Xfinity Series · 2018 · race 22 of 33

Food City 300

TrackBristol Motor Speedway
ScheduledFri, Aug 17, 2018 · 7:15 PM ET
Laps310 of 300 scheduled
Cars40
Official winnerKyle Larson(i) (#42)
TLS leaderChristopher Bell # (#20) · 11,653

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	Kyle Larson(i) (#42)	Christopher Bell # (#20)	Christopher Bell # (#20)
Finish	P1	P2	P2
TLS points	0	11,653	11,653
ARP	1.96	3.53	3.53
Laps led	202	18	18

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

Official winner — Kyle Larson(i) (#42): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 202 laps with 1.96 average running position and 0 TLS points.

TLS leader — Christopher Bell # (#20): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (11,653 points). Finished P2 with 18 laps led and 3.53 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (3.53). The official winner ran a worse average position (1.96).

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: Kyle Larson(i) (#42) (ineligible for driver points in this series, so not ranked on TLS).
TLS leader: Christopher Bell # (#20) with 11,653 points, finished P2, ARP 3.53.
Most laps led: Kyle Larson(i), 202 laps.
Luck index ▼ Daniel Hemric ran 7th on TLS but finished P24 (17 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ JA Junior Avila finished P20 after running 23rd on TLS (3 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	–	Kyle Larson(i)	42	Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	3	202	–	12,142 (i)
2	1	Christopher Bell #	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	2	18	3.53	11,653
3	2	Justin Allgaier	7	Chevrolet	JR Motorsports	10	0	5.06	11,177
4	5	Cole Custer	00	Ford	Stewart-Haas Racing	9	5	9.37	9,836
5	–	Joey Logano(i)	22	Ford	Team Penske	4	2	–	10,993 (i)
6	3	Elliott Sadler	1	Chevrolet	JR Motorsports	6	12	7.00	10,575
7	9	Michael Annett	5	Chevrolet	JR Motorsports	22	0	14.98	8,091
8	–	Chase Elliott(i)	23	Chevrolet	GMS Racing	15	2	–	11,086 (i)
9	6	Tyler Reddick #	9	Chevrolet	JR Motorsports	14	0	9.92	9,665
10	4	Matt Tifft	2	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	5	0	8.43	10,130
11	8	Ryan Sieg	39	Chevrolet	RSS Racing	21	0	14.93	8,107
12	10	Ross Chastain	4	Chevrolet	JD Motorsports	18	0	15.06	8,043
13	12	Jeremy Clements	51	Chevrolet	Jeremy Clements Racing	19	0	17.49	7,265
14	13	Austin Cindric #	12	Ford	Team Penske	17	0	17.59	7,234
15	–	Ty Dillon(i)	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	8	0	–	10,447 (i)
16	16	Garrett Smithley	0	Chevrolet	JD Motorsports	25	0	21.22	6,054
17	11	Ryan Reed	16	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	16	0	15.40	7,808
18	18	Joey Gase	35	Chevrolet	SS Green Light Racing	26	0	23.71	5,273
19	21	BJ McLeod	15	Chevrolet	JD Motorsports	23	0	24.15	5,139
20	23	JA Junior Avila	78	Chevrolet	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	27	0	26.97	4,278
21	22	David Starr	52	Chevrolet	Means Motorsports	32	0	26.16	4,511
22	14	Ryan Truex	11	Chevrolet	Kaulig Racing	12	0	17.52	7,115
23	17	Alex Labbe #	36	Chevrolet	DGM Racing	20	0	21.86	5,779
24	7	Daniel Hemric	21	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	11	0	8.94	9,650
25	24	Spencer Boyd #	76	Chevrolet	SS Green Light Racing	35	0	28.92	3,624
26	20	Jeff Green	38	Chevrolet	RSS Racing	29	0	23.71	5,170
27	–	Bayley Currey(i)	55	Toyota	J.P. Motorsports	38	0	–	2,696 (i)
28	19	Josh Williams	90	Chevrolet	DGM Racing	28	0	22.42	5,183
29	15	Brandon Jones	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	7	0	16.18	6,477
30	28	Chad Finchum #	40	Toyota	Motorsports Business Management	30	0	32.99	1,569
31	27	Stephen Leicht	74	Chevrolet	Mike Harmon Racing	39	0	31.02	1,926
32	26	Vinnie Miller #	01	Chevrolet	JD Motorsports	34	0	29.64	2,045
33	29	Carl Long	66	Chevrolet	Motorsports Business Management	36	0	32.49	1,488
34	25	Chase Briscoe	60	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	13	0	24.96	2,294
35	30	Josh Bilicki #	45	Toyota	J.P. Motorsports	37	0	33.74	748
36	–	Kyle Busch(i)	18	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	1	69	–	1,080 (i)
37	31	Ray Black II	8	Chevrolet	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	24	0	33.96	260
38	32	Timmy Hill	13	Toyota	Motorsports Business Management	31	0	36.87	95
39	33	Morgan Shepherd	89	Chevrolet	Shepherd Racing Ventures	40	0	38.04	39
40	34	JJ Yeley	93	Chevrolet	RSS Racing	33	0	38.94	21

