With Denny Hamlin’s dramatic win in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Nashville, he is 97pts behind of 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick in the battle for the points lead.
Around the cut-line, Austin Cindric has moved back inside the top 16, and is now two points ahead of Ryan Preece, who recorded a DNF at Nashville. Joey Logano is the next-closest, nine points back.
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The biggest mover in the points this week is Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who jumped three positions from 26th to 23rd with a top five finish. The biggest losers are AJ Allmendinger (19th to 22nd) and Ross Chastain (23rd to 26th), as each dropped three positions in the standings.
Note: Kyle Busch scored 217 points during the 2026 season before his tragic passing. Following NASCAR’s decision to do so, we have also removed Kyle from the championship standings you see below
2026 NASCAR Cup points after Nashville (Race 14 of 36)
|
Pos. |
Driver |
Points |
Positions gained or lost |
|
1 |
Tyler Reddick |
657 |
— |
|
2 |
Denny Hamlin |
560 |
— |
|
3 |
Ryan Blaney |
483 |
— |
|
4 |
Chase Elliott |
460 |
+1 |
|
5 |
Ty Gibbs |
449 |
-1 |
|
6 |
Kyle Larson |
409 |
— |
|
7 |
Christopher Bell |
399 |
+1 |
|
8 |
Chris Buescher |
393 |
-1 |
|
9 |
Carson Hocevar |
383 |
— |
|
10 |
Daniel Suarez |
378 |
— |
|
11 |
William Byron |
352 |
+1 |
|
12 |
Shane van Gisbergen |
348 |
+2 |
|
13 |
Brad Keselowski |
347 |
-2 |
|
14 |
Chase Briscoe |
343 |
+1 |
|
15 |
Bubba Wallace |
338 |
-2 |
|
16 |
Austin Cindric |
306 |
+1 |
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|
17 |
Ryan Preece |
304 |
-1 |
|
18 |
Joey Logano |
297 |
— |
|
19 |
Michael McDowell |
275 |
+1 |
|
20 |
Zane Smith |
272 |
+1 |
|
21 |
Erik Jones |
270 |
+1 |
|
22 |
AJ Allmendinger |
266 |
-3 |
|
23 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
263 |
+3 |
|
24 |
Austin Dillon |
244 |
— |
|
25 |
Todd Gilliland |
240 |
— |
|
26 |
Ross Chastain |
239 |
-3 |
|
27 |
Riley Herbst |
224 |
— |
|
28 |
John Hunter Nemechek |
213 |
— |
|
29 |
Noah Gragson |
202 |
— |
|
30 |
Ty Dillon |
177 |
+1 |
|
31 |
Josh Berry |
174 |
-1 |
|
32 |
Alex Bowman |
160 |
— |
|
33 |
Cole Custer |
150 |
+1 |
|
34 |
Connor Zilisch |
147 |
-1 |
|
35 |
Cody Ware |
117 |
— |
|
37 |
Casey Mears |
9 |
— |
|
38 |
Katherine Legge |
8 |
+1 |
|
39 |
BJ McLeod |
2 |
-1 |
Photos from Nashville – Sunday
Joey Logano, Team Penske
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Tribute to Kyle Busch
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Ryan Preece, RFK Racing
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Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing
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Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports
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AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing
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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing
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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske
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Kyle Larson, Cliff Daniels, Hendrick Motorsports
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William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports
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Joe Gibbs
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Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing
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Daniel Suárez, Spire Motorsports, Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports
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Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing
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Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports
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Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Daniel Suárez, Spire Motorsports
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Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports
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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing
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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing
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Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing
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Daniel Suárez, Spire Motorsports
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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing
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Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing
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Joey Logano, Team Penske
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