Cup - 2023 - Cook Out 400

Date: 2023-07-30 | Track: Richmond Raceway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Chris Buescher (#17) Denny Hamlin (#11) Denny Hamlin (#11)
Finish P1 P2 P2
TLS points 11920 13321 13321
ARP 7.27 3.78 3.78
Laps led 88 20 20

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

Official winner — Chris Buescher (#17): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 88 laps with 7.27 average running position and 11,920 TLS points.

TLS leader — Denny Hamlin (#11): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (13,321 points). Finished P2 with 20 laps led and 3.78 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (3.78). The official winner ran a worse average position (7.27).

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 6 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 26 88 7.27 11920
2 1 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 3 20 3.78 13321
3 5 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 2 0 7.24 11934
4 10 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 23 0 10.84 10492
5 7 Ryan Preece 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 11 0 8.15 11568
6 4 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 13 102 5.21 12747
7 12 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 10 18 13.61 9380
8 13 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 24 0 13.72 9336
9 14 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 17 0 14.41 9058
10 8 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 8 0 9.27 11121
11 17 Chase Briscoe 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 20 0 15.95 8440
12 3 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 5 80 4.98 12841
13 9 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 4 0 10.30 10706
14 21 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 25 2 18.85 7279
15 11 Ty Gibbs # 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 7 0 10.95 10446
16 2 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 1 81 4.33 13102
17 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 9 0 15.02 8814
18 15 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 15 0 14.69 8945
19 20 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 14 0 18.81 7295
20 22 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 29 0 22.13 5948
21 18 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 6 0 16.43 8229
22 19 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 18 9 17.25 7901
23 25 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Legacy Motor Club 27 0 23.88 5247
24 23 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 19 0 23.47 5413
25 24 Todd Gilliland 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 16 0 23.69 5325
26 28 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 30 0 26.56 4177
27 25 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 36 0 23.88 5247
28 27 Noah Gragson # 42 Chevrolet Legacy Motor Club 12 0 24.81 4865
29 30 Ryan Newman 51 Ford Rick Ware Racing 32 0 29.56 2969
30 31 Justin Haley 31 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 28 0 31.51 2191
31 33 Harrison Burton 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 22 0 32.32 1862
32 32 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 31 0 32.21 1908
33 29 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 33 0 27.48 3780
34 34 Ty Dillon 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 34 0 33.90 1232
35 36 JJ Yeley(i) 15 Ford Rick Ware Racing 35 0 0.00 0
36 35 BJ McLeod 78 Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports 21 0 35.65 536

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 160219 9.08 365 13321
2 William Byron 24 158790 9.84 810 8229
3 Martin Truex Jr. 19 157236 10.07 781 9380
4 Kevin Harvick 4 144513 12.89 108 11121
5 Christopher Bell 20 143068 11.52 247 5948
6 Kyle Larson 5 142368 11.72 622 7295
7 Tyler Reddick 45 142184 11.97 305 13102
8 Ryan Blaney 12 141860 13.48 343 7279
9 Ross Chastain 1 139795 13.12 447 5413
10 Brad Keselowski 6 136562 15.37 238 12747
11 Kyle Busch 8 130726 13.57 226 11934
12 Joey Logano 22 129240 12.78 251 10492
13 Bubba Wallace 23 128130 15.05 138 12841
14 Ty Gibbs # 54 122592 15.43 9 10446
15 Chris Buescher 17 122002 15.49 177 11920
16 Alex Bowman 48 115044 13.20 56 8945
17 Aric Almirola 10 109900 17.43 94 9336
18 Daniel Suarez 99 106917 16.13 17 3780
19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 105564 18.91 24 8814
20 Michael McDowell 34 101444 18.64 21 7901
21 Ryan Preece 41 101419 19.37 141 11568
22 Austin Dillon 3 96228 19.39 15 9058
23 AJ Allmendinger 16 95425 18.66 7 5247
24 Chase Briscoe 14 92950 21.45 115 8440
25 Austin Cindric 2 89755 20.35 17 4177
26 Erik Jones 43 87824 21.05 17 5247
27 Chase Elliott 9 86213 13.43 38 10706
28 Justin Haley 31 86105 21.78 23 2191
29 Corey LaJoie 9 76565 23.67 12 1908
30 Todd Gilliland 51 76229 23.72 0 5325
31 Harrison Burton 21 72811 24.51 20 1862
32 Noah Gragson # 42 60330 24.85 2 4865
33 Ty Dillon 77 39753 29.11 4 1232
34 BJ McLeod 78 18693 32.40 2 536
35 Cody Ware 51 9230 31.69 1 0
36 Ryan Newman 51 6095 31.00 0 2969
37 * Jimmie Johnson 84 5389 28.08 0 0
38 JJ Yeley(i) 51 3120 29.87 0 0
39 Shane Van Gisbergen 91 2619 4.85 9 0
40 Jenson Button 15 2515 22.83 0 0
41 * Travis Pastrana 67 2103 31.13 2 0
42 * Jonathan Davenport 13 2078 26.26 0 0
43 Jordan Taylor 9 1723 17.33 0 0
44 Andy Lally 51 1293 29.78 0 0
45 * Kimi Raikkonen 91 1225 23.88 0 0
46 Josh Bilicki(i) 78 786 33.99 0 0
47 * Conor Daly(i) 50 109 33.59 0 0