On a weekend when anything goes, that’s exactly what happened at Charlotte. It all started on Friday night in the Sprint Showdown. Yes, Clint Bowyer and AJ Allmendinger raced their way into the All-Star Race, but the story that dominated the night was the Sprint Fan Vote winner. No, it wasn’t Danica Patrick. Phil Parsons Racing driver Josh Wise, with heavy support from his sponsor Dogecoin, shocked the NASCAR world when he received the most Fan Votes and transferred into the All-Star Race. Oh yeah, and then Jamie McMurray played some tire strategy and won his first Sprint All-Star event.
It was a bag of mixed results for the top-10 rated drivers after Kansas. Kyle Busch won the first segment but crashed out hard along with Joey Logano in the second. Kevin Harvick finished in the top three in as many segments, then won the fourth, but a slow pit stop dropped him back to third on the final 10-lap restart. After spending too much time battling past Carl Edwards for second, Harvick was not able to run down McMurray. Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Carl Edwards (pole sitter) and Jimmie Johnson all finished in the top six, while Power Rankings leader Jeff Gordon crashed out with Greg Biffle and Martin Truex, Jr. in the third segment. Kyle Larson didn’t even qualify for the event.
Points racing returns this weekend in Charlotte with the extremely demanding Memorial Day Weekend, Sunday night 600-mile race. Many eyes will be on Kurt Busch as he attempts the Indy 500/Coca-Cola 600 double. But before we focus on Sunday’s excitement, see if your driver made the cut in our poll after the All-Star Race.
How The Rankings Are Calculated: Frontstretch does our power rankings similar to how the Associated Press does them for basketball or football. Our expert stable of NASCAR writers, both on staff and from other major publications will vote for the Top 20 on a 20-19-18-17… 3-2-1 basis, giving 20 points to their first-place driver, 19 for second, and so on. In the end, Mike Mehedin calculates the points, adds some funny one-liners, and… here you go!
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Change |
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Total Votes |
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![]() Jeff GordonSaturday night marked Gordon’s eighth straight finish outside the top 10 in the All-Star Race. He has to be hoping it doesn’t carry over to the 600 this weekend. Justin Tucker, Frontstretch.com First Place Votes: 6 |
177 |
2 |
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163 |
3 |
= |
|
150 |
4 |
= |
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148 |
5 |
= |
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147 |
6 |
+2 |
|
131 |
7 |
= |
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131 |
8 |
+3 |
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117 |
9 |
= |
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86 |
10 |
+2 |
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86 |
11 |
-1 |
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86 |
12 |
+1 |
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78 |
13 |
+1 |
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73 |
14 |
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62 |
15 |
= |
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57 |
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