Kyle Larson ran out of gas on a late restart, but took advantage of all of the shenanigans to get himself back up to eighth by the finish. Chase Elliott also had fuel issues and spun out twice exiting turn 4 before finishing 18th. That means that Larson has a 20-point lead over Elliott. Denny Hamlin was leading before being forced to pit for fuel late. A 12th-place finish keeps him in third. Tyler Reddick was unhappy with his second-place finish, but still moved up one place to fourth.

Martin Truex Jr. got wrecked on the final lap Sunday night and finished 24th. That dropped him to fifth. Christopher Bell won the first two stages and led the most laps, but crashed out early in the final stage. The 20 stage points keeps him in sixth. William Byron is still in seventh despite a 19th-place finish. Ryan Blaney was set up to finish 33rd before the late cautions. The 31 extra laps got him back to sixth, which keeps him in eighth.

Brad Keselowski ran strong all day, but crashed late and finished 25th. Despite that, he's up one place to ninth. Ty Gibbs crashed twice late and finished 23rd, but moved up to 10th. Ross Chastain crashed out while racing for the lead and dropped two places to 11th. Chris Buescher is up one place to 12th after finishing fifth.

Alex Bowman is down one place to 13th after finishing 14th. He is the last driver in the playoffs on points. Joey Logano's first win of 2024 keeps him in 14th. Bowman has a 51-point advantage over Bubba Wallace in 15th. Wallace finished seventh. Chase Briscoe is in 16th.

Kyle Busch was in position for a good finish until Larson sputtered and Elliott turned him into the wall. He's still in 17th, but more than 100 points behind Bowman. Daniel Suarez remains in 18th, then Josh Berry and Todd Gilliland.

Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kyle Larson 664, 2) Chase Elliott -20, 3) Denny Hamlin -43, 4) Tyler Reddick -53, 5) Martin Truex Jr. -73, 6) Christopher Bell -88, 7) William Byron -94, 8) Ryan Blaney -104, 9) Brad Keselowski -133, 10) Ty Gibbs -146, 11) Ross Chastain -150, 12) Chris Buescher -160, 13) Alex Bowman -165, 14) Joey Logano -194, 15) Bubba Wallace -216, 16) Chase Briscoe -243.
 

Outside of the top 16, but still in the playoffs: 19) Daniel Suarez -281, t-21) Austin Cindric -297.

Note: Drivers in italics are either outside of the playoffs, or ineligible for points.

Playoff Points: 1) Christopher Bell 24, 2) Kyle Larson -1, 3) Denny Hamlin -5, 4) William Byron -8, 5) Tyler Reddick -16, t-6) Ryan Blaney -17, t-6) Austin Cindric -17, t-8) Chase Elliott -18, t-8) Joey Logano -18, t-10) Brad Keselowski -19, t-10) Daniel Suarez -19, t-12) Ty Gibbs -22, t-12) Martin Truex Jr. -22, t-12) Chris Buescher -22, t-14) Ross Chastain -23, t-14) Michael McDowell -23.

Stage Points: 1) Kyle Larson 207, 2) Denny Hamlin -34, 3) Ryan Blaney -55, 4) Christopher Bell -58, 5) Tyler Reddick -65, 6) Martin Truex Jr. -74, 7) Chase Elliott -79, 8) William Byron -95, 9) Brad Keselowski -105, 10) Ty Gibbs -114, 11) Joey Logano -120, 12) Bubba Wallace -131, 13) Austin Cindric -135, 14) Alex Bowman -137, 15) Ross Chastain -141, 16) Chris Buescher -145.

Outside of the top-16, but Still in the Playoffs: 19) Daniel Suarez -166.

Note: The Stage Points also include the Bluegreen Vacations Duels at Daytona. 

Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Chase Elliott 601, 2) Tyler Reddick -43, 3) Kyle Larson -60, 4) William Byron -61, 5) Martin Truex Jr. -63, 6) Denny Hamlin -64, 7) Ross Chastain -69, 8) Chris Buescher -77, 9) Christopher Bell -87, 10) Brad Keselowski -88, 11) Ty Gibbs -93, 12) Alex Bowman -95, 13) Ryan Blaney -109, 14) Joey Logano -132, 15) Chase Briscoe -134, 16) Bubba Wallace -146.

