Xfinity Series · 2018 · race 17 of 33

Alsco 300

TrackKentucky Speedway
ScheduledFri, Jul 13, 2018 · 8:00 PM ET
Laps200
Cars40
Official winnerChristopher Bell # (#20)
TLS leaderCole Custer (#00) · 7,579

2018–2019 Methodology Note · ARP-Derived How 2018 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	Christopher Bell # (#20)	Cole Custer (#00)	Cole Custer (#00)
Finish	P1	P5	P5
TLS points	6,762	7,579	7,579
ARP	7.36	3.29	3.29
Laps led	17	14	14

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

Official winner — Christopher Bell # (#20): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 17 laps with 7.36 average running position and 6,762 TLS points.

TLS leader — Cole Custer (#00): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (7,579 points). Finished P5 with 14 laps led and 3.29 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (3.29). The official winner ran a worse average position (7.36).

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: Christopher Bell # (#20), who ranked 5th on TLS with 6,762 points.
TLS leader: Cole Custer (#00) with 7,579 points, finished P5, ARP 3.29.
Most laps led: Kyle Busch(i), 111 laps.
Luck index ▼ Joey Gase ran 20th on TLS but finished P33 (13 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Christopher Bell # finished P1 after running 5th on TLS (4 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	Christopher Bell #	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	12	17	7.36	6,762
2	3	Daniel Hemric	21	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	5	8	5.92	7,051
3	–	Kyle Busch(i)	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	3	111	–	7,773 (i)
4	2	Justin Allgaier	7	Chevrolet	JR Motorsports	2	32	4.88	7,261
5	1	Cole Custer	00	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	1	14	3.30	7,579
6	7	Tyler Reddick #	9	Chevrolet	JR Motorsports	8	0	8.22	6,590
7	6	John Hunter Nemechek	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	6	14	7.72	6,689
8	10	Ryan Reed	16	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	9	0	11.27	5,976
9	–	Paul Menard(i)	22	Ford	Team Penske	14	0	–	6,474 (i)
10	4	Austin Cindric #	12	Ford	Team Penske	4	0	7.07	6,820
11	8	Matt Tifft	2	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	7	0	8.51	6,531
12	9	Elliott Sadler	1	Chevrolet	JR Motorsports	10	0	10.93	6,044
13	12	Ryan Truex	11	Chevrolet	Kaulig Racing	13	0	13.86	5,454
14	–	Ty Dillon(i)	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	16	0	–	5,169 (i)
15	11	Michael Annett	5	Chevrolet	JR Motorsports	17	4	13.65	5,496
16	15	Ryan Sieg	39	Chevrolet	RSS Racing	19	0	17.75	4,674
17	14	Ross Chastain	4	Chevrolet	JD Motorsports	21	0	17.56	4,712
18	16	Jeremy Clements	51	Chevrolet	Jeremy Clements Racing	20	0	20.21	4,179
19	17	Garrett Smithley	0	Chevrolet	JD Motorsports	24	0	21.81	3,819
20	13	Spencer Gallagher	23	Chevrolet	GMS Racing	15	0	15.89	4,998
21	18	BJ McLeod	15	Chevrolet	JD Motorsports	26	0	23.62	3,424
22	21	Ray Black II	8	Chevrolet	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	33	0	25.59	3,036
23	19	David Starr	52	Chevrolet	Means Motorsports	30	0	23.69	3,393
24	24	Spencer Boyd #	76	Chevrolet	SS Green Light Racing	36	0	28.81	2,390
25	25	Blake Jones	78	Chevrolet	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	37	0	29.08	2,324
26	23	Brandon Hightower	55	Toyota	J.P. Motorsports	27	0	27.65	2,604
27	22	Ty Majeski	60	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	18	0	25.88	2,933
28	28	Josh Bilicki #	45	Toyota	J.P. Motorsports	34	0	31.19	1,903
29	30	Vinnie Miller #	01	Chevrolet	JD Motorsports	38	0	33.08	1,530
30	32	Mike Harmon	74	Chevrolet	Mike Harmon Racing	39	0	34.09	1,320
31	27	Chad Finchum #	40	Toyota	Motorsports Business Management	35	0	28.87	2,098
32	31	Alex Labbe #	36	Chevrolet	DGM Racing	25	0	32.00	1,521
33	20	Joey Gase	35	Chevrolet	SS Green Light Racing	22	0	20.88	3,260
34	29	JJ Yeley	38	Chevrolet	RSS Racing	23	0	26.60	1,728
35	33	Josh Williams	90	Chevrolet	DGM Racing	31	0	32.63	904
36	26	Brandon Jones	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	0	19.92	2,214
37	34	Timmy Hill	66	Dodge	Motorsports Business Management	29	0	34.75	350
38	35	Morgan Shepherd	89	Chevrolet	Shepherd Racing Ventures	32	0	36.73	111
39	–	Josh Reaume(i)	79	Chevrolet	Means Motorsports	40	0	–	30 (i)
40	36	Jeff Green	93	Chevrolet	RSS Racing	28	0	38.96	14

