NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings 2015: Update after SpongeBob SquarePants 400
Jimmie Johnson picked up his third win of the season, but was it enough to crack the Top-2 in the Sprint Cup Standings?
Jimmie Johnson is getting hot at the right time.
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However, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. are remaining just as dominant on the track and continue a stronghold on the top two spots in the Sprint Cup Standings.
Johnson who picked up his third win of the season Saturday night, remains No. 3 in the points standings as Harvick and Truex maintain the top two spots overall.
With the win, Johnson pulls within just two points of Truex for No. 2 overall in the standings. Harvick with another second-place finish, still maintains a big lead over Truex and Johnson.
The big winner Saturday night was Jeff Gordon. Gordon moved up four spots to No. 9 overall after finishing fourth. The rest of the order stayed pretty much the same after last week, with the exception of Denny Hamlin, who struggled yet again and fell five spots to No. 15 in the standings.
With the SpongeBob SquarePants 400 in the books, here is the updated Sprint Cup Standings.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings 2015:
| 1 |
| 4 | 437 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |
| 78 | 391 | |||||||
| 3 |
| 48 | 389 | |||||||
| 4 |
| 22 | 375 | |||||||
| 5 |
| 88 | 360 | |||||||
| 6 |
| 2 | 343 | |||||||
| 7 |
| 20 | 331 | |||||||
| 8 |
| 1 | 328 | |||||||
| 9 |
| 24 | 317 | |||||||
| 10 |
| 5 | 313 | |||||||
| 11 |
| 43 | 312 | |||||||
| 12 |
| 27 | 306 | |||||||
| 13 |
| 31 | 305 | |||||||
| 14 |
| 41 | 292 | |||||||
| 15 |
| 11 | 284 | |||||||
| 16 |
| 15 | 272 | |||||||
| 17 |
| 10 | 270 | |||||||
| 18 |
| 19 | 265 | |||||||
| 19 |
| 47 | 259 | |||||||
| 20 |
| 13 | 242 | |||||||
| 21 |
| 16 | 242 | |||||||
| 22 |
| 42 | 237 | |||||||
| 23 |
| 55 | 235 | |||||||
| 24 |
| 17 | 227 | |||||||
| 25 |
| 3 | 225 | |||||||
| 26 |
| 38 | 212 | |||||||
| 27 |
| 9 | 210 | |||||||
| 28 |
| 51 | 207 | |||||||
| 29 |
| 6 | 190 | |||||||
| 30 |
| 14 | 179 | |||||||
| 31 |
| 35 | 177 |
The big question all season has been who is going to break up the top of the order in the standings?
Harvick and Johnson have been dominating week after week, but Martin Truex Jr. is slowly working his way into the fold. Next week is the All-Star Race, but after that, the real stretch of the season begins.
Will Johnson and Harvick continue to dominate as summer draws near?
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