This past weekend NASCAR made its return to racing with the Craftsman Truck Series and the Cup Series at Richmond Raceway for some short track racing.  The weekend was not without controversy and suspense however.  It was the final race of the regular season for the Truck Series and there was a controversial ending to the overtime finish of the Cup Series race that involved some old fashioned beating and banging that sent two cars wrecking.  Austin Dillon ended a 68 race loosing streak with that controversial win; shaking up the playoffs in the process.

In the Cup Series, Kyle Larson holds on to the points lead with 779 points – 225 of them stage points.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Kyle Larson – 779
Tyler Reddick – 774
Chase Elliott – 773
Denny Hamlin – 758
Ryan Blaney – 702
Christopher Bell – 701
William Byron – 678
Martin Truex Jr – 662
Brad Keselowski – 636
Alex Bowman – 615
Ty Gibbs – 602
Bubba Wallace – 587
Chris Buescher – 584
Ross Chastain – 584
Joey Logano – 557
Daneil Suarez – 497
Chase Briscoe – 485
Kyle Busch – 465
Todd Gilliland – 454
Austin Cindric – 451
Michael McDowell – 431
Carson Hocevar – 414
Josh Berry – 412
Noah Gragson – 400
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 376
Austin Dillon – 344
Ryan Preece – 341
Erik Jones – 337
Justin Haley – 329
Corey LaJoie – 327
Daniel Hemric – 323
John Hunter Nemechek – 313
Zane Smith – 262
Harrison Burton – 243
Kaz Grala – 166
Cody Ware – 47
Joey Hand – 43
Jimmie Johnson – 39
Derek Kraus – 32
David Ragan – 17
Kamui Kobayashi – 8
Will Brown – 6
Cam Waters – 2


In the Cup Series Playoff Standings (points are playoff points):
Kyle Larson – 28
Christopher Bell – 25
Denny Hamlin – 21
William Byron – 16
Ryan Blaney – 12
Tyler Reddick – 8
Austin Cindric – 7
Chase Elliott – 6
Joey Logano – 6
Daniel Suarez – 6
Brad Keselowski – 5
Alex Bowman – 5
Austin Dillon – 5

Martin Truex Jr
Ty Gibbs
Bubba Wallace
all have a chance to make the playoffs on points

In the Craftsman Truck Series Corey Heim leads the points standings with 2041 points and five wins.  While Christian Eckes and Ty Majeski are tied for points, Eckes has 218 stage points to Majeski’s 173.

Craftsman Truck Series Playoff Standings:
Corey Heim – 2041
Christian Eckes – 2023
Ty Majeski – 2023
Nick Sanchez – 2009
Rajah Caruth – 2009
Grant Enfinger – 2007
Tyler Ankrum – 2007
Taylor Gray – 2003
Ben Rhodes – 2002
Daniel Dye – 2001

Finishing the season in 13th place, Matt Crafton misses the playoffs for the first time since the playoffs began.