diff --git a/can/io/asc.py b/can/io/asc.py
index 0a7017559..9d854ab0f 100644
--- a/can/io/asc.py
+++ b/can/io/asc.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 class ASCReader(BaseIOHandler):
     """
-    Iterator of CAN messages from a ASC logging file.
+    Iterator of CAN messages from a ASC logging file. Meta data (comments,
+    bus statistics, J1939 Transport Protocol messages) is ignored.
 
     TODO: turn relative timestamps back to absolute form
     """
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ def __iter__(self):
             elif (
                 not isinstance(channel, int)
                 or dummy.strip()[0:10].lower() == "statistic:"
+                or dummy.split(None, 1)[0] == "J1939TP"
             ):
                 pass
             elif dummy[-1:].lower() == "r":
diff --git a/test/data/logfile.asc b/test/data/logfile.asc
index 4b7c64363..8582cbf05 100644
--- a/test/data/logfile.asc
+++ b/test/data/logfile.asc
@@ -9,10 +9,20 @@ Begin Triggerblock Sam Sep 30 15:06:13.191 2017
    1.015991 1  Statistic: D 0 R 0 XD 0 XR 0 E 0 O 0 B 0.00%
    1.015991 2  Statistic: D 0 R 0 XD 0 XR 0 E 0 O 0 B 0.00%
    2.015992 1  Statistic: D 0 R 0 XD 0 XR 0 E 0 O 0 B 0.00%
+   3.098426 1  18EBFF00x       Rx d 8 01 A0 0F A6 60 3B D1 40    Length = 273910 BitCount = 141 ID = 418119424x
+   3.148421 1  18EBFF00x       Rx d 8 02 1F DE 80 25 DF C0 2B    Length = 271910 BitCount = 140 ID = 418119424x
+   3.197693 1  18EBFF00x       Rx d 8 03 E1 00 4B FF FF 3C 0F    Length = 283910 BitCount = 146 ID = 418119424x
+   3.248765 1  18EBFF00x       Rx d 8 04 00 4B FF FF FF FF FF    Length = 283910 BitCount = 146 ID = 418119424x
+   3.297743 1  J1939TP FEE3p        6    0  0   -   Rx   d 23 A0 0F A6 60 3B D1 40 1F DE 80 25 DF C0 2B E1 00 4B FF FF 3C 0F 00 4B FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   17.876707 CAN 1 Status:chip status error passive - TxErr: 131 RxErr: 0
   17.876708 1  6F9             Rx   d 8 05 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00  Length = 240015 BitCount = 124 ID = 1785
   17.876976 1  6F8             Rx   d 8 FF 00 0C FE 00 00 00 00  Length = 239910 BitCount = 124 ID = 1784
   18.015997 1  Statistic: D 2 R 0 XD 0 XR 0 E 0 O 0 B 0.04%
+  20.105214 2  18EBFF00x       Rx   d 8 01 A0 0F A6 60 3B D1 40  Length = 273925 BitCount = 141 ID = 418119424x
+  20.155119 2  18EBFF00x       Rx   d 8 02 1F DE 80 25 DF C0 2B  Length = 272152 BitCount = 140 ID = 418119424x
+  20.204671 2  18EBFF00x       Rx   d 8 03 E1 00 4B FF FF 3C 0F  Length = 283910 BitCount = 146 ID = 418119424x
+  20.248887 2  18EBFF00x       Rx   d 8 04 00 4B FF FF FF FF FF  Length = 283925 BitCount = 146 ID = 418119424x
+  20.305233 2  J1939TP FEE3p        6    0  0   -   Rx   d 23 A0 0F A6 60 3B D1 40 1F DE 80 25 DF C0 2B E1 00 4B FF FF 3C 0F 00 4B FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
   113.016026 1  Statistic: D 0 R 0 XD 0 XR 0 E 0 O 0 B 0.00%
  113.016026 2  Statistic: D 0 R 0 XD 0 XR 0 E 0 O 0 B 0.00%
 End TriggerBlock