Following Kevin Harvick’s win at Texas the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series now has two drivers guaranteed of competing for the championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Harvick joins Joey Logano who won at Martinsville. With ISM Raceway in Phoenix up next, there is one last chance to make the final round of four. One driver will make the championship race at Homestead-Miami via points with another possible depending on what happens in Phoenix.
MENCS Point Standings following Phoenix
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | 4158 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 27 |
| 2 | Joey Logano | 4113 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 4159 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 26 |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 4131 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 4098 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 6 | Kurt Busch | 4093 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Aric Almirola | 4067 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Clint Bowyer | 4062 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 2254 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 2237 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | 2217 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 12 | Kyle Larson | 2215 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 13 | Jimmie Johnson | 2195 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 14 | Erik Jones | 2192 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 15 | Alex Bowman | 2187 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 16 | Austin Dillon | 2184 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | Ryan Newman | 721 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 18 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 676 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | Paul Menard | 669 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 20 | Daniel Suarez | 664 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | Jamie McMurray | 633 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 22 | AJ Allmendinger | 560 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 | Chris Buescher | 552 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | William Byron | 544 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | David Ragan | 490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Michael McDowell | 463 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Ty Dillon | 449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Bubba Wallace | 428 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Kasey Kahne | 358 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Matt DiBenedetto | 341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Trevor Bayne | 287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Matt Kenseth | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Regan Smith | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Corey LaJoie | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Cole Whitt | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Gray Gaulding | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Kyle Weatherman | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Harrison Rhodes | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Blake Jones | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Mark Thompson | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Derrike Cope | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Chris Cook | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Tomy Drissi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Danica Patrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Cody Ware | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Alon Day | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Stanton Barrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hermie Sadler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
