Kevin Harvick had another excellent weekend in Dover, finishing fourth on Saturday and winning Sunday to clinch the regular season title.  He expanded his lead over Denny Hamlin to 134 points.  Hamlin dominated Saturday's race, but had a loose wheel and had to make an unscheduled stop under green Sunday, which dropped him to a 19th-place finish.  Brad Keselowski remains in third after a pair of top 10 finishes.  Martin Truex Jr. is up three places to fourth after finishing second in both races.

Joey Logano is up one place to fifth after finishing second on Sunday.  Ryan Blaney is down to sixth after struggling to finish 14th Saturday and 12th Sunday.  Chase Elliott dropped to seventh after finishing fifth Saturday, but crashing out in the opening laps Sunday.  Aric Almirola remains in eighth after a mediocre 17th Saturday and a seventh-place finish Sunday.

Kyle Busch is back up to ninth after finishing third on Saturday and recovering from damage to finish 11th Sunday.  Kurt Busch is 10th after crashing out early and finishing 40th on Saturday.  Clint Bowyer remains in 11th after finishes of sixth and 16th.  Alex Bowman is 12th after finishing fifth Sunday in a backup car.

Matt DiBenedetto struggled all weekend and lost a bunch of ground to his fellow competitors after finishing 20th and 17th.  William Byron is still the last man in the playoffs on points after finishing 28th and fourth.  Byron is four points ahead of teammate Jimmie Johnson, who finished seventh and third in Dover.  Erik Jones is still in 16th, but 50 points behind Byron.

Beyond Jones, anyone else that wants in on the playoffs would need to win Saturday night in Daytona.  Tyler Reddick is 17th after finishes of 13th and 18th.  Austin Dillon remains in 18th after finishes of ninth and 15th.  Cole Custer is up one place to 19th, while Christopher Bell is 20th.

Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kevin Harvick 1041, 2) Denny Hamlin -134, 3) Brad Keselowski -160, 4) Martin Truex Jr. -196, 5) Joey Logano -205, 6) Ryan Blaney -223, 7) Chase Elliott -232, 8) Aric Almirola -301, 9) Kyle Busch -322, 10) Kurt Busch -341, 11) Clint Bowyer -356, 12) Alex Bowman -379, 13) Matt DiBenedetto -404, 14) William Byron -409, 15) Jimmie Johnson -413, 16) Erik Jones -459.

Outside the Top 16, but Still In The Playoffs: 18) Austin Dillon -480, 19) Cole Custer -572.

Note No. 1: Drivers in Bold have locked into the playoffs.

Playoff Points: 1) Kevin Harvick 42, 2) Denny Hamlin -5, 3) Brad Keselowski -21, 4) Chase Elliott -26, 5) Joey Logano -28, 6) Alex Bowman -33, 7) Ryan Blaney -34, 8) Martin Truex Jr. -35, t-9) Austin Dillon -37, t-9) Cole Custer -37, 11) Clint Bowyer -39, t-12) Aric Almirola -40, t-12) William Byron -40, t-14) Kyle Busch -41, t-14) Kurt Busch -41, t-14) Jimmie Johnson -41, t-14) Tyler Reddick -41, t-14) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -41.

Stage Points: 1) Ryan Blaney 253, 2) Kevin Harvick -22, 3) Joey Logano -43, 4) Martin Truex Jr. -54, 5) Denny Hamlin -57, 6) Chase Elliott -64, 7) Brad Keselowski -70, 8) Alex Bowman -93, t-8) Kyle Busch -93, 10) Aric Almirola -126, 11) William Byron -140, 12) Clint Bowyer -141, 13) Matt DiBenedetto -164, 14) Jimmie Johnson -170, 15) Erik Jones -176, 16) Kurt Busch -184.

Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kevin Harvick 919, 2) Denny Hamlin -93, 3) Brad Keselowski -110, 4) Martin Truex Jr. -168, 5) Joey Logano -194, 6) Aric Almirola -195, 7) Chase Elliott -201, 8) Kurt Busch -206, 9) Ryan Blaney -252, 10) Clint Bowyer -253, 11) Kyle Busch -254, 12) Matt DiBenedetto -265, 13) Jimmie Johnson -296, 14) William Byron -304, t-15) Tyler Reddick -314, t-15) Erik Jones -314.

Outside of the Top 16, But Still In Playoffs: 17) Alex Bowman -317, 18) Austin Dillon - 324, 19) Cole Custer -378.

