Wednesday saw NASCAR issue a penalty to Austin Hill after he intentionally wrecked Cole Custer under yellow Saturday in Charlotte. As a result, he lost the points lead to Chandler Smith. Smith now has a 17-point lead over Custer. Hill is 21 points back in third.
Point Standings (1-16): 1) Chandler Smith 450, 2) Cole Custer 17, 3) Austin Hill -21, 4) Justin Allgaier -57, 5) Jesse Love -70, 6) AJ Allmendinger -107, 7) Riley
Herbst -116, 8) Sheldon Creed -141, 9) Parker Kligerman -147, 10) Brandon Jones -150, 11) Sam Mayer -160, 12) Anthony Alfredo -163, 13) Sammy Smith -165, 14) Ryan Sieg -169, 15) Shane van Gisbergen -197, 16) Brennan Poole
-235.
Playoff Points: 1) Chandler Smith 13, t-1) Justin Allgaier 13, 3) Austin Hill -1, 4) Jesse Love -4, 5) Aric Almirola -5, t-6) Sam Mayer -8, t-6) Ryan Truex
-8, 8) Cole Custer -11, t-9) Riley Herbst -12, t-9) Parker Kligerman -12.
Note: If they were eligible for Xfinity Series points, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott and John Hunter Nemechek would be tied for sixth in playoff points.
Stage Points: 1) Justin Allgaier 143, 2) Austin Hill -25, 3) Riley Herbst -39, 4) Cole Custer -41, 5) Chandler Smith -51, 6) AJ Allmendinger -64, 7) Jesse
Love -66, 8) Sam Mayer -75, 9) Aric Almirola -79, 10) Parker Kligerman -85, 11) Brandon Jones -88, 12) Sheldon Creed -92, 13) Sammy Smith -97, 14) Ryan Sieg -101, 15) Ryan Truex -110, 16) Parker
Retzlaff -125.
Note: If he were eligible for Xfinity Series points, John Hunter Nemechek would be 16th in stage points.
Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Chandler Smith
406, 2) Cole Custer -18, 3) Austin Hill -34, 4) Jesse Love -44, 5) Anthony Alfredo -78, 6) AJ Allmendinger -85, 7) Sheldon
Creed -92, 8) Justin Allgaier -96, 9) Parker Kligerman -105, 10) Brandon Jones -106, 11) Shane van Gisbergen -110, 12) Sammy Smith -112, 13) Ryan Sieg
-113, 14) Sam Mayer -121, 15) Riley Herbst -123, 16) Brennan Poole -148.
WC Points (1-16): t-1) Chandler Smith 1775, 2) Cole Custer
-54, 3) Austin Hill -117, 4) Jesse Love -155, 5) Anthony Alfredo -290, 6) Sheldon Creed -291, 7) AJ Allmendinger -294, 8) Justin Allgaier -315, 9) Parker Kligerman -363, 10) Brandon Jones -365, 11) Sammy
Smith -381, 12) Shane van Gisbergen -385, t-13) Sam Mayer -389, t-13) Ryan Sieg -389, 15) Riley Herbst -411, 16) Brennan Poole -514.
Race Winners: Austin Hill (Daytona,
Atlanta), John Hunter Nemechek (Las Vegas), Chandler Smith (Phoenix, Richmond), Kyle Larson (COTA), Aric Almirola (Martinsville), Sam Mayer (Texas), Jesse Love (Talladega), Ryan Truex (Dover), Justin Allgaier (Darlington), Chase Elliott (Charlotte)
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
