Cup - 2023 - YellaWood 500

Date: 2023-10-01 | Track: Talladega Superspeedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Ryan Blaney (#12) Kyle Larson (P) (#5) Kyle Larson (P) (#5)
Finish P1 P15 P15
TLS points 5725 5802 5802
ARP 8.71 8.30 8.30
Laps led 8 1 1

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

Official winner — Ryan Blaney (#12): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 8 laps with 8.71 average running position and 5,725 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kyle Larson (P) (#5): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (5,802 points). Finished P15 with 1 laps led and 8.30 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (8.30). The official winner ran a worse average position (8.71).

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 3 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 Ford Team Penske 10 8 8.71 5725
2 2 William Byron (P) 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 8 12 8.44 5775
3 29 Denny Hamlin (P) 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 12 3 24.75 2694
4 19 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 36 0 19.04 3773
5 13 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 7 15 16.60 4234
6 22 Justin Haley 31 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 30 1 19.52 3682
7 6 Chase Elliott (P) 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 23 8 11.66 5168
8 11 Ryan Preece 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 19 8 15.96 4355
9 33 * Riley Herbst(i) 36 Ford Front Row Motorsports 6 10 0.00 0
10 18 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 28 0 18.98 3784
11 33 * Chandler Smith(i) 13 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 34 0 0.00 0
12 21 Todd Gilliland 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 17 0 19.43 3698
13 24 Chase Briscoe 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 3 0 20.28 3538
14 27 Christopher Bell (P) 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 15 2 21.95 3222
15 1 Kyle Larson (P) 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 4 1 8.30 5802
16 12 Tyler Reddick (P) 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 13 2 16.27 4296
17 5 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 1 7 11.12 5269
18 16 Martin Truex Jr. (P) 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 16 0 18.71 3834
19 26 Chris Buescher (P) 17 Ford RFK Racing 24 3 21.83 3246
20 31 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 31 0 27.23 2224
21 25 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 18 5 20.44 3507
22 9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 35 14 14.10 4707
23 14 Bubba Wallace (P) 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 9 3 16.77 4201
24 4 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 2 48 10.13 5456
25 10 Kyle Busch (P) 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 25 2 14.86 4562
26 17 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Legacy Motor Club 26 4 18.77 3824
27 20 Ty Dillon 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 33 2 19.40 3704
28 8 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 20 13 13.59 4803
29 33 BJ McLeod(i) 78 Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports 37 0 0.00 0
30 33 Brennan Poole(i) 15 Ford Rick Ware Racing 29 0 0.00 0
31 30 Harrison Burton 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 21 0 23.74 2685
32 15 Brad Keselowski (P) 6 Ford RFK Racing 5 5 14.08 4037
33 23 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 14 1 16.65 3620
34 28 Ty Gibbs # 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 22 0 20.39 3015
35 33 Carson Hocevar(i) 42 Chevrolet Legacy Motor Club 38 0 0.00 0
36 33 JJ Yeley(i) 51 Ford Rick Ware Racing 27 0 0.00 0
37 32 Ross Chastain (P) 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 32 0 22.92 965
38 7 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 11 11 11.71 5157

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 (P) 11 219687 9.70 774 2694
2 William Byron (P) 24 211725 10.38 895 5775
3 Kyle Larson (P) 5 204031 11.05 898 5802
4 Christopher Bell (P) 20 198425 11.71 503 3222
5 Tyler Reddick (P) 45 197528 11.95 442 4296
6 Martin Truex Jr. (P) 19 197138 11.11 832 3834
7 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 193214 13.24 356 5725
8 Brad Keselowski (P) 6 191823 14.55 287 4037
9 Kevin Harvick (P) 4 189452 14.08 134 5157
10 Ross Chastain (P) 1 181290 14.20 483 965
11 Chris Buescher (P) 17 180654 14.26 237 3246
12 Bubba Wallace (P) 23 180514 14.50 276 4201
13 Kyle Busch (P) 8 170095 13.54 235 4562
14 Joey Logano (P) 22 168708 14.09 308 5456
15 Ty Gibbs # 54 168458 14.83 112 3015
16 Alex Bowman 48 160042 13.89 89 4803
17 Aric Almirola 10 153152 17.69 107 5269
18 Michael McDowell (P) 34 146885 17.73 97 3507
19 Daniel Suarez 99 146705 16.39 48 3784
20 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (P) 47 140926 19.54 39 4707
21 Chase Elliott (P) 9 140093 12.17 97 5168
22 Ryan Preece 41 138205 19.90 149 4355
23 Erik Jones 43 134814 20.04 24 3824
24 Chase Briscoe 14 130058 20.78 182 3538
25 AJ Allmendinger 16 129008 19.12 18 2224
26 Austin Dillon 3 127803 19.13 19 3620
27 Austin Cindric 2 118119 20.51 33 4234
28 Justin Haley 31 112168 22.70 24 3682
29 Corey LaJoie 9 109310 23.52 63 3773
30 Todd Gilliland 51 101799 24.29 0 3698
31 Harrison Burton 21 99107 24.44 25 2685
32 Ty Dillon 77 60706 28.33 11 3704
33 Noah Gragson # 42 60330 24.85 2 0
34 BJ McLeod(i) 78 20761 32.40 2 0
35 Ryan Newman 51 10032 30.88 0 0
36 Cody Ware 51 9230 31.69 1 0
37 * Jimmie Johnson 84 5389 28.08 0 0
38 Jenson Button 15 3342 25.19 0 0
39 JJ Yeley(i) 51 3120 29.87 4 0
40 Andy Lally 51 3033 29.09 0 0
41 * Shane Van Gisbergen(i) 91 2619 4.85 10 0
42 * Travis Pastrana 67 2103 31.13 2 0
43 * Jonathan Davenport 13 2078 26.26 0 0
44 Mike Rockenfeller 42 1793 28.28 0 0
45 Jordan Taylor 9 1723 17.33 0 0
46 * Brodie Kostecki 33 1339 23.87 0 0
47 * Kimi Raikkonen 91 1225 23.88 0 0
48 Josh Bilicki(i) 78 786 33.99 1 0
49 * Conor Daly(i) 50 109 33.59 0 0