Greg Biffle's 18th place finish at Richmond narrowed his Spring Cup Series lead to just five points over Dale Earnhardt Jr. The race for the top stop has become even tighter as Biffle, Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth are all separated by just 10 points.

The next race will be at Talladega on May 6th.

Here are the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings after Richmond (relation to the Chase in parentheses):

1. Greg Biffle (+73 points inside Chase)
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. -5 (+68)
3. Denny Hamlin -9 (+64)
4. Matt Kenseth -10 (+63)
5. Martin Truex Jr. -22 (+51)
6. Jimmie Johnson -24 (+49)
7. Kevin Harvick -25 (+48)
8. Tony Stewart -31 (+42)
9. Carl Edwards -51 (+22)
10. Ryan Newman -60 (+13)
11. Kyle Busch -13 from Chase top 10 (Note: Currently has Wild Card No. 1)
12. Clint Bowyer -14
13. Brad Keselowski -26 (Note: Currently has Wild Card No. 2)
14. Paul Menard -29
15. Joey Logano -37
16. Juan Pablo Montoya -39
17. Jeff Gordon -57
18. Jamie McMurray -58
19. Mark Martin -60
20. Jeff Burton -64
21. AJ Allmendinger -65
22. Marcos Ambrose -69
23. Kasey Kahne -73
24. Aric Almirola -73
25. Regan Smith -74
26. Kurt Busch -88
27. Bobby Labonte -90
28. Casey Mears -118
29. David Ragan -143
30. David Gilliland -144
31. David Reutimann -146
32. Dave Blaney -152
33. Landon Cassill -153
34. Travis Kvapil -159
35. David Stremme -202