This story was updated after Erik Jones’ disqualification.
William Byron retained the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season points lead after Sunday’s race at Martinsville despite a below-average finish.
Byron and two other Hendrick Motorsports drivers, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott, own the top three positions in the points standings through seven races.
Larson and Elliott earned top-five finishes in a race won by Denny Hamlin.
Here’s the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
Unofficial after Martinsville
- 1. William Byron — 259 points (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- 2. Kyle Larson — -16 behind leader (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- 3. Chase Elliott — -32
- 4. Christopher Bell — -35 (3 wins, 16 playoff points)
- 5. Alex Bowman — -35
- 6. Denny Hamlin — -41 (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- 7. Tyler Reddick — -46
- 8. Bubba Wallace — -51 (1 playoff point)
- 9. Joey Logano — -60 (2 playoff points)
- 10. Ryan Blaney — -66 (2 playoff points)
- 11. Chris Buescher — -82
- 12. Chase Briscoe — -90
- 13. Ross Chastain — -90
- 14. Ryan Preece — -94 (1 playoff point)
- 15. Michael McDowell — -100
- 16. Kyle Busch — -109
- 17. John Hunter Nemechek — -111
- 18. AJ Allmendinger — -111
- 19. Josh Berry — -112 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- 20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. — -113
- 21. Daniel Suarez — -134
- 22. Todd Gilliland — -134
- 23. Zane Smith — -135
- 24. Austin Cindric — -137 (1 playoff point)
- 25. Ty Dillon — -142
- 26. Justin Haley — -145
- 27. Austin Dillon — -145
- 28. Carson Hocevar — -146
- 29. Erik Jones — -151
- 30. Brad Keselowski — -157
- 31. Ty Gibbs — -160
- 32. Noah Gragson — -169
- 33. Riley Herbst — -170
- 34. Shane van Gisbergen — -179
- 35. Cole Custer — -197
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