Cup - 2023 - GEICO 500

Date: 2023-04-23 | Track: Talladega Superspeedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Kyle Busch (#8) Aric Almirola (#10) Aric Almirola (#10)
Finish P1 P22 P22
TLS points 4447 5932 5932
ARP 16.43 8.89 8.89
Laps led 3 11 11

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

Official winner — Kyle Busch (#8): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 3 laps with 16.43 average running position and 4,447 TLS points.

TLS leader — Aric Almirola (#10): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (5,932 points). Finished P22 with 11 laps led and 8.89 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (8.89). The official winner ran a worse average position (16.43).

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.

Finish Position Points Position Driver Car Number Manufacturer Team Start Position Laps Led ARP Points
1 13 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 17 3 16.43 4447
2 4 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 5 47 9.92 5728
3 28 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 10 0 22.83 3185
4 32 Chase Briscoe 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 4 1 26.41 2481
5 31 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 20 2 24.46 2864
6 23 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Legacy Motor Club 24 3 20.48 3649
7 20 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 18 1 19.45 3852
8 16 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 6 0 17.12 4310
9 18 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 22 5 19.15 3910
10 29 Todd Gilliland 36 Ford Front Row Motorsports 28 0 23.46 3061
11 35 JJ Yeley(i) 51 Ford Rick Ware Racing 38 0 0.00 0
12 8 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 29 18 13.84 4956
13 22 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 27 8 20.43 3659
14 21 Ty Dillon 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 32 0 19.96 3751
15 26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 33 0 22.08 3334
16 25 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 13 0 21.84 3381
17 5 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 7 10.84 5548
18 33 BJ McLeod 78 Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports 37 1 32.94 1193
19 19 Justin Haley 31 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 26 0 19.22 3897
20 35 Riley Herbst(i) 15 Ford Rick Ware Racing 36 0 0.00 0
21 6 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 11 11 11.60 5397
22 1 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 2 11 8.89 5932
23 7 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 23 3 12.02 5315
24 35 Austin Hill(i) 62 Chevrolet Beard Motorsports 31 0 0.00 0
25 24 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 34 0 21.18 3510
26 12 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 15 0 16.26 4480
27 3 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 7 19 9.68 5776
28 2 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 12 35 9.35 5811
29 27 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 19 0 22.56 3222
30 15 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 8 3 16.77 4357
31 10 Ty Gibbs # 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 3 4 14.94 4692
32 9 Noah Gragson # 42 Chevrolet Legacy Motor Club 30 1 13.19 4904
33 11 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 9 0 14.31 4691
34 14 Ryan Preece 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 16 2 15.76 4415
35 34 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 21 0 37.26 330
36 17 Harrison Burton 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 25 11 15.80 4268
37 35 Zane Smith(i) 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 35 0 0.00 0
38 30 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 14 0 18.03 2978

Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)

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Rank Driver Car Number Season Points Average Running Position Total Laps Led Points this race
1 Denny Hamlin 11 72704 10.96 155 5548
2 William Byron 24 72153 9.24 386 3852
3 Kyle Larson 5 70443 11.39 468 4691
4 Alex Bowman 48 69605 11.14 47 3659
5 Christopher Bell 20 68168 11.24 154 4310
6 Kevin Harvick 4 67571 12.05 74 5397
7 Ross Chastain 1 66817 12.04 153 5315
8 Martin Truex Jr. 19 64281 13.26 91 5776
9 Brad Keselowski 6 63207 14.83 107 2864
10 Kyle Busch 8 61769 13.08 50 4447
11 Tyler Reddick 45 60956 12.61 113 3381
12 Ryan Blaney 12 60531 15.37 69 5728
13 Daniel Suarez 99 58261 14.92 16 3910
14 Joey Logano 22 56032 14.01 209 4357
15 Aric Almirola 10 54787 16.34 44 5932
16 Chase Briscoe 14 54534 17.91 115 2481
17 Bubba Wallace 23 53534 15.76 41 5811
18 Ty Gibbs # 54 51144 18.31 4 4692
19 Chris Buescher 17 48661 17.52 38 3185
20 Ryan Preece 41 47101 18.85 141 4415
21 Michael McDowell 34 46565 19.85 6 330
22 Austin Dillon 3 44666 19.02 3 2978
23 Austin Cindric 2 44447 18.67 7 4480
24 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 42421 20.49 17 3334
25 Todd Gilliland 38 41534 22.03 0 3061
26 Justin Haley 31 40401 21.77 0 3897
27 Corey LaJoie 7 39351 22.67 0 3510
28 Erik Jones 43 38995 20.67 17 3649
29 AJ Allmendinger 16 37917 20.49 1 3222
30 Noah Gragson # 42 34882 22.26 2 4904
31 Harrison Burton 21 31326 24.71 20 4268
32 Ty Dillon 77 19574 29.59 0 3751
33 Chase Elliott 9 19334 15.36 19 4956
34 Cody Ware 51 9230 31.69 1 0
35 BJ McLeod 78 7788 32.69 1 1193
36 * Jimmie Johnson 84 4606 26.49 0 0
37 JJ Yeley(i) 51 3120 29.87 0 0
38 * Travis Pastrana 67 2103 31.13 2 0
39 * Jonathan Davenport 13 2078 26.26 0 0
40 Jordan Taylor 9 1723 17.33 0 0
41 * Kimi Raikkonen 91 1225 23.88 0 0
42 Jenson Button 15 1022 26.55 0 0
43 * Conor Daly(i) 50 109 33.59 0 0