Kyle Larson added to his NASCAR Cup Series playoff point total with a sweep of the five available in dominating the Food City 500 on Sunday, April 13 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Larson earned his second win of the season by leading 411 of 500 laps and winning every stage.
William Byron retained the regular-season points lead by finishing 6th on Sunday.
Here's the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
NASCAR points standings: Cup Series points update after Bristol race
Unofficial after Bristol
- William Byron: 315 points (1 win, 8 playoff points)
- Denny Hamlin -49 behind leader (2 win, 12 playoff points)
- Christopher Bell -52 (3 wins, 16 playoff points)
- Kyle Larson -71 (2 wins, 12 playoff points)
- Chase Elliott -59
- Ryan Blaney -79 (2 playoff points)
- Tyler Reddick -61
- Bubba Wallace -82 (1 playoff point)
- Joey Logano -83 (2 playoff points)
- Alex Bowman -88
- Ross Chastain -116
- Chris Buescher -100
- Chase Briscoe -137
- Ryan Preece -131 (1 playoff point)
- Kyle Busch -138
- AJ Allmendinger -147
- Josh Berry -161 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -157
- Michael McDowell -148
- Ty Gibbs -184
- John Hunter Nemechek -160
- Austin Cindric -164 (1 playoff point)
- Justin Haley -188
- Zane Smith -164
- Carson Hocevar -197
- Austin Dillon -187
- Daniel Suarez -168
- Todd Gilliland -167
- Ty Dillon -174
- Erik Jones -187
- Brad Keselowski -204
- Noah Gragson -207
- Riley Herbst -223
- Shane van Gisbergen -218
- Cole Custer -238
NASCAR playoff picture after Bristol
Through nine races
- Christopher Bell (3 wins)
- Denny Hamlin (2 wins)
- Kyle Larson (2 wins)
- William Byron (1 win)
- Josh Berry (1 win)
- Chase Elliott +80 ahead of playoff cutline
- Ryan Blaney +77
- Tyler Reddick +76
- Bubba Wallace +53
- Joey Logano +47
- Alex Bowman +46
- Ross Chastain +31
- Chris Buescher +29
- Chase Briscoe +15
- Ryan Preece +3
- Kyle Busch +2
- AJ Allmendinger -2 points behind 16th
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -24
- Michael McDowell -26
- Ty Gibbs -29
- John Hunter Nemechek -29
- Austin Cindric -29
- Justin Haley -36
- Zane Smith -39
- Carson Hocevar -43
- Austin Dillon -45
- Daniel Suarez -49
- Todd Gilliland -50
- Ty Dillon -54
- Erik Jones -61
- Brad Keselowski -68
- Noah Gragson -78
- Riley Herbst -99
- Shane van Gisbergen -102
- Cole Custer -115
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