NASCAR 2022 at Richmond: What does the points table look like after the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway?

The seventh race of the 2022 NASCAR season produced the seventh different driver to win this year on Sunday. Denny Hamlin drove his #11 Toyota Camry to befittingly take the win at the Toyota Owners 400 in Richmond, Virginia. The veteran clinched his first victory of the year after a very slow start to his season.

Kevin Harvick and William Byron rounded off the podium spots, finishing second and third respectively. Hamlin chased Byron down with five laps to go as his crew made a crucial call on the tires in a race where strategy and tire management were key.

A late charge from Harvick saw him challenge Hamlin. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver, however, could not manage to close in and had to settle for the runners-up spot.

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NASCAR points standings after the Toyota Owners 400

With the completion of the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway in Virginia, the drivers' points table order was shuffled once again. Ryan Blaney of Team Penske tops the charts with 241 points to his name, tied with Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports who sits in P2.

Martin Truex Jr. has 222 points to his name in third place. This makes him one of the two Toyota cars in the top ten. Denny Hamlin reignites his play-off hopes with the victory and sits in twentieth place with 148 points.

The full points table after this Sunday's race in Virginia is as follows:

Position	Driver	Points
1	#12 Ryan Blaney	241
2	# Chase Elliott	241
3	#19 Martin Truex Jr.	222
4	#24 William Byron	218
5	#22 Joey Logano	215
6	#1 Ross Chastain	214
7	#48 Alex Bowman	212
8	#4 Kevin Harvick	193
9	#14 Chase Briscoe	192
10	#18 Kyle Busch	191
11	#10 Aric Almirola	184
12	#5 Kyle Larson	183
13	#8 Tyler Reddick	183
14	#99 Daniel Suarez	171
15	#2 Austin Cindric	170
16	#3 Austin Dillon	158
17	#43 Erik Jones	157
18	##45 Kurt Busch	155
19	#17 Chris Buescher	151
20	#11 Denny Hamlin	148
21	#20 Christopher Bell	147
22	#23 Bubba Wallace Jr.	133
23	#31 Justin Haley	129
24	#42 Ty Dillon	116
25	#34 Michael McDowell	109
26	#41 Cole Custer	105
27	#38 Todd Gilliland	105
28	#47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	101
29	#21 Harrison Burton	99
30	#7 Corie LaJoie	94
31	#6 Brad Keselowski	72
32	#51 Cody Ware	64
33	#78 BJ McLeod	59
34	David Ragan	48
35	Garrett Smithley	28
36	#44 Greg Biffle	22
37	Jacques Villenueve	15
38	Boris Said	11
39	Joey Hand	2

NASCAR heads to Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia for the Blu-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 next weekend. The Cup Series race takes place on Sunday at 07:30 pm EST on the 0.5-mile-long short oval. This is the second consecutive oval in the state of Virginia on the 2022 calendar.