7.88	12,543
3	8	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	4	6	8.02	12,487
4	1	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	3	92	3.73	14,214
5	6	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	10	8	7.57	12,665
6	19	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	17	0	19.10	8,021
7	12	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	5	0	12.60	10,639
8	11	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	28	0	10.41	11,523
9	4	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	16	45	4.94	13,727
10	17	Daniel Suarez	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	26	0	16.53	9,057
11	3	Kurt Busch	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	6	98	4.58	13,870
12	10	William Byron #	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	9	0	8.64	12,234
13	20	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	7	0	19.60	7,819
14	2	Martin Truex Jr.	78	Toyota	Furniture Row Racing	1	121	4.24	14,008
15	15	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	23	0	16.02	9,261
16	23	Matt DiBenedetto	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	27	0	23.00	6,448
17	9	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	25	0	8.54	12,275
18	22	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	11	0	21.96	6,867
19	13	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	8	0	15.34	9,534
20	26	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	31	0	27.17	4,769
21	28	Trevor Bayne	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	21	0	27.93	4,459
22	14	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	13	0	15.55	9,450
23	18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	12	0	17.11	8,822
24	24	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	20	0	23.23	6,340
25	25	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	18	0	23.27	6,325
26	27	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	19	0	27.25	4,723
27	30	AJ Allmendinger	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	33	0	28.94	4,042
28	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	30	0	–	3,618 (i)
29	29	Kasey Kahne	95	Chevrolet	Leavine Family Racing	29	0	28.23	4,319
30	32	Cole Whitt	72	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	35	0	30.92	3,238
31	31	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	24	0	30.38	3,458
32	–	* Daniel Hemric(i)	8	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	22	0	–	2,336 (i)
33	21	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	15	0	19.47	7,812
34	33	Landon Cassill	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	36	0	34.77	1,685
35	34	Gray Gaulding	23	Toyota	BK Racing	34	0	35.82	1,254
36	35	Harrison Rhodes	51	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	38	0	36.95	793
37	16	Ryan Newman	31	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	14	0	14.22	9,142
38	36	* Reed Sorenson	55	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	37	0	37.31	319

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	100,791	6.77	498	13,461
2	Joey Logano	22	95,595	7.52	131	14,214
3	Clint Bowyer	14	90,051	10.20	260	13,727
4	Kevin Harvick	4	89,576	9.84	528	12,665
5	Kurt Busch	41	85,138	9.91	212	13,870
6	Brad Keselowski	2	84,626	9.80	118	11,523
7	Denny Hamlin	11	83,252	10.95	215	12,487
8	Kyle Larson	42	80,329	11.86	254	10,639
9	Martin Truex Jr.	78	77,337	11.14	264	14,008
10	Ryan Blaney	12	77,334	9.26	364	9,450
11	Aric Almirola	10	73,078	13.85	1	12,275
12	Erik Jones	20	70,056	14.66	75	7,819
13	Ryan Newman	31	69,171	15.57	40	9,142
14	Alex Bowman	88	65,959	17.06	13	6,867
15	Chase Elliott	9	65,890	15.29	8	12,543
16	William Byron #	24	65,696	17.58	17	12,234
17	Paul Menard	21	64,204	17.09	1	6,340
18	Jimmie Johnson	48	62,259	18.36	0	8,021
19	Austin Dillon	3	61,951	17.74	1	9,261
20	Jamie McMurray	1	61,359	17.92	1	9,534
21	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	60,252	18.08	21	8,822
22	Daniel Suarez	19	60,182	19.20	5	9,057
23	AJ Allmendinger	47	52,053	22.33	1	4,042
24	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	50,191	21.68	6	6,325
25	David Ragan	38	44,859	23.51	0	7,812
26	Trevor Bayne	6	44,557	22.97	0	4,459
27	Kasey Kahne	95	39,764	23.60	1	4,319
28	Matt DiBenedetto	32	39,639	25.58	0	6,448
29	Chris Buescher	37	38,559	23.68	0	4,723
30	Ty Dillon	13	37,445	26.11	0	4,769
31	Michael McDowell	34	33,554	25.05	11	3,458
32	Cole Whitt	72	18,593	29.11	0	3,238
33	Gray Gaulding Jr.	23	16,945	32.29	0	1,254
34	Landon Cassill	00	14,059	30.49	0	1,685
35	* DJ Kennington	96	13,305	30.46	0	0
36	Harrison Rhodes	51	7,315	33.33	0	793
37	* Reed Sorenson	55	6,861	32.23	0	319
38	Jeffrey Earnhardt	00	6,609	32.55	0	0
39	Corey LaJoie	72	5,993	34.08	0	0
40	* Brendan Gaughan	62	4,359	19.10	0	0
41	* Mark Thompson	66	2,020	31.10	0	0
42	Danica Patrick	7	1,533	25.97	0	0