Last weekend the Xfinity and Cup Series went road racing at Watkins Glen International – a place that has sported auto racing for over 75 years.  Fuel mileage and overtime racing was the word of the weekend.  The point standings got a shakeup with a rookie driver winning in his debut and a non-playoff driver taking the win in a playoff race.

While eight of the 16 playoff drivers improved their positions in the standings; five of the drivers dropped in the standings with Ryan Blaney leading the field with a seven position drop after a lap one crash.  A total of 10 of the 16 playoff drivers were either involved in a crash or had mechanical issues at Watkins Glen.  William Byron also had a big drop in the standings with a six position drop.

Christopher Bell takes over the points lead with 2,089 points while Joey Logano holds on to the Playoff standing after winning last week’s race and securing a spot in the next round of the playoffs.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Christopher Bell – 2,089
Austin Cindric – 2,086
Joey Logano – 2,084
Alex Bowman – 2,084
Daniel Suarez – 2,079
Tyler Reddick – 2,073
Chase Elliott – 2,073
Ryan Blaney – 2,072
Kyle Larson – 2,069
William Byron – 2,068
Chase Briscoe – 2,049
Ty Gibbs – 2,049
Denny Hamlin – 2,043
Brad Keselowski – 2,037
Martin Truex Jr – 2,035
Harrison Burton – 2,029
Ross Chastain – 739
Chris Buescher – 731
Bubba Wallace – 697
Kyle Busch – 624
Todd Gilliland – 531
Carson Hocevar – 526
Michael McDowell – 513
Josh Berry – 481
Noah Gragson  – 460
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 454
Ryan Preece – 442
Corey LaJoie – 414
Erik Jones – 411
Austin Dillon – 408
Daniel Hemric – 406
Justin Haley – 399
Zane Smith – 378
John Hunter Nemechek – 375
Kaz Grala – 171
Cody Ware – 105
Joey Hand – 43
Jimmie Johnson – 39
Derek Kraus – 32
David Ragan – 17
Kamui Kobayashi – 8
Will Brown – 6
Juan Pablo Montoya – 5
Cam Waters – 2

With just two races remaining in the regular season, the Xfinity Series standings had a shakeup when 18 year old Connor Zilisch climbed into the JR Motorsports number 88 car and promptly topped practice, sat on the pole, and won the race!  Zilisch will be driving in the Xfinity Series next year in the 88 car.

There was no change in the top six positions in the point standings with Justin Allgaier holding on to the lead by 43 points.

Xfinity Series Point Standings:
Justin Allgaier – 901
Cole Custer – 858
Chandler Smith – 839
Austin Hill – 802
AJ Allmendinger – 778
Sheldon Creed – 764
Jesse Love – 726
Riley Herbst – 724
Parker Kligerman – 704
Sammy Smith – 662
Ryan Sieg – 619
Shane van Gisbergen – 606
Sam Mayer – 566
Brandon Jones – 514
Anthony Alfredo – 482
Brennan Poole – 431
Josh Williams – 409
Parker Retzlaff – 386
Leland Honeyman – 385
Jeb Burton – 354
Jeremy Clements – 342
Ryan Ellis – 330
Kyle Weatherman – 326
Kyle Sieg – 304
Matt DiBenedetto – 275
Aric Almirola – 267
Ryan Truex – 261
Blaine Perkins – 261
Carson Kvapil – 217
Josh Bilicki – 198
Hailie Deegan – 174
Garrett Smithley – 170
Austin Green – 138
Patrick Emerling – 120
Joey Gase – 110
David Starr – 105
BJ McLeod – 78
Joe Graf Jr – 74
Jordan Anderson – 71
Ed Jones – 70
JJ Yeley – 61
Connor Zilisch – 58
Nick Leitz – 58
Sage Karam – 49
Logan Bearden – 48
Caesar Bacarella – 46
Alex Labbe – 46
Brad Perez – 32
Bubba Pollard – 31
Natalie Decker – 27
CJ McLaughlin – 27
Justin Bonsignore – 25
Patrick Gallagher – 25
Conor Daly – 23
Chad Finchum – 22
Thomas Annunziata – 20
RC Emerson – 19
Myatt Snider – 18
Preston Pardus – 18
Dexter Bean – 17
Nathan Byrd – 17
Daniil Kvyat – 16
Andre Castro – 16
Greg van Last – 13
Glen Reen – 10
Boris Said – 9
Mike Skeen – 7
Armani Williams – 4
Morgan Baird – 4
Timothy Viens – 2
Ryan Vargas – 2
Gus Dean – 1
Alon Day – 1