With the throwback race at Darlington Raceway this past weekend the Cup Series has just passed into the second third of the season and the halfway point for the regular season races. 

While Ross Chastain has yet to win a race this season, he is tied or close behind three time Cup Series winner William Byron in stage points, point standings, and playoff points.

William Byron tops the list for drivers this season in stage wins with six and stage points with 126.

Stage Point Standings:
William Byron – 6 wins – 126 points
Ross Chastain – 5 wins – 116 points
Denny Hamlin – 2 wins – 91 points
Kyle Larson – 2 wins – 91 points
Kevin Harvick – 1 wins – 78 points
Tyler Reddick – 2 wins – 74 points
Christopher Bell – 0 wins – 73 points
Martin Truex Jr – 1 win – 71 points
Brad Keselowski – 1 win – 65 points
Alex Bowman – 0 wins – 63 points
Joey Logano – 2 wins – 57 points
Ryan Blaney – 0 wins – 55 points
Kyle Busch – 0 wins – 49 points
Austin Cindric – 1 win – 39 points
Daniel Suarez – 0 wins – 38 points
Chris Buescher – 0 wins – 38 points
Ryan Preece – 1 win – 33 points
Austin Dillon – 0 wins – 31 points
Bubba Wallace – 0 wins – 31 points
Chase Briscoe – 0 wins – 38 points
Chase Elliott – 1 win – 26 points
Aric Almirola – 1 wins – 25 points
Michael McDowell – 0 wins – 23 points
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 0 wins – 22 points
Ty Gibbs – 0 wins – 19 points
AJ Allmendinger – 0 wins – 17 points
Noah Gragson – 0 wins – 14 points
Erik Jones – 0 wins – 10 points
Harrison Burton – 0 wins – six points
Todd Gilliland – 0 wins – five point
Jimmie Johnson – 0 wins – four points
Justin Haley – 0 wins – four points
Ty Dillon – 0 wins – three points
Jordan Taylor – 0 wins – three points
Corey LaJoie – 0 wins – two points


In the point standings Ross Chastain with 429 points leads the way despite not having any race wins and being involved in a number of on track altercations.  Three time race winner William Byron is in fifth place 42 points back.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Ross Chastain – 429
Christopher Bell – 402
Kevin Harvick – 400
Denny Hamlin – 393
William Byron – 387
Martin Truex Jr – 385
Ryan Blaney – 381
Tyler Reddick – 371
Brad Keselowski – 365
Kyle Larson – 363
Kyle Busch – 353
Joey Logano – 334
Chris Buescher – 329
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 325
Bubba Wallace – 293
Chase Briscoe – 275
Daniel Suarez – 262
Ty Gibbs – 260
Austin Cindric – 248
Michael McDowell – 241
Todd Gilliland – 240
Corey LaJoie – 238
Justin Haley – 225
Erik Jones – 221
Aric Almirola – 221
AJ Allmendinger – 214
Chase Elliott – 212
Ryan Preece – 201
Harrison Burton – 176
Austin Dillon – 166
Noah Gragson – 138
Ty Dillon – 110
BJ McLeod – 70

In the playoff standings William Byron and Ross Chastain are tied for the lead with 2,020 points each.

Playoff Point Standings:
William Byron – 2,020
Ross Chastain – 2,020
Christopher Bell – 2,015
Denny Hamlin – 2,014
Kyle Larson – 2,013
Martin Truex Jr – 2,011
Kyle Busch – 2,010
Tyler Reddick – 2,010
Kevin Harvick – 2,009
Joey Logano – 2,007
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 2,005
Ryan Blaney – 2,004
Brad Keselowski – 2,003
Bubba Wallace – 2,000
Chase Elliott – 2,000

Despite earning their eighth race win on Sunday, Chevrolet is just 38 points ahead of Toyota with 492 points.

It was a triple header throwback weekend with all three series participating in the events.  John Hunter Nemechek leads the Xfinity Series point standings with 424, just one point in front of Austin Hill.

Xfinity Series Point Standings:
John Hunter Nemechek – 424
Austin Hill – 423
Justin Allgaier – 371
Josh Berry – 367
Cole Custer – 365
Chandler Smith – 340
Sheldon Creed – 330
Sammy Smith – 323
Riley Herbst – 313
Sam Mayer – 309
Kaniel Hemric – 307
Parker Kligerman – 274
Jeb Burton – 273
Brandon Jones 264
Ryan Sieg – 244
Brett Moffitt – 234
Parker Retzlaff – 212
Kaz Grala – 195
Jeremy Clements – 179
Anthony Alfredo – 167
Josh Williams – 154
Kyle Sieg – 145
Joe Graf Jr – 142
Ryan Ellis – 137
Brennan Poole – 126
Gray Gaulding – 104
Jeffrey Earnhardt – 101
Blaine Perkins – 65


And in the Craftsman Truck Series Zane Smith leads in the points with 338.

Craftsman Truck Series Point Standings:
Zane Smith – 338
Ty Majeski – 329
Corey Heim – 323
Ben Rhodes – 301
Christian Eckes – 299
Grant Enfinger – 299
Matt Crafton – 260
Tanner Gray – 254
Nicholas Sanchez – 233
Stewart Friesen – 227
Matt DiBenedetto – 213
Carson Hocevar – 202
Jake Garcia – 197
Tyler Ankrum – 196
Chase Purdy – 193
Hailie Deegan – 185
Rajah Caruth – 164
Colby Howard – 145
Daniel Dye – 140
Bret Holmes – 131
Kris Wright – 130
Dean Thompson – 127
Timmy Hill – 122
Taylor Gray – 118
Kaden Honeycutt – 112
Lawless Alan – 101
Spencer Boyd – 100
Johnny Sauter – 27