The three-race Western Swing is now in the books, with Kyle Larson winning Sunday’s Auto Club 400 Monster Energy Cup Series race at Southern California’s Auto Club Speedway.
Here’s where all 39 drivers finished on Sunday:
1
Kyle Larson
The hottest driver of the first five weeks of the season, Larson qualified on the pole, led the most laps and won the race, one day after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series race here.
2
Brad Keselowski
Already locked into NASCAR’s playoffs, Keselowski was caught up in a pileup on the opening lap and then got spun on Lap 4. Yet he made an amazing rally to finish second.
3
Clint Bowyer
Stewart-Haas Racing has been a good fit for Bowyer so far, and he had his best finish of the year.
4
Martin Truex Jr.
With a victory at Las Vegas already, Truex knows he’ll be in NASCAR’s playoffs. Judging by his speed, he’s going to be a serious contender.
5
Joey Logano
After failing to make it through inspection on Friday, Logano started at the back end of the grid but came back for another top five.
6
Jamie McMurray
It’s been a solid start to 2016 for both McMurray and his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Kyle Larson
7
Daniel Suarez
The rookie continues to impress as he was the top finisher of the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas.
8
Kyle Busch
By a wide margin, Busch has been the best of the Joe Gibbs Racing drivers so far this year. But today he was edged out by Daniel Suarez.
9
Ryan Blaney
Blaney has had fast Wood Brothers Racing Fords all year and Auto Club was another solid effort.
10
Chase Elliott
Another impressive effort for the second-year Hendrick Motorsports driver, who got bit by a late-race caution.
11
Austin Dillon
After a slow start to the season, this was a good result for Dillon.
12
Erik Jones
In his rookie season, Jones has been impressive.
13
Kevin Harvick
Harvick came into Sunday’s race as the series lap leader. But an early flat right-rear tire dropped him a lap down early.
14
Denny Hamlin
Coming into Sunday’s race, Hamlin hadn’t led a lap all year long, but he contended today.
15
Ryan Newman
The veteran Richard Childress Racing won in Phoenix last week, but wasn’t a factor in this race.
16
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
A flat tire meant NASCAR’s 14-time most popular driver started in back but he made up a lot of ground in the race.
17
AJ Allmendinger
The ‘Dinger got his first top-20 finish since the Daytona 500.
18
Ty Dillon
A solid effort for Dillon, who cracked the top 20.
19
Aric Almirola
In qualifying, Almirola had serious steering problems with his Richard Petty Motorsports Ford.
20
Kasey Kahne
Kahne has had a decent start to the season, although this finish was disappointing.
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21
Jimmie Johnson
A rough weekend for the seven-time champ, who went to a backup car and then got caught up in trouble early on Sunday.
22
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Stenhouse had a strong run coming together before getting into the wall late.
23
Trevor Bayne
Along with his Roush Fenway Racing teammate, Bayne had a solid run go sour late.
24
Kurt Busch
The Daytona 500 winner has struggled quite a bit since that joyous victory.
25
Chris Buescher
Buescher has slowly improved in the No. 37 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevy.
26
Danica Patrick
Another rough weekend for Patrick, who celebrated her birthday on Saturday.
27
Landon Cassill
Cassill finished 27th and continues to log laps with Front Row Motorsports.
28
Paul Menard
After a good start to the season, Menard has trended downhill since then.
29
Matt DiBenedetto
DiBenedetto and his Go FAS Racing Ford bring home a 29th-place finish.
30
Corey LaJoie
LaJoie has hit the wall every week, so it wasn’t surprising that he brought out two cautions at Auto Club.
31
David Ragan
Ragan had a moment early when he stayed out at the Lap 5 caution, but quickly fell back to 30th.
32
Cole Whitt
Reality has set in for Whitt after a strong start to the season.
33
Michael McDowell
A cool paint scheme got damaged early when McDowell scraped the wall.
34
Reed Sorenson
Sorenson continues to log laps, finishing near the back of the pack.
35
Timmy Hill
The No. 51 Premium Motorsports team finished just ahead of the cars who crashed out of the race.
36
Matt Kenseth
Kenseth was fortunate to walk away from a hard hit into the wall in the closing laps. Another poor finish for the No. 20 JGR Camry.
37
Gray Gaulding
Gaulding hit the wall when he lost a tire late.
38
Derrike Cope
The oldest driver in the field continues wheeling the No. 55 car.
39
Jeffrey Earnhardt
The fourth-generation driver had an early exit from the race with engine issues.
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