Race Winners: Denny Hamlin (Daytona-1, Darlington-2, Homestead, Pocono-2, Kansas, Dover-1), Joey Logano (Las Vegas, Phoenix), Alex Bowman (Fontana), Kevin Harvick (Darlington-1, Atlanta, Pocono-1, Indianapolis, Michigan-1, Michigan-2, Dover-2), Brad Keselowski (Charlotte-1, Bristol, Loudon), Chase Elliott (Charlotte-2, Daytona-2), Ryan Blaney (Talladega), Cole Custer (Kentucky), Austin Dillon (Texas)

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

Austin Cindric did not win either of last weekend's races in Dover.  However, he was right there in the hunt both days.  With finishes of second and third, Cindric was able to expand his points lead to 62 over Chase Briscoe.  Briscoe crashed Saturday, but recovered to finish 10th.  In a backup car Sunday, Briscoe claimed his sixth win of the year.  Noah Gragson remains in third after finishes of fourth and sixth.  Ross Chastain is still fourth and made a slight gain on Cindric after finishing third and second.

Justin Allgaier is up two places to fifth after winning on Saturday and finishing seventh on Sunday.  Harrison Burton is sixth after posting finishes of fifth and 11th.  Justin Haley is down to seventh after posting finishes of eighth and 12th.  Michael Annett remains in eighth after posting two top 10 finishes.

Brandon Jones is now one point behind Annett in ninth after finishes of 16th and fourth.  Riley Herbst is up one place to 10th after posting finishes of ninth and sixth.  Ryan Sieg is back down to 11th after finishes of 12th and 14th.  Brandon Brown is still the final driver in the playoffs after finishes of 14th and 16th.

Brown's margin to 13th-place Jeremy Clements increased to 31 points over the weekend.  Clements finished 13th Saturday, but 19th Sunday.  Myatt Snider is still 14th, while Alex Labbe is 15th.  Daniel Hemric moved back up to 16th after finishing fifth Sunday.

Point Standings (1-16): 1) Austin Cindric 929, 2) Chase Briscoe -62, 3) Noah Gragson -97, 4) Ross Chastain -118, 5) Justin Allgaier -190, 6) Harrison Burton -213, 7) Justin Haley -230, 8) Michael Annett -302, 9) Brandon Jones -303, 10) Riley Herbst -390, 11) Ryan Sieg -418, 12) Brandon Brown -475, 13) Jeremy Clements -506, 14) Myatt Snider -533, 15) Alex Labbe -558, 16) Daniel Hemric -561.

Note No. 1: Drivers in Bold have locked into the playoffs.
Note No. 2: Drivers in italics in the point standing sections are currently outside of the playoffs.

Playoff Points: 1) Chase Briscoe 35, 2) Austin Cindric -1, 3) Noah Gragson -17, 4) Justin Allgaier -22, 5) Brandon Jones -23, 6) Harrison Burton -25, 7) Justin Haley -28, 8) AJ Allmendinger -29, 9) Ryan Sieg -33, t-10) Ross Chastain -34, t-10) Jeb Burton -32.

Stage Points: 1) Austin Cindric 292, 2) Justin Allgaier -59, 3) Noah Gragson -63, 4) Chase Briscoe -70, 5) Ross Chastain -71, 6) Brandon Jones -144, 7) Harrison Burton -150, 8) Justin Haley -155, 9) Michael Annett -194, 10) Daniel Hemric -201, 11) Riley Herbst -208, 12) Ryan Sieg -216, 13) Anthony Alfredo -252, 14) Jeb Burton -263, 15) Brandon Brown -270, 16) Myatt Snider -271.

Note: If he were eligible for points, Kyle Busch would be 13th in stage points.

Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Chase Briscoe 741, 2) Austin Cindric -3, 3) Noah Gragson -35, 4) Ross Chastain -54, 5) Harrison Burton -78, 6) Justin Haley -96, 7) Michael Annett -125, 8) Justin Allgaier -135, 9) Brandon Jones -174, 10) Riley Herbst -206, 11) Ryan Sieg -216, 12) Brandon Brown -223, 13) Jeremy Clements -239, 14) Myatt Snider -277, 15) Alex Labbe -294, 16) Josh Williams -298.

Race Winners: Noah Gragson (Daytona-1, Bristol), Chase Briscoe (Las Vegas, Darlington, Homestead-2, Pocono, Indianapolis, Dover-2), Harrison Burton (Fontana, Homestead-1), Brandon Jones (Phoenix, Kansas), Kyle Busch (Charlotte), AJ Allmendinger (Atlanta), Justin Haley (Talladega). Austin Cindric (Kentucky-1, Kentucky-2, Texas, Road America, Daytona-2), Justin Allgaier (Dover-1)

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

Austin Hill won a stage Friday afternoon, then dropped to an eighth-place finish.  That was good enough to keep the points lead, but he lost of his advantage over new second-place man Zane Smith.  The margin is back down to 41 points after Smith claimed his second win of the year.  Brett Moffitt is down one place to third, but also gained points on Hill.  Christian Eckes and Ben Rhodes are now tied for fourth.  Eckes finished 11th to Rhodes' fifth, but scored more stage points.

