Sam Hornish began the Zippo 200 on the pole and finished second to Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski. While Hornish was not number one on the scoring pylon at Watkins Glen he did inch closer to Austin Dillon in the Nationwide Standings.
ZIPPO 200 RESULTS: Keselowski keeps Cup dominance in tact, full results
Hornish entered Saturday’s race 14 points behind Austin Dillon but will leave Watkins Glen just three points behind. Regan Smith is now only five points back and Elliott Sadler is fourth only 12 points behind.
Nationwide Point Standings following Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Austin Dillon | 730 | — | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 727 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Regan Smith | 725 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Elliott Sadler | 718 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Brian Vickers | 712 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 6 | Justin Allgaier | 685 | -45 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Brian Scott | 674 | -56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Kyle Larson | 665 | -65 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | Trevor Bayne | 661 | -69 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | Parker Kligerman | 656 | -74 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | Alex Bowman | 584 | -146 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 572 | -158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Mike Bliss | 523 | -207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Travis Pastrana | 495 | -235 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Reed Sorenson | 419 | -311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Mike Wallace | 393 | -337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Jeremy Clements | 385 | -345 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Eric McClure | 380 | -350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Michael Annett | 336 | -394 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Joe Nemechek | 313 | -417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Johanna Long | 266 | -464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Cole Whitt | 249 | -481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Blake Koch | 243 | -487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 240 | -490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Dexter Stacey | 240 | -490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Brad Sweet | 234 | -496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Kevin Swindell | 219 | -511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Jamie Dick | 180 | -550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Landon Cassill | 179 | -551 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Josh Wise | 175 | -555 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Hal Martin | 163 | -567 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Joey Gase | 151 | -579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Robert Richardson Jr. | 146 | -584 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Chris Buescher | 139 | -591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Jason White | 138 | -592 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Juan Carlos Blum | 125 | -605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Jeff Green | 119 | -611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Mike Harmon | 99 | -631 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Kyle Fowler | 86 | -644 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Kevin Lepage | 81 | -649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Daryl Harr | 78 | -652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Kenny Wallace | 76 | -654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Carl Long | 75 | -655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Drew Herring | 72 | -658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 | Harrison Rhodes | 66 | -664 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Ken Butler | 66 | -664 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Danny Efland | 64 | -666 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Tony Raines | 62 | -668 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Billy Johnson | 59 | -671 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Scott Lagasse Jr. | 52 | -678 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
