Last season’s Sprint Cup points champion holds a nine-point lead on Dale Earnhardt Jr. He also has had a strong start to the season, with three top-four finishes after three races.
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Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano slides to third in the standings after a 10th-place finish Sunday. Off to a surprisingly hot start, Martin Truex Jr. and AJ Allmendinger round out the top five after both finishing seventh or better the last two races.
Sprint Cup driver standings
1. Kevin Harvick (1 win)… 134 points 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. … 125 points 3. Joey Logano (1 win) … 123 points 4. Martin Truex Jr. … 118 points 5. AJ Allmendinger… 100 points 6. Kasey Kahne… 92 points 7. Jimmie Johnson (1 win) … 91 points 8. Denny Hamlin … 87 points 9. Casey Mears … 87 points 10. Matt Kenseth … 85 points 11. Greg Biffle … 84 points 12. Ryan Newman … 82 points 13. Paul Menard … 82 points 14. Clint Bowyer… 81 points 15. Aric Almirola… 80 points 16. Brad Keselowski… 77 points 17. David Gilliland… 77 points 18. Sam Hornish Jr. … 75 points 19. David Ragan… 75 points 20. Danica Patrick … 68 points 21. Kyle Larson … 64 points 22. Austin Dillon … 59 points 23. Carl Edwards … 57 points 24. Trevor Bayne … 55 points 25. Jamie McMurray … 54 points 26. Michael Annett… 52 points 27. Brett Moffitt … 44 points 28. Justin Allgaier … 44 points 29. Michael McDowell… 44 points 30. Jeff Gordon … 42 points 31. Cole Whitt… 41 points 32. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. … 38 points 33. Brian Vickers … 29 points 34. Tony Stewart … 27 points 35. Alex Bowman … 22 points 36. Josh Wise … 22 points 37. Bobby Labonte … 20 points 38. Michael Waltrip … 18 points 39. Jeb Burton … 13 points 40. Reed Sorenson … 12 points 41. Mike Wallace … 8 points 42. Ron Hornaday Jr. … 2 points
