Shane van Gisbergen earned his third win of the NASCAR Cup Series season in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 on July 13 at Sonoma Raceway.
With SVG winning, not a lot changed along the playoff cutline. Bubba Wallace remained just ahead of Ryan Preece for the final playoff spot, extending his cushion from two points to three. Kyle Busch cut into his cutline deficit, now 37 points behind Wallace with six races remaining.
William Byron extended his regular-season points lead by one ahead of teammate Chase Elliott.
The final six-week stretch in the regular season begins next week at Dover.
Here’s the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
Unofficial after Sonoma
- William Byron: 668 points (1 win, 12 playoff points)
- Chase Elliott -14 (1 win, 5 playoff points)
- Kyle Larson -44 (3 wins, 23 playoff points)
- Tyler Reddick -54 (1 playoff point)
- Denny Hamlin -62 (3 wins, 19 playoff points)
- Christopher Bell -71 (3 wins, 16 playoff points)
- Ryan Blaney -123 (1 win, 9 playoff points)
- Chase Briscoe -142 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Ross Chastain -155 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Chris Buescher -168 (5 playoff point penalty)
- Joey Logano -169 (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Alex Bowman -170
- Bubba Wallace -199 (2 playoff points)
- Ryan Preece -202 (2 playoff points)
- Kyle Busch -236
- AJ Allmendinger -249
- Ty Gibbs -259
- Erik Jones -267
- Michael McDowell -269 (1 playoff point)
- Austin Cindric -272 (1 win, 8 playoff points)
- Josh Berry -278 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- John Hunter Nemechek -284
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -290
- Carson Hocevar -295
- Zane Smith -295
- Shane van Gisbergen -301 (3 wins, 17 playoff points)
- Brad Keselowski -335
- Austin Dillon -337
- Daniel Suarez -338
- Ty Dillon -348
- Todd Gilliland -348
- Justin Haley -351
- Noah Gragson -402
- Cole Custer -412
- Riley Herbst -430
Through 20 races
- Kyle Larson (3 wins)
- Christopher Bell (3 wins)
- Denny Hamlin (3 wins)
- Shane van Gisbergen (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)
- Tyler Reddick +149 ahead of playoff cutline
- Chris Buescher +34
- Alex Bowman +32
- Bubba Wallace +3
- Ryan Preece -3 behind 16th
- Kyle Busch -37
- AJ Allmendinger -50
- Ty Gibbs -60
- Erik Jones -68
- Michael McDowell -70
- John Hunter Nemechek -85
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -91
- Carson Hocevar -96
- Zane Smith -96
- Brad Keselowski -136
- Austin Dillon -138
- Daniel Suarez -139
- Ty Dillon -149
- Todd Gilliland -149
- Justin Haley -152
- Noah Gragson -203
- Cole Custer -213
- Riley Herbst -231
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