The Cup and Xfinity Series traveled to the cornfields of Iowa for some short track racing on the 7/8ths mile track designed by former Cup Series driver Rusty Wallace.

Making the most of his fuel supply, William Byron earned his second win of the season and took over the lead in the point standings from teammate Chase Elliott.  There still remains three open spots in the playoff standings with just three races remaining in the regular season.

Cup Series Point Standings:
William Byron – 770
Chase Elliott – 752
Kyle Larson – 725
Denny Hamlin – 719
Christopher Bell – 684
Tyler Reddick – 673
Ryan Blaney – 665
Chase Briscoe – 640
Alex Bowman – 614
Bubba Wallace – 581
Chris Buescher – 574
Joey Logano – 560
Ryan Preece – 551
Ross Chastain – 544
Kyle Busch – 501
Ty Gibbs – 487
Austin Cindric – 481
AJ Allmendinger – 455
Brad Keselowski – 453
John Hunter Nemechek – 447
Josh Berry – 443
Carson Hocevar – 443
Michael McDowell – 440
Erik Jones – 436
Shane van Gisbergen – 398
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 398
Zane Smith – 395
Austin Dillon – 384
Justin Haley – 378
Todd Gilliland – 367
Daniel Suarez – 363
Ty Dillon – 348
Cole Custer – 291
Noah Gragson – 283
Riley Herbst – 269
Cody Ware – 154
Katherine Legge – 56
Jimmie Johnson – 35
Corey LaJoie – 24
JJ Yeley – 9
Derek Kraus – 5
Chad Finchum – 3
Casey Mears – 2
Burt Myers – 1
Will Brown – 1
Martin Truex Jr – 1

With his four wins, Denny Hamlin holds on to the playoff standings.

Playoff Standings:
Denny Hamlin
Kyle Larson
Christopher Bell
Shane van Gisbergen
William Byron
Chase Elliott
Ryan Blamey
Chase Briscoe
Bubba Wallace
Joey Logano
Ross Chastain
Austin Cindric
Josh Berry
Tyler Reddick
Alex Bowman
Chris Buescher


With Sam Mayer’s win on the short track at Iowa Speedway, he not only notched a spot in the playoffs, he earned and Ford its first win of the season.

Despite having to serve a one race suspension, Austin Hill holds on to his fifth place position in the point standings.

And for the first time this season, Justin Allgaier no longer leads the point standings; teammate Connor Zilisch takes over the lead, but both drivers have the same amount of points at 772.

Xfinity Series Point Standings:
Connor Zilisch – 772
Justin Allgaier – 772
Sam Mayer – 756
Jesse Love – 702
Austin Hill – 650
Carson Kvapil – 622
Brandon Jones – 618
Sheldon Creed – 611
Taylor Gray – 596
Sammy Smith – 567
Harrison Burton – 546
Nick Sanchez – 535
Ryan Sieg – 529
Jeb Burton – 527
Christian Eckes – 477
Dean Thompson – 468
Daniel Dye – 441
Brennan Poole – 414
William Sawalich – 386
Jeremy Clements – 384
Josh Williams – 376
Anthony Alfredo – 340
Matt DiBenedetto – 339
Aric Almirola – 338
Parker Retzlaff – 317
Kyle Sieg – 303
Blaine Perkins – 291
Ryan Ellis – 276
Josh Bilicki – 200
Kris Wright – 177
Leland Honeyman – 157
Garrett Smithley – 154
Joey Gase – 126
Mason Massey – 121
Corey Day – 92
Alex Labbe – 85
Thomas Annunziata – 85
Austin Green – 84
Patrick Emerling – 83
Justin Bonsignore – 80
Nick Leitz – 77
Mason Maggio – 66
Brad Perez – 50
Ryan Truex – 39
CJ McLaughlin – 33
Greg van Alst – 33
Caesar Bacarella – 31
Jordan Anderson – 30
Myatt Snider – 26
Logan Bearden – 25
Kasey Kahne – 23
Patrick Starpopoli – 23
Jeffrey Earnhardt – 23
Will Rodgers – 23
Jake Finch – 20
David Starr – 19
Dawson Cram – 18
Jesse Iwuji – 17
Carson Ware – 15
Sage Karam – 15
Vicente Salas – 13
JJ Yeley – 9
Lavar Scott – 9
Preston Pardus – 9
Jack Perkins – 5
Andre Castro – 4
Baltazar Leguizamon – 1
Ruben Rovelo – 1

Connor Zilisch holds on to the playoff standings as the only driver with five wins.

With his suspension, Austin Hill loses all of his playoff points and spositon in the standings.

Playoff Standings:
Connor Zilisch
Justin Allgaier
Sam Mayer
Jesse Love
Brandon Jones
Sammy Smith
Nick Sanchez
Carson Kvapil
Sheldon Creed
Taylor Gray
Harrison Burton
Ryan Sieg

The Craftsman Truck Series was off last week.

Craftsman Truck Series Point Standings:
Corey Heim – 735
Chandler Smith – 592
Layne Riggs – 585
Daniel Hemric – 544
Grant Enfinger – 536
Kaden Honeycutt – 520
Ty Majeski – 508
Tyler Ankrum – 502
Jake Garcia – 447
Ben Rhodes – 431
Rajah Caruth – 415
Gio Ruggiero – 409
Stewart Friesen – 397
Tanner Gray – 386
Connor Mosack – 343
Matt Crafton – 328
Andres Perez – 312
Jack Wood – 304
Matt Mills – 289
Dawson Sutton – 274
Spencer Boyd – 227
Toni Breidinger – 200
Luke Fenhaus – 196
Frankie Muniz – 19
Bayley Currey – 185
Nathan Byrd – 134
Josh Reaume – 78
Timmy Hill – 72
Luke Baldwin – 71
Brent Crews – 68
Cody Dennison – 65
Parker Kligerman – 61
Stefan Parsons – 59
Norm Benning – 46
Justin Carroll – 46
Lawless Alan – 40
Patrick Emerling – 40
Jordan Taylor – 33
Corey LaJoie – 32
Cam Waters – 32
Jason M. White – 29
Johnny Sauter – 29
BJ McLeod – 22
Brenden Queen – 21
Morgan Baird – 20
Ben Maier – 19
Clayton Green – 17
Conner Jones – 16
Stephen Mallozzi – 15
Matthew Gould – 14
Keith McGee – 12
Alan Waller – 11
Aknori Ogata – 11
William Lambros – 10
Greg van Alst – 9
Jayson Alexander – 7
Ryan Roulette – 7
Michael Disdier – 6
Clay Greenfield – 5
Derek White – 4
Wesley Slimp – 4
Bryan Dauzat – 2

Corey Heim leads in the playoff Standings.

Playoff Standings:
Corey Heim
Chandler Smith
Layne Riggs

Daniel Hemric
Tyler Ankrum
Rajah Caruth
Stewart Friesen
Grant Enfinger
Kaden Honeycutt
Ty Majeski