NASCAR
NASCAR rules that Austin Hill was the leader when the caution came out on the final lap.
Zane Smith scored his first career NASCAR Cup pole Saturday and will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday’s race.
| Pos. | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | DNFs | Laps Led | Stage Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 346 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 354 | 3 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 316 | -30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 308 | 2 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 305 | -41 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 139 | 1 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 304 | -42 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 503 | 4 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 278 | -68 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 275 | -71 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 197 | 2 |
| 7 | Tyler Reddick | 274 | -72 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 0 |
| 8 | Bubba Wallace | 251 | -95 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 98 | 1 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 245 | -101 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 260 | 2 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 244 | -102 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 107 | 0 |
| 11 | Ross Chastain | 229 | -117 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 0 |
| 12 | Chris Buescher | 227 | -119 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Chase Briscoe | 213 | -133 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | Ryan Preece | 201 | -145 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| 15 | Kyle Busch | 200 | -146 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 0 |
| 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 198 | -148 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Josh Berry | 179 | -167 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 116 | 1 |
| 18 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 176 | -170 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Michael McDowell | 174 | -172 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | Ty Gibbs | 171 | -175 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | John H. Nemechek | 171 | -175 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Austin Cindric | 171 | -175 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 159 | 1 |
| 23 | Justin Haley | 164 | -182 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Zane Smith | 161 | -185 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Carson Hocevar | 157 | -189 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | Austin Dillon | 155 | -191 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Daniel Suarez | 151 | -195 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| 28 | Todd Gilliland | 150 | -196 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 29 | Ty Dillon | 146 | -200 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Erik Jones | 139 | -207 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Brad Keselowski | 132 | -214 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Noah Gragson | 122 | -224 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Riley Herbst | 101 | -245 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Shane van Gisbergen | 98 | -248 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| 35 | Cole Custer | 85 | -261 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 45 | -301 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Jimmie Johnson | 34 | -312 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Corey Lajoie | 21 | -322 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 39 | Katherine Legge | 7 | -339 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | JJ Yeley | 4 | -342 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Casey Mears | 2 | -344 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Burt Myers | 1 | -344 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | -344 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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