Austin Dillon did not have a great run on Saturday but the driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet did better then his competition for the NASCAR Nationwide Series title.
Dillon finished 12th and by doing so leapfrogged both Sam Hornish and Regan Smith in the NASCAR Nationwide Series point standings.
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Hornish who entered the race with a slim lead fell all the way to fourth after engine issues forced him out of the Nationwide 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
NASCAR Nationwide Series point standings following Indianapolis
RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
1 | Austin Dillon | 656 | — | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
2 | Regan Smith | 650 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
3 | Elliott Sadler | 643 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
4 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 642 | -14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
5 | Brian Vickers | 628 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
6 | Justin Allgaier | 621 | -35 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
7 | Kyle Larson | 612 | -44 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
8 | Brian Scott | 610 | -46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
9 | Trevor Bayne | 592 | -64 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
10 | Parker Kligerman | 589 | -67 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
11 | Alex Bowman | 516 | -140 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
12 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 507 | -149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Mike Bliss | 480 | -176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
14 | Travis Pastrana | 449 | -207 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
15 | Reed Sorenson | 378 | -278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Mike Wallace | 369 | -287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Eric McClure | 343 | -313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Jeremy Clements | 339 | -317 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Joe Nemechek | 313 | -343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Michael Annett | 282 | -374 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
21 | Johanna Long | 241 | -415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 240 | -416 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Dexter Stacey | 240 | -416 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Blake Koch | 229 | -427 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Kevin Swindell | 219 | -437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
26 | Brad Sweet | 205 | -451 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
27 | Cole Whitt | 189 | -467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
28 | Jamie Dick | 180 | -476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Josh Wise | 170 | -486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Hal Martin | 163 | -493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Landon Cassill | 153 | -503 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Robert Richardson Jr. | 146 | -510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
33 | Chris Buescher | 139 | -517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
34 | Jason White | 138 | -518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
35 | Juan Carlos Blum | 125 | -531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Joey Gase | 122 | -534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | Jeff Green | 108 | -548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Mike Harmon | 99 | -557 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Kyle Fowler | 70 | -586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Kevin Lepage | 69 | -587 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Harrison Rhodes | 66 | -590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Ken Butler | 66 | -590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Billy Johnson | 59 | -597 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Daryl Harr | 59 | -597 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | Kenny Wallace | 54 | -602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Danny Efland | 54 | -602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
47 | Carl Long | 54 | -602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
48 | Scott Lagasse Jr. | 52 | -604 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | Tony Raines | 47 | -609 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50 | Stanton Barrett | 42 | -614 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |