Bristol race result

 Joey Logano snatches the win away from the kids arguing for 2nd! Mr. Hocevar is making all sorts of friends in the Cup series this year, lol. I missed the dustup live, but saw a ton of replays of Blaney getting smacked a good one. At least he got back up and gave a good shot of his own. Probably wasn't expecting that at all. They usually just grab the chest and 'do-si-do' a bit. Carson was havin' none of that!

I guess that's a way to let everyone know you're there, but it's a long season with no friends...

Anyhoo!

Here are the standings following the Bristol race:

Gateway race result

 Kyle Larson finally wins one this season, and it probably couldn't come at a better time! Second race into the chase and the field is splitting out. There's still a couple races left for the bottom four to make some headway but time is running out.

Here are the standings following the Gateway race:

Darlington race result

 Christopher Bell wins the Chase opener! The countdown to the end of the season begins, 9 races left.

Here are the standings following the Darlington race:

Daytona race result

Ryan Preece wins his first Cup race in an OT winner that also pushes him into the chase!

Here are the standings following the Daytona race:

 

New Hampshire race result

 Ryan Blaney wins the New Hampshire race. Moves himself to 2nd in the regular season standings. Denny Hamlin locks up the regular season championship. One more race to close out the regular season and off to the chase!

Here are the standings following the New Hampshire race: