Cup Series · 2018 · race 15 of 36

FireKeepers Casino 400

TrackMichigan International Speedway
ScheduledSun, Jun 10, 2018 · 2:00 PM ET
Laps133 of 200 scheduled
Cars39
Official winnerClint Bowyer (#14)
TLS leaderKevin Harvick (#4) · 5,035

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	Clint Bowyer (#14)	Kevin Harvick (#4)	Kevin Harvick (#4)
Finish	P1	P2	P2
TLS points	4,878	5,035	5,035
ARP	3.59	2.43	2.43
Laps led	8	49	49

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

Official winner — Clint Bowyer (#14): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 8 laps with 3.59 average running position and 4,878 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kevin Harvick (#4): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (5,035 points). Finished P2 with 49 laps led and 2.43 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (2.43). The official winner ran a worse average position (3.59).

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: Clint Bowyer (#14), who ranked 3rd on TLS with 4,878 points.
TLS leader: Kevin Harvick (#4) with 5,035 points, finished P2, ARP 2.43.
Most laps led: Kevin Harvick, 49 laps.
Luck index ▼ Ryan Newman ran 13th on TLS but finished P22 (9 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Paul Menard finished P5 after running 16th on TLS (11 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	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	12	8	3.59	4,878
2	1	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	4	49	2.43	5,035
3	2	Kurt Busch	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	1	46	3.02	4,956
4	8	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	3	0	9.95	4,027
5	16	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	15	3	15.71	3,254
6	4	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	2	0	5.73	4,592
7	6	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	5	0	8.95	4,160
8	5	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	9	15	5.88	4,572
9	11	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	13	0	13.02	3,615
10	12	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	24	0	13.23	3,588
11	10	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	6	0	12.66	3,663
12	9	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	10	0	12.56	3,676
13	7	William Byron #	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	14	0	9.22	4,125
14	14	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	16	0	14.32	3,442
15	17	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	8	0	15.97	3,220
16	18	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	21	0	16.04	3,211
17	24	AJ Allmendinger	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	25	0	22.37	2,363
18	15	Martin Truex Jr.	78	Toyota	Furniture Row Racing	17	0	14.80	3,377
19	25	Bubba Wallace #	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	28	0	23.89	2,159
20	22	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	20	0	21.77	2,442
21	28	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	31	0	26.14	1,858
22	13	Ryan Newman	31	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	11	0	13.61	3,536
23	20	Kasey Kahne	95	Chevrolet	Leavine Family Racing	29	11	19.60	2,733
24	21	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	18	0	21.62	2,462
25	26	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	23	0	24.98	2,013
26	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	33	0	–	1,477 (i)
27	29	Corey LaJoie	72	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	32	0	30.19	1,314
28	19	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	26	1	17.74	2,982
29	23	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	7	0	21.81	2,438
30	27	Daniel Suarez	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	22	0	25.06	1,987
31	32	Gray Gaulding	23	Toyota	BK Racing	34	0	31.79	1,092
32	30	Landon Cassill	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	36	0	30.50	1,263
33	31	Matt Kenseth	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	19	0	30.83	1,220
34	33	* DJ Kennington	7	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	37	0	33.68	841
35	–	* Timmy Hill(i)	66	Toyota	Motorsports Business Management	38	0	–	838 (i)
36	34	Matt DiBenedetto	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	30	0	33.65	838
37	–	BJ McLeod(i)	51	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	35	0	–	411 (i)
38	35	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	27	0	34.28	206
39	–	* Garrett Smithley(i)	99	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	39	0	–	4 (i)

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	148,122	7.02	888	4,027
2	Joey Logano	22	140,294	8.84	220	4,160
3	Clint Bowyer	14	134,250	10.63	308	4,878
4	Kurt Busch	41	131,646	9.93	263	4,956
5	Kevin Harvick	4	131,505	9.44	958	5,035
6	Brad Keselowski	2	130,696	9.89	259	4,592
7	Denny Hamlin	11	129,735	10.74	235	3,676
8	Martin Truex Jr.	78	123,727	11.17	308	3,377
9	Kyle Larson	42	121,807	12.33	356	2,982
10	Ryan Blaney	12	120,926	9.05	444	4,572
11	Aric Almirola	10	116,677	13.20	1	3,663
12	Chase Elliott	9	109,959	13.83	8	3,615
13	Erik Jones	20	105,957	15.59	75	3,220
14	Jimmie Johnson	48	103,825	16.61	2	2,442
15	Alex Bowman	88	103,644	16.41	65	3,211
16	Jamie McMurray	1	98,362	17.31	1	3,588
17	Ryan Newman	31	98,155	16.73	40	3,536
18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	98,048	17.67	59	2,438
19	Paul Menard	21	96,229	17.10	12	3,254
20	Daniel Suarez	19	95,425	18.94	6	1,987
21	William Byron #	24	94,410	17.33	31	4,125
22	Austin Dillon	3	83,977	19.56	5	3,442
23	AJ Allmendinger	47	80,217	21.94	3	2,363
24	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	75,907	22.17	15	2,159
25	Kasey Kahne	95	68,831	22.73	13	2,733
26	David Ragan	38	68,511	23.84	0	206
27	Chris Buescher	37	66,616	22.87	1	2,462
28	Ty Dillon	13	58,479	26.18	0	1,858
29	Michael McDowell	34	57,980	24.52	11	2,013
30	Matt DiBenedetto	32	53,216	27.29	6	838
31	Trevor Bayne	6	53,131	23.47	0	0
32	Gray Gaulding Jr.	23	27,822	32.48	0	1,092
33	Landon Cassill	00	24,590	31.33	0	1,263
34	Cole Whitt	72	23,217	28.65	0	0
35	* DJ Kennington	96	16,411	30.76	0	841
36	Corey LaJoie	72	14,619	32.60	0	1,314
37	Matt Kenseth	6	14,074	26.25	0	1,220
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	0