Like our weekly picks, Eric scored a massive victory here via Chris Buescher’s triumph in Saturday night’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race. It was his 10th win of the season and a week after having 4 drivers in the top 10 at Kansas, he did so again in Bristol including 3 of the 4 in the top 6.

Greg got the winner right last week with Bubba Wallace in a 1-3-4 effort with one of them in Alex Bowman also leading the most laps. But what kept him from a near perfect day was having the bottom 2 finishers too. He also had 25-29-30-32 in Bristol with 1 car in the top 5 and 2 total in the top 10.

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CJ had 3 of his 7 being 26th or worse in Kansas and now having the bottom 3 finishers on Saturday in Bristol including 5 of his 7 drivers being 20th or worse at that.

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• 3 of the last 5 2nd stage winners have won the race outright in the end

1 TEAM GDP – 6,000 points (10 wins)

C Bell… 940 (1 win)

R Blaney… 880 (1 win)

A Bowman… 805 (1 win)

K Harvick…775 (2 wins)

T Reddick…725 (2 wins)

B Wallace …570 (1 win)

C Briscoe… 545 (1 win)

Waived/Traded Drivers… (760; 1 win)

2 TEAM ERIC – 5,760 points (10 wins)

D Hamlin… 1,060 (2 wins)

J Logano… 855 (2 wins)

R Chastain… 840 (2 wins)

K Larson… 840 (1 win)

D Suarez… 695 (1 win)

C Buescher… 285 (1 win)

A Dillon…60

Waived/Traded Drivers… (1,125; 1 win)

 

3 TEAM CJ – 5,465 points (9 wins)

C Elliott… 1,200 (4 wins)

A Cindric… 880 (1 win)

Kyle B… 840 (1 win)

W Byron… 715 (2 wins)

M Truex Jr… 705

E Jones… 545 (1 win)

T Gibbs… 65

Waived Drivers… (515)

LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS

8/28 (After Race 26/Daytona)Team ERIC waives M McDowell (30 points) for A Dillon.

 

8/17 (After Race 25/Richmond)Team ERIC waives A Almirola (495 points) and T Gibbs (30 points) for C Buescher and M McDowell.

8/17 (After Race 25/Richmond)Team CJ waives A Dillon (460 points) for T Gibbs.

 

8/5 (After Race 23/Indianapolis RC) Team ERIC waives Kurt B (295 points, 1 win) for Ty Gibbs. 

 

8/1 (After Race 23/Indianapolis RC)

Team GDP waives B Keselowski (240 points) for B Wallace (200 points). 

 

7/18 (After Race 20/New Hampshire)

Team GDP waives M McDowell (55 points) for B Keselowski (210 points). 

 

5/27 (After Race 18/Nashville)

Team GDP waives R Stenhouse Jr. (105 points) for M McDowell. 

 

5/16 (After Race 13/Kansas)

Team GDP waives J Haley (0 points) for R Stenhouse Jr. 

 

5/9 (After Race 12/Darlington)

Team GDP waives B Keselowski (210 points) for J Haley. 

 

4/25 (After Race 10/Talladega)

Team CJ waives H Burton (55 points) for E Jones.

 

3/15 (After Race 4/Phoenix)

Team GDP waives D Wallace (200 points) for C Bell. 

 

3/14 (After Race 4/Phoenix) 

Team ERIC waives C Bell (35 points) for R Chastain. 

 

3/2 (After Race 2/Fontana) 

Team GDP waives C Buescher (30 points) for C Briscoe. 

 

3/29 (After Race 6/Texas Road)Team GDP Acquired K Harvick (120 points) and T Reddick (120 points) from Team ERIC for K Larson (170 points, 1 win) and Kurt B (160 points).

 

Weekly Race Points Standings

 

Week 30 Bristol

1 ERIC 430

2 CJ 230

3 GDP 210

 

Week 29 Kansas

1 GDP 460

2 ERIC 400

3 CJ 240

 

Week 28 Darlington

1 CJ 330

1 GDP 330

3 ERIC 310

 

Driver Standings (Top 10)

 

1 C Elliott… 1,200 (CJ)

2 D Hamlin… 1,060 (ERIC)

3 K Larson… 1,010 (ERIC)

4 C Bell… 975 (GDP)

5 K Harvick… 895 (GDP)

6 R Blaney… 880 (GDP)

6 A Cindric… 880 (CJ)

8 J Logano… 855 (ERIC)

9 Kyle B… 840 (CJ)

9 R Chastain… 840 (ERIC)