vlookup not woeking for me for this answer

OK, let me please try to explain using a spread sheet
I'm trying to keep records on how the tip sheet picks finished in a Greyhound race.
The vlookup formula is not matching how the picks finished.
The picks were 4-1-3-2-8-5-6-7. The race results were 1-4-7-8-5-2-6-3.
I was told if I use the =vlookup formula it would keep in line how the picks finished. But that did not happen. What did I do wrong or was the =vlookup not the right formula.
The 1 won the race and was 2nd pick but looking at E8 on the sample below its not showing that. column E8 thru E15 is the =vlookup formulas but it not lining up the right way the race finished.
I put in column J8 thru J15 how it was suppose to look. How can this be fixed. The word post in columns C7 and K7 are just Tracks words, but really that's just the order the picks were picked to finish.
I hope some one can help and I hope I have not confused every one. This excel stuff is fun, but tricky and more times than not at least for me hard to figure out.