NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings 2015: Update after Food City 500

After picking up his first victory of the season, Matt Kenseth made a big move up the Sprint Cup Standings.

A day like Sunday in Bristol can really shake up the course of a season for NASCAR.

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Rain delays, three wrecks in the last 27 laps and race favorites getting knocked out early, led to Matt Kenseth picking up his first victory of the season.

Thanks to his hard-fought first checkered flag of the year, Matt Kenseth climbed up to No. 5 in the Sprint Cup Standings.

Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson both remain No. 1 and No. 2, but Johnson inched a little closer after finishing second while Harvick finished toward the back of the pack after a bad luck wreck.

Joey Logano remains in the No. 3 spot but Brad Keselowski also moved a little closer from No. 4 after Logano finished 40th.

Luckily all of those drivers have earned a spot in the chase so the points are inconsequential for now.

Carl Edwards had a huge opportunity to climb from the No. 14 spot. After being in second place with 10 laps to go, a big wreck ended the day for Edwards and as a result he fell to No. 16 in the standings.

With the eighth race of the year in the books, here are the updated standings after the Food City 500.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings 2015:



1	Kevin Harvick	314
2	Jimmie Johnson	258
3	Joey Logano	285
4	Brad Keselowski	255
5	Matt Kenseth	236
6	Denny Hamlin	223
7	Martin Truex Jr.	281
8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	241
9	Kasey Kahne	237
10	Jeff Gordon	227
11	Aric Almirola	226
12	Jamie McMurray	223
13	Danica Patrick	212
14	Paul Menard	211
15	Ryan Newman	203
16	Carl Edwards	203
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17	Clint Bowyer	200
18	David Ragan	197
19	Casey Mears	186
20	Greg Biffle	180
21	Austin Dillon	178
22	Kurt Busch	174
23	Kyle Larson	174
24	AJ Allmendinger	171
25	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	166
26	David Gilliland	162
27	Trevor Bayne	154
28	Tony Stewart	146
29	Justin Allgaier	146
30	Sam Hornish Jr.	135
31	Cole Whitt	128
32	Alex Bowman	91
33	Michael Annett	90
34	Josh Wise	63
35	Brian Vickers	32
36	Brett Moffitt	136
37	Michael McDowell	79
38	Matt DiBenedetto	57
39	Jeb Burton	45
40	Alex Kennedy	35
41	Bobby Labonte	20
42	Michael Waltrip	18
43	Reed Sorenson	12
44	Mike Wallace	8
45	Ron Hornaday Jr.	2

Danica Patrick had another solid run and is now No. 13 in the points standings. If the chase began today, she would be in based off points.

Despite not having a win yet, Jeff Gordon is beginning to show consistency this season and finished third on the day. He moved from No. 13 to No. 10 in the standings.

Gordon is finally hitting his groove, and it won’t be long before he picks up a win.

Next week the drivers head to Richmond, another short track sure to cause headaches and frustration. Who will be the bigger winners in the points standings after next week?

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