Cup Series · 2018 · race 14 of 36

Pocono 400

TrackPocono Raceway
ScheduledSun, Jun 3, 2018 · 2:00 PM ET
Laps160
Cars38
Official winnerMartin Truex Jr. (#78)
TLS leaderKevin Harvick (#4) · 5,979

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	Martin Truex Jr. (#78)	Kevin Harvick (#4)	Kevin Harvick (#4)
Finish	P1	P4	P4
TLS points	5,603	5,979	5,979
ARP	4.20	1.86	1.86
Laps led	31	89	89

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

Official winner — Martin Truex Jr. (#78): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 31 laps with 4.20 average running position and 5,603 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kevin Harvick (#4): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (5,979 points). Finished P4 with 89 laps led and 1.86 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (1.86). The official winner ran a worse average position (4.20).

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: Martin Truex Jr. (#78), who ranked 3rd on TLS with 5,603 points.
TLS leader: Kevin Harvick (#4) with 5,979 points, finished P4, ARP 1.86.
Most laps led: Kevin Harvick, 89 laps.
Luck index ▼ Denny Hamlin ran 10th on TLS but finished P35 (25 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Matt Kenseth finished P13 after running 25th 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	3	Martin Truex Jr.	78	Toyota	Furniture Row Racing	4	31	4.20	5,603
2	4	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	13	0	6.54	5,226
3	2	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	5	13	2.86	5,818
4	1	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	2	89	1.86	5,979
5	9	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	17	10	9.94	4,678
6	6	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	1	11	6.94	5,161
7	14	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	34	0	15.63	3,762
8	8	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	15	2	9.49	4,751
9	20	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	7	0	19.55	3,131
10	7	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	11	0	8.33	4,938
11	19	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	20	0	17.46	3,468
12	13	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	12	0	15.58	3,770
13	25	Matt Kenseth	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	26	0	25.59	2,158
14	24	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	23	0	23.97	2,420
15	12	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	3	0	14.43	3,956
16	23	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	21	0	22.88	2,596
17	26	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	27	0	26.00	2,093
18	11	William Byron #	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	16	0	13.80	4,057
19	16	Kurt Busch	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	6	0	16.66	3,596
20	5	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	9	0	6.87	5,173
21	27	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	30	0	26.22	2,058
22	22	AJ Allmendinger	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	24	0	20.26	3,017
23	28	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	29	0	26.92	1,944
24	21	Daniel Suarez	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	0	19.84	3,085
25	17	Ryan Newman	31	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	8	0	16.83	3,570
26	–	Cole Custer(i)	51	Ford	Rick Ware Racing	28	0	–	1,341 (i)
27	18	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	14	0	16.89	3,559
28	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	31	0	–	1,390 (i)
29	15	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	25	0	15.92	3,693
30	31	Cole Whitt	72	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	35	0	32.63	1,013
31	33	Landon Cassill	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	33	0	34.62	691
32	–	* JJ Yeley(i)	7	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	37	0	–	742 (i)
33	34	Gray Gaulding	23	Toyota	BK Racing	36	0	34.91	647
34	35	* Derrike Cope	99	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	38	0	37.15	283
35	10	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	10	0	11.29	4,074
36	29	Kasey Kahne	95	Chevrolet	Leavine Family Racing	22	0	25.46	1,638
37	32	Matt DiBenedetto	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	32	0	31.63	840
38	30	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	19	4	26.25	1,390

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	144,095	6.81	888	5,818
2	Joey Logano	22	136,134	8.83	220	3,131
3	Clint Bowyer	14	129,372	11.13	300	5,173
4	Kurt Busch	41	126,690	10.42	217	3,596
5	Kevin Harvick	4	126,470	9.94	909	5,979
6	Brad Keselowski	2	126,104	10.19	259	4,678
7	Denny Hamlin	11	126,059	10.61	235	4,074
8	Martin Truex Jr.	78	120,350	10.92	308	5,603
9	Kyle Larson	42	118,825	11.95	355	5,226
10	Ryan Blaney	12	116,354	9.27	429	5,161
11	Aric Almirola	10	113,014	13.24	1	3,762
12	Chase Elliott	9	106,344	13.89	8	4,938
13	Erik Jones	20	102,737	15.57	75	3,693
14	Jimmie Johnson	48	101,383	16.24	2	4,751
15	Alex Bowman	88	100,433	16.43	65	3,559
16	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	95,610	17.37	59	2,420
17	Jamie McMurray	1	94,774	17.60	1	3,956
18	Ryan Newman	31	94,619	16.95	40	3,570
19	Daniel Suarez	19	93,438	18.50	6	3,085
20	Paul Menard	21	92,975	17.20	9	3,468
21	William Byron #	24	90,285	17.91	31	4,057
22	Austin Dillon	3	80,535	19.94	5	3,770
23	AJ Allmendinger	47	77,854	21.91	3	3,017
24	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	73,748	22.04	15	1,390
25	David Ragan	38	68,305	23.09	0	2,596
26	Kasey Kahne	95	66,098	22.96	2	1,638
27	Chris Buescher	37	64,154	22.96	1	2,093
28	Ty Dillon	13	56,621	26.19	0	1,944
29	Michael McDowell	34	55,967	24.49	11	2,058
30	Trevor Bayne	6	53,131	23.47	0	0
31	Matt DiBenedetto	32	52,378	26.84	6	840
32	Gray Gaulding Jr.	23	26,730	32.53	0	647
33	Landon Cassill	00	23,327	31.43	0	691
34	Cole Whitt	72	23,217	28.65	0	1,013
35	* DJ Kennington	96	15,570	30.17	0	0
36	Corey LaJoie	72	13,305	33.00	0	0
37	Matt Kenseth	6	12,854	24.73	0	2,158
38	* Reed Sorenson	55	10,481	33.52	0	0
39	Jeffrey Earnhardt	55	9,467	32.73	0	0
40	* Brendan Gaughan	62	8,259	19.73	1	0
41	Harrison Rhodes	51	7,315	33.33	0	0
42	* Mark Thompson	66	2,020	31.10	0	0
43	Danica Patrick	7	1,533	25.97	0	0
44	* Derrike Cope	99	698	36.64	0	283