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Sunday’s Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International was the 24th of the regular season, leaving just two races left on the NASCAR schedule before the playoffs. Not only did Go Bowling at The Glen tighten the Cup Series playoff picture, it also added a fight to the finish among the NASCAR points leaders after today.

Let’s dive right into the NASCAR points standings after Watkins Glen for the Cup Series. As always, (P) indicates the driver would make the playoffs if the regular season ended today and a (*) indicates the driver won a race this season.

NASCAR Points Leaders after Today: Cup Series Outlook

Position Driver Points Behind
1 William Byron* (P) 812
2 Chase Elliott* (P) 770 -42
3 Denny Hamlin* (P) 731 -81
4 Kyle Larson* (P) 727 -85
5 Christopher Bell* (P) 727 -85
6 Ryan Blaney* (P) 710 -102
7 Tyler Reddick (P) 701 -111
8 Chase Briscoe* (P) 674 -138
9 Alex Bowman (P) 644 -168
10 Chris Buescher (P) 618 -194
11 Bubba Wallace* (P) 610 -202
12 Ryan Preece 584 -228
13 Joey Logano* (P) 583 -229
14 Ross Chastain* (P) 571 -241
15 Kyle Busch 516 -296
16 Austin Cindric* (P) 502 -310
17 Ty Gibbs 493 -319
18 AJ Allmendinger 489 -323
19 Brad Keselowski 465 -347
20 Carson Hocevar 462 -350
21 Erik Jones 461 -351
22 Michael McDowell 458 -354
23 John H. Nemechek 458 -354
24 Josh Berry* (P) 445 -367
25 Shane van Gisbergen* (P) 441 -371
26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 420 -392
27 Zane Smith 415 -397
28 Austin Dillon 406 -406
29 Daniel Suarez 393 -419
30 Justin Haley 388 -424
31 Todd Gilliland 376 -436
32 Ty Dillon 355 -457
33 Noah Gragson 299 -513
34 Cole Custer 294 -518
35 Riley Herbst 287 -525
36 Cody Ware 163 -649

Related: NASCAR Xfinity results for Watkins Glen, including stage results and points totals

Of note, with only two races remaining in the regular season, there are only TWO spots remaining in the Cup Series Playoffs. Tyler Reddick clinched the first spot on points. Effectively, any driver who is 100-plus points outside the playoff bubble must win to qualify for the 16-driver playoff.

You can find the NASCAR standings for all three Series, along with the Cup Series playoff points leaderboard in the embedded link.

NASCAR playoff picture after today

  1. Denny Hamlin – 4 wins
  2. Shane Van Gisbergen – 4 wins
  3. Christopher Bell – 3 wins
  4. Kyle Larson – 3 wins
  5. William Byron – 2 wins
  6. Chase Elliott – 1 win
  7. Ryan Blaney – 1 win
  8. Chase Briscoe – 1 win
  9. Bubba Wallace – 1 win
  10. Joey Logano – 1 win
  11. Ross Chastain – 1 win
  12. Austin Cindric – 1 win
  13. Josh Berry – 1 win
  14. Tyler Reddick – +117 points above cutline
  15. Alex Bowman – +60 points above cutline
  16. Chris Buescher – +34 points above cutline

NASCAR Playoff Bubble

  • BUBBLE: Ryan Preece – 34 points behind Chris Buescher
  • BUBBLE: Kyle Busch – 102 points behind Chris Buescher
  • BUBBLE: Ty Gibbs – 125 points behind Chris Buescher
  • BUBBLE: AJ Allmendinger – 129 points behind Chris Buescher

Related: NASCAR Truck Series results from Watkins Glen

NFL, MLB & college football writer for Sportsnaut. Graduated from San Diego State University with BA in Journalism, 2019. … More about Matt Johnson

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