Sheldon Creed is still in sixth despite getting caught up in an incident that wasn't of his own making.  He ended up finishing four laps down in 22nd.  Matt Crafton is still seventh after finishing second.  Grant Enfinger remains in eighth after a mediocre run to 13th.

Tyler Ankrum made a one-point gain on Hill and maintains the ninth spot, while Todd Gilliland finished fourth and keeps the final spot in the playoffs.  Gilliland has a four-point lead over Derek Kraus, who finished 10th.  Tanner Gray is 12th, but is 63 points behind Gilliland.  He'll have to win in order to make the playoffs.

Johnny Sauter is up one place to 13th after finishing sixth Friday.  Sauter jumped over Raphael Lessard, who struggled to finish two laps down in 19th.  Stewart Friesen finished ninth despite a late spin to hold onto 15th, while Ty Majeski is 16th.

Point Standings (1-16): 1) Austin Hill 515, 2) Zane Smith -41, 3) Brett Moffitt -47, t-4) Christian Eckes -65, t-4) Ben Rhodes -65, 6) Sheldon Creed -89, 7) Matt Crafton -95, 8) Grant Enfinger -122, 9) Tyler Ankrum -132, 10) Todd Gilliland -137, 11) Derek Kraus -141, 12) Tanner Gray -200, 13) Johnny Sauter -208, 14) Raphael Lessard -210, 15) Stewart Friesen -234, 16) Ty Majeski -270. 

Note No. 1: Drivers in bold have locked into the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series playoffs.

Note No. 2: Drivers in italics in the point standing sections are not in the playoffs.

Playoff Points: t-1) Zane Smith 14, t-1) Sheldon Creed 14, 3) Grant Enfinger -3, 4) Austin Hill -7, 5) Matt Crafton -9, 6) Brett Moffitt -10, 7) Johnny Sauter -13.

Stage Points: 1) Austin Hill 126, 2) Brett Moffitt -3, 3) Christian Eckes -7, 4) Zane Smith -14, 5) Ben Rhodes -22, 6) Sheldon Creed -24, 7) Matt Crafton -37, 8) Tyler Ankrum -38, 9) Todd Gilliland -52, 10) Grant Enfinger -61, 11) Derek Kraus -70, 12) Johnny Sauter -84, 13) Raphael Lessard -95, 14) Stewart Friesen -105, 15) Tanner Gray -107, 16) Ty Majeski -112.

Note: If everyone were eligible for stage points, Ross Chastain would be 10th in points, while Kyle Busch would be 11th.  Chase Elliott would be 16th.

Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Austin Hill 346, 2) Zane Smith -27, 3) Ben Rhodes -36, 4) Brett Moffitt -43, 5) Christian Eckes -58, 6) Matt Crafton -62, 7) Sheldon Creed -65, 8) Grant Enfinger -67, 9) Derek Kraus -69, 10) Todd Gilliland -91, 11) Tanner Gray -100, 12) Tyler Ankrum -102, 13) Johnny Sauter -120, 14) Raphael Lessard -121, 15) Stewart Friesen -136, 16) Ty Majeski -177.

Note: If they were eligible for points, Ross Chastain would be tied for 16th in Old School points.

Race Winners: Grant Enfinger (Daytona-1, Atlanta), Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, Homestead, Texas), Chase Elliott (Charlotte), Brandon Jones (Pocono), Sheldon Creed (Kentucky, Daytona-2), Austin Hill (Kansas-1), Matt Crafton (Kansas-2), Zane Smith (Michigan, Dover)

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

"[Winning the regular season championship is] something that we've never done before, so any time you can do something for the first time is definitely fun to accomplish, and I think in this instance, it definitely pays dividends in the playoff points.  Look, that's really what you want to accomplish in the regular season is to gain as many playoff points as you can.  We've done that by winning races.  We've done that by ‑‑ we've done that in a number of different ways throughout the year of just trying to be consistent and make up days that things aren't going good and make finishes out of them.

