Jeff Gordon will leave Darlington Raceway with the points lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Jeff Gordon entered Darlington with a 4 point lead over Matt Kenseth. Following 367 laps at the 1.366 mile Darlington Raceway it will be Gordon at the top of the standings 1 point ahead of Kenseth but neither driver has earned a win thus far this season.
With two wins Harvick is ahead of the points for those who like to view it that way, Tireball Sports lists it via wins then points.
WINNER: Harvick wins at Darlington, full results
Winners thus far this season include Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr, these drivers are all but assured a spot in the Sprint Chase.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings following Darlington
Standings
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | 186 | -111 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Carl Edwards | 278 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 271 | -26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 269 | -28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 246 | -51 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 245 | -52 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Kurt Busch | 164 | -133 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Jeff Gordon | 297 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Matt Kenseth | 296 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Jimmie Johnson | 270 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Ryan Newman | 236 | -61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Austin Dillon | 235 | -62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Greg Biffle | 227 | -70 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Tony Stewart | 224 | -73 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Brian Vickers | 224 | -73 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Kyle Larson | 223 | -74 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| *** Chase for the Sprint Cup cut-off *** | |||||||
| 15 | Denny Hamlin | 223 | -74 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Clint Bowyer | 219 | -78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Marcos Ambrose | 216 | -81 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Paul Menard | 206 | -91 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | AJ Allmendinger | 202 | -95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Jamie McMurray | 195 | -102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Casey Mears | 188 | -109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Kasey Kahne | 186 | -111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Aric Almirola | 184 | -113 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 178 | -119 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Justin Allgaier | 150 | -147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Martin Truex Jr. | 148 | -149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Danica Patrick | 143 | -154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Gilliland | 123 | -174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Reed Sorenson | 118 | -179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | David Ragan | 107 | -190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Cole Whitt | 105 | -192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Michael Annett | 105 | -192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Alex Bowman | 100 | -197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Josh Wise | 90 | -207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Travis Kvapil | 63 | -234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Parker Kligerman | 54 | -243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ryan Truex | 51 | -246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Michael McDowell | 40 | -257 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Bobby Labonte | 29 | -268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Jeff Burton | 27 | -270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Terry Labonte | 24 | -273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | David Reutimann | 22 | -275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | David Stremme | 13 | -284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Timmy Hill | 7 | -290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Dave Blaney | 4 | -293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Michael Waltrip | 4 | -293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
