Over the weekend all three NASCAR series ran races in two different cities with two of those races being run for the first time. With the inaugural running of the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, one more driver has earned a playoff point with a stage win when Austin Cindric won stage one of the race. With the addition of Austin Cindric, there are now a total of 16 drivers who have won at least one stage of a race. Ryan Blaney still leads the list with four stage wins but Chase Elliott leads the list with 136 points and three stage wins. In the point standings, Chase Elliott also leads the list with 507 points. After 15 of the 26 regular season races in the books, eleven drivers have won at least one race. While the philosophy of “win and you are in”, three of the drivers with a race win are currently below the “cut line” for the 16 driver playoffs. The point standings as of June 6: Chase Elliott – 507 Kyle Busch – 498 Ross Chastain – 490 Ryan Blaney – 479 Martin Truex Jr – 470 Joey Logano – 467 Kyle Larson – 444 Alex Bowman – 439 William Byron – 438 Christopher Bell – 434 Aric Almirola – 385 Tyler Reddick – 379 Kevin Harvick – 377 Chase Briscoe – 362 Erik Jones – 353 Austin Dillon – 350 Kurt Busch – 333 Austin Cindric – 330 Chase Elliott also holds the lead in the playoff standings with 2,023 points; Ross Chastain is in second place just two points behind. Playoff Point Standings: Chase Elliott – 2,023 Ross Chastain – 2,021 Joey Logano – 2,016 Kyle Busch – 2,016 William Byron – 2,015 Denny Hamlin – 2,012 Ryan Blaney – 2,011 Kyle Larson – 2,010 Alex Bowman – 2,009 Martin Truex Jr – 2,009 Kurt Busch – 2,007 Chase Briscoe – 2,006 Austin Cindric – 2,006 Tyler Reddick – 2,002 Christopher Bell – 2,001 Aric Almirola – 2,000 In the Xfinity Series AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings with 573 points; over 40 points in front of Ty Gibbs. Both drivers are multiple race winners this season. Xfinity Series Point Standings: AJ Allmendinger – 573 Ty Gibbs – 530 Noah Gragson – 529 Josh Berry – 509 Justin Allgaier – 509 Brandon Jones – 428 Sam Mayer – 424 Austin Hill – 416 Daniel Hemric – 389 Landon Cassill – 366 Riley Herbst – 364 Ryan Sieg – 345 In the Camping World Truck Series Ben Rhodes takes over the points lead with 415 points after Carson Hocevar won the race at World Wide Technology Raceway on Saturday. Camping World Truck Series Point Stanndings: Ben Rhodes – 415 Chandler Smith – 398 Zane Smith – 394 John Hunter Nemechek – 393 Stewart Friesen – 391 Charistian Eckes – 381 Ty Majeski – 355 Carson Hocevar – 337 Matt Crafton – 317 Grant Enfinger – 311 |
NASCAR Point Standings – June 6
