It was a very busy weekend for NASCAR with all three series racing on opposite sides of the country.  While the Xfinity Series was out west running the road course in Portland, Oregon; the Craftsman Truck and Cup Series were getting their playoffs started at the Lady in Black – Darlington Raceway.

The oldest track on the circuit, Chase Briscoe has had no trouble at all taming the track and conquering the Lady with his back to back wins that included him leading over 300 of the 367 laps run in the 500 mile race on Sunday night.

A lap one crash from Josh Beryy led to a night of lots of movement among the playoff drivers.

With his win, Chase Briscoe is the first driver to secure a spot in the next round of the playoffs.  And that win puts him in the lead.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Chase Briscoe – 2070
Denny Hamlin – 2067
Kyle Larson – 2062
Tyler Reddick – 2059
Bubba Wallace – 2049
William Byron – 2049
Ryan Blaney – 2046
Ross Chastain – 2045
Austin Cindric – 2036
Christopher Bell – 2035
Chase Elliott – 2033
Shane van Gisbergen – 2027
Joey Logano – 2024
Austin Dillon – 2019
Alex Bowman – 2008
Josh Berry – 2008
Chris Buescher – 682
Ryan Preece – 643
Kyle Busch – 570
Ty Gibbs – 558
AJ Allmendinger – 554
Erik Jones – 546
Brad Keselowski – 537
John Hunter Nemechek – 524
Carson Hocevar – 519
Michael McDowell – 514
Daniel Suarez – 480
Zane Smith – 471
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 443
Justin Haley – 439
Todd Gilliland – 429
Ty Dillon – 390
Cole Custer – 353
Noah Gragson – 333
Riley Herbst – 303
Cody Ware – 186
Katherine Legge – 57
Jimmie Johnson – 35
Casey Mears – 10
Corey LaJoie – 24
JJ Yeley – 9
Derek Kraus – 6
Chad Finchum – 3
Burt Myers – 1
Will Brown – 1
Martin Truex Jr – 1

In the Xfinity Series, Connor Zilisch continued his dominating ways at times reaching double digit leads on the field.

With his eighth win of the season, he now takes over the point standings by 20 points over Justin Allgaier with one more race remaining in the regular season.

Xfinity Series Point Standings:
Connor Zilisch – 924
Justin Allgaier – 904
Sam Mayer – 874
Jesse Love – 804
Austin Hill – 766
Carson Kvapil – 728
Brandon Jones – 709
Sammy Smith – 664
Sheldon Creed – 662
Taylor Gray – 657
Harrison Burton – 628
Nick Sanchez – 603
Jeb Burton – 597
Ryan Sieg – 560
Christian Eckes – 558
Dean Thompson – 536
Daniel Dye – 493
Brennan Poole – 491
William Sawalich – 471
Jeremy Clements – 427
Josh Williams – 393
Matt DiBenedetto – 359
Blaine Perkins – 356
Anthony Alfredo – 353
Aric Almirola – 352
Parker Retzlaff – 343
Kyle Sieg – 331
Ryan Ellis – 326
Josh Bilicki – 229
Garrett Smithley – 196
Kris Wright – 177
Leland Honeyman – 168
Austin Green – 144
Joey Gase – 142
Mason Massey – 122
Thomas Annunziata – 95
Corey Day – 92
Mason Maggio – 88
Alex Labbe – 86
Patrick Emerling – 83
Justin Bonsignore – 80
Nick Leitz – 77
Brad Perez – 50
Caesar Bacarella – 40
Ryan Truex – 39
CJ McLaughlin – 33
Greg van Alst – 33
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
Glen Reen – 16
Carson Ware – 15
Sage Karam – 15
Vicente Salas – 13
Preston Pardus – 12
JJ Yeley – 9
Lavar Scott – 9
Jack Perkins – 5
Andre Castro – 4
Baltazar Leguizamon – 1
Ruben Rovelo – 1


Connor Zilisch leads in the playoff standings.

Connor Zilisch
Justin Allgaier
Austin Hill – after suspension race wins count but points do not
Sam Mayer
Jesse Love
Brandon Jones
Sammy Smith
Nick Sanchez
Carson Kvapil
Sheldon Creed
Taylor Gray
Harrison Burton

In the first race of the playoffs in the Craftsman Truck Series, Corey Heim continued his winning ways and take a 59 point lead in the playoffs over Layne Riggs.

Truck Series Point Standings:
Corey Heim – 2124
Layne Riggs – 2065
Daniel Hemric – 2060
Grant Enfinger – 2057
Tyler Ankrum – 2049
Ty Majeski – 2043
Rajah Caruth – 2031
Jake Garcia – 2029
Chandler Smith – 2027
Kaden Honeycutt – 2022
Ben Rhodes – 517
Gio Ruggiero – 506
Tanner Gray – 461
Connor Mosack – 409
Stewart Friesen – 397
Matt Crafton – 380
Andres Perez – 366
Matt Mills – 345
Jack Wood – 331
Dawson Sutton – 303
Spencer Boyd – 269
Toni Breidinger – 234
Bayley Currey – 202
Luke Fenhaus – 211
Frankie Muniz – 207
Nathan Byrd – 144
Timmy Hill – 118
Brent Crews – 109
Corey LaJoie – 89
Stefan Parsons – 81
Josh Reaume – 78
Luke Baldwin – 71
Parker Kligerman – 70
Cody Dennison – 65
Norm Benning – 46
Justin Carroll – 46
Lawless Alan – 40
Patrick Emerling – 40
Jordan Taylor – 33
Cam Waters – 32
Jason M. White – 29
Wesley Slimp – 29
Johnny Sauter – 29
BJ McLeod – 22
Derek White – 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
Wesley Slimp – 4
Bryan Dauzat – 2