Outside of the top 16, but still in the playoffs: 17) Daniel Suarez -179, 24) Austin Cindric -227.
 

Note: These standings are based on the old point system that was used before stages were created.

WC Points (1-16): 1) Chase Elliott 2652, 2) Tyler Reddick -112, 3) Denny Hamlin -186, 4) William Byron -192, 5) Martin Truex Jr. -201, 6) Kyle Larson -204, 7) Chris Buescher -239, 8) Ross Chastain -247, 9) Christopher Bell -250, 10) Brad Keselowski -255, 11) Ty Gibbs -301, 12) Alex Bowman -314, 13) Ryan Blaney -335, 14) Joey Logano -425, 15) Chase Briscoe -456, 16) Bubba Wallace -478.

Outside of the top-16, but still in the playoffs: 18) Daniel Suarez -601, 24) Austin Cindric -745.

Note: The WC points are based on the original points system created by Bob Latford in 1975.

Race Winners: William Byron (Daytona, COTA, Martinsville), Daniel Suarez (Atlanta), Kyle Larson (Las Vegas, Kansas, Sonoma), Christopher Bell (Phoenix, Charlotte, Loudon), Denny Hamlin (Bristol, Richmond, Dover), Chase Elliott (Texas), Tyler Reddick (Talladega), Brad Keselowski (Darlington), Austin Cindric (Gateway), Ryan Blaney (Iowa), Joey Logano (Nashville)

 
Note: Race wins in Italics do not count towards playoff eligibility.
 

Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.

Cole Custer earned 15 stage points and finished ninth Saturday. Meanwhile, Chandler Smith scored eight stage points and finished second. As a result, they both earned 43 points. Custer maintains the same 15-point lead that he had entering the race. Justin Allgaier is still in third after an eighth-place finish. Austin Hill is still in fourth after finishing fourth.

Riley Herbst had to deal with a faulty cool suit Saturday, but he still managed to finish sixth and move up a spot to fifth. Jesse Love is up one place to sixth after a third-place finish from the rear of the field. AJ Allmendinger earned a race-high 48 points and moved up one place to seventh. Sheldon Creed had alternator problems late and had to stop under green to change a battery. His 33rd-place finish dropped Creed three spots to eighth.

Parker Kligerman remains in ninth after a 16th-place finish. Sam Mayer finished 10th and remains in 10th. Sammy Smith had a miserable day and finished 30th. While he's still in 11th, he lost a lot of ground. He's the last driver in the playoffs on points. Sammy is 11 points ahead of Ryan Sieg, who has sole possession of 12th after finishing 11th.

Shane van Gisbergen is down to 13th after a 15th-place finish. Brandon Jones moved up to 14th after finishing 13th with 13 stage points. Jones jumped over Anthony Alfredo, who dropped to 15th after a 18th-place finish. Brennan Poole remains in 16th. 

Point Standings (1-16): 1) Cole Custer 632, 2) Chandler Smith -15, 3) Justin Allgaier -48, 4) Austin Hill -78, 5) Riley Herbst -118, 6) Jesse Love -128, 7) AJ Allmendinger -141, 8) Sheldon Creed -144, 9) Parker Kligerman -175, 10) Sam Mayer -181, 11) Sammy Smith -210, 12) Ryan Sieg -221, 13) Shane van Gisbergen -226, 14) Brandon Jones -264, 15) Anthony Alfredo -269, 16) Brennan Poole -323.

Playoff Points: t-1) Justin Allgaier 15, t-1) Chandler Smith 15, 3) Austin Hill -3, t-4) Shane van Gisbergen -4, t-4) Sam Mayer -4, 6) Jesse Love -6, 7) Aric Almirola -7, 8) Ryan Truex -10, 9) Cole Custer -13, t-10) Riley Herbst -14, t-10) Parker Kligerman -14.

Note: If they were eligible for Xfinity Series points, John Hunter Nemechek would be tied for fourth in playoffs, while Christopher Bell would be ninth, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott tied for 10th and Ty Gibbs tied for 13th.

Stage Points: 1) Justin Allgaier 195, 2) Cole Custer -46, 3) Chandler Smith -54, 4) Riley Herbst -61, 5) Austin Hill -64, 6) AJ Allmendinger -82, 7) Sam Mayer -98, 8) Sheldon Creed -99, 9) Jesse Love -105, 10) Sammy Smith -119, 11) Parker Kligerman -120, 12) Brandon Jones -126, 13) Aric Almirola -131, 14) Ryan Sieg -149, t-15) Shane van Gisbergen -159, t-15) Ryan Truex -159.

