Chase Elliott will leave Kentucky Speedway as the points leader in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
The rookie driver remains atop the points following Saturday’s race at Kentucky. Entering Saturday’s running of the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 his point lead was 18 over Regan Smith. It is now 20 points.
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The next race on the schedule for the Nationwide Seires is Dover next Saturday.
Nationwide Series point standings following Kentucky
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RK | DRIVER | POINTS | WINS |
1 | Chase Elliott | 992 | 3 |
2 | Regan Smith | 972 | 1 |
3 | Ty Dillon | 954 | 1 |
4 | Brian Scott | 937 | 0 |
5 | Elliott Sadler | 931 | 1 |
6 | Trevor Bayne | 900 | 0 |
7 | Chris Buescher | 818 | 1 |
8 | Brendan Gaughan | 798 | 2 |
9 | Ryan Reed | 739 | 0 |
10 | James Buescher | 727 | 0 |
11 | Dylan Kwasniewski | 697 | 0 |
12 | Landon Cassill | 689 | 0 |
13 | Dakoda Armstrong | 636 | 0 |
14 | Mike Bliss | 633 | 0 |
15 | Jeremy Clements | 593 | 0 |
16 | Ryan Sieg | 554 | 0 |
17 | J.J. Yeley | 532 | 0 |
18 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 506 | 0 |
19 | Eric McClure | 430 | 0 |
20 | Joey Gase | 407 | 0 |
21 | Tanner Berryhill | 307 | 0 |
22 | Derrike Cope | 304 | 0 |
23 | Matt DiBenedetto | 280 | 0 |
24 | Jamie Dick | 243 | 0 |
25 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 242 | 1 |
26 | Blake Koch | 234 | 0 |
27 | Mike Wallace | 220 | 0 |
28 | David Starr | 207 | 0 |
29 | Carlos Contreras | 183 | 0 |
30 | Chad Boat | 176 | 0 |
31 | Mike Harmon | 142 | 0 |
32 | Jeff Green | 131 | 0 |
33 | Tommy Joe Martins | 124 | 0 |
Kevin Lepage | 124 | 0 | |
35 | Josh Reaume | 116 | 0 |
36 | Kevin Swindell | 96 | 0 |
Ryan Ellis | 96 | 0 | |
38 | Carl Long | 90 | 0 |
39 | Alex Tagliani | 82 | 0 |
40 | Austin Theriault | 78 | 0 |
41 | Will Kimmel | 68 | 0 |
42 | Kenny Habul | 61 | 0 |
43 | Cody Ware | 59 | 0 |
44 | Justin Marks | 58 | 0 |
45 | Robert Richardson Jr. | 57 | 0 |
46 | Daniel Suarez | 54 | 0 |
47 | Stanton Barrett | 49 | 0 |
48 | Kevin O’Connell | 48 | 0 |
49 | Morgan Shepherd | 45 | 0 |
50 | Ruben Garcia Mateos | 41 | 0 |