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	132,463	8.17	174	9,650
2	Cole Custer	00	130,028	8.86	237	9,836
3	Justin Allgaier	7	128,317	8.59	504	11,177
4	Elliott Sadler	1	126,993	9.17	205	10,575
5	Christopher Bell #	20	125,927	9.61	439	11,653
6	Tyler Reddick #	9	112,389	11.88	81	9,665
7	Brandon Jones	19	111,678	12.72	165	6,477
8	Ryan Truex	11	110,591	12.96	4	7,115
9	Austin Cindric #	60	110,526	12.97	122	7,234
10	Matt Tifft	2	107,185	13.59	1	10,130
11	Ryan Reed	16	103,949	14.48	5	7,808
12	Ross Chastain	4	94,348	17.24	2	8,043
13	Michael Annett	5	93,837	17.21	9	8,091
14	Ryan Sieg	93	80,684	21.11	2	8,107
15	Jeremy Clements	51	73,936	21.51	2	7,265
16	Alex Labbe #	36	72,783	22.10	4	5,779
17	John Hunter Nemechek	42	71,787	10.10	54	0
18	Joey Gase	35	71,672	22.63	0	5,273
19	Garrett Smithley	15	67,784	23.82	5	6,054
20	Kaz Grala #	61	59,507	20.37	13	0
21	Spencer Gallagher	23	56,143	13.08	1	0
22	David Starr	52	50,552	27.58	0	4,511
23	BJ McLeod	99	46,183	27.01	0	5,139
24	Chase Briscoe	98	45,605	18.45	12	2,294
25	Spencer Boyd #	76	45,440	29.29	0	3,624
26	Vinnie Miller #	01	37,855	29.88	0	2,045
27	Tommy Joe Martins	8	37,269	26.73	0	0
28	Josh Williams	90	36,991	27.68	0	5,183
29	Ryan Preece	18	34,127	9.21	53	0
30	JJ Yeley	93	33,445	28.27	2	21
31	Shane Lee	3	32,915	12.74	6	0
32	Dylan Lupton	28	28,517	23.89	0	0
33	Chad Finchum #	40	25,249	32.23	0	1,569
34	Josh Bilicki #	45	25,126	32.54	0	748
35	Ty Majeski	60	18,352	23.90	4	0
36	Timmy Hill	66	17,632	33.29	0	95
37	Kyle Benjamin	18	16,319	9.62	5	0
38	Jeff Green	93	14,745	34.93	1	5,170
39	Stephen Leicht	93	14,519	33.49	0	1,926
40	Brandon Hightower	55	14,326	30.77	0	0
41	Jeb Burton	3	14,313	16.64	0	0
42	Ray Black Jr	99	12,387	30.90	0	260
43	Brandon Brown	90	10,423	22.69	0	0
44	Mike Harmon	74	9,506	36.91	1	0
45	Blake Jones	8	8,659	28.92	0	0
46	Casey Roderick	23	6,753	14.72	0	0
47	Matt Mills #	15	5,461	33.91	0	0
48	Tony Mrakovich	28	4,649	22.25	0	0
49	JA Junior Avila	78	4,278	26.97	0	4,278
50	Caesar Bacarella	8	3,575	29.53	0	0
51	Stan Mullis	66	2,366	35.13	0	0
52	Scott Heckert	8	2,240	29.84	0	0
53	Justin Marks	42	2,103	13.33	0	0
54	Ryan Ellis	78	2,041	25.77	0	0
55	Morgan Shepherd	89	1,971	37.84	0	39
56	Carl Long	66	1,918	35.38	0	1,488
57	Peter Shepherd III	55	1,819	33.51	0	0
58	Brian Henderson	90	1,584	21.92	0	0
59	Andy Lally	90	1,555	20.53	7	0
60	Katherine Legge	15	1,299	21.32	0	0
61	Angela Ruch	8	1,271	34.28	0	0
62	Mike Skeen	15	1,133	26.28	0	0
63	Donald Theetge	90	1,090	34.70	0	0
64	Tim Cowen	66	908	29.05	0	0
65	Victor Gonzalez Jr	17	855	28.96	0	0
66	Gray Gaulding	54	810	31.25	0	0
67	John Jackson	66	531	34.78	0	0
68	Dexter Bean	92	434	35.14	0	0
69	Dylan Murcott	55	1	40.00	0	0
69	Chris Cockrum	25	1	40.00	0	0