NASCAR
Ryan Blaney is the only Team Penske driver yet to score a Cup win this season despite having a strong car in several races.
A look at the winners and losers from Sunday’s Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.
NASCAR Cup Series standings
| Pos. | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | DNFs | Laps Led | Stage Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 421 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 386 | 3 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 408 | -13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 596 | 6 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 338 | -83 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 316 | 2 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 338 | -83 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 337 | -84 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 0 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell | 335 | -86 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 139 | 1 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 313 | -108 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 199 | 2 |
| 8 | Bubba Wallace | 306 | -115 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 103 | 2 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 288 | -133 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 291 | 2 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 284 | -137 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| 11 | Ross Chastain | 281 | -140 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 0 |
| 12 | Chris Buescher | 255 | -166 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Chase Briscoe | 245 | -176 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
| 14 | Austin Cindric | 241 | -180 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 226 | 2 |
| 15 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 240 | -181 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Kyle Busch | 228 | -193 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 0 |
| 17 | Carson Hocevar | 219 | -202 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| 18 | Ryan Preece | 217 | -204 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 1 |
| 19 | AJ Allmendinger | 217 | -204 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Michael McDowell | 214 | -207 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0 |
| 21 | Austin Dillon | 212 | -209 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Ty Gibbs | 208 | -213 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 0 |
| 23 | John H. Nemechek | 207 | -214 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Josh Berry | 206 | -215 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 169 | 1 |
| 25 | Daniel Suarez | 206 | -215 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| 26 | Zane Smith | 203 | -218 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | Todd Gilliland | 202 | -219 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 28 | Justin Haley | 200 | -221 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Erik Jones | 191 | -230 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 186 | -235 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Noah Gragson | 158 | -263 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Brad Keselowski | 142 | -279 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Riley Herbst | 141 | -280 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Cole Custer | 127 | -294 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Shane van Gisbergen | 121 | -300 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 61 | -360 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Jimmie Johnson | 34 | -387 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Corey Lajoie | 24 | -397 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 39 | JJ Yeley | 9 | -412 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Katherine Legge | 7 | -414 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Casey Mears | 2 | -419 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Burt Myers | 1 | -420 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Chad Finchum | 1 | -420 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | -420 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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