Cup Series · 2018 · race 19 of 36

Quaker State 400

TrackKentucky Speedway
ScheduledSat, Jul 14, 2018 · 7:30 PM ET
Laps267
Cars39
Official winnerMartin Truex Jr. (#78)
TLS leaderMartin Truex Jr. (#78) · 10,140

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)	Martin Truex Jr. (#78)	Martin Truex Jr. (#78)
Finish	P1	P1	P1
TLS points	10,140	10,140	10,140
ARP	2.17	2.17	2.17
Laps led	174	174	174

This race lined up on all three measures: Martin Truex Jr. (#78) won the race, led TLS points (10,140), and posted the best average running position (2.17).

Race Notes auto-generated

Official winner: Martin Truex Jr. (#78), who also led TrueLapScore with 10,140 points (ARP 2.17).
Most laps led: Martin Truex Jr., 174 laps.
Luck index ▼ Alex Bowman ran 31st on TLS but finished P39 (8 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Brad Keselowski finished P3 after running 8th on TLS (5 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	Martin Truex Jr.	78	Toyota	Furniture Row Racing	1	174	2.16	10,140
2	2	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	7	1	4.40	9,540
3	8	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	4	38	9.58	8,152
4	4	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	5	0	4.95	9,392
5	3	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	3	0	4.80	9,433
6	5	Kurt Busch	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	9	45	6.43	8,996
7	9	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	2	0	9.86	8,077
8	12	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	12	0	11.59	7,613
9	11	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	18	0	11.45	7,652
10	6	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	19	5	9.00	8,309
11	10	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	6	0	9.99	8,042
12	7	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	8	0	9.32	8,223
13	13	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	16	0	12.73	7,307
14	15	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	27	3	14.72	6,774
15	14	Daniel Suarez	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	0	14.57	6,814
16	17	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	36	0	17.69	5,979
17	16	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	22	0	17.12	6,133
18	21	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	24	0	20.24	5,296
19	18	Matt Kenseth	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	17	0	18.43	5,780
20	19	William Byron #	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	21	0	18.52	5,756
21	20	Ryan Newman	31	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	10	0	18.62	5,728
22	23	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	13	0	23.17	4,495
23	22	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	20	0	22.52	4,668
24	25	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	23	0	23.69	4,355
25	24	Kasey Kahne	95	Chevrolet	Leavine Family Racing	29	0	23.64	4,367
26	29	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	14	0	28.45	3,085
27	26	Bubba Wallace #	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	25	0	24.97	3,982
28	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	30	0	–	3,080 (i)
29	27	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	28	0	27.02	3,427
30	28	AJ Allmendinger	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	26	0	27.43	3,305
31	30	Corey LaJoie	72	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	31	0	31.38	2,250
32	–	BJ McLeod(i)	51	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	34	0	–	1,553 (i)
33	32	Landon Cassill	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	33	0	35.06	1,271
34	–	* Timmy Hill(i)	66	Toyota	Motorsports Business Management	39	0	–	966 (i)
35	–	* Jesse Little(i)	7	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	38	0	–	1,082 (i)
36	–	* Garrett Smithley(i)	99	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	35	0	–	919 (i)
37	33	Matt DiBenedetto	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	37	0	34.56	1,093
38	–	JJ Yeley(i)	23	Toyota	BK Racing	32	0	–	1,295 (i)
39	31	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	15	1	27.67	1,344

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	170,555	7.89	948	9,392
2	Joey Logano	22	160,758	10.05	225	8,309
3	Kevin Harvick	4	158,919	8.83	1,040	9,433
4	Clint Bowyer	14	157,664	10.62	331	8,223
5	Kurt Busch	41	153,576	10.52	329	8,996
6	Brad Keselowski	2	151,881	10.63	322	8,152
7	Martin Truex Jr.	78	151,511	10.12	564	10,140
8	Denny Hamlin	11	146,401	12.37	239	5,979
9	Kyle Larson	42	144,443	12.25	365	7,652
10	Ryan Blaney	12	140,547	10.71	464	9,540
11	Aric Almirola	10	137,532	13.60	71	7,613
12	Chase Elliott	9	129,971	13.71	19	7,307
13	Erik Jones	20	128,496	15.11	77	8,077
14	Jimmie Johnson	48	124,324	16.06	15	6,774
15	Alex Bowman	88	120,674	16.22	67	1,344
16	Ryan Newman	31	117,433	16.67	44	5,728
17	Paul Menard	21	115,951	17.07	12	8,042
18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	113,883	18.14	110	3,085
19	Jamie McMurray	1	112,736	18.12	1	6,133
20	Daniel Suarez	19	111,186	19.10	6	6,814
21	William Byron #	24	109,233	17.91	43	5,756
22	Austin Dillon	3	99,111	19.43	18	4,495
23	AJ Allmendinger	47	91,972	22.41	9	3,305
24	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	89,951	22.34	15	3,982
25	Kasey Kahne	95	82,606	22.58	30	4,367
26	Chris Buescher	37	82,397	22.19	1	4,668
27	David Ragan	38	79,271	24.23	0	5,296
28	Michael McDowell	34	74,135	23.32	31	4,355
29	Ty Dillon	13	71,388	25.63	3	3,427
30	Trevor Bayne	6	63,631	22.79	0	0
31	Matt DiBenedetto	32	62,403	27.19	6	1,093
32	Gray Gaulding Jr.	23	30,668	32.39	0	0
33	Landon Cassill	99	27,907	32.21	0	1,271
34	Cole Whitt	72	23,699	28.88	0	0
35	Matt Kenseth	6	19,854	24.69	0	5,780
36	* DJ Kennington	96	19,761	29.39	0	0
37	Corey LaJoie	72	19,305	32.25	0	2,250
38	Jeffrey Earnhardt	7	12,414	31.42	0	0
39	* Reed Sorenson	7	12,117	33.55	0	0
40	* Brendan Gaughan	62	11,870	19.70	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	* Kyle Weatherman	99	1,037	35.95	0	0
45	Chris Cook	51	839	31.37	0	0
46	* Derrike Cope	99	698	36.64	0	0
47	Tomy Drissi	00	660	32.94	0	0
48	Cody Ware(i)	52	118	35.30	0	0
49	* Timothy Peters(i)	92	1	34.74	0	0