Cup Series · 2018 · race 34 of 36

AAA Texas 500

TrackTexas Motor Speedway
ScheduledSun, Nov 4, 2018 · 3:00 PM ET
Laps337 of 334 scheduled
Cars40
Official winnerKevin Harvick (P) (#4)
TLS leaderKevin Harvick (P) (#4) · 12,993

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	Kevin Harvick (P) (#4)	Kevin Harvick (P) (#4)	Kevin Harvick (P) (#4)
Finish	P1	P1	P1
TLS points	12,993	12,993	12,993
ARP	2.56	2.56	2.56
Laps led	177	177	177

This race lined up on all three measures: Kevin Harvick (P) (#4) won the race, led TLS points (12,993), and posted the best average running position (2.56).

Race Notes auto-generated

Official winner: Kevin Harvick (P) (#4), who also led TrueLapScore with 12,993 points (ARP 2.56).
Most laps led: Kevin Harvick (P), 177 laps.
Luck index ▼ Daniel Suarez ran 18th on TLS but finished P28 (10 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Kyle Larson finished P5 after running 12th on TLS (7 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	Kevin Harvick (P)	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	3	177	2.56	12,993
2	3	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	1	40	3.43	12,698
3	2	Joey Logano (P)	22	Ford	Team Penske	8	54	3.38	12,715
4	5	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	12	0	8.08	11,127
5	12	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	22	0	12.40	9,666
6	8	Chase Elliott (P)	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	16	0	10.18	10,419
7	4	Kurt Busch (P)	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	7	0	4.71	12,265
8	7	Aric Almirola (P)	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	4	0	9.47	10,656
9	9	Martin Truex Jr. (P)	78	Toyota	Furniture Row Racing	13	0	10.71	10,237
10	11	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	26	0	12.02	9,794
11	14	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	17	0	14.15	9,075
12	6	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	5	50	9.27	10,725
13	13	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	11	0	12.45	9,650
14	10	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	18	3	11.36	10,018
15	17	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	23	11	16.80	8,180
16	15	William Byron #	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	9	0	15.41	8,650
17	16	Kyle Busch (P)	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	10	0	15.80	8,519
18	21	Ryan Newman	31	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	14	0	19.95	7,073
19	22	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	20	0	20.03	7,047
20	25	AJ Allmendinger	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	25	0	21.54	6,539
21	19	Trevor Bayne	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	15	0	18.29	7,631
22	24	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	24	0	20.97	6,730
23	20	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	21	0	18.58	7,532
24	26	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	27	0	23.95	5,729
25	23	Bubba Wallace #	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	30	2	20.69	6,824
26	28	Clint Bowyer (P)	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	2	0	29.29	3,924
27	27	Regan Smith	95	Chevrolet	Leavine Family Racing	28	0	28.85	4,045
28	18	Daniel Suarez	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	19	0	17.23	7,915
29	29	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	29	0	29.46	3,830
30	31	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	6	0	31.25	3,236
31	–	* Parker Kligerman(i)	96	Toyota	Gaunt Brothers Racing	34	0	–	3,200 (i)
32	32	Ross Chastain	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	33	0	32.44	2,800
33	–	* Reed Sorenson(i)	7	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	38	0	–	2,273 (i)
34	33	* Kyle Weatherman	99	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	36	0	36.12	1,580
35	–	Landon Cassill(i)	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	32	0	–	1,993 (i)
36	–	JJ Yeley(i)	23	Toyota	BK Racing	35	0	–	1,766 (i)
37	–	Joey Gase(i)	51	Ford	Rick Ware Racing	39	0	–	934 (i)
38	30	Matt DiBenedetto	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	31	0	28.42	3,786
39	–	* David Starr(i)	97	Toyota	Obaika Racing	40	0	–	551 (i)
40	34	Corey LaJoie	72	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	37	0	37.74	879

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 (P)	18	303,523	8.42	1,331	8,519
2	Joey Logano (P)	22	300,310	10.25	854	12,715
3	Kevin Harvick (P)	4	298,145	8.29	1,859	12,993
4	Kurt Busch (P)	41	294,110	9.62	592	12,265
5	Brad Keselowski (P)	2	283,411	10.50	673	10,725
6	Clint Bowyer (P)	14	279,249	11.05	490	3,924
7	Martin Truex Jr. (P)	78	278,050	10.63	988	10,237
8	Ryan Blaney (P)	12	269,272	10.51	657	12,698
9	Chase Elliott (P)	9	267,768	11.33	309	10,419
10	Denny Hamlin (P)	11	266,968	12.28	339	3,236
11	Kyle Larson (P)	42	265,765	11.93	737	9,666
12	Aric Almirola (P)	10	263,191	13.03	181	10,656
13	Erik Jones (P)	20	240,857	14.43	88	11,127
14	Alex Bowman (P)	88	229,991	15.68	71	10,018
15	Ryan Newman	31	225,504	16.49	57	7,073
16	Jimmie Johnson (P)	48	222,796	16.23	40	8,180
17	Daniel Suarez	19	207,779	18.27	35	7,915
18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	204,577	18.63	133	9,075
19	Jamie McMurray	1	204,130	17.73	9	7,047
20	Austin Dillon (P)	3	203,167	18.24	23	9,794
21	Paul Menard	21	199,310	18.05	14	9,650
22	William Byron #	24	187,252	18.81	61	8,650
23	Chris Buescher	37	167,407	21.83	1	7,532
24	AJ Allmendinger	47	157,680	22.87	19	6,539
25	David Ragan	38	147,395	24.80	0	5,729
26	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	43	140,762	24.37	19	6,824
27	Ty Dillon	13	139,659	25.16	3	6,730
28	Michael McDowell	34	128,992	24.38	31	3,830
29	Matt DiBenedetto	32	112,595	27.53	8	3,786
30	Kasey Kahne	95	112,091	22.59	30	0
31	Trevor Bayne	6	103,967	22.08	0	7,631
32	Matt Kenseth	6	65,476	22.25	5	0
33	Corey LaJoie	72	44,714	32.39	0	879
34	Landon Cassill(i)	99	38,770	32.44	0	0
35	Regan Smith	95	35,636	26.72	10	4,045
36	Cole Whitt	72	32,552	29.02	0	0
37	Gray Gaulding Jr.	99	31,813	33.27	0	0
38	Jeffrey Earnhardt	96	29,604	32.45	0	0
39	* DJ Kennington(i)	96	19,761	30.17	0	0
40	* Reed Sorenson(i)	7	19,717	33.80	0	0
41	* Brendan Gaughan(i)	62	11,870	20.73	2	0
42	* Kyle Weatherman	99	8,551	34.66	0	1,580
43	Harrison Rhodes	52	8,277	33.92	0	0
44	Blake Jones	23	8,230	32.41	0	0
45	Ross Chastain(i)	7	2,800	30.38	1	2,800
46	* Derrike Cope	99	2,197	36.66	0	0
47	* Mark Thompson	66	2,020	31.10	0	0
48	Danica Patrick	7	1,533	25.97	0	0
49	Alon Day	23	1,026	38.33	0	0
50	Cody Ware(i)	52	877	35.84	0	0
51	Chris Cook	51	839	31.37	0	0
52	Tomy Drissi	00	660	32.94	0	0
53	* Hermie Sadler III	7	638	38.24	0	0
54	Stanton Barrett	51	23	39.08	0	0
55	BJ McLeod(i)	52	1	35.58	0	0
55	* Timothy Peters(i)	92	1	34.74	0	0
55	David Starr(i)	97	1	38.97	0	0