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WHAT DRIVERS SAID
Shane van Gisbergen has won back-to-back Cup road course events this season.
Hear from Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Erik Jones and Zane Smith following the NASCAR Cup Series race in Atlanta.
| Pos. | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | DNFs | Laps Led | Playoff Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 632 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 769 | 12 |
| 2 | Chase Elliott | 619 | -13 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 136 | 5 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 613 | -19 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 851 | 23 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 589 | -43 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 487 | 19 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 584 | -48 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 1 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell | 565 | -67 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 153 | 16 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 539 | -93 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 351 | 9 |
| 8 | Ross Chastain | 490 | -142 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 5 |
| 9 | Chase Briscoe | 482 | -150 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 177 | 6 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 480 | -152 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 157 | 0 |
| 11 | Chris Buescher | 476 | -156 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 33 | -4 |
| 12 | Joey Logano | 471 | -161 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 358 | 7 |
| 13 | Bubba Wallace | 443 | -189 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 103 | 2 |
| 14 | Ryan Preece | 441 | -191 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 2 |
| 15 | AJ Allmendinger | 400 | -232 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Kyle Busch | 397 | -235 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 0 |
| 17 | Erik Jones | 393 | -239 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Austin Cindric | 389 | -243 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 251 | 8 |
| 19 | Ty Gibbs | 377 | -255 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 97 | 0 |
| 20 | John H. Nemechek | 375 | -257 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Carson Hocevar | 368 | -264 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 72 | 0 |
| 22 | Josh Berry | 366 | -266 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 169 | 6 |
| 23 | Michael McDowell | 366 | -266 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 1 |
| 24 | Zane Smith | 363 | -269 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 361 | -271 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Austin Dillon | 315 | -317 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | Shane van Gisbergen | 308 | -324 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 111 | 11 |
| 28 | Brad Keselowski | 307 | -325 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 81 | 0 |
| 29 | Daniel Suarez | 307 | -325 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Todd Gilliland | 306 | -326 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | Justin Haley | 294 | -338 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Ty Dillon | 291 | -341 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | Noah Gragson | 265 | -367 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Cole Custer | 241 | -391 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Riley Herbst | 226 | -406 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 144 | -488 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Jimmie Johnson | 35 | -597 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Katherine Legge | 30 | -602 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Derek Kraus | 5 | -627 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Chad Finchum | 3 | -629 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Casey Mears | 2 | -630 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Burt Myers | 1 | -631 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Will Brown | 1 | -631 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | -631 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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