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Every completed race, newest first. Stories are written race recaps. Race Notes are stats generated automatically from the lap data. The Luck index compares where a driver ran on TLS with where they finished.

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Story Cup · · Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Hamlin through traffic at Vegas

Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube

Christopher Bell (#20) won stage 1 and William Byron (#24) won stage 2, but Denny Hamlin (#11) led 134 laps and controlled the closing act. Pit penalties hit Hamlin (#11) and Gibbs (#54) early, and Chase Briscoe (#19) was…

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Story Cup · · Phoenix Raceway

Blaney edges Bell at Phoenix

Straight Talk Wireless 500

The Straight Talk Wireless 500 at Phoenix had cautions throughout, including a lap-217 crash involving Ross Chastain (#1), Austin Cindric (#2), Joey Logano (#22), Bubba Wallace (#23), and Alex Bowman (#48) after a restart.

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Story Cup · · Circuit of The Americas

Reddick survives COTA chaos

DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne

Chase Briscoe (#19) took the lead on lap 1, but Tyler Reddick (#45) was up front for most of the afternoon and led 58 laps. Ross Chastain (#1) won stage 1 and Ty Gibbs (#54) won stage 2 before a caution on lap 75 when Chastain…

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Story Cup · · Atlanta Motor Speedway

Two overtimes decide Atlanta

Autotrader 400

Qualifying was canceled due to weather, and the race stretched to 271 laps after multiple cautions and two overtime attempts. Kyle Larson (#5) led 48 laps but fell to P32 after late incidents; Tyler Reddick (#45) led 53 laps and…

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Race Notes · auto-generated Cup · · Phoenix Raceway

NASCAR Cup Series Championship: Ryan Blaney won, Denny Hamlin led TLS

  • Official winner: Ryan Blaney (#12), who ranked 3rd on TLS with 11,914 points.
  • TLS leader: Denny Hamlin (P) (#11) with 12,390 points, finished P6, ARP 2.28.
  • Most laps led: Denny Hamlin, 208 laps.
  • Luck index ▼ William Byron (P) ran 2nd on TLS but finished P33 (31 spots worse than they ran).
  • Luck index ▲ Michael McDowell finished P8 after running 26th on TLS (18 spots better than they ran).

Auto-generated stats from TrueLapScore lap data. Not a written story.

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Race Notes · auto-generated Cup · · Talladega Superspeedway

YellaWood 500: Chase Briscoe won, Joey Logano led TLS

  • Official winner: Chase Briscoe (#19), who ranked 5th on TLS with 5,467 points.
  • TLS leader: Joey Logano (P) (#22) with 6,469 points, finished P16, ARP 7.65.
  • Most laps led: Joey Logano, 35 laps.
  • Luck index ▼ Chris Buescher ran 9th on TLS but finished P30 (21 spots worse than they ran).
  • Luck index ▲ Cole Custer finished P5 after running 24th on TLS (19 spots better than they ran).

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Race Notes · auto-generated Cup · · Las Vegas Motor Speedway

South Point 400: Denny Hamlin won, Kyle Larson led TLS

  • Official winner: Denny Hamlin (#11), who ranked 2nd on TLS with 9,728 points.
  • TLS leader: Kyle Larson (P) (#5) with 10,223 points, finished P2, ARP 2.85.
  • Most laps led: Kyle Larson, 129 laps.
  • Luck index ▼ William Byron (P) ran 6th on TLS but finished P36 (30 spots worse than they ran).
  • Luck index ▲ Austin Cindric finished P11 after running 26th on TLS (15 spots better than they ran).

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Race Notes · auto-generated Cup · · Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

Bank of America ROVAL 400: Shane Van Gisbergen won and led TLS

  • Official winner: Shane Van Gisbergen (#88), who also led TrueLapScore with 4,261 points (ARP 2.26).
  • Most laps led: Shane Van Gisbergen, 57 laps.
  • Luck index ▼ Brad Keselowski ran 21st on TLS but finished P35 (14 spots worse than they ran).
  • Luck index ▲ Josh Berry finished P16 after running 25th on TLS (9 spots better than they ran).

Auto-generated stats from TrueLapScore lap data. Not a written story.

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