The Xfinity and Cup Series launched the round of eight this past weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and a playoff driver won in both races!

The playoffs standings got a bit of a shakeup when half of the round of eight drivers had issues during the race from pit road penalties and slow stops to day ending crashes.

Ryan Blaney’s weekend got off to a bad start when he crashed during laps one of practice and had to go to a backup car.  He moved through the field in a timely manner only to get caught up in a crash.  Chase Elliott and Tyler Reddick were involved in the same wreck and sent Reddick flipping down the track before ending his day.   Chase Elliott finished the race but was many laps down when the checkered flag waved.

However, one playoff driver came out on top…one that almost didn’t make the playoffs!  Joey Logano held off Christopher Bell to win the race and secure a spot in the championship four at Phoenix.  The two time cup Series champion also won the race at Las Vegas both time he won the championship.

Despite not winning the race, Christopher Bell sits at the top of the point standings.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Christopher Bell –4,086
Kyle Larson – 4,079
William Byron – 4,071
Joey Logano – 4,061
Denny Hamlin – 4,044
Tyler Reddick – 4,041
Ryan Blaney – 4,024
Chase Elliott – 4,018
Alex Bowman – 2,232
Martin Truex Jr – 2,194
Austin Cindric – 2.179
Daniel Suarez – 2,164
Ty Gibbs – 2,162
Brad Keselowski – 2,127
Chase Briscoe –2,121
Harrison Burton – 2,067
Chris Buescher – 868
Ross Chastain – 851
Bubba Wallace – 851
Kyle Busch – 735
Carson Hocevar – 618
Michael McDowell – 591
Todd Gilliland – 585
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 553
Noah Gragson  – 541
Ryan Preece – 523
Josh Berry – 519
Austin Dillon – 484
Justin Haley – 483
Zane Smith – 481
Corey LaJoie – 480
Daniel Hemric – 473
Erik Jones – 468
John Hunter Nemechek – 423
Kaz Grala – 188
Cody Ware – 146
Jimmie Johnson – 49
Joey Hand – 43
Derek Kraus – 32
David Ragan – 17
Kamui Kobayashi – 8
Will Brown – 6
Juan Pablo Montoya – 5
Cam Waters – 2

In the Playoff Standings:
Joey Logano – adv
Christopher Bell – +42
Kyle Larson – +35
William Byron – +27
Denny Hamlin – -27
Tyler Reddick – -30
Ryan Blaney – -47
Chase Elliott – -53



In the Xfinity Series, AJ Allmendinger earned his first win of the season and secured a spot in the championship four and advanced three spots in the standings.

Justin Allgaier holds on to the point standings and adds to his impressive stage point totals of 345!

Xfinity Series Point Standings:
Justin Allgaier – 3,088
Cole Custer – 3,072
Chandler Smith – 3,064
AJ Allmendinger – 3,063
Austin Hill – 3,056
Jesse Love – 3,051
Sam Mayer – 3,017
Sammy Smith –3,011
Sheldon Creed – 2,131
Riley Herbst – 2,126
Riley Herbst – 2,112
Shane van Gisbergen – 2,103
Ryan Sieg – 773
Brandon Jones – 651
Anthony Alfredo – 588
Brennan Poole – 499
Josh Williams – 477
Parker Retzlaff – 450
Jeb Burton – 445
Leland Honeyman – 442
Jeremy Clements – 429
Aric Almirola – 407
Ryan Ellis – 398
Kyle Sieg – 383
Kyle Weatherman – 371
Matt DiBenedetto – 360
Blaine Perkins – 314
Ryan Truex – 303
Josh Bilicki – 247
Carson Kvapil – 227
Garrett Smithley – 179
Hailie Deegan – 174
Austin Green – 146
Joey Gase – 138
David Starr – 134
Patrick Emerling – 127
Connor Zilisch – 97
Joe Graf Jr – 93
BJ McLeod – 78
JJ Yeley – 78
Jordan Anderson – 75
Ed Jones – 71
Alex Labbe – 69
Logan Bearden – 62
Nick Leitz – 59
Sage Karam – 59
CJ McLaughlin – 47
Caesar Bacarella – 46
Brad Perez – 44
Preston Pardus – 34
Dale Earnhardt Jr – 32
Myatt Snider – 32
Bubba Pollard – 31
Nathan Byrd – 29
Natalie Decker – 27
Chad Finchum – 27
Justin Bonsignore – 25
Patrick Gallagher – 25
Tommy Joe Martins – 24
Carson Ware – 24
Conor Daly – 23
Dylan Lupton – 23
Thomas Annunziata – 23
Greg van Last – 21
RC Emerson – 19
Dexter Bean – 17
Daniil Kvyat – 16
Andre Castro – 16
Glen Reen – 10
Ryan Vargas – 10
Boris Said – 9
Mike Skeen – 7
Armani Williams – 4
Morgan Baird – 4
Timothy Viens – 2
Gus Dean – 1
Alon Day – 1

Playoff Standings:
AJ Allmendinger – adv
Justin Allgaier – +32
Cole Custer – +16
Chandler Smith – +8
Austin Hill – -8
Jesse Love – -13
Sam Mayer – -23
Sammy Smith – -53