Cup Series · 2018 · race 10 of 36

GEICO 500

TrackTalladega Superspeedway
ScheduledSun, Apr 29, 2018 · 2:00 PM ET
Laps188
Cars40
Official winnerJoey Logano (#22)
TLS leaderJoey Logano (#22) · 6,691

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	Joey Logano (#22)	Joey Logano (#22)	Joey Logano (#22)
Finish	P1	P1	P1
TLS points	6,691	6,691	6,691
ARP	5.60	5.60	5.60
Laps led	70	70	70

This race lined up on all three measures: Joey Logano (#22) won the race, led TLS points (6,691), and posted the best average running position (5.60).

Race Notes auto-generated

Official winner: Joey Logano (#22), who also led TrueLapScore with 6,691 points (ARP 5.60).
Most laps led: Joey Logano, 70 laps.
Luck index ▼ Paul Menard ran 13th on TLS but finished P30 (17 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ David Ragan finished P6 after running 18th on TLS (12 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	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	9	70	5.60	6,691
2	8	Kurt Busch	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	2	5	12.51	5,386
3	9	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	5	0	13.04	5,285
4	3	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	1	12	11.22	5,629
5	12	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	7	4	14.59	4,991
6	18	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	12	0	17.30	4,480
7	11	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	40	0	14.11	5,083
8	6	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	11	26	12.16	5,450
9	17	Ryan Newman	31	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	18	0	17.06	4,524
10	15	Daniel Suarez	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	14	1	16.92	4,552
11	19	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	25	1	18.78	4,199
12	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	16	0	9.63	5,928
13	4	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	19	0	11.62	5,552
14	7	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	4	11	12.30	5,424
15	27	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	29	0	23.98	3,217
16	10	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	15	5	13.80	5,141
17	21	Kasey Kahne	95	Chevrolet	Leavine Family Racing	26	1	21.12	3,757
18	5	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	23	0	11.91	5,498
19	25	Matt DiBenedetto	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	33	6	22.28	3,538
20	31	* DJ Kennington	96	Toyota	Gaunt Brothers Racing	31	0	29.02	2,265
21	23	Cole Whitt	72	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	36	0	21.89	3,611
22	20	* Brendan Gaughan	62	Chevrolet	Beard Motorsports	30	1	20.37	3,900
23	–	* Timothy Peters(i)	92	Ford	RBR Enterprises	32	0	–	2,167 (i)
24	32	Gray Gaulding	23	Toyota	BK Racing	37	0	31.06	1,869
25	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	35	0	–	1,509 (i)
26	28	Martin Truex Jr.	78	Toyota	Furniture Row Racing	3	0	25.40	2,887
27	–	Joey Gase(i)	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	34	0	–	1,930 (i)
28	29	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	27	0	27.15	2,424
29	14	William Byron #	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	17	14	12.46	4,738
30	13	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	13	8	11.49	4,899
31	30	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	8	0	26.74	2,367
32	22	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	20	0	18.58	3,721
33	16	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	10	21	13.73	4,527
34	26	AJ Allmendinger	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	28	2	20.80	3,354
35	24	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	24	0	19.59	3,554
36	–	Timmy Hill(i)	51	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	39	0	–	728 (i)
37	36	* Reed Sorenson	55	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	38	0	38.15	228
38	35	Trevor Bayne	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	21	0	32.28	628
39	34	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	6	0	31.41	690
40	33	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	22	0	26.86	1,018

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	106,343	7.26	498	5,552
2	Joey Logano	22	102,286	7.32	201	6,691
3	Kevin Harvick	4	95,205	9.97	540	5,629
4	Clint Bowyer	14	92,418	11.85	260	2,367
5	Kurt Busch	41	90,524	10.17	217	5,386
6	Brad Keselowski	2	89,153	10.20	139	4,527
7	Denny Hamlin	11	88,676	11.09	226	5,424
8	Ryan Blaney	12	82,832	9.52	364	5,498
9	Kyle Larson	42	81,347	13.36	254	1,018
10	Martin Truex Jr.	78	80,224	12.57	264	2,887
11	Aric Almirola	10	78,161	13.88	1	5,083
12	Ryan Newman	31	73,695	15.72	40	4,524
13	Alex Bowman	88	71,409	16.57	39	5,450
14	Chase Elliott	9	71,175	15.06	8	5,285
15	Erik Jones	20	70,746	16.34	75	690
16	William Byron #	24	70,434	17.07	31	4,738
17	Paul Menard	21	69,103	16.53	9	4,899
18	Jimmie Johnson	48	68,187	17.49	0	5,928
19	Austin Dillon	3	65,505	17.93	1	3,554
20	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	65,243	17.73	25	4,991
21	Daniel Suarez	19	64,734	18.98	6	4,552
22	Jamie McMurray	1	63,783	18.85	1	2,424
23	AJ Allmendinger	47	55,407	22.18	3	3,354
24	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	55,332	20.89	11	5,141
25	David Ragan	38	49,339	22.89	0	4,480
26	Trevor Bayne	6	45,185	23.90	0	628
27	Kasey Kahne	95	43,521	23.35	2	3,757
28	Matt DiBenedetto	32	43,177	25.25	6	3,538
29	Chris Buescher	37	42,758	23.19	1	4,199
30	Ty Dillon	13	40,662	25.90	0	3,217
31	Michael McDowell	34	37,275	24.40	11	3,721
32	Cole Whitt	72	22,204	28.08	0	3,611
33	Gray Gaulding Jr.	23	18,814	32.17	0	1,869
34	* DJ Kennington	96	15,570	30.17	0	2,265
35	Landon Cassill	00	14,059	30.49	0	0
36	* Brendan Gaughan	62	8,259	19.73	1	3,900
37	Harrison Rhodes	51	7,315	33.33	0	0
38	* Reed Sorenson	55	7,089	33.41	0	228
39	Jeffrey Earnhardt	00	6,609	32.55	0	0
40	Corey LaJoie	72	5,993	34.08	0	0
41	* Mark Thompson	66	2,020	31.10	0	0
42	Danica Patrick	7	1,533	25.97	0	0