{"id":16382,"date":"2015-06-07T16:37:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T20:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=16382"},"modified":"2015-06-07T16:37:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T20:37:08","slug":"johnson-harvick-top-nascar-cup-series-standings-after-pocono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2015\/06\/07\/johnson-harvick-top-nascar-cup-series-standings-after-pocono\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson, Harvick top NASCAR Cup Series standings after Pocono"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16247\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2015\/05\/jimmiejohnson.jpg\" alt=\"jimmiejohnson\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2015\/05\/jimmiejohnson.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2015\/05\/jimmiejohnson-577x418.jpg 577w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2015\/05\/jimmiejohnson-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jimmie Johnson&#8217;s four wins are the most in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series while Kevin Harvick still has the most points in the series following Sunday&#8217;s race at Pocono.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner: <a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2015\/06\/07\/martin-truex-jr-wins-axalta-400-nascar-results-from-pocono\/\">Truex Jr.\u00a0wins at Pocono<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With wins already on the season Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Brad Keselowski,\u00a0Martin Truex,\u00a0Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin have all but guaranteed themselves a place in the end of year Chase.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Point Standings following Pocono<\/h2>\n<table class=\"tablehead\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"colhead\">\n<td align=\"left\">RK<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">DRIVER<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">POINTS<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">WINS<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">POLES<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">TOP 5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">TOP 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-227\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Jimmie Johnson<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">481<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-225\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Kevin Harvick<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">559<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-416\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">3<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Martin Truex Jr.<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">520<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-4319\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Joey Logano<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">480<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-150\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">5<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Dale Earnhardt Jr.<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">465<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-626\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">6<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Brad Keselowski<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">441<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-143\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">7<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Matt Kenseth<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">415<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-195\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">8<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Kurt Busch<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">380<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-747\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">9<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Denny Hamlin<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">379<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-460\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">10<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Carl Edwards<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">368<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-223\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">11<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Jamie McMurray<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">427<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-429\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">12<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Kasey Kahne<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">417<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-67\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">13<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Jeff Gordon<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">411<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-575\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">14<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Paul Menard<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">385<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-740\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">15<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Aric Almirola<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">379<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-213\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">16<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Ryan Newman<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">374<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"colhead\">\n<td colspan=\"8\" align=\"center\">*** Chase for the Sprint Cup cut-off ***<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-712\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">17<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Clint Bowyer<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">354<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-221\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">18<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Greg Biffle<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">343<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-4539\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">19<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Kyle Larson<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">333<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-697\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">20<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Danica Patrick<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">328<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-248\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">21<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Casey Mears<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">308<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-805\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">22<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">AJ Allmendinger<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">300<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-649\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">23<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">David Ragan<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">290<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-4332\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">24<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Austin Dillon<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">290<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-839\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">25<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">David Gilliland<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">260<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-607\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">26<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Sam Hornish Jr.<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">255<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-149\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">27<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Tony Stewart<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">253<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-4351\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">28<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Ricky Stenhouse Jr.<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">243<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-731\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">29<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Justin Allgaier<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">234<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-4343\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">30<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Trevor Bayne<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">228<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-4463\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">31<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Cole Whitt<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">227<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-4555\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">32<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Alex Bowman<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">192<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-4323\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">33<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Michael Annett<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">162<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-885\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">34<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Josh Wise<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">144<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-580\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">35<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Kyle Busch<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">77<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-4546\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">36<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Brett Moffitt<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">204<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-4379\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">37<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Matt DiBenedetto<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">143<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-4286\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">38<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Michael McDowell<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">101<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-4527\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">39<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Jeb Burton<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">78<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-4418\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">40<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Alex Kennedy<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">48<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-64\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">41<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Bobby Labonte<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">38<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow player-2020-390\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">42<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Brian Vickers<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">32<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow player-2020-82\">\n<td class=\"sortcell\" align=\"left\">43<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Michael Waltrip<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">26<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td 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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series while Kevin Harvick still has the most points in the series following Sunday&#8217;s race at Pocono. Winner: Truex Jr.\u00a0wins at Pocono With wins already on the season Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Brad Keselowski,\u00a0Martin Truex,\u00a0Matt Kenseth, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,788],"tags":[],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":["post-16382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cup-series","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16382"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}