Cup Series · 2018 · race 26 of 36

Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard

TrackIndianapolis Motor Speedway
ScheduledMon, Sep 10, 2018 · 2:00 PM ET
Laps160
Cars40
Official winnerBrad Keselowski (#2)
TLS leaderClint Bowyer (#14) · 5,931

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	Brad Keselowski (#2)	Clint Bowyer (#14)	Clint Bowyer (#14)
Finish	P1	P5	P5
TLS points	5,102	5,931	5,931
ARP	9.31	4.16	4.16
Laps led	9	37	37

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

Official winner — Brad Keselowski (#2): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 9 laps with 9.31 average running position and 5,102 TLS points.

TLS leader — Clint Bowyer (#14): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (5,931 points). Finished P5 with 37 laps led and 4.16 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (4.16). The official winner ran a worse average position (9.31).

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: Brad Keselowski (#2), who ranked 5th on TLS with 5,102 points.
TLS leader: Clint Bowyer (#14) with 5,931 points, finished P5, ARP 4.16.
Most laps led: Denny Hamlin, 37 laps.
Luck index ▼ Chase Elliott ran 3rd on TLS but finished P15 (12 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Erik Jones finished P2 after running 10th on TLS (8 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	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	6	9	9.31	5,102
2	10	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	13	0	10.99	4,831
3	2	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	10	37	5.04	5,790
4	9	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	2	22	10.57	4,898
5	1	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	8	37	4.16	5,931
6	6	Kurt Busch	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	4	19	9.32	5,100
7	11	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	21	0	11.49	4,751
8	8	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	1	27	10.24	4,952
9	12	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	19	0	13.49	4,428
10	14	Ryan Newman	31	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	17	0	14.11	4,330
11	7	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	9	1	10.14	4,968
12	13	Matt Kenseth	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	29	5	13.89	4,364
13	16	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	5	0	14.38	4,286
14	4	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	7	0	9.26	5,111
15	3	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	11	0	8.74	5,193
16	17	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	14	0	15.15	4,162
17	21	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	26	0	21.90	3,075
18	20	Daniel Suarez	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	0	16.98	3,867
19	15	William Byron #	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	22	3	14.23	4,310
20	25	Regan Smith	95	Chevrolet	Leavine Family Racing	27	0	23.66	2,791
21	24	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	30	0	23.45	2,826
22	19	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	18	0	16.73	3,907
23	18	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	12	0	15.64	4,057
24	26	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	25	0	26.49	2,321
25	23	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	23	0	22.49	2,942
26	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	32	0	–	2,059 (i)
27	29	Corey LaJoie	72	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	33	0	31.35	1,534
28	30	* Reed Sorenson	7	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	38	0	31.44	1,519
29	–	JJ Yeley(i)	23	Toyota	BK Racing	35	0	–	1,378 (i)
30	–	* BJ McLeod(i)	52	Ford	Rick Ware Racing	40	0	–	1,189 (i)
31	–	Landon Cassill(i)	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	34	0	–	1,650 (i)
32	28	* Jeffrey Earnhardt	96	Toyota	Gaunt Brothers Racing	37	0	30.23	1,627
33	27	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	15	0	28.02	1,856
34	22	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	16	0	19.45	2,952
35	–	* Timmy Hill(i)	66	Toyota	Motorsports Business Management	39	0	–	685 (i)
36	31	Matt DiBenedetto	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	31	0	31.23	880
37	32	AJ Allmendinger	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	24	0	29.21	790
38	33	Bubba Wallace #	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	28	0	33.09	459
39	–	David Starr(i)	51	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	36	0	–	184 (i)
40	34	Martin Truex Jr.	78	Toyota	Furniture Row Racing	3	0	33.70	307

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	224,229	8.05	1,116	4,952
2	Kevin Harvick	4	216,010	8.67	1,220	4,898
3	Joey Logano	22	213,023	11.39	339	4,286
4	Kurt Busch	41	211,155	10.18	477	5,100
5	Clint Bowyer	14	208,895	10.67	488	5,931
6	Brad Keselowski	2	201,690	11.02	356	5,102
7	Kyle Larson	42	200,004	11.74	666	5,111
8	Denny Hamlin	11	199,739	11.57	307	5,790
9	Martin Truex Jr.	78	198,510	10.88	706	307
10	Ryan Blaney	12	194,202	10.67	586	4,968
11	Chase Elliott	9	190,563	11.90	220	5,193
12	Erik Jones	20	183,261	13.70	88	4,831
13	Aric Almirola	10	183,087	14.02	115	4,057
14	Jimmie Johnson	48	166,934	15.91	29	4,162
15	Ryan Newman	31	163,957	16.15	57	4,330
16	Alex Bowman	88	160,779	16.60	67	1,856
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	150,598	18.47	121	2,952
18	Daniel Suarez	19	150,484	18.28	35	3,867
19	Jamie McMurray	1	149,162	17.69	3	4,751
20	William Byron #	24	147,338	17.82	56	4,310
21	Paul Menard	21	144,573	18.02	12	4,428
22	Austin Dillon	3	143,945	18.50	23	3,907
23	Chris Buescher	37	120,669	21.75	1	2,942
24	Kasey Kahne	95	112,091	22.59	30	0
25	David Ragan	38	108,751	24.47	0	2,321
26	AJ Allmendinger	47	108,298	23.55	9	790
27	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	105,851	23.94	15	459
28	Ty Dillon	13	97,737	25.56	3	2,826
29	Michael McDowell	34	94,037	23.82	31	3,075
30	Trevor Bayne	6	81,701	22.04	0	0
31	Matt DiBenedetto	32	81,344	27.75	6	880
32	Matt Kenseth	6	41,200	22.32	5	4,364
33	Landon Cassill(i)	99	38,770	32.06	0	0
34	Gray Gaulding Jr.	99	31,363	32.95	0	0
35	Corey LaJoie	72	30,021	32.36	0	1,534
36	Cole Whitt	72	24,235	29.06	0	0
37	* DJ Kennington	96	19,761	29.39	0	0
38	Jeffrey Earnhardt	96	19,043	31.77	0	1,627
39	Reed Sorenson	7	18,040	33.22	0	1,519
40	* Brendan Gaughan	62	11,870	19.70	1	0
41	Blake Jones	23	8,230	32.41	0	0
42	Harrison Rhodes	51	7,315	33.33	0	0
43	* Kyle Weatherman	99	3,578	34.60	0	0
44	Regan Smith	95	2,791	23.66	0	2,791
45	* Derrike Cope	99	2,197	36.66	0	0
46	* Mark Thompson	66	2,020	31.10	0	0
47	Danica Patrick	7	1,533	25.97	0	0
48	Chris Cook	51	839	31.37	0	0
49	Tomy Drissi	00	660	32.94	0	0
50	Cody Ware(i)	52	118	35.30	0	0
51	* Timothy Peters(i)	92	1	34.74	0	0
51	BJ McLeod(i)	52	1	35.73	0	0