Cup Series · 2019 · race 8 of 36

Food City 500

TrackBristol Motor Speedway
ScheduledSun, Apr 7, 2019 · 2:00 PM ET
Laps500
Cars37
Official winnerKyle Busch (#18)
TLS leaderJoey Logano (#22) · 17,730

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)	Joey Logano (#22)	Joey Logano (#22)
Finish	P1	P3	P3
TLS points	15,635	17,730	17,730
ARP	6.79	2.61	2.61
Laps led	71	146	146

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 71 laps with 6.79 average running position and 15,635 TLS points.

TLS leader — Joey Logano (#22): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (17,730 points). Finished P3 with 146 laps led and 2.61 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (2.61). The official winner ran a worse average position (6.79).

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: Kyle Busch (#18), who ranked 5th on TLS with 15,635 points.
TLS leader: Joey Logano (#22) with 17,730 points, finished P3, ARP 2.61.
Most laps led: Ryan Blaney, 158 laps.
Luck index ▼ Brad Keselowski ran 4th on TLS but finished P18 (14 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Paul Menard finished P6 after running 17th on TLS (11 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	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	17	71	6.79	15,635
2	7	Kurt Busch	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	27	0	9.26	14,400
3	1	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	7	146	2.61	17,730
4	2	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	3	158	3.11	17,479
5	10	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	5	7	10.56	13,749
6	17	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	9	0	14.74	11,655
7	3	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	8	24	5.85	16,109
8	12	Daniel Suarez	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	20	0	12.13	12,963
9	6	Ryan Newman	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	11	0	8.76	14,651
10	8	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	10	0	9.59	14,236
11	9	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	1	38	9.61	14,221
12	13	Matt DiBenedetto	95	Toyota	Leavine Family Racing	21	0	12.48	12,788
13	24	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	13	0	24.46	6,785
14	15	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	15	0	12.98	12,533
15	14	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	24	6	12.68	12,687
16	18	William Byron	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	2	0	16.76	10,642
17	16	Martin Truex Jr.	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	23	0	14.38	11,811
18	4	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	12	40	6.49	15,752
19	22	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	16	0	22.16	7,921
20	21	Bubba Wallace	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	28	0	20.53	8,734
21	19	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	22	0	20.02	8,974
22	11	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	25	0	11.36	13,295
23	23	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	14	0	22.50	7,720
24	20	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	4	10	20.23	8,851
25	29	Ryan Preece #	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	30	0	28.47	4,736
26	26	Landon Cassill	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	31	0	25.57	6,166
27	27	Matt Tifft #	36	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	29	0	27.41	5,241
28	25	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	18	0	24.68	6,581
29	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	37	0	–	4,804 (i)
30	28	Daniel Hemric #	8	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	26	0	27.92	4,949
31	31	Bayley Currey #	52	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	34	0	31.38	3,239
32	32	Quin Houff	77	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	36	0	32.94	2,415
33	33	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	19	0	34.80	1,266
34	30	Corey LaJoie	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	32	0	26.91	3,427
35	–	* Timmy Hill(i)	66	Toyota	Motorsports Business Management	35	0	–	885 (i)
36	–	Gray Gaulding(i)	51	Ford	Petty Ware Racing	33	0	–	639 (i)
37	34	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	6	0	36.83	5

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	84,734	6.20	498	15,635
2	Joey Logano	22	81,108	7.76	281	17,730
3	Denny Hamlin	11	79,383	8.49	97	13,749
4	Chase Elliott	9	75,203	10.78	122	14,221
5	Ryan Blaney	12	74,607	10.07	353	17,479
6	Kevin Harvick	4	73,737	9.33	133	6,785
7	Martin Truex Jr.	19	72,972	11.41	14	11,811
8	Clint Bowyer	14	72,792	11.75	27	16,109
9	Brad Keselowski	2	69,888	12.81	578	15,752
10	Kurt Busch	1	68,651	13.14	24	14,400
11	Daniel Suarez	41	65,543	13.73	21	12,963
12	Jimmie Johnson	48	65,135	13.56	64	14,236
13	Aric Almirola	10	62,685	12.74	72	5
14	Austin Dillon	3	62,365	15.33	7	12,533
15	William Byron	24	58,735	15.14	83	10,642
16	Paul Menard	21	58,636	16.43	0	11,655
17	Ryan Newman	6	58,175	17.05	0	14,651
18	Kyle Larson	42	55,074	16.50	142	7,921
19	Erik Jones	20	54,449	16.88	40	8,851
20	Chris Buescher	37	52,350	19.29	0	13,295
21	Matt DiBenedetto	95	52,222	18.49	49	12,788
22	Alex Bowman	88	52,204	17.46	0	7,720
23	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	49,019	17.58	23	1,266
24	Ty Dillon	13	46,472	21.91	6	12,687
25	Daniel Hemric #	8	39,482	22.75	5	4,949
26	Bubba Wallace	43	38,542	24.73	0	8,734
27	David Ragan	38	37,460	24.04	0	8,974
28	Ryan Preece #	47	36,870	23.71	0	4,736
29	Michael McDowell	34	30,896	25.33	0	6,581
30	Matt Tifft #	36	27,319	27.71	0	5,241
31	Corey LaJoie	32	20,796	29.84	0	3,427
32	Landon Cassill	00	20,767	30.57	0	6,166
33	Cody Ware #	52	5,010	34.68	0	0
34	Jamie McMurray	40	3,654	22.64	6	0
35	Quin Houff	77	3,596	33.02	0	2,415
36	Bayley Currey(i)	52	3,239	32.95	0	3,239
37	Reed Sorenson	77	3,133	35.24	0	0
38	* Casey Mears	27	700	34.33	0	0
39	* Joey Gase(i)	66	1	38.03	0	0
39	Ryan Truex	71	1	40.00	0	0