Martin Truex, Jr. made it back-to-back wins in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs when he led a sweep of the top three positions for Joe Gibbs Racing in Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway.
Truex completed the Richmond season sweep when he got by teammate Kyle Busch with 26 laps to go and went on to take his sixth win of the season.
Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, pole-sitter Brad Keselowski, who led 89 laps, and Ryan Newman rounded out the top five. Both Busch and Kevin Harvick locked into the next round of the playoffs at least on points. Truex, Jr. had already advanced with his win at Las Vegas in the first race of the Round of 16.
The cut-off race of the Round of 16 is next Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval.
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– story by Pete Pistone
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Playoff Standings as of 9/23/2019.
1. Martin Truex, Jr. @ 2141 points
2. Kevin Harvick (-21)
3. Kyle Busch (-24)
4. Brad Keselowski (-35)
5. Denny Hamlin (-36)
6. Joey Logano (-40)
7. Chase Elliott (-53)
8. Kyle Larson (-65)
9. Ryan Newman (-76)
10. Ryan Blaney (-82)
11. Aric Almirola (-87)
12. William Byron (-88)
— cut-off at the end of Round of 16 —
13. Alex Bowman (-90)
14. Clint Bowyer (-92)
15. Kurt Busch (-102)
16. Erik Jones (-133)
For the complete driver standings, please visit the official page on nascar.com.
