Okay, take the ‘Dega mulligan and move on.
That’s pretty much the scenario for most of the drivers in the Sprint Cup standings after Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Because so many of the top drivers in the rankings coming into the race were involved in wrecks, the overall standings didn’t really change all that much.
Jeff Gordon remained in first place in the Cup standings, three points ahead of Matt Kenseth, who stayed in second place.
Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. each gained one spot in the rankings, moving up to third (four points behind Gordon) and fourth (-19), respectively.
Carl Edwards dropped one place, into a tie for fourth with Earnhardt.
Rounding out the top 10 after ‘Dega, Joey Logano remained in sixth place (-42), Jimmie Johnson improved from eighth to seventh (-43), Greg Biffle gained three places to jump to eighth (-47), Ryan Newman remained in ninth (-48) and Brian Vickers remained in 10th (-50).
The biggest improvement in the standings by any driver Sunday was three positions, by both Biffle and by Clint Bowyer, who climbed into the top 20 and left Talladega in 18th position (-86).
Suffering the biggest drop in the standings was Tony Stewart, who fell six places, from 15th to 21st (-103).
Other changes of note:
* Brad Keselowski dropped four places in the standings, from seventh to 11th (-53).
* Jamie McMurray dropped five places, from 19th to 24th (-106).
* Kurt Busch fell out of the top 25 to 27th (-151).
* Last year’s spring Talladega race winner David Ragan dropped four spots to 35th after Sunday’s race (-216).
* In what he has previously said would be the final race of his three-plus decade Cup career, Terry Labonte finished
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Points Report
Talladega Superspeedway
45th Annual Aaron’s 499
Pos Driver BonusPts Points Ldr Nxt Starts Poles Wins T5s T10s DNFs Money Won PPos G/L
1 Jeff Gordon 7 347 0 0 10 0 0 4 7 0 $2,382,113 1 0
2 Matt Kenseth 8 344 -3 -3 10 1 0 3 7 0 $2,028,762 2 0
3 Kyle Busch 10 343 -4 -1 10 1 1 3 5 0 $2,114,368 4 1
4 Dale Earnhardt Jr 10 328 -19 -15 10 0 1 5 6 1 $2,799,753 5 1
5 Carl Edwards 8 328 -19 0 10 0 1 2 5 1 $1,601,948 3 -2
6 Joey Logano 16 305 -42 -23 10 1 2 5 5 2 $2,293,318 6 0
7 Jimmie Johnson 9 304 -43 -1 10 0 0 3 5 0 $2,107,568 8 1
8 Greg Biffle 5 300 -47 -4 10 0 0 2 4 0 $1,814,683 11 3
9 Ryan Newman 3 299 -48 -1 10 0 0 0 4 0 $1,370,198 9 0
10 Brian Vickers 3 297 -50 -2 10 0 0 2 4 0 $1,659,513 10 0
11 Brad Keselowski 13 294 -53 -3 10 1 1 4 4 0 $2,577,893 7 -4
12 Denny Hamlin 9 292 -55 -2 9 1 1 2 3 0 $2,401,200 14 2
13 Kyle Larson # 0 286 -61 -6 10 0 0 2 5 1 $1,613,533 13 0
14 Austin Dillon # 1 281 -66 -5 10 0 0 0 1 0 $1,711,908 12 -2
15 AJ Allmendinger 2 279 -68 -2 10 0 0 1 3 0 $1,406,400 17 2
16 Marcos Ambrose 2 268 -79 -11 10 0 0 2 2 0 $1,527,933 16 0
17 Paul Menard 3 265 -82 -3 10 0 0 1 5 0 $1,800,698 18 1
18 Clint Bowyer 5 261 -86 -4 10 0 0 1 3 2 $1,575,053 21 3
19 Kevin Harvick 16 258 -89 -3 10 1 2 2 4 2 $1,901,923 20 1
