William Byron’s NASCAR Cup Series regular-season points lead is down to 19 points with seven races remaining after finishing last in the Chicago street race on July 6.
Chase Elliott is 13 points behind his Hendrick Motorsports teammate coming out of the weekend, with third-place Kyle Larson 19 points behind Byron. The regular-season champion earns 15 playoff points, raising the importance of leading the points at the end of the regular season at Daytona.
Shane van Gisbergen won the Grant Park 165 on Sunday to add to his playoff points total, now up to 11 (the fifth most among Cup drivers).
Here’s the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
Unofficial after Chicago
- William Byron: 632 points (1 win, 12 playoff points)
- Chase Elliott -13 (1 win, 5 playoff points)
- Kyle Larson -19 (3 wins, 23 playoff points)
- Denny Hamlin -43 (3 wins, 19 playoff points)
- Tyler Reddick -48 (1 playoff point)
- Christopher Bell -67 (3 wins, 16 playoff points)
- Ryan Blaney -93 (1 win, 9 playoff points)
- Ross Chastain -142 (1 win, 5 playoff points)
- Chase Briscoe -150 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Alex Bowman -152
- Chris Buescher -156 (5 playoff point penalty)
- Joey Logano -161 (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Bubba Wallace -189 (2 playoff points)
- Ryan Preece -191 (2 playoff points)
- AJ Allmendinger -232
- Kyle Busch -235
- Erik Jones -239
- Austin Cindric -243 (1 win, 8 playoff points)
- Ty Gibbs -255
- John Hunter Nemechek -257
- Carson Hocevar -264
- Josh Berry -266 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Michael McDowell -266 (1 playoff point)
- Zane Smith -269
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -271
- Austin Dillon -317
- Shane van Gisbergen -324 (2 win, 11 playoff points)
- Brad Keselowski -325
- Daniel Suarez -325
- Todd Gilliland -326
- Justin Haley -338
- Ty Dillon -341
- Noah Gragson -367
- Cole Custer -391
- Riley Herbst -406
Through 19 races
- Kyle Larson (3 wins)
- Christopher Bell (3 wins)
- Denny Hamlin (3 wins)
- Shane van Gisbergen (2 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)
- Tyler Reddick +143 ahead of playoff cutline
- Alex Bowman +39
- Chris Buescher +35
- Bubba Wallace +2
- Ryan Preece -2 behind 16th
- AJ Allmendinger -43
- Kyle Busch -46
- Erik Jones -50
- Ty Gibbs -66
- John Hunter Nemechek -68
- Carson Hocevar -75
- Michael McDowell -77
- Zane Smith -80
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -82
- Austin Dillon -128
- Brad Keselowski -136
- Daniel Suarez -136
- Todd Gilliland -137
- Justin Haley -149
- Ty Dillon -152
- Noah Gragson -178
- Cole Custer -202
- Riley Herbst -217
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