Dale Earnhardt Jr. will leave Las Vegas Motor Speedway with the points lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
The driver of the No. 88 Chevorlet SS. entered Las Vegas with an 11 point lead over Kevin Harvick. He will leave with a 1 point lead over race winner Brad Keselowski.
WINNER: Keselowski wins at Vegas, Full Results
Keselowski along with Earnhardt Jr. and Phoenix winner Kevin Harvick are all but assured of being in the Sprint Cup Series Chase.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings following Las Vegas
RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
1 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 133 | — | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2 | Brad Keselowski | 132 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
3 | Kevin Harvick | 83 | -50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Jimmie Johnson | 117 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Joey Logano | 116 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
6 | Jeff Gordon | 115 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Carl Edwards | 105 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Matt Kenseth | 105 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Denny Hamlin | 101 | -32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
10 | Ryan Newman | 97 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Kyle Busch | 95 | -38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Jamie McMurray | 93 | -40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Greg Biffle | 86 | -47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
14 | Austin Dillon | 84 | -49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15 | Kasey Kahne | 83 | -50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 80 | -53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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17 | Casey Mears | 80 | -53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Paul Menard | 76 | -57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
19 | Marcos Ambrose | 69 | -64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Brian Vickers | 64 | -69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | AJ Allmendinger | 63 | -70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Clint Bowyer | 55 | -78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Kyle Larson | 55 | -78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Aric Almirola | 54 | -79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Martin Truex Jr. | 53 | -80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Reed Sorenson | 51 | -82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Tony Stewart | 48 | -85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Kurt Busch | 47 | -86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Justin Allgaier | 45 | -88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Cole Whitt | 41 | -92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | David Ragan | 38 | -95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | David Gilliland | 38 | -95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Danica Patrick | 36 | -97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Michael Annett | 32 | -101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Alex Bowman | 31 | -102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Bobby Labonte | 29 | -104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | Jeff Burton | 27 | -106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Terry Labonte | 24 | -109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Josh Wise | 22 | -111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Parker Kligerman | 21 | -112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Ryan Truex | 18 | -115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Michael McDowell | 12 | -121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Travis Kvapil | 11 | -122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Timmy Hill | 6 | -127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | Joe Nemechek | 4 | -129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Michael Waltrip | 4 | -129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |