Kevin Harvick entered Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race with such a big lead in the points that there was no doubt he would leave the Geico 500 as the top dog in the standings.
Winner: Dale Earnhardt, full Geico 500 resutls
Already winning races and putting themselves in place for a Chase spot are Kevin Harvick (2), Jimmie Johnson (2), Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Sprint Cup Series Standings following Talladega
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | 394 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 342 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Joey Logano | 335 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 4 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 319 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 305 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 6 | Matt Kenseth | 292 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 7 | Denny Hamlin | 281 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 8 | Kurt Busch | 255 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 9 | Martin Truex Jr. | 354 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 10 | Jamie McMurray | 297 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 11 | Kasey Kahne | 286 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 12 | Paul Menard | 280 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | Aric Almirola | 279 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Jeff Gordon | 277 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 15 | Ryan Newman | 271 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 16 | Danica Patrick | 253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| *** Chase for the Sprint Cup cut-off *** | |||||||
| 17 | Clint Bowyer | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 | Carl Edwards | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | AJ Allmendinger | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 20 | David Ragan | 224 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | Casey Mears | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Greg Biffle | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 207 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 24 | Kyle Larson | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 25 | Austin Dillon | 203 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | David Gilliland | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Justin Allgaier | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Trevor Bayne | 177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Tony Stewart | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Cole Whitt | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Alex Bowman | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Michael Annett | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Josh Wise | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Brett Moffitt | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | Matt DiBenedetto | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Michael McDowell | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Jeb Burton | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Alex Kennedy | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Bobby Labonte | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | Brian Vickers | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | Michael Waltrip | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | Reed Sorenson | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Mike Wallace | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
