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New Leader Atop SB Nation’s ‘Best Of The Rest’ Cup Standings After California

by Jeff Gluck
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Ryan Newman continued to rocket up the “Best Of The Rest” Cup standings this week – straight to the top, in fact.

Newman finished fifth at Auto Club Speedway, taking advantage of Jamie McMurray’s off day (17th) to take the lead in SB Nation’s non-Chase playoff for the first time.

AJ Allmendinger remained third, but Mark Martin overtook Paul Menard for fourth after Martin finished sixth at Fontana.

A reminder of the rules: We reset the points at the start of the Chase, giving 10 bonus points for regular season wins. The “Best Of The Rest” Cup champion gets a red plastic cup with his name on it and a drink of his choice with which to fill it.

The standings after four races:

Driver Points Behind
1 Ryan Newman 587 0
2 Jamie McMurray 566 21
3 AJ Allmendinger 506 81
4 Mark Martin 484 103
5 Paul Menard 474 113
6 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 471 116
7 Joey Logano 470 117
8 Juan Montoya 448 139
9 Kasey Kahne 417 170
10 Elliott Sadler 415 172
11 Regan Smith 408 179
12 David Reutimann 406 181
13 Brad Keselowski 390 197
14 Martin Truex Jr. 381 206
15 David Ragan 370 217
16 Sam Hornish Jr. 362 225
17 Reed Sorenson 357 230
18 Scott Speed 319 268
19 David Gilliland 317 270
20 Casey Mears 304 283
21 Marcos Ambrose 301 286
22 Travis Kvapil 279 308
23 Dave Blaney 250 337
24 Bobby Labonte 229 358
25 Tony Raines 177 410
26 Michael McDowell 174 413
27 Kevin Conway 171 416
28 Landon Cassill 163 424
29 Joe Nemechek 140 447
30 JJ Yeley 111 476
31 Andy Lally 107 480
32 Robby Gordon 90 497
33 Bill Elliott 88 499
34 Patrick Carpentier 87 500
35 Mike Bliss 83 504
36 Jason Leffler 34 553
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