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WHAT DRIVERS SAID
Here is what drivers said after Sunday’s Cup race in Northern California.
Shane van Gisbergen has won back-to-back Cup road course events this season.
| Pos. | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | DNFs | Laps Led | Playoff Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 668 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 769 | 12 |
| 2 | Chase Elliott | 654 | -14 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 136 | 5 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 624 | -44 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 854 | 23 |
| 4 | Tyler Reddick | 615 | -53 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 112 | 1 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 606 | -62 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 487 | 19 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell | 597 | -71 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 154 | 16 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 545 | -123 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 351 | 9 |
| 8 | Chase Briscoe | 526 | -142 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 179 | 6 |
| 9 | Ross Chastain | 513 | -155 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 62 | 6 |
| 10 | Chris Buescher | 500 | -168 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 33 | -4 |
| 11 | Joey Logano | 499 | -169 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 358 | 7 |
| 12 | Alex Bowman | 498 | -170 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 157 | 0 |
| 13 | Bubba Wallace | 469 | -199 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 103 | 2 |
| 14 | Ryan Preece | 466 | -202 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 2 |
| 15 | Kyle Busch | 432 | -236 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 62 | 0 |
| 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 419 | -249 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Ty Gibbs | 409 | -259 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 97 | 0 |
| 18 | Erik Jones | 401 | -267 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Michael McDowell | 399 | -269 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 77 | 1 |
| 20 | Austin Cindric | 396 | -272 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 251 | 8 |
| 21 | Josh Berry | 390 | -278 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 169 | 6 |
| 22 | John H. Nemechek | 384 | -284 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Michael McDowell | 378 | -290 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Carson Hocevar | 373 | -295 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 72 | 0 |
| 25 | Zane Smith | 373 | -295 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| 26 | Shane van Gisbergen | 367 | -301 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 208 | 17 |
| 27 | Brad Keselowski | 333 | -335 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 81 | 0 |
| 28 | Austin Dillon | 331 | -337 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | Daniel Suarez | 330 | -338 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Todd Gilliland | 321 | -347 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | Ty Dillon | 320 | -348 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 32 | Justin Haley | 317 | -351 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Noah Gragson | 266 | -402 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Cole Custer | 255 | -413 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Riley Herbst | 238 | -430 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 147 | -521 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Katherine Legge | 36 | -632 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jimmie Johnson | 35 | -633 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Derek Kraus | 5 | -633 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Chad Finchum | 3 | -665 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Casey Mears | 2 | -666 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Burt Myers | 1 | -667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Will Brown | 1 | -667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | -667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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