After the wild ride that was the first road course race of the season at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas; Ross Chastain takes over the point lead after his fourth place finish.  Race winner Tyler Reddick moves up five spots and enters the top 10 in points.

Tyler Reddick becomes the first driver of the year in a Toyota to  win a race giving Chevrolet four wins, one win for Ford, and one win for Toyota.  With their win Toyota takes over second place in the manufacturer’s points with 206 points, two points over Ford; Chevrolet continues to lead with 217 points.

Last week’s point leader Joey Logano drops to third.

After six races in the Cup Series, there are five different drivers – Ricky Stenhouse, Kyle Busch, William Byron, Joey Logano, and Tyler Reddick.

The Hendrick Motorsports drivers continue to lag behind and Justin Haley is still at the bottom of the points standings with a negative seven points; but the Appeals panel will hear the case later this week over the 100 point $100,000 fines levied over allegations of modifying car parts.  If the panel makes any changes to the penalty, it could significantly alter the current point standings.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Ross Chastain – 211
Kyle Busch – 192
Joey Logano – 186
Kevin Harvick – 186
Christopher Bell – 184
Ryan Blaney – 177
Austin Cindric – 166
Martin Truex Jr – 165
Brad Keselowski – 162
Tyler Reddick – 161
Denny Hamlin – 161
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 159
Chris Buescher – 157
Daniel Suarez – 144
Corey LaJoie – 139
Alex Bowman -126
Michael McDowell – 125
Ty Gibbs – 118
Bubba Wallace – 103
AJ Allmendinger – 103
Erik Jones – 99
William Byron – 97
Chase Briscoe – 96
Todd Gilliland – 95
Austin Dillon – 93
Noah Gragson – 86
Kyle Larson – 70
Aric Almirola – 70
Ryan Preece – 69
Harrison Burton – 66
Cody Ware – 62
Chase Elliott – 49
Ty Dillon – 32
BJ McLeod – 27
Travis Pastrana – 26
Jenson Button – 19
Jordan Taylor – 16
Jimmie Johnson – 11
Kimi Raikkonen – 8
Conor Daly – 1
Justin Haley – -7

In the playoff points, Ross Chastain is also the leader with 2,018 points.

Playoff Point Standings:
Ross Chastain – 2,018
Kyle Busch – 2,015
Joey Logano – 2,014
Tyler Reddick – 2,007
Kevin Harvick – 2,007
Christopher Bell – 2,006
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 2,005
Ryan Blaney – 2,005
Austin Cindric – 2,005
William Byron – 2,004
Brad Keselowski – 2,003
Martin Truex Jr – 2,003
Daniel Suarez – 2,000
Chris Buescher – 2,000
Corey LaJoie – 2,000
Denny Hamlin – 2,000


In the Xfinity Series, Cup Series regular AJ Allmendinger made it two in a row at COTA.  Austin Hill leads in the point and playoff standings after his two race wins this season.

Xfinity Series Point Standings:
Austin Hill – 249
Riley Herbst – 234
John Hunter Nemechek – 220
Justin Allgaier – 200
Chandler Smith – 196
Sam Mayer – 187
Sammy Smith – 185
Sheldon Creed – 184
Josh Berry – 183
Daniel Hemric – 176
Parker Kligerman – 156
Cole Custer – 152
Ryan Sieg – 143
Anthony Alfredo – 129
Brandon Jones – 128
Brett Moffitt – 126
Jeb Burton – 124
Jeremy Clements – 114
Joe Graf Jr – 103
Parker Retzlaff – 100
Kyle Sieg – 89
Josh Williams – 71
Ryan Truex – 69
Kaz Grala – 69
Ryan Ellis – 64
Kyle Weatherman – 60
Alex Labbe – 50
Jeffrey Earnhardt – 47
Gray Gaulding – 41
Joey Gase – 40
Connor Mosack – 38
Myatt Snider – 33
Patrick Emerling – 29
Blaine Perkins – 26
Stefan Parsons – 24
Miguel Paludo – 24
Parker Chase – 21
David Starr – 17
Josh Bilicki – 15
Jade Buford – 12
Leland Honeyman – 10
Brad Perez – 8
Sage Karam – 8
Jesse Iwuji – 7
CJ McLaughlin – 7
Garrett Smithley – 7
Preston Pardus – 1
Dawson Cram – 1
Caesar Bacarella – 1


With a triple header weekend, the Craftsman Truck Series ran the second of five consecutive races on the 20 turn road course of COTA.  The 2022 Truck Series champion Zane Smith has the points lead with 168 points; he also leads the playoff standings.

Craftsman Truck Series Point Standings:
Zane Smith – 168
Ty Majeski – 166
Ben Rhodes – 150
Christian Eckes – 148
Grant Enfinger – 131
Matt Crafton – 130
Tyler Ankrum – 114
Matt DiBenedetto – 112
Corey Heim – 110
Tanner Gray – 107
Chase Purdy – 107
Nicholas Sanchez – 98
Stewart Friesen – 83
Carson Hocevar – 82
Timmy Hill – 77
Colby Howard – 75
Jake Garcia- 65
Hailie Deegan – 65
Daniel Dye – 65
Rajah Caruth – 62
Kris Wright – 62
Lawless Alan – 50
Bret Holmes – 47
Jack Wood – 41
Kaden Honeycutt – 41
Spencer Boyd – 35
Josh Reaume – 34
Bayley Currey – 33
Dean Thompson – 31
Mason Massey – 31
Taylor Gray – 26
Ryan Vargas – 23
Jason White – 22
Ajinori Ogata – 20
Derek Kraus – 19/
Colin Garrett – 17
Jason M. White – 16
Max Gutierrez – 16
Logan Bearden – 15
Chris Hacker – 12
Parker Kligerman – 12
Matt Mills – 11
Mason Filippi – 11
Layne Riggs – 9
Dale Quarterley – 9
Codie Rohrbaugh – 4
Clay Greenfield – 3
Mason Maggio – 2
Keith McGee – 1
Ed Jones – 1