Cup Series · 2019 · race 7 of 36

O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

TrackTexas Motor Speedway
ScheduledSun, Mar 31, 2019 · 3:00 PM ET
Laps334
Cars39
Official winnerDenny Hamlin (#11)
TLS leaderKyle Busch (#18) · 10,957

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	Denny Hamlin (#11)	Kyle Busch (#18)	Kyle Busch (#18)
Finish	P1	P10	P10
TLS points	10,520	10,957	10,957
ARP	8.60	7.29	7.29
Laps led	45	66	66

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

Official winner — Denny Hamlin (#11): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 45 laps with 8.60 average running position and 10,520 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kyle Busch (#18): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (10,957 points). Finished P10 with 66 laps led and 7.29 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (7.29). The official winner ran a worse average position (8.60).

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: Denny Hamlin (#11), who ranked 4th on TLS with 10,520 points.
TLS leader: Kyle Busch (#18) with 10,957 points, finished P10, ARP 7.29.
Most laps led: Kyle Busch, 66 laps.
Luck index ▼ Ryan Blaney ran 25th on TLS but finished P37 (12 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Erik Jones finished P4 after running 16th on TLS (12 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	4	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	6	45	8.60	10,520
2	7	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	25	3	9.13	10,341
3	6	Daniel Suarez	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	4	9	8.72	10,478
4	16	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	30	15.18	8,316
5	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	1	60	7.76	10,799
6	3	William Byron	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	2	15	7.96	10,732
7	8	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	21	3	10.30	9,949
8	11	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	23	0	11.95	9,396
9	14	Kurt Busch	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	30	0	12.72	9,140
10	1	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	16	66	7.29	10,957
11	12	Ryan Newman	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	18	0	12.27	9,291
12	10	Martin Truex Jr.	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	10	11.31	9,611
13	5	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	3	35	8.70	10,484
14	9	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	5	5	10.80	9,783
15	17	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	15	0	15.31	8,271
16	18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	17	0	15.70	8,117
17	13	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	8	8	12.41	9,213
18	21	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	24	0	21.39	6,216
19	15	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	14	0	14.84	8,404
20	19	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	19	0	19.15	6,963
21	20	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	9	0	21.18	6,266
22	26	Ryan Preece #	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	27	0	24.51	5,158
23	23	Bubba Wallace	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	10	0	23.33	5,552
24	28	Matt Tifft #	36	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	29	0	26.03	4,652
25	27	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	28	0	25.05	4,963
26	24	Matt DiBenedetto	95	Toyota	Leavine Family Racing	26	0	23.96	5,324
27	–	* Parker Kligerman(i)	96	Toyota	Gaunt Brothers Racing	33	0	–	3,732 (i)
28	29	Corey LaJoie	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	31	0	30.52	3,139
29	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	35	0	–	3,114 (i)
30	30	Landon Cassill	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	32	0	32.19	2,553
31	–	BJ McLeod(i)	51	Ford	Petty Ware Racing	34	0	–	2,350 (i)
32	–	Garrett Smithley(i)	77	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	38	0	–	1,878 (i)
33	22	Daniel Hemric #	8	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	7	0	21.29	6,081
34	33	* Reed Sorenson	27	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	37	0	35.43	1,477
35	–	Bayley Currey(i)	52	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	36	0	–	1,602 (i)
36	31	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	12	0	31.93	2,260
37	25	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	13	45	16.61	5,286
38	–	* Timmy Hill(i)	66	Toyota	Motorsports Business Management	39	0	–	349 (i)
39	32	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	22	0	27.21	1,894

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	69,099	6.11	427	10,957
2	Kevin Harvick	4	66,952	7.16	133	9,396
3	Denny Hamlin	11	65,634	8.20	90	10,520
4	Joey Logano	22	63,378	8.49	135	9,213
5	Aric Almirola	10	62,680	9.30	72	9,949
6	Martin Truex Jr.	19	61,161	10.99	14	9,611
7	Chase Elliott	9	60,982	10.94	84	10,484
8	Ryan Blaney	12	57,128	11.06	195	5,286
9	Clint Bowyer	14	56,683	12.60	3	10,341
10	Kurt Busch	1	54,251	13.69	24	9,140
11	Brad Keselowski	2	54,136	13.71	538	2,260
12	Daniel Suarez	41	52,580	13.95	21	10,478
13	Jimmie Johnson	48	50,899	14.13	64	10,799
14	Austin Dillon	3	49,832	15.66	7	9,783
15	William Byron	24	48,093	14.91	83	10,732
16	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	47,753	15.12	23	8,117
17	Kyle Larson	42	47,153	15.69	142	1,894
18	Paul Menard	21	46,981	16.67	0	8,404
19	Erik Jones	20	45,598	16.40	30	8,316
20	Alex Bowman	88	44,484	16.74	0	6,216
21	Ryan Newman	6	43,524	18.23	0	9,291
22	Matt DiBenedetto	95	39,434	19.35	49	5,324
23	Chris Buescher	37	39,055	20.42	0	6,963
24	Daniel Hemric #	8	34,533	22.01	5	6,081
25	Ty Dillon	13	33,785	23.23	0	6,266
26	Ryan Preece #	47	32,134	23.02	0	5,158
27	Bubba Wallace	43	29,808	25.33	0	5,552
28	David Ragan	38	28,486	24.61	0	4,963
29	Michael McDowell	34	24,315	25.42	0	8,271
30	Matt Tifft #	36	22,078	27.76	0	4,652
31	Corey LaJoie	32	17,369	30.26	0	3,139
32	Landon Cassill	00	14,601	31.28	0	2,553
33	Cody Ware #	52	5,010	34.68	0	0
34	Jamie McMurray	40	3,654	22.64	6	0
35	Reed Sorenson	77	3,133	35.24	0	1,477
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