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Cup Series · 2018 · race 21 of 36

Gander Outdoors 400

Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Kyle Busch (#18) Chase Elliott (#9) Chase Elliott (#9)
Finish P1 P7 P7
TLS points 5,692 6,085 6,085
ARP 6.50 4.12 4.12
Laps led 52 14 14

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

Official winner — Kyle Busch (#18): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 52 laps with 6.50 average running position and 5,692 TLS points.

TLS leader — Chase Elliott (#9): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (6,085 points). Finished P7 with 14 laps led and 4.12 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (4.12). The official winner ran a worse average position (6.50).

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

Auto-generated stats from TrueLapScore lap data. Not a written story.

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 4 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 28 52 6.50 5,692
2 2 Daniel Suarez 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 29 5.48 5,860
3 6 Alex Bowman 88 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 10 0 8.68 5,333
4 7 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 29 30 9.00 5,280
5 3 Erik Jones 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 3 11 5.84 5,801
6 13 William Byron # 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 38 10 13.87 4,476
7 1 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 6 14 4.12 6,085
8 16 Ryan Newman 31 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 9 0 15.20 4,257
9 15 Kurt Busch 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 7 11 14.90 4,306
10 5 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 2 5 6.98 5,614
11 9 Clint Bowyer 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 31 0 11.62 4,847
12 12 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 33 0 13.71 4,503
13 18 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 37 0 18.17 3,767
14 19 AJ Allmendinger 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 14 0 18.40 3,730
15 8 Martin Truex Jr. 78 Toyota Furniture Row Racing 8 0 10.91 4,965
16 26 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 13 0 24.73 2,684
17 10 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 35 0 13.22 4,584
18 23 Matt Kenseth 6 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 11 0 21.96 3,142
19 27 David Ragan 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 16 0 25.24 2,601
20 11 Jamie McMurray 1 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 5 1 13.49 4,538
21 25 Paul Menard 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 36 0 22.51 3,052
22 21 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 17 0 20.15 3,441
23 14 Kyle Larson 42 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 32 0 13.94 4,464
24 30 Ty Dillon 13 Chevrolet Germain Racing 15 0 27.47 2,232
25 17 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 34 0 17.98 3,799
26 20 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 30 0 20.10 3,449
27 29 Matt DiBenedetto 32 Ford GO FAS Racing 18 0 27.00 2,310
28 – JJ Yeley(i) 23 Toyota BK Racing 20 0 – 1,524 (i)
29 31 * Jeffrey Earnhardt 96 Toyota Gaunt Brothers Racing 19 0 32.23 1,438
30 22 Kasey Kahne 95 Chevrolet Leavine Family Racing 40 0 21.11 3,242
31 35 * Kyle Weatherman 99 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 23 0 35.39 909
32 34 * Reed Sorenson 7 Chevrolet Premium Motorsports 25 0 34.46 1,060
33 28 Bubba Wallace # 43 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports 39 0 25.59 2,372
34 33 Landon Cassill 00 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 24 0 33.02 1,188
35 – Ross Chastain(i) 15 Chevrolet Premium Motorsports 22 0 – 709 (i)
36 – * Timmy Hill(i) 66 Toyota Motorsports Business Management 27 0 – 428 (i)
37 32 Chris Buescher 37 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 12 0 30.85 1,259
38 24 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Team Penske 4 1 15.95 3,056
39 36 Corey LaJoie 72 Chevrolet TriStar Motorsports 21 0 34.26 647
40 – BJ McLeod(i) 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 26 0 – 202 (i)

official winner TLS leader · (i) ineligible for series points (lap points shown for reference, not counted) · legend

Season standings through this race

RankDriverCarSeason points ARPLaps ledThis race
1 Kyle Busch 18 186,278 7.67 1,036 5,692
2 Kevin Harvick 4 174,037 8.67 1,082 5,280
3 Joey Logano 22 172,256 10.59 225 3,449
4 Clint Bowyer 14 168,659 10.83 331 4,847
5 Kurt Busch 41 168,147 10.42 434 4,306
6 Martin Truex Jr. 78 166,890 9.84 647 4,965
7 Brad Keselowski 2 161,707 11.09 323 3,056
8 Denny Hamlin 11 159,462 12.16 244 5,614
9 Kyle Larson 42 155,756 12.48 365 4,464
10 Ryan Blaney 12 154,016 10.74 464 4,503
11 Aric Almirola 10 150,807 13.47 113 3,799
12 Chase Elliott 9 146,315 12.79 56 6,085
13 Erik Jones 20 140,874 14.72 88 5,801
14 Jimmie Johnson 48 137,481 15.62 15 4,584
15 Alex Bowman 88 132,142 15.93 67 5,333
16 Ryan Newman 31 129,231 16.43 44 4,257
17 Paul Menard 21 125,539 17.30 12 3,052
18 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17 123,442 18.20 121 3,441
19 Daniel Suarez 19 122,528 18.49 35 5,860
20 Jamie McMurray 1 122,305 18.05 2 4,538
21 William Byron # 24 120,444 17.61 53 4,476
22 Austin Dillon 3 108,898 19.30 18 3,767
23 Darrell Wallace Jr. # 43 96,085 22.64 15 2,372
24 AJ Allmendinger 47 95,781 22.78 9 3,730
25 Kasey Kahne 95 90,890 22.45 30 3,242
26 Chris Buescher 37 87,855 22.69 1 1,259
27 David Ragan 38 84,807 24.46 0 2,601
28 Michael McDowell 34 79,400 23.68 31 2,684
29 Ty Dillon 13 77,285 25.73 3 2,232
30 Matt DiBenedetto 32 67,143 27.31 6 2,310
31 Trevor Bayne 6 63,631 22.79 0 0
32 Gray Gaulding Jr. 23 30,668 32.39 0 0
33 Landon Cassill 99 29,122 32.54 0 1,188
34 Matt Kenseth 6 28,880 23.42 0 3,142
35 Cole Whitt 72 23,699 28.88 0 0
36 Corey LaJoie 72 22,753 32.11 0 647
37 * DJ Kennington 96 19,761 29.39 0 0
38 Jeffrey Earnhardt 96 13,852 31.52 0 1,438
39 * Reed Sorenson 7 13,177 33.65 0 1,060
40 * Brendan Gaughan 62 11,870 19.70 1 0
41 Harrison Rhodes 51 7,315 33.33 0 0
42 * Kyle Weatherman 99 3,578 34.60 0 909
43 * Mark Thompson 66 2,020 31.10 0 0
44 Danica Patrick 7 1,533 25.97 0 0
45 Blake Jones 23 1,095 34.22 0 0
46 Chris Cook 51 839 31.37 0 0
47 * Derrike Cope 99 698 36.64 0 0
48 Tomy Drissi 00 660 32.94 0 0
49 Cody Ware(i) 52 118 35.30 0 0
50 * Timothy Peters(i) 92 1 34.74 0 0
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