Denny Hamlin leaves New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a 77-point lead over race winner Ryan Blaney, which is enough for him to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Chase. The top 13 drivers in the championship standings have all clinched Chase spots now.
Going into Daytona, Bubba Wallace in 14th will be 75 points up, which is basically safe with a maximum of 76 points possible in a single race. Austin Cindric is 15th, 44 points above the cut-line.
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Shane van Gisbergen remains on the bubble, and Ryan Preece cut down the margin to him at New Hampshire. There are 31 points separating them, and of note, just six points in the owner’s standings.
Preece is the only driver with a shot of coming from below the cut-line at Daytona, as Ross Chastain’s last-place finish eliminates him from contention.
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2026 NASCAR Cup points after New Hampshire (Race 25 of 36)
|
Pos. |
Driver |
Points |
Positions gained or lost |
|
1 |
Denny Hamlin |
1001 |
— |
|
2 |
Ryan Blaney |
924 |
— |
|
3 |
Ty Gibbs |
880 |
— |
|
4 |
Tyler Reddick |
860 |
— |
|
5 |
Christopher Bell |
738 |
+2 |
|
6 |
Chase Briscoe |
727 |
-1 |
|
7 |
Kyle Larson |
708 |
+1 |
|
8 |
Chase Elliott |
707 |
-2 |
|
9 |
Joey Logano |
682 |
— |
|
10 |
Chris Buescher |
676 |
— |
|
11 |
Carson Hocevar |
672 |
— |
|
12 |
William Byron |
644 |
— |
|
13 |
Daniel Suarez |
638 |
— |
|
14 |
Bubba Wallace |
630 |
— |
|
15 |
Austin Cindric |
599 |
— |
|
16 |
Shane van Gisbergen |
586 |
— |
|
CHASE CUTLINE |
CHASE CUTLINE |
CHASE CUTLINE |
CHASE CUTLINE |
|
17 |
Ryan Preece |
555 |
— |
|
18 |
Brad Keselowski |
520 |
+1 |
|
19 |
Ross Chastain |
505 |
-1 |
|
20 |
Erik Jones |
490 |
— |
|
21 |
Michael McDowell |
484 |
— |
|
22 |
AJ Allmendinger |
456 |
— |
|
23 |
Todd Gilliland |
444 |
— |
|
24 |
Zane Smith |
442 |
— |
|
25 |
Austin Dillon |
405 |
– |
|
26 |
Riley Herbst |
402 |
— |
|
27 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
398 |
— |
|
28 |
John Hunter Nemechek |
394 |
— |
|
29 |
Josh Berry |
386 |
+1 |
|
30 |
Alex Bowman |
362 |
-1 |
|
31 |
Noah Gragson |
334 |
— |
|
32 |
Cole Custer |
302 |
— |
|
33 |
Ty Dillon |
294 |
— |
|
34 |
Connor Zilisch |
259 |
— |
|
35 |
Cody Ware |
199 |
— |
|
36 |
Casey Mears |
12 |
— |
|
37 |
Kevin Magnussen |
11 |
— |
|
38 |
Jimmie Johnson |
9 |
— |
|
39 |
Katherine Legge |
8 |
— |
|
40 |
BJ McLeod |
4 |
— |
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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