Cup Series · 2019 · race 5 of 36

Auto Club 400

TrackAuto Club Speedway
ScheduledSun, Mar 17, 2019 · 3:30 PM ET
Laps200
Cars38
Official winnerKyle Busch (#18)
TLS leaderKyle Busch (#18) · 7,269

2018–2019 Methodology Note · ARP-Derived How 2019 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	Kyle Busch (#18)	Kyle Busch (#18)	Kyle Busch (#18)
Finish	P1	P1	P1
TLS points	7,269	7,269	7,269
ARP	2.84	2.84	2.84
Laps led	134	134	134

This race lined up on all three measures: Kyle Busch (#18) won the race, led TLS points (7,269), and posted the best average running position (2.84).

Race Notes auto-generated

Official winner: Kyle Busch (#18), who also led TrueLapScore with 7,269 points (ARP 2.84).
Most laps led: Kyle Busch, 134 laps.
Luck index ▼ Jimmie Johnson ran 10th on TLS but finished P17 (7 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Martin Truex Jr finished P8 after running 14th on TLS (6 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	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	4	134	2.84	7,269
2	2	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	5	3	4.01	7,033
3	7	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	13	42	7.49	6,334
4	5	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	2	0	6.72	6,488
5	4	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	10	2	6.53	6,527
6	8	Kurt Busch	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	21	0	9.56	5,918
7	6	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	6	8	7.46	6,340
8	14	Martin Truex Jr	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	27	0	13.54	5,118
9	3	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	3	7	5.80	6,673
10	9	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	1	0	10.70	5,688
11	13	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	8	0	12.91	5,243
12	15	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	15	0	14.14	4,997
13	11	Daniel Suarez	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	20	0	11.57	5,514
14	16	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	12	1	15.16	4,792
15	19	William Byron	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	22	3	17.90	4,241
16	20	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	14	0	18.81	4,059
17	10	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	11	0	11.24	5,580
18	21	Matt DiBenedetto	95	Toyota	Leavine Family Racing	24	0	18.92	4,036
19	12	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	0	11.62	5,503
20	17	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	25	0	16.69	4,485
21	18	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	23	0	17.90	4,242
22	22	Ryan Newman	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	7	0	23.14	3,171
23	23	Ryan Preece #	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	26	0	23.59	3,082
24	24	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	29	0	23.95	2,994
25	25	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	19	0	25.88	2,612
26	26	Matt Tifft #	36	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	32	0	26.71	2,433
27	27	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	16	0	27.30	2,316
28	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	31	0	–	1,733 (i)
29	32	Landon Cassill	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	33	0	30.39	1,687
30	29	Bubba Wallace	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	28	0	28.57	2,033
31	30	Corey LaJoie	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	30	0	29.57	1,830
32	33	Cody Ware #	51	Ford	Petty Ware Racing	34	0	33.11	1,137
33	28	Daniel Hemric #	8	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	17	0	27.29	2,259
34	34	* Reed Sorenson	27	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	35	0	34.17	931
35	–	* Joey Gase(i)	66	Toyota	Motorsports Business Management	38	0	–	533 (i)
36	–	Garrett Smithley(i)	77	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	37	0	–	493 (i)
37	–	BJ McLeod(i)	52	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	36	0	–	262 (i)
38	31	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	9	0	25.61	1,754

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	42,870	5.80	361	7,269
2	Kevin Harvick	4	42,428	6.28	133	6,488
3	Joey Logano	22	41,031	7.25	122	7,033
4	Denny Hamlin	11	39,897	8.44	45	6,340
5	Aric Almirola	10	37,561	9.62	69	6,673
6	Martin Truex Jr.	19	36,585	11.69	4	5,118
7	Ryan Blaney	12	35,876	11.14	150	6,527
8	Kurt Busch	1	34,219	13.57	24	5,918
9	Brad Keselowski	2	33,900	12.59	92	6,334
10	Kyle Larson	42	33,401	13.86	142	4,997
11	Chase Elliott	9	33,144	13.11	0	5,243
12	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	32,932	13.31	23	4,792
13	Clint Bowyer	14	32,447	13.96	0	1,754
14	Jimmie Johnson	48	31,428	14.30	4	5,580
15	William Byron	24	30,958	14.44	68	4,241
16	Daniel Suarez	41	29,385	15.47	12	5,514
17	Erik Jones	20	28,596	16.06	0	5,503
18	Paul Menard	21	27,865	17.25	0	4,485
19	Ryan Newman	6	27,682	18.29	0	3,171
20	Austin Dillon	3	27,625	17.33	2	5,688
21	Alex Bowman	88	27,149	16.20	0	4,242
22	Matt DiBenedetto	95	24,826	18.60	49	4,036
23	Chris Buescher	37	24,238	20.50	0	4,059
24	Daniel Hemric #	8	23,299	21.24	5	2,259
25	David Ragan	38	19,216	23.78	0	2,612
26	Ty Dillon	13	18,686	24.41	0	2,316
27	Ryan Preece #	47	17,822	23.59	0	3,082
28	Bubba Wallace	43	15,568	26.87	0	2,033
29	Matt Tifft #	36	13,535	27.82	0	2,433
30	Michael McDowell	34	13,525	26.15	0	2,994
31	Corey LaJoie	32	11,701	29.89	0	1,830
32	Landon Cassill	00	8,349	31.45	0	1,687
33	Cody Ware #	52	4,954	34.42	0	1,137
34	Jamie McMurray	40	3,654	22.64	6	0
35	Reed Sorenson	77	1,656	35.15	0	931
36	Quin Houff	77	1,181	33.10	0	0
37	* Casey Mears	27	700	34.33	0	0
38	* Joey Gase(i)	66	1	38.03	0	0
38	Ryan Truex	71	1	40.00	0	0