What started out as a calm Sunday afternoon, turned into a crash fest with double digit caution flags; but one thing that never changed was the dominant performance by Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron who not only swept both of the stages; but also easily won the race with less than half the field finishing the race on the lead lap.
While he was one of the drivers not to finish the race on the lead lap, Kyle Larson continues to hold on to the points lead going into the final week of the season.
A miscalculated first stage cost Denny Hamlin his second place spot and is now in third place behind Chrisopher Bell.
After his hard crash last week, Riley Herbst has an injured left wrist but was determined to run the race…and did.
Cup Series Point Standings:
Kyle Larson – 2469
Christopher Bell – 2402
Denny Hamlin – 2399
Chase Briscoe – 2385
Joey Logano – 2366
Tyler Reddick – 2344
Ryan Blaney – 2336
Ty Gibbs – 2309
William Byron – 2303
Chase Elliott – 2268
Austin Cindric – 2263
Carson Hocevar – 2259
Bubba Wallace – 2257
Ryan Preece – 2214
Daniel Suarez – 2210
Chris Buescher – 2199
Shane van Gisbergen – 771
Ross Chastain – 742
Brad Keselowski – 714
Michael McDowell – 664
Josh Berry – 652
Todd Gilliland – 637
Erik Jones – 626
Austin Dillon – 596
AJ Allmendinger – 592
Alex Bowman – 569
Zane Smith – 559
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 522
John Hunter Nemechek – 510
Riley Herbst – 491
Noah Gragson – 458
Cole Custer – 442
Connor Zilisch – 392
Ty Dillon – 374
Cody Ware – 262
Kyle Busch – 217
Case Mears – 14
Kevin Magnussen – 11
Jimmie Johnson – 9
Katherine Legge – 8
BJ McLeod – 8
Carson Kvapil held out to beat teammate Justin Allgaier to the finish line in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race; but the big news is that Allgaier retakes the points lead by 22 points over Jesse Love.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series point standings:
Justin Allgaier – 2436
Jesse Love – 2414
Corey Day – 2413
Carson Kvapil – 2405
Sheldon Creed – 2394
Sam Mayer – 2339
Sammy Smith – 2329
Taylor Gray – 2277
Brandon Jones – 2253
Austin Hill – 2239
Parker Retzlaff – 2226
Rajah Caruth – 2205
Brent Crews – 834
William Sawalich – 810
Ryan Sieg – 733
Anthony Alfredo – 717
Dean Thompson – 616
Brennan Poole – 595
Jeremy Clements – 558
Harrison Burton – 55
Jeb Burton – 532
Blaine Perkins – 463
Patrick Staropoli – 424
Kyle Sieg – 410
Josh Bilicki – 379
Lavar Scott – 346
Ryan Ellis – 317
Austin Green – 276
Joey Gase – 244
Garrett Smithley – 242
Nick Sanchez – 235
Josh Williams – 217
Mason Maggio – 182
Andrew Pattersson – 128
Alex Labbe – 108
Lee Pulliam – 89
JJ Yeley – 83
Nathan Byrd – 79
Myatt Snider – 73
Dawson Cram – 67
Preston Pardus – 66
Carson Ware – 65
Jake Finch – 63
Will Rodgers 61
Jordan Anderson – 57
Brad Perez – 56
Carson Brown – 54
Logan Bearden – 47
David Starr – 35
Blake Lothian – 35
Glen Reen – 32
Luke Fenhaus – 31
Matt DiBenedetto – 30
Baltazar Leguizamon – 15
Jesse Iwuji – 12
Gray Gaulding – 9
Alex Guenette – 9
Tyler Tomassi – 9
Austin J Hill – 9
CJ McLaughlin – 7
Andy Jankowia – 7
Dexter Bean – 7
Cleetus McFarland – 7
Caesar Bacarella – 6
Derek White – 5
Kyle Kelley – 3
Sage Karam – 2
Matt Wilson – 1
Chandler Smith won the Truck Series race on Friday afternoon with Kaden Honeycutt holding on to the points lead, but Layne Riggs closed the gap to just 20 points with one final race in the season.
Craftsman Truck Series point standings:
Kaden Honeycutt – 2403
Layne Riggs – 2383
Chandler Smith – 2300
Ty Majeski – 2275
Christian Eckes – 2263
Gio Ruggiero – 2224
Ben Rhodes – 2217
Daniel Hemric – 2199
Tyler Ankrum – 2193
Grant Enfinger – 2178
Jake Garcia – 584
Stewart Friesen – 499
Tanner Gray – 499
Brenden Queen – 497
Andres Perez – 483
Justin Haley – 478
Corey Heim – 380
Dawson Sutton – 366
Cole Butcher – 363
Landen Lewis – 352
Mini Tyrrell – 345
Corey LaJoie – 336
Connor Mosack – 269
Kris Wright – 264
Frankie Muniz – 227
Spencer Boyd – 199
Tristan McKee – 177
Daniel Dye – 150
Timmy Hill – 145
Tyler Reif – 139
Parker Eatmon – 125
Nick Leitz – 118
Parker Kligerman – 113
Josh Reaume – 113
Adam Andretti – 76
Bayley Currey – 75
Clayton Green – 73
Luke Baldwin – 70
Michael Christopher Jr – 69
Colin Braun – 68
Conner Jones – 62
Toni Breidinger – 59
Caleb Costner – 57
Jackson Lee – 54
Connor Hall – 54
Leland Honeyman Jr – 51
Gavan Boschele – 5
Ben Maier – 42
Clay Greenfield – 41
Nick Sanchez – 40
Conor Daly – 39
Travis Pastrana – 38
Kaz Grala – 34
Regan Smith – 34
Nathan Nicholson – 32
Derek Lemke – 29
Jason M White – 28
Thomas Annunziata – 28
James Hinchcliffe – 27
Carson Ferguson – 26
Wesley Slimp – 25
Stephen Mallozzi – 25
Kasey Kleyn – 23
Cory Roper – 22
Brendan Gaughan – 21
Austin Varco – 20
Stefan Parsons – 19
Graham Doyle – 18
Justin Carroll – 18
Dario Franchitti – 18
Carter Fartuch – 16
Lousi Foster – 16
Matt Millss – 14
Donovan Strauss – 14
Monty Tipton – 14
Spencer Davis – 13
Ryan Newman – 13
Justin Marks – 12
Mason Massey – 12
Morgen Baird – 11
Tyler Tomassi – 8
Clint Bowyer – 8
Jason Kitzmiller – 7
Elliott Sadler – 5
Casten Everidge – 5
Natalie Decker – 4
Tony Stewart – 4
Dystany Spurlock – 3
Jamie McMurray – 3
Derek White – 2
Patrick Emerling – 2
Caden Kvapil – 2
Jackson Macenko – 2
Jackson Macenko – 1
Jonathan Shafer – 1
