Chase Elliott clinched a NASCAR Cup Series playoff spot with his victory in the Quaker State 400 on June 28 at EchoPark Speedway, becoming the 12th different driver to win this season.
Elliott was top driver in the points standings that had not won this season coming into the weekend, so his victory did not materially impact the playoff cutline.
Brad Keselowski finished second but did not get the win necessary to further put stress on drivers near the playoff bubble.
Here’s the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
Unofficial after Atlanta
- William Byron: 623 points (1 win, 12 playoff points)
- Chase Elliott -37 (1 win, 5 playoff points)
- Kyle Larson -42 (3 wins, 23 playoff points)
- Denny Hamlin -80 (3 wins, 19 playoff points)
- Christopher Bell -80 (3 wins, 16 playoff points)
- Tyler Reddick -98 (1 playoff point)
- Ryan Blaney -127 (1 win, 8 playoff points)
- Ross Chastain -173 (1 win, 5 playoff points)
- Chris Buescher -174 (5 playoff point penalty)
- Chase Briscoe -179 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Joey Logano -186 (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Alex Bowman -187
- Bubba Wallace -203 (2 playoff points)
- Ryan Preece -226 (2 playoff points)
- Austin Cindric -252 (1 win, 8 playoff points)
- Erik Jones -252
- AJ Allmendinger -262
- Carson Hocevar -265
- Josh Berry -268 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Kyle Busch -275
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -276
- Michael McDowell -280
- John Hunter Nemechek -285
- Ty Gibbs -289
- Zane Smith -294
- Austin Dillon -317
- Brad Keselowski -325
- Todd Gilliland -326
- Daniel Suarez -332
- Justin Haley -352
- Ty Dillon -357
- Shane van Gisbergen -363 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Noah Gragson -374
- Cole Custer -394
- Riley Herbst -425
Through 18 races
- Kyle Larson (3 wins)
- Christopher Bell (3 wins)
- Denny Hamlin (3 wins)
- William Byron (1 win)
- Chase Elliott (1 win)
- Ryan Blaney (1 win)
- Ross Chastain (1 win)
- Chase Briscoe (1 win)
- Joey Logano (1 win)
- Austin Cindric (1 win)
- Josh Berry (1 win)
- Shane van Gisbergen (1 win)
- Tyler Reddick +128 ahead of playoff cutline
- Chris Buescher +52
- Alex Bowman +39
- Bubba Wallace +23
- Ryan Preece -23 behind 16th
- Erik Jones -49
- AJ Allmendinger -59
- Carson Hocevar -62
- Kyle Busch -72
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -73
- Michael McDowell -77
- John Hunter Nemechek -82
- Ty Gibbs -86
- Zane Smith -91
- Austin Dillon -114
- Brad Keselowski -122
- Todd Gilliland -123
- Daniel Suarez -129
- Justin Haley -149
- Ty Dillon -154
- Noah Gragson -165
- Cole Custer -185
- Riley Herbst -216
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