20 Kasey Kahne 3 252 -95 -6 10 0 0 0 3 1 $1,372,383 22 2
21 Tony Stewart 1 244 -103 -8 10 1 0 2 4 1 $1,603,348 15 -6
22 Casey Mears 1 244 -103 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 $1,429,267 23 1
23 Aric Almirola 1 242 -105 -2 10 0 0 1 2 2 $1,517,363 24 1
24 Jamie McMurray 1 241 -106 -1 10 0 0 0 2 1 $1,578,368 19 -5
25 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 0 218 -129 -23 10 0 0 1 3 0 $1,648,363 26 1
26 Martin Truex Jr 0 209 -138 -9 10 0 0 0 1 1 $1,402,793 27 1
27 Kurt Busch 7 196 -151 -13 10 0 1 2 2 4 $1,283,708 25 -2
28 Justin Allgaier # 1 190 -157 -6 10 0 0 0 0 1 $1,328,504 28 0
29 Danica Patrick 2 176 -171 -14 10 0 0 0 0 1 $1,219,363 29 0
30 David Gilliland 3 152 -195 -24 10 0 0 0 0 1 $1,285,819 30 0
31 Michael Annett # 0 144 -203 -8 10 0 0 0 0 2 $1,168,724 33 2
32 Alex Bowman # 0 132 -215 -12 10 0 0 0 0 2 $1,135,470 34 2
33 Reed Sorenson 3 131 -216 -1 10 0 0 0 0 3 $1,108,794 32 -1
34 Cole Whitt # 0 131 -216 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 $1,062,083 35 1
35 David Ragan 3 131 -216 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 $1,210,228 31 -4
36 Josh Wise 0 119 -228 -12 9 0 0 0 0 0 $995,392 36 0
37 Ryan Truex # 0 77 -270 -42 8 0 0 0 0 2 $671,703 38 1
38 Travis Kvapil 2 72 -275 -5 8 0 0 0 0 0 $656,049 37 -1
39 Parker Kligerman 0 54 -293 -18 8 0 0 0 0 4 $829,833 39 0
40 Michael McDowell 1 49 -298 -5 6 0 0 0 0 3 $524,164 40 0
41 Terry Labonte 0 44 -303 -5 2 0 0 0 0 0 $479,744 44 3
42 David Reutimann 1 37 -310 -7 3 0 0 0 0 0 $255,665 41 -1
43 Bobby Labonte 0 29 -318 -8 1 0 0 0 0 0 $325,213 42 -1
44 Jeff Burton 0 27 -320 -2 1 0 0 0 0 0 $115,960 43 -1
45 Michael Waltrip 1 23 -324 -4 2 0 0 0 0 1 $384,038 48 3
46 David Stremme 0 22 -325 -1 3 0 0 0 0 1 $227,870 45 -1
47 Timmy Hill 0 7 -340 -15 2 0 0 0 0 1 $150,770 46 -1
Pos Driver BPts Points Ldr Nxt Starts Poles Wins T5s T10
s
DNFs Money Won PPos G/L
BPts – Bonus Points, -Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, PPos = Previous Position, G/L = Points standing gain/loss, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series48 Dave Blaney 0 4 -343 -3 2 0 0 0 0 2 $131,650 47 -1
49 Landon Cassill(i) 0 0 -347 -4 8 0 0 0 0 0 $958,783 49 0
50 Sam Hornish Jr.(i) 0 0 -347 -4 1 0 0 0 0 0 $107,410 50 0
51 Trevor Bayne(i) 0 0 -347 -4 4 0 0 0 0 2 $607,428 51 0
52 Brian Scott(i) 0 0 -347 -4 4 1 0 0 0 1 $573,865 52 0
53 Joe Nemechek(i) 0 0 -347 -4 6 0 0 0 0 2 $506,009 53 0
54 Blake Koch(i) 0 0 -347 -4 1 0 0 0 0 0 $72,946 54 0
55 J J Yeley(i) 0 0 -347 -4 1 0 0 0 0 1 $62,180 55 0
56 Morgan Shepherd(i) 0 0 -347 -4 1 0 0 0 0 1 $73,693 56 0
57 Eric McClure(i) 0 0 -347 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 $24,763 57 0
Pos Driver BPts Points Ldr Nxt Starts Poles Wins T5s T10
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DNFs Money Won PPos G/L
BPts – Bonus Points, -Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, PPos = Previous Position, G/L = Points standing gain/loss, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