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	Daniel Hemric	21	102,183	8.19	171	7,051
2	Cole Custer	00	98,277	9.38	128	7,579
3	Justin Allgaier	7	96,938	8.85	490	7,261
4	Elliott Sadler	1	95,610	9.48	126	6,044
5	Tyler Reddick #	9	92,334	10.04	80	6,590
6	Christopher Bell #	20	91,874	10.61	233	6,762
7	Brandon Jones	19	86,205	12.26	164	2,214
8	Ryan Truex	11	85,382	13.10	4	5,454
9	Austin Cindric #	60	84,614	13.39	63	6,820
10	Matt Tifft	2	80,309	13.86	1	6,531
11	Ryan Reed	16	79,203	14.49	5	5,976
12	Ross Chastain	4	72,057	17.24	2	4,712
13	Michael Annett	5	70,464	17.25	9	5,496
14	Ryan Sieg	93	63,388	20.80	2	4,674
15	John Hunter Nemechek	42	55,800	10.92	54	6,689
16	Joey Gase	35	54,066	22.81	0	3,260
17	Spencer Gallagher	23	54,055	13.04	1	4,998
18	Alex Labbe #	36	53,517	22.92	0	1,521
19	Jeremy Clements	51	52,081	22.99	1	4,179
20	Garrett Smithley	15	51,651	23.76	5	3,819
21	Kaz Grala #	61	50,136	21.34	13	0
22	BJ McLeod	99	39,573	27.01	0	3,424
23	David Starr	52	36,774	27.90	0	3,393
24	Chase Briscoe	98	34,465	18.28	12	0
25	Spencer Boyd #	76	32,879	29.88	0	2,390
26	Vinnie Miller #	01	30,817	29.27	0	1,530
27	JJ Yeley	93	30,717	27.53	2	1,728
28	Josh Williams	90	28,632	27.98	0	904
29	Dylan Lupton	28	28,517	23.89	0	0
30	Tommy Joe Martins	8	27,846	26.57	0	0
31	Shane Lee	3	25,487	12.87	0	0
32	Ryan Preece	18	24,078	10.69	39	0
33	Josh Bilicki #	45	20,438	32.93	0	1,903
34	Chad Finchum #	40	18,679	32.56	0	2,098
35	Ty Majeski	60	18,352	23.90	4	2,933
36	Timmy Hill	66	17,044	32.89	0	350
37	Jeb Burton	3	14,313	16.64	0	0
38	Stephen Leicht	55	12,392	32.36	0	0
39	Brandon Hightower	55	11,080	31.16	0	2,604
40	Brandon Brown	90	10,423	22.69	0	0
41	Ray Black Jr	99	9,270	30.56	0	3,036
42	Blake Jones	8	8,659	28.92	0	2,324
43	Jeff Green	93	7,786	35.40	1	14
44	Mike Harmon	74	6,428	37.31	1	1,320
45	Matt Mills #	15	5,461	33.91	0	0
46	Kyle Benjamin	18	5,227	8.93	0	0
47	Tony Mrakovich	28	4,649	22.25	0	0
48	Caesar Bacarella	8	3,575	29.53	0	0
49	Ryan Ellis	78	2,041	25.77	0	0
50	Morgan Shepherd	89	1,557	38.00	0	111
51	Scott Heckert	78	1,186	32.93	0	0
52	Gray Gaulding	54	810	31.25	0	0
53	Stan Mullis	66	734	36.14	0	0
54	John Jackson	66	372	35.18	0	0
55	Carl Long	66	87	38.10	0	0
56	Chris Cockrum	25	1	40.00	0	0