NASCAR
Joe Gibbs Racing has won five of the first eight races this year but Hendrick Motorsports and team Penske lead other key categories.
Shigeaki “Shige” Hattori was 61.
| Pos. | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | DNFs | Laps Led | Stage Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 315 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 354 | 3 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 266 | -49 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 308 | 2 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 263 | -52 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 139 | 1 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 256 | -59 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 254 | -61 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 0 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 244 | -71 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 92 | 2 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 236 | -79 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 149 | 2 |
| 8 | Bubba Wallace | 233 | -82 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 98 | 1 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 232 | -83 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 260 | 2 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 227 | -88 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 0 |
| 11 | Chris Buescher | 215 | -100 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ross Chastain | 199 | -116 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 0 |
| 13 | Ryan Preece | 184 | -131 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| 14 | Chase Briscoe | 178 | -137 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | Kyle Busch | 177 | -138 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 0 |
| 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 168 | -147 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Michael McDowell | 167 | -148 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 158 | -157 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | John H. Nemechek | 155 | -160 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Josh Berry | 154 | -161 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 116 | 1 |
| 21 | Austin Cindric | 151 | -164 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 159 | 1 |
| 22 | Zane Smith | 151 | -164 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Todd Gilliland | 148 | -167 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | Daniel Suarez | 147 | -168 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | Ty Dillon | 141 | -174 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Ty Gibbs | 131 | -184 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Austin Dillon | 128 | -187 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Erik Jones | 128 | -187 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Justin Haley | 127 | -188 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Carson Hocevar | 118 | -197 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | Brad Keselowski | 111 | -204 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Noah Gragson | 108 | -207 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Shane van Gisbergen | 97 | -218 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 |
| 34 | Riley Herbst | 92 | -223 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Cole Custer | 77 | -238 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 44 | -271 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Jimmie Johnson | 34 | -281 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Corey Lajoie | 21 | -294 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 39 | Katherine Legge | 7 | -308 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | JJ Yeley | 4 | -311 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Casey Mears | 2 | -313 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Burt Myers | 1 | -314 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | -314 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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