William Byron increased his NASCAR Cup Series regular-season points lead with a solid run in the Go Bowling at The Glen on Aug. 10 at Watkins Glen.
Byron now leads Chase Elliott by 42 points for the regular-season title with races at Richmond and Daytona to go before the playoffs.
Chris Buescher’s playoff cutline advantage over teammate Ryan Preece increased with Buescher’s third-place finish. Buescher also recorded a stage win on Sunday.
Here’s the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
Through 24 races
- Denny Hamlin (4 wins)
- Shane van Gisbergen (4 wins)
- Kyle Larson (3 wins)
- Christopher Bell (3 wins)
- William Byron (2 wins)
- Chase Elliott (1 win)
- Ryan Blaney (1 win)
- Chase Briscoe (1 win)
- Bubba Wallace (1 win)
- Joey Logano (1 win)
- Ross Chastain (1 win)
- Austin Cindric (1 win)
- Josh Berry (1 win)
- Tyler Reddick +117 ahead of playoff cutline
- Alex Bowman +60
- Chris Buescher +34
- Ryan Preece -34 behind 16th
- Kyle Busch -102
- Ty Gibbs -125
- AJ Allmendinger -129
- Brad Keselowski -153
- Carson Hocevar -156
- Erik Jones -157
- Michael McDowell -160
- John Hunter Nemechek -160
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -198
- Zane Smith -203
- Austin Dillon -212
- Daniel Suarez -225
- Justin Haley -230
Unofficial after Watkins Glen
- William Byron 812 points (2 wins, 17 playoff points)
- Chase Elliott: -42 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Denny Hamlin -81 (3 wins, 24 playoff points)
- Christopher Bell -85 (3 wins, 17 playoff points)
- Kyle Larson -85 (3 wins, 23 playoff points)
- Ryan Blaney -102 (1 win, 11 playoff points)
- Tyler Reddick -111 (1 playoff point)
- Chase Briscoe -138 (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Alex Bowman -168
- Chris Buescher -194 (-3 playoff points)
- Bubba Wallace -202 ( 1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Ryan Preece -228 (2 playoff points)
- Joey Logano -229 (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Ross Chastain -241 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Kyle Busch -296
- Austin Cindric -310 (1 win, 8 playoff points)
- Ty Gibbs -319
- AJ Allmendinger -323
- Brad Keselowski -347 (2 playoff points)
- Carson Hocevar -350
- Erik Jones -351
- Michael McDowell -354 (1 playoff point)
- John Hunter Nemechek -354
- Josh Berry -367 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Shane van Gisbergen -371 (4 wins, 22 playoff points)
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -392
- Zane Smith -397
- Austin Dillon -406
- Daniel Suarez -419
- Justin Haley -424
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