Roush Fenway Racing’s Carl Edwards entered Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway tied for the points lead with Kevin Harvick and expecting a solid run in front of his home town crowd.
NASCAR Point Standings: Carl Edwards Holds Slight Chase Lead After Kansas
Struggling for most of the day, Edwards was able to climb back into contention late in the race and finished the day in the fifth. Finishing one spot ahead of Harvick, Edwards was able to open up a one-point lead atop the Chase standings with four races in the books.
Much like after last weekend’s race at Dover, the standings saw all but three positions change hands.
Scoring the win in dominant fashion, Jimmie Johnson moved within four points of the Chase lead after being considered out of the hunt just two weeks ago.
Tony Stewart took the biggest hit Sunday, dropping four positions in the standings back to seventh. Although he was strong for much of the afternoon, a poor pit stop prior to the Green-White-Checkered finish put him in traffic and led to a 15th-place result.
Falling one spot in the Chase to 10th, Jeff Gordon’s quest for a fifth NASCAR championship took a major hit when his engine expired late in the race. Now 47 points out of the lead, Gordon is a full race behind in the championship battle with six races left in the Chase.
Here is a look at the standings after four races:
- Carl Edwards
- Kevin Harvick -1
- Jimmie Johnson -4
- Brad Keselowski -11
- Matt Kenseth -12
- Kurt Busch -16
- Tony Stewart -19
- Kyle Busch -20
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. -43
- Jeff Gordon -47
- Ryan Newman -54
- Denny Hamlin -79
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