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NASCAR Point Standings 2012: At Texas, Greg Biffle Extends Sprint Cup Series Lead

Greg Biffle extended his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points lead on Saturday night with a win at Texas Motor Speedway, boosting his advantage to 19 points over Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who are tied for second place

But the biggest winners of the night – at least in the point standings – were Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne, who moved up four spots apiece. Gordon is now 17th and Kahne is 27th.

Tony Stewart was the biggest loser of the night, dropping four spots to seventh place. Brad Keselowski, Regan Smith, Aric Almirola, Bobby Labonte and Dave Blaney all fell three spots each.

Here are the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings after Texas:

  1. Greg Biffle
  2. Matt Kenseth -19
  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. -19
  4. Martin Truex Jr. -20
  5. Kevin Harvick -24
  6. Denny Hamlin -31
  7. Tony Stewart -39
  8. Jimmie Johnson -40
  9. Ryan Newman -48
  10. Clint Bowyer -54
  11. Carl Edwards -58
  12. Paul Menard -81
  13. Joey Logano -81
  14. Kyle Busch -89
  15. Brad Keselowski -90
  16. Jeff Burton -94
  17. Jeff Gordon -96
  18. Juan Pablo Montoya -99
  19. AJ Allmendinger -101
  20. Mark Martin -103
  21. Regan Smith -106
  22. Aric Almirola -107
  23. Jamie McMurray -113
  24. Marcos Ambrose -114
  25. Bobby Labonte -121
  26. Kurt Busch -126
  27. Kasey Kahne -143
  28. Casey Mears -154
  29. David Ragan -164
  30. David Gilliland -164
  31. David Reutimann -167
  32. Dave Blaney -169
  33. Landon Cassill -182
  34. Travis Kvapil -188
  35. Brian Vickers -207
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