Again this week all three racing series ran an event but the Xfinity Series had a stand alone event when they went road course racing at Road America; while the Truck and Cup Series went short track racing on the oval at Richmond Raceway.

The Craftsman Truck Series ran its final race of the regular season and crowned Corey Heim the champion.  With just seven races remaining in their season, the Truck Series has set the 10 driver field for the playoffs.

With just four more races remaining in the regular season for the Cup Series, there are now 12 drivers who have secured themselves a spot in the playoffs with at least one win after RFK Racing’s Chris Buescher added his name to the winner’s list at the end of the Cook Out 400 in Richmond.

With seven stage wins this season, William Byron tops the list for stage points with 206.  Byron also has four race wins this season.

Cup Series Stage Point Standings:
William Byron – 7 wins and 206 points
Denny Hamlin – 4 wins and 177 points
Martin Truex Jr – 3 wins and 172 points
Tyler Reddick – 4 wins and 164 points
Ross Chastain – 5 wins and 148 points
Kyle Larson – 3 wins and 143 points
Christopher Bell – 2 wins and 138 points
Ryan Blaney – 3 wins and 133 points
Kevin Harvick – 1 win and 112 points
Joey Logano – 3 wins and 111 points
Brad Keselowski – 3 wins and 101 points
Kyle Busch – 2 wins and 95 points
Alex Bowman – 0 wins and 76 points
Chris Buescher – 1 win and 71 points
Bubba Wallace – 0 wins and 64 points
Daniel Suarez – 0 wins and 57 points
Michael McDowell – 0 wins and 56 points
Austin Cindric – 1 win and 52 points
Ty Gibbs – 0 wins and 46 points
AJ Allmendinger – 0 wins and 45 points
Ryan Preece – 1 win and 43 points
Chase Elliott – 1 win and 42 points
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 0 wins and 37 points
Aric Almirola – 1 win and 36 points
Austin Dillon – 0 wins and 36 points
Chase Briscoe – 0 wins and 29 points
Shane van Gisbergen – 0 wins and 15 points
Noah Gragson – 0 wins and 14 points
Ty Dillon – 0 wins and 12 points
Erik Jones – 0 wins and 12 points
Justin Haley – 0 wins and 11 points
Harrison Burton – 0 wins and 6 points
Todd Gilliland – 0 wins and 5 points
Jimmie Johnson – 0 wins and 4 points
Jordan Taylor – 0 wins and 3 points
Corey LaJoie – 0 wins and 2 points
Jenson Button – 0 wins and 1 point

In the Cup Series Point Standings Martin Truex Jr continues to lead the way with 744 points; he also holds on to the Playoff Standings with 2,033 points.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Martin Truex Jr – 744
Denny Hamlin – 705
William Byron – 701
Christopher Bell – 653
Kyle Busch – 648
Kevin Harvick – 634
Ross Chastain – 626
Kyle Larson – 619
Ryan Blaney – 614
Joey Logano – 609
Brad Keselowski – 603
Tyler Reddick – 602
Chris Buescher – 598
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 514
Bubba Wallace – 506
Michael McDowell – 470
Ty Gibbs – 452
AJ Allmendinger – 448
Daniel Suarez – 436
Chase Elliott – 430
Alex Bowman – 428
Austin Cindric – 406
Justin Haley – 400
Aric Almirola – 384
Ryan Preece – 382
Todd Gilliland – 370 
Corey LaJoie – 356
Erik Jones – 336
Austin Dillon – 323
Harrison Burton – 303
Chase Briscoe – 283
Ty Dillon – 203
Noah Gragson – 199
BJ McLeod – 117
Cody Ware – 65
Shane van Gisbergen – 55
Jenson Button – 36
Travis Pastrana – 26
Jordan Taylor – 16
Ryan Newman – 24
Andy Lally – 13
Jimmie Johnson – 12
Kimi Raikkonen – 8
Jonathan Davenport – 1  

Cup series Playoff Point Standings:
Martin Truex Jr – 2,033
William Byron – 2,030
Denny Hamlin – 2,024
Kyle Busch – 2,023
Kyle Larson – 2,016
Ross Chastain – 2,014
Christopher Bell – 2,014
Ryan Blaney – 2,010
Joey Logano – 2,009
Tyler Reddick – 2,009
Chris Buescher – 2,006
Kevin Harvick – 2,006
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 2,005
Brad Keselowski – 2,003
Bubba Wallace 2,000
Michael McDowell – 2,000    

In the Xfinity Series, Sam Mayer added his name to the winner’s list with his first career win and the eighth different race winner this season with his win on the road course at Road America.

Austin Hill retakes the points lead with 775 points after John Hunter Nemechek had a crash through the grass.  Hill also takes over the lead in the playoff points.
Xfinity Series Point Standings:
Austin Hill – 775
John Hunter Nemechek – 761
Justin Allgaier – 735
Cole Custer – 691
Josh Berry – 612
Sam Mayer – 593
Chandler Smith – 588
Daniel Hemric – 579
Sammy Smith – 557
Riley Herbst – 530
Sheldon Creed – 527
Parker Kligerman – 505
Jeb Burton – 473
Brandon Jones – 466
Brett Moffitt – 445
Kaz Grala – 391
Ryan Sieg – 367
Parker Retzlaff – 363
Jeremy Clements – 344
Josh Williams – 281
Joe Graf Jr – 266
Anthony Alfredo – 264
Kyle Sieg – 256
Brennan Poole – 214
Ryan Ellis – 213
Ryan Truex – 197
Kyle Weatherman – 193
Alex Labbe – 179
Jeffrey Earnhardt – 178
Blaine Perkins – 173
Patrick Emerling – 145
Connor Mosack – 133
Gray Gaulding – 104
Joey Gase – 90
Derek Kraus – 88
Garrett Smithley – 85
Sage Karam – 80
Myatt Snider – 67
Stefan Parsons – 67
Josh Bilicki – 63
Parker Chase – 55
Leland Honeyman – 53
Miguel Paludo – 48
Mason Massey – 45
CJ McLaughlin – 43
Brad Perez – 39
David Starr – 39
Caesar Bacarella – 32
Preston Pardus – 32
Alex Guenette – 22
Dylan Lupton – 21
Dexter Stacey – 14
Stanton Barrett – 13
Jade Buford – 13
Spencer Pumpelly – 9
Jesse Iwuji – 7
Natalie Decker – 3
Brent Sherman – 3
Chad Finchum – 2
Greg van Last – 2
Andre Castro – 1
Justn Marks – 1
Katherine Legge – 1
Dawson Cram – -7  

In the Craftsman Truck Series, the playoffs are set with six of the drivers having race wins after Carson Hocevar earned his third win of the season at Richmond on Saturday night.

Craftsman Truck Series Playoff Standings :
Corey Heim – 2,030
Zane Smith – 2,022
Carson Hocevar – 2,021
Christian Eckes – 2,019
Grant Enfinger – 2,017
Ty Majeski – 2,014
Ben Rhodes – 2,013
Nick Sanchez – 2,005
Matt DiBenedetto – 2,002
Matt Crafton – 2,002