Thos past weekend, the Xfinity and Cup Series teams opened the round of eight with races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

On Saturday afternoon, it was home town driver Riley Herbst who not only took a win away from a playoff driver; but did so in dominating fashion, leaving just 10 cars on the lead lap and a margin of over 14 seconds between himself and the second place driver.

John Hunter Nemechek holds on to the points lead with 3103 points.  Nemechek will be moving up to the Cup Series next season.

Xfinity Series Point Standings:
John Hunter Nemechek – 3103
Justin Allgaier – 3077
Austin Hill – 3075
Cole Custer – 3071
Chandler Smith – 3056
Sm Mayer – 3055
Sammy Smith – 3036
Sheldon Creed – 3030


On Sunday afternoon, Kyle Larson punched his ticket to the Championship Four with a  win at Las Vegas after sweeping the stages.

Already below the cut line, Ryan Blaney’s day went from bad to worse when his sixth place finish was disqualified after a post race inspection determined that the team had violated the NASCAR rule book.  AT 56 points below the cut line, Blaney will have to win one of the races at Homestead-Miami or Martinsville in order to make it to the Championship Four.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Kyle Larson – 4084
William Byron – 4079
Denny Hamlin – 4072
Martin Truex Jr – 4071
Christopher Bell – 4068
Tyler Reddick – 4056
Chris Buescher – 4048
Ryan Blaney – 4015