Cup Series · 2019 · race 25 of 36

Bojangles' Southern 500

TrackDarlington Raceway
ScheduledSun, Sep 1, 2019 · 6:00 PM ET
Laps367
Cars39
Official winnerErik Jones (#20)
TLS leaderKyle Larson (#42) · 13,134

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	Erik Jones (#20)	Kyle Larson (#42)	Kyle Larson (#42)
Finish	P1	P2	P2
TLS points	12,380	13,134	13,134
ARP	6.36	4.31	4.31
Laps led	79	44	44

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

Official winner — Erik Jones (#20): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 79 laps with 6.36 average running position and 12,380 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kyle Larson (#42): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (13,134 points). Finished P2 with 44 laps led and 4.31 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (4.31). The official winner ran a worse average position (6.36).

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: Erik Jones (#20), who ranked 5th on TLS with 12,380 points.
TLS leader: Kyle Larson (#42) with 13,134 points, finished P2, ARP 4.31.
Most laps led: Kyle Busch, 118 laps.
Luck index ▼ Denny Hamlin ran 12th on TLS but finished P29 (17 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Paul Menard finished P9 after running 20th 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	Erik Jones	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	15	79	6.36	12,380
2	1	Kyle Larson	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	3	44	4.31	13,134
3	2	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	33	118	5.20	12,805
4	8	Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	11	0	10.12	10,996
5	3	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	Team Penske	2	19	5.91	12,547
6	7	Clint Bowyer	14	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	13	1	9.83	11,103
7	4	Kurt Busch	1	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	4	94	6.02	12,504
8	16	Matt DiBenedetto	95	Toyota	Leavine Family Racing	19	0	14.34	9,442
9	20	Paul Menard	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	17	0	17.82	8,161
10	18	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	14	0	16.37	8,696
11	11	Daniel Suarez	41	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	5	0	12.90	9,973
12	12	Chris Buescher	37	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	12	0	13.02	9,928
13	15	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	10	0	14.01	9,538
14	17	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	7	0	16.28	8,703
15	19	Martin Truex Jr.	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	22	0	16.36	8,674
16	6	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	6	3	7.22	12,030
17	22	Aric Almirola	10	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	30	0	22.54	6,407
18	14	Alex Bowman	88	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	16	0	13.07	9,855
19	10	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	8	9	12.28	10,146
20	24	Ty Dillon	13	Chevrolet	Germain Racing	29	0	23.30	6,113
21	9	William Byron	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	1	0	10.40	10,834
22	23	Ryan Preece #	47	Chevrolet	JTG Daugherty Racing	20	0	22.70	6,331
23	21	Ryan Newman	6	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	24	0	21.03	6,944
24	25	Bubba Wallace	43	Chevrolet	Richard Petty Motorsports	28	0	24.99	5,493
25	–	Landon Cassill(i)	00	Chevrolet	StarCom Racing	25	0	–	4,034 (i)
26	26	David Ragan	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	26	0	25.95	5,116
27	29	Matt Tifft #	36	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	32	0	28.54	4,159
28	–	Ross Chastain(i)	15	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	31	0	–	3,523 (i)
29	12	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	9	0	12.19	9,928
30	31	Reed Sorenson	77	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	34	0	32.94	2,514
31	–	* Joe Nemechek(i)	27	Chevrolet	Premium Motorsports	37	0	–	1,884 (i)
32	–	JJ Yeley(i)	52	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	35	0	–	1,864 (i)
33	28	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	21	0	28.15	4,172
34	–	* Joey Gase(i)	66	Toyota	Motorsports Business Management	39	0	–	1,239 (i)
35	–	* Garrett Smithley(i)	54	Ford	Rick Ware Racing	38	0	–	986 (i)
36	32	Corey LaJoie	32	Ford	GO FAS Racing	27	0	34.88	1,694
37	27	Daniel Hemric #	8	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	18	0	23.59	4,513
38	30	Michael McDowell	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	23	0	28.69	3,109
39	–	BJ McLeod(i)	51	Ford	Petty Ware Racing	36	0	–	694 (i)

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	217,929	8.08	1,166	12,805
2	Joey Logano	22	204,012	10.02	661	8,703
3	Martin Truex Jr.	19	203,328	10.11	614	8,674
4	Brad Keselowski	2	202,941	10.80	966	12,547
5	Denny Hamlin	11	197,248	10.09	373	9,928
6	Kevin Harvick	4	195,245	9.09	594	10,996
7	Chase Elliott	9	194,972	11.45	531	10,146
8	Kurt Busch	1	194,655	11.78	188	12,504
9	Ryan Blaney	12	192,169	11.60	365	9,538
10	Clint Bowyer	14	184,084	13.17	86	11,103
11	William Byron	24	176,511	13.21	180	10,834
12	Alex Bowman	88	171,205	13.86	182	9,855
13	Daniel Suarez	41	168,860	15.34	105	9,973
14	Kyle Larson	42	168,692	13.73	297	13,134
15	Jimmie Johnson	48	168,175	14.87	84	12,030
16	Aric Almirola	10	166,245	14.30	112	6,407
17	Erik Jones	20	163,398	14.98	162	12,380
18	Paul Menard	21	158,121	16.59	4	8,161
19	Ryan Newman	6	156,611	17.12	16	6,944
20	Chris Buescher	37	147,024	17.97	11	9,928
21	Austin Dillon	3	142,615	18.44	69	8,696
22	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	136,673	17.78	75	4,172
23	Matt DiBenedetto	95	134,545	19.60	143	9,442
24	Daniel Hemric #	8	117,625	21.18	15	4,513
25	Ty Dillon	13	112,391	23.62	13	6,113
26	Bubba Wallace	43	101,493	24.42	0	5,493
27	Ryan Preece #	47	100,138	24.14	1	6,331
28	David Ragan	38	99,073	24.09	3	5,116
29	Michael McDowell	34	85,925	24.44	2	3,109
30	Matt Tifft #	36	74,745	27.33	1	4,159
31	Corey LaJoie	32	69,612	28.70	0	1,694
32	Landon Cassill(i)	00	22,387	31.31	0	0
33	Quin Houff	77	19,747	34.19	0	0
34	Reed Sorenson	77	19,709	34.25	0	2,514
35	* Brendan Gaughan(i)	62	6,237	23.01	5	0
36	JJ Yeley(i)	54	5,885	33.99	0	0
37	Cody Ware(i)	52	5,010	35.38	0	0
38	Jamie McMurray	40	3,654	22.64	6	0
39	Jeffrey Earnhardt	81	3,572	22.00	0	0
40	Bayley Currey(i)	52	3,239	32.54	0	0
41	Austin Theriault	52	2,290	34.52	0	0
42	Quin Houff	77	2,243	30.30	1	0
43	Andy Seuss	51	1,700	32.18	0	0
44	Garrett Smithley(i)	77	839	35.38	0	0
45	* Casey Mears	27	700	34.33	0	0
46	* Joey Gase(i)	66	607	36.81	0	0
47	Ryan Truex	71	1	40.00	0	0