Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after Richmond 2026
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With just two races left before the Chase reset, Denny Hamlin holds a 115-point lead in the championship. After the reset, it will be reduced to just 25 over whoever is second. After Richmond, that driver is now Ryan Blaney, who jumped back ahead of Ty Gibbs.
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The biggest mover in the standings was easily Joey Logano, rocketing up four positions to ninth after winning the Cup race at Richmond. The biggest loser was Carson Hocevar for the second consecutive week, dropping three spots to 11th after being the lone DNF on Saturday night.
In the battle to make the Chase, Austin Cindric pulled himself off the bubble with his best result of the season, collecting a lot of stage points and finishing third.
Suddenly, Shane van Gisbergen is now on the bubble, but he is a full 50 points clear of his closest pursuer -- Ryan Preece in 17th. Ross Chastain, who made big gains at Iowa, fell back to -63pts after Cindric's big day.
The top seven drivers in the standings have mathematically clinched a spot in the Chase after Richmond. The Cup Series now heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Pos.DriverPointsPositions gained or lost
1 Denny Hamlin969--2Ryan Blaney854+13Ty Gibbs842-14Tyler Reddick831--5Chase Briscoe715--6Chase Elliott695+17Christopher Bell695-18Kyle Larson660+29Joey Logano659+410Christopher Bell653-111Carson Hocevar645-312William Byron630-113Daniel Suarez618-114Bubba Wallace587--15Austin Cindric574+116Shane van Gisbergen567-1CHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINE17Ryan Preece517--18Ross Chastain504--19Brad Keselowski489--20Erik Jones486--21Michael McDowell463--22AJ Allmendinger442--23Todd Gilliland428--24Zane Smith418--25Austin Dillon400+226Riley Herbst399-127Ricky Stenhouse Jr.389-128John Hunter Nemechek388--29Alex Bowman340--30Josh Berry337--31Noah Gragson307--32Cole Custer287+133Ty Dillon284-134Connor Zilisch257--35Cody Ware191--36Casey Mears12--37Kevin Magnussen11--38Jimmie Johnson9--39Katherine Legge8--40BJ McLeod4--Note: Kyle Busch scored 217 points before his tragic passing, and we have followed NASCAR's decision to no longer classify Busch in the weekly driver standings.
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