"It's been a great 25 weeks, and hopefully we can have a good week in Daytona and see where it all falls after that." - Kevin Harvick, race winner

"Second or third, it seems like every week here. On one hand, it’s good obviously and you want to be running up front and having good finishes. On the other hand, we didn’t get any better than we were yesterday, it was actually a little bit worse. I was a little disappointed in that. These things are really, really tricky to figure out to get them right. We just had to battle hard all day long and it took us a long time to get up towards the front in our Bass Pro Shops Camry. We just battled hard with an ill-handling car all day long. Just tried to hang onto what we could and came out with a decent finish." - Martin Truex Jr., finished second

"Yeah, I totally did. And I actually had a little bit of hope thinking that it would work thinking clean air would be so important and we were so fast the run before. There were a lot of laps on those left-side tires and it just didn’t pan out. But I really appreciate Cliff’s (Daniels, crew chief) courage to bet on me and give me a shot. We certainly improved our finish from where we were running at the time. So, all-in-all, a great call. Very proud of this Ally Chevrolet, everybody on this Ally team and all the hard work they’re putting in." - Jimmie Johnson, finished third

"It was like a completely different race car and completely different race for us today compared to yesterday. We had the Axalta Chevy doing the things we wanted it to do on most runs. It just felt good out there. I knew at the beginning of the race that we were keeping pace with the No. 19 the No. 11. As soon as we got the track position, we were able to stay up there. I think we were a little bit behind though since we really didn’t have a notebook from yesterday. I think if we had another race at it, we would run a bit better. Overall, this is good for our Axalta team. Now we’re going to Daytona where it’s going to be insane. I don’t think you can really points race. It’s going to be a race to be as aggressive as you can and hope things fall your way." - WIlliam Byron, finished fourth

"Man, I am so proud of everyone at Hendrick Motorsports. Three cars in the top-five today. For us to pull out a back-up car, the No. 88 team did a great job getting everything together and regrouping after yesterday’s issues. Very appreciative to end up in the top-five and get Acronis a good run. We needed to get things turned around and this is a good step in the right direction. I felt like we were a second-place car on the short run and probably shouldn’t have picked the bottom on that last restart. So appreciative to have a great run and a huge shout out to everyone at Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet. This was great." - Alex Bowman, finished fifth

"Obviously if we knew what was going on there we would copy it the best we could. I agree that the 4 car has been the best car for the last six years and some could argue that the 18 has been with them a couple years. They deserve credit for that success. They deserve credit for being fast and putting all those pieces of the puzzle together. When you have that kind of speed you try to keep the band together and keep them motivated and something you can do as a driver quite honestly it comes down to the team and management in the company that you drive for and the crew chief. Especially in these latest of times, shoot, I haven’t seen my team but for a few minutes here and there every weekend so there isn’t much I am going to do to lead them and guide them because of the environment. Fast cars go fast. When you have a fast car and you are experienced you show up and try not to mess it up. You try to execute your perfect day. Restarts, getting out of the box, trying to give the feedback to make the car better throughout the race, you know. You put a great car with a great driver and you will get dominance like that. Kevin is a great driver and that is a great car." - Brad Keselowski, finished eighth

"We had a good day at Dover International Speedway in the Dow Coatings Chevrolet, and that shows just how hard we all work at RCR. It feels good to come out of the Monster Mile with two solid runs. We started the race too free. A pit stop for right-side tires definitely tightened me up, but it went back at the end of the run, and I was just sliding around out there to end Stage 1. Our Chevy definitely had speed today, it was just too loose to do anything with it during portions of the race. Justin Alexander and all of the guys on the team did a good job at making adjustments. Towards the middle of the race we were knocking off some of the fastest lap times of the field. We went four-wide to make a pass and I got a little damage to my right-front, which made our No. 3 Dow Coatings Chevrolet really tight. It was still fast, though. I’m proud of a top-10 finish. We probably could have gotten a few more spots on that last restart, but the No. 2 car did a good job and had a good run. It was fun out there this weekend, and I want to thank everyone at Dow and Behr for their support." - Austin Dillon, finished ninth

"Dover killed us. We were pretty horrendous both days. I just tried to make the most of it that we could and it just wasn’t much. It was the perfect storm of really losing a lot of points and having a rough weekend. Going to Daytona. I hate to be negative but if we were going somewhere else I would feel better about it because we have been pretty strong at most tracks aside from here. I have struggled here. Going to Daytona and the Ford’s are strong but I have ended up at the infield care center the last two years there. We keep getting caught up in everyones mess. I am going to sit and hope and pray all week that we can just come out of there clean and make the playoffs. We shouldn’t be this close to the bubble. It is frustrating. A couple weeks messed us up. Getting wiped out at Texas and Kansas and then really hurt us points wise and then we come here and really hurt ourselves here. It has been a tough go of circumstances and going to Daytona is going to make it quite an uncomfortable week." - Matt DiBenedetto, finished 17th