Note: If they were eligible for Xfinity Series points, John Hunter Nemechek would be 14th and Ty Gibbs 16th in stage points.

Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Cole Custer 563, 2) Chandler Smith -16, 3) Austin Hill -57, 4) Jesse Love -73, 5) Justin Allgaier -95, 6) Sheldon Creed -97, 7) Parker Kligerman -109, 8) Riley Herbst -112, 9) AJ Allmendinger -113, 10) Shane van Gisbergen -122, 11) Ryan Sieg -127, 12) Sam Mayer -129, 13) Sammy Smith -145, 14) Anthony Alfredo -146, t-15) Brandon Jones -195, t-15) Brennan Poole -195.

WC Points (1-16): 1) Cole Custer 2477, 2) Chandler Smith -53, 3) Austin Hill -197, 4) Jesse Love -260, 5) Sheldon Creed -300, 6) Justin Allgaier -307, 7) Riley Herbst -383, 8) AJ Allmendinger -396, 9) Parker Kligerman -398, 10) Sam Mayer -422, 11) Shane van Gisbergen -434, 12) Ryan Sieg -455, 13) Sammy Smith -489, 14) Anthony Alfredo -525, 15) Brandon Jones -663, 16) Brennan Poole -686.

Race Winners: Austin Hill (Daytona, Atlanta), John Hunter Nemechek (Las Vegas, Nashville), Chandler Smith (Phoenix, Richmond), Kyle Larson (COTA), Aric Almirola (Martinsville), Sam Mayer (Texas, Iowa), Jesse Love (Talladega), Ryan Truex (Dover), Justin Allgaier (Darlington), Chase Elliott (Charlotte), Shane van Gisbergen (Portland, Sonoma), Christopher Bell (Loudon)

Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.

Christian Eckes took the lead Friday night on the first lap and led all 150 laps to win in Nashville. That allowed him to expand his lead up to 40 points over Corey Heim, who finished third. Nick Sanchez crashed in qualifying and had to race a backup truck with no laps on it. He struggled to a 13th-place finish, but stays in third. Ty Majeski had a mediocre night, but still finished ninth to stay in fourth.

Rajah Caruth is up one place to fifth after a fourth-place finish. Tyler Ankrum is also up a spot to sixth after finishing fifth. Taylor Gray crashed on a restart after contact from Ben Rhodes and ended up 34th. That dropped him two places to seventh. Rhodes finished seventh and stays in eighth.

Grant Enfinger finished sixth and moved up one place to ninth. Tanner Gray hit the wall in qualifying and started at the rear of the field. From there, he drove up to 14th, but that dropped him to 10th. He is the last driver in the playoffs on points. Tanner's margin is 14 points over Daniel Dye, who moved up to 11th after a career-best second-place finish. Stewart Friesen is in 12th, but still within striking distance.

Matt Crafton is not within striking distance. He is still in 13th, but he's 54 points behind Tanner Gray with three regular season races remaining. Chase Purdy is 14th, then Jake Garcia and Layne Riggs.

"Yeah, this one just takes the whole crew to do it. When you think about the engine itself with Roush Yates, building the engine, obviously they can make some good mileage; Nick Hensley, our gas man, packing that thing full, that was key; Paul having the cojones to leave me out there, big. Our engineers calculating everything.

"I don't think we felt too good about it as far as the last restart. I felt good when we came off of 4 and was able to clear Briscoe. I thought, okay, I was in good shape. Going to take the white off of [turn] 4 and then they threw the caution. I still don't know what the caution was for.

"Then we had to do it again. Had to not only do the fuel mileage piece of it, but also you had Reddick with tires there at the end, and he was able to make some pretty big moves, and going down the backstretch it started stumbling. I was like, oh, no. Was able to throw a nice block on him, but even off of [turn] 4, it stumbled and stumbled, and then it kind of got like a quick little bit of gas, I guess, and it kind of gave me a little squirt and then started stumbling again across the line and just couldn't get to the line quick enough. If that start-finish line was into [turn] 1, we don't win the race; we finish third or fourth.

"Definitely as close as you can cut it for sure." - Joey Logano, race winner