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Penalty drops Chris Buescher from 12th in points to 24th in the standings.
The North Carolina short track will play host to the All-Star Race for the third consecutive season.
NASCAR Cup Series Standings
| Pos. | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | DNFs | Laps Led | Stage Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 469 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 817 | 8 |
| 2 | William Byron | 434 | -35 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 386 | 3 |
| 3 | Christpher Bell | 384 | -85 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 142 | 1 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 378 | -91 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 0 |
| 5 | Ryan Blaney | 362 | -107 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 199 | 2 |
| 6 | Tyler Reddick | 357 | -112 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 0 |
| 7 | Denny Hamlin | 346 | -123 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 318 | 2 |
| 8 | Alex Bowman | 325 | -144 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 110 | 0 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 318 | -151 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 292 | 2 |
| 10 | Bubba Wallace | 310 | -159 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 103 | 2 |
| 11 | Ross Chastain | 300 | -169 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 0 |
| 12 | Chris Buescher | 284 | -185 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Chase Briscoe | 278 | -191 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
| 14 | Austin Cindric | 273 | -196 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 226 | 2 |
| 15 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 258 | -211 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Preece | 251 | -218 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 1 |
| 17 | Josh Berry | 244 | -225 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 169 | 1 |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | 244 | -225 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 0 |
| 19 | John H. Nemechek | 234 | -235 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Carson Hocevar | 230 | -239 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| 21 | Michael McDowell | 228 | -241 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0 |
| 22 | Austin Dillon | 227 | -242 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Zane Smith | 227 | -242 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | Todd Gilliland | 227 | -242 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | AJ Allmendinger | 218 | -251 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Ty Gibbs | 217 | -252 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 0 |
| 27 | Daniel Suarez | 209 | -260 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Justin Haley | 206 | -263 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Erik Jones | 196 | -273 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 188 | -281 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | Noah Gragson | 151 | -288 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Riley Herbst | 148 | -318 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Brad Keselowski | 139 | -321 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Cole Custer | 138 | -330 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Shane van Gisbergen | 68 | -331 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 34 | -401 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Jimmie Johnson | 24 | -435 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Corey Lajoie | 9 | -445 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 39 | JJ Yeley | 7 | -460 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Katherine Legge | 2 | -462 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Casey Mears | 1 | -467 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Burt Myers | 1 | -468 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Chad Finchum | 1 | -468 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | -468 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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