Unofficial Sprint Cup points standings after Texas

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Kevin Harvick remained the points leader after Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway. Race winner Jimmie Johnson moved up four spots to sixth. Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards each climbed three spots in the top 15, while Paul Menard fell 10 spots to 16th.

1 – Kevin Harvick (2 wins) … 306 points

2 – Joey Logano (1 win) … 280

3 – Martin Truex Jr. … 266

4 – Brad Keselowski (1 win) … 246

5 – Kasey Kahne … 230

6 – Jimmie Johnson (2 wins) … 216

7 – Dale Earnhardt Jr. … 213

8 – Denny Hamlin (1 win) … 205

9 – Aric Almirola … 195

10 – David Ragan … 194

11 – Jamie McMurray … 193

12 – Matt Kenseth … 189

13 – Jeff Gordon … 186

14 – Carl Edwards … 182

15 – Casey Mears … 178

16 – Paul Menard … 177

17 – Danica Patrick … 176

18 – Clint Bowyer … 168

19 – Greg Biffle … 165

20 – AJ Allmendinger … 161

21 – Kurt Busch … 144

22 – Austin Dillon … 143

23 – Trevor Bayne … 138

24 – Ryan Newman … 137

25 – David Gilliland … 136

26 – Kyle Larson … 135

27 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. … 132

28 – Cole Whitt … 111

29 – Sam Hornish Jr. … 110

30 – Brett Moffitt … 109

31 – Justin Allgaier … 109

32 – Tony Stewart … 107

33 – Michael Annett … 69

34 – Alex Bowman … 67

35 – Josh Wise … 58

36 – Michael McDowell … 57

37 – Jeb Burton … 43

38 – Matt DiBenedetto … 34

39 – Brian Vickers … 32

40 – Alex Kennedy … 24

41 – Bobby Labonte … 20

42 – Michael Waltrip … 18

43 – Reed Sorenson … 12

44 – Mike Wallace … 8

45 – Ron Hornaday Jr. … 2

Portland Xfinity race results, driver points

Portland Xfinity results
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Cole Custer went from fourth to first on the overtime restart when the top three cars made contact and went on to win Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Portland International Raceway. Custer is the 10th different winner in 13 races this season.

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JR Motorsports took the next three spots: Justin Allgaier placed second, Sam Mayer was third and Josh Berry was fourth. Austin Hill completed the top five.

John Hunter Nemechek remains the points leader after 13 races. He has a 14-point lead on Hill. Nemechek leads Allgaier by 44 points.

Cole Custer wins Xfinity race at Portland in overtime

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Cole Custer held off Justin Allgaier at the finish to win Saturday’s Xfinity Series race in overtime at Portland International Raceway. It is Custer’s first victory of the season.

JR Motorsports placed second, third and fourth with Allgaier, Sam Mayer and Josh Berry. Austin Hill finished fifth.

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Custer went from fourth to first on the overtime restart when Parker Kligerman, who restarted third, attempted to pass Allgaier, who was leading. Sheldon Creed was on the outside of Allgaier. All three cars made contact entering Turn 1, allowing Custer to slip by. Creed finished seventh. Kligerman placed 14th.

Custer won the second stage when John Hunter Nemechek made contact with Creed’s car while racing for the lead on the final lap of the stage. The contact spun Creed and Custer inched by Nemechek at the line.

Early in the final stage, Creed gained revenge with contact that spun Nemechek, who went on to finish 10th. A few laps later, Nemechek and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sammy Smith had issues. Smith spun Nemechek. After getting back around, Nemechek quickly caught Smith and turned into Smith’s car, damaging it.

STAGE 1 WINNER: Sheldon Creed

STAGE 2 WINNER: Cole Custer

WHO HAD A GOOD RACE: Despite the contact on the overtime restart, runner-up Justin Allgaier managed to score his fourth consecutive top-three finish. … Sam Mayer’s third-place finish is his best on a road course. … Austin Hill’s fifth-place finish gives him four consecutive top-five results.

WHO HAD A BAD RACE: Daniel Hemric finished 33rd after a fire in his car. … Riley Herbst placed 32nd after an engine issue. After opening the season with six top 10s in a row, Herbst has gone seven races in a row without a top 10.

NEXT: The series competes June 10 at Sonoma Raceway (8 p.m. ET on FS1).

Truck race results at WWT Raceway: Grant Enfinger wins

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Grant Enfinger took the lead when the leaders wrecked in the final laps and held off the field in overtime to win Saturday’s Craftsman Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway.

It is Enfinger’s second win in the last five races. He also collected a $50,000 bonus for winning the Triple Truck Challenge.

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Christian Eckes finished second and was followed by Stewart Friesen, Carson Hocevar and Chase Purdy.

Ty Majeski and Zane Smith wrecked while racing for the lead with six laps to go. Majeski, running on the inside of Smith, slid up the track and clipped Smith’s truck. Both hit the wall. That put Enfinger in the lead.

Smith finished 20th. Majeski placed 30th.

STAGE 1 WINNER: Grant Enfinger

STAGE 2 WINNER: Stewart Friesen

WHO HAD A GOOD RACE: Grant Enfinger’s victory is his fourth top 10 in the last five races. … Carson Hocevar’s fourth-place finish is his fourth consecutive top-five result. … Stewart Friesen’s third-place finish moved him into a playoff spot with four races left in the regular season. … Matt DiBenedetto‘s sixth-place finish is his third consecutive top 10. … Jesse Love finished ninth in his series debut.

WHO HAD A BAD RACE: Ty Majeski had a chance to take the points lead with series leader Corey Heim out because of illness, but Majeski’s 30th-place finish after running at the front most of the day, leaves him behind Heim. … Hailie Deegan finished 32nd after contact sent her truck into the wall hard. … After finishing a career-high third last week at Charlotte, Dean Thompson placed 34th Saturday due to an engine issue.

NEXT: The series races June 23 at Nashville Superspeedway (8 p.m. ET on FS1)

Xfinity starting lineup at Portland: Sheldon Creed wins pole

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Sheldon Creed scored his first career Xfinity Series pole by taking the top spot for Saturday’s race at Portland International Raceway.

Creed, making his 50th career series start, earned the pole with a lap of 95.694 mph on the 1.97-mile road course.

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Cole Custer will start second with a lap of 95.398 mph. He is followed by Josh Berry (94.242 mph), John Hunter Nemechek (95.127) and Charlotte winner Justin Allgaier (94.897). Road racing specialist Jordan Taylor, driving for Kaulig Racing, qualified sixth at 94.772 mph.

The green flag is scheduled to wave 4:46 p.m. ET Saturday on FS1.