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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· 4 times has the winner of the Cup race at Texas gone on to win the championship. 2007 – Jimmie Johnson, 2011- Tony Stewart, 2013 – Jimmie Johnson, 2021 – Kyle Larson.
· 4 times has a non playoff driver won this race – 2006 Tony Stewart, 2014 Jimmie Johnson, 2015 Jimmie Johnson, 2020 Kyle Busch
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• Look for the winner to come from the top 6 Rows. 18 of the last 20 and 20 of the last 23 Texas races were won from a top 10 starter.
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• All but two races in the stage era has a driver not won a stage and the race itself. In fact, six of the last eight Texas races saw the eventual winner win or finish second in the second stage at that.
• 5 of the last 8 1st stage winners have finished in the top 3.
• 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)