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Sixteen races have already been run in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. became the driver. Fourth multiple race winner in the NASCAR Cup Series this season after winning the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday (June 11).

In an action-packed Sonoma race, Truex Jr. grabbed the lead. The lead is from Chase Elliot with 14 laps to go and he stayed ahead going into the final lap crossing the checkered flag in P1.

With Sunday’s victory, the No. 19 Toyota driver gained 53 points and moved from fourth to first in the Cup Series driver standings with 525 points, two wins and five top-five finishes.

Daniel Suarez, the event’s defending champion, failed to repeat his championships, finishing P22. Thus, he gained only 15 points and finished 17th in the points table with 328 points, ending with one position in the top five.

Cup Point Grid (10 points): Byron-3w, KyBusch-3w, Truex-2w, Larson-2w, Blaney-1w, Bell-1w, Hamlin-1w, Logano-1w, Reddick-1w, Stenhouse-1w, Chastain+ 173, Harvick +172, Buescher +102, Keselowski +96, Wallace +26, Bowman +3, Suarez -3. Gibbs-11, McDowell-14, Allminder-33

Denny Hamlin, who started on pole, had a great outing but finished last after a crash. With a P36 finish, he has only 11 points and sits eighth in the points table with 462 points, one win, and four top-five finishes.


NASCAR points table after the 2023 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway

Here is the updated list of NASCAR drivers in the Cup Series standings after the 16th NASCAR Cup Series race of the season:

  1. Martin Truex Jr. – 525
  2. William Byron – 512
  3. Ryan Blaney – 501
  4. Ross Chastain – 501
  5. Kevin Harvick – 500
  6. Kyle Busch – 496
  7. Christopher Bell – 493
  8. Denny Hamlin – 462
  9. Joey Logano – 444
  10. Kyle Larson – 440
  11. Chris Bucher – 430
  12. Brad Keselowski – 424
  13. Tyler Reddick – 420
  14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 400
  15. Bubba Wallace – 354
  16. Alex Bowman – 331
  17. Daniel Suarez – 328
  18. Ty Gibbs 320
  19. Michael McDowell – 317
  20. 298- Ali
  21. Austin Cindrick – 292
  22. Ali Abdullah Ali – 291
  23. Justin Haley – 284
  24. Todd Gilliland – 279
  25. Ryan Preece – 269
  26. Arik Almirola – 260
  27. Chase Elliott – 247
  28. Austin Dillon – 223
  29. Harrison Burton – 219
  30. Eric Jones – 190
  31. Chase Briscoe – 183
  32. T Dillon – 146
  33. Noah Gragson – 143
  34. PJ MacLeod – 88
  35. Cody Ware – 65
  36. Travis Pastrana – 26
  37. Jenson Button – 19
  38. Jordan Taylor – 16
  39. Jimmy Johnson – 12
  40. Ryan Newman – 9
  41. Connor Daly – 9
  42. Kimi Raikkonen – 8
  43. Andy Lally – 2
  44. Jonathan Davenport – 1

Watch the next NASCAR Cup Series drivers and teams at Nashville Superspeedway on June 25.

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