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NASCAR Monster Energy Championship Odds
The GEICO 500 and the Talladega Speedway faithful will be rocking on the final Sunday of April. This Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event is held at the world famous Talladega in Lincoln, Alabama. The super speedway event consists of 188 laps on the 2.66 mile track. This year’s weekend extravaganza will be held on April 28, 2019.
The “Chase for the Cup” or the NASCAR Cup playoffs determines the racing series championship. The now branded Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) is the elite racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).
The racing circuit title sponsorship with Sprint expired after the 2016 season. On December 1, 2016, NASCAR announced it had reached accord with Monster Energy to become the new sponsor of NASCAR’s premier series. As a result on December 19, 2016, NASCAR announced the new name for the series, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS).
The championship is determined by a points system. Specific races and the system points are awarded according to finish placement and number of laps led.
The season is divided into two segments. Following the conclusion of the first 26 races, 16 drivers, a selection based on wins during the first segment of races, determine seeds for the crazy good “NASCAR Chase”.
The 16 drivers then compete in the last ten races that is NASCAR’s playoffs.
2019 Monster Energy Cup Series Championship Points Standings
| Standings | Car # / Driver |
| 1 | 18 KYLE BUSCH |
| 2 | 22 JOEY LOGANO |
| 3 | 11 DENNY HAMLIN |
| 4 | 4 KEVIN HARVICK |
| 5 | 2 BRAD KESELOWSKI |
| 6 | 19 MARTIN TRUEX, JR |
| 7 | 1 KURT BUSCH |
| 8 | 14 CLINT BOWYER |
| 9 | 12 RYAN BLANEY |
| 10 | 9 CHASE ELLIOTT |
| 11 | 10 ARIC ALMIROLA |
| 12 | 41 DANIEL SUAREZ |
| 13 | 48 JIMMIE JOHNSON |
| 14 | 3 AUSTIN DILLON |
| 15 | 6 RYAN NEWMAN |
| 16 | 21 PAUL MENARD |
| 17 | 20 ERIK JONES |
| 18 | 17 RICKY STENHOUSE JR |
| 19 | 42 KYLE LARSON |
| 20 | 24 WILLIAM BYRON |
| 21 | 88 ALEX BOWMAN |
| 22 | 13 TY DILLON |
| 23 | 37 CHRIS BUESCHER |
| 24 | 95 MATT DIBENEDETTO |
| 25 | 47 RYAN PREECE |
| 26 | 43 BUBBA WALLACE |
| 27 | 38 DAVID RAGAN |
| 28 | 8 DANIEL HEMRIC |
| 29 | 34 MICHAEL MCDOWELL |
| 30 | 32 COREY LAJOIE |
| 31 | 36 MATT TIFFT |
| 32 | 00 LANDON CASSILL |
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