After 450 laps of racing at North Wilkesboro, Joey Logano secured his first win of the 2026 season, and jumped back above the Chase cut-line with a huge points day.
At the very top of the standings, Denny Hamlin extended his advantage after a mid-race incident for Tyler Reddick and a late-race speeding penalty for Ryan Blaney. Hamlin now holds a 68-point lead over Reddick, with Blaney 87 points behind. Blaney has also mathematically locked himself into the Chase along with Reddick and Hamlin.
Around the cut-line, Austin Cindric has fallen back down to the bubble after a big night for both Logano (+49) and Shane van Gisbergen (+54). Cindric is 33 points above Erik Jones for the 16th and final spot.
No one moved more than two positions either way in the standings after North Wilkesboro, and there are now just five races left in the regular season. Next up is the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
2026 NASCAR Cup points after North Wilkesboro (Race 21 of 36)
| Pos. | Driver | Points | Positions gained or lost |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 842 | -- |
| 2 | Tyler Reddick | 774 | -- |
| 3 | Ryan Blaney | 755 | -- |
| 4 | Ty Gibbs | 708 | -- |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 634 | -- |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 616 | -- |
| 7 | Carson Hocevar | 598 | +1 |
| 8 | Chase Briscoe | 587 | +2 |
| 9 | Chris Buescher | 585 | -2 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 574 | -1 |
| 11 | Daniel Suarez | 558 | -- |
| 12 | William Byron | 546 | -- |
| 13 | Bubba Wallace | 531 | -- |
| 14 | Shane van Gisbergen | 516 | +1 |
| 15 | Joey Logano | 511 | +2 |
| 16 | Austin Cindric | 495 | -2 |
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| 17 | Erik Jones | 462 | -- |
| 18 | Ryan Preece | 447 | -- |
| 19 | Brad Keselowski | 437 | -- |
| 20 | Michael McDowell | 412 | +1 |
| 21 | Ross Chastain | 412 | -1 |
| 22 | AJ Allmendinger | 397 | -- |
| 23 | Todd Gilliland | 384 | +1 |
| 24 | Zane Smith | 371 | -1 |
| 25 | Riley Herbst | 369 | -- |
| 26 | John Hunter Nemechek | 350 | +1 |
| 27 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 347 | -1 |
| 28 | Austin Dillon | 341 | -- |
| 29 | Alex Bowman | 292 | -- |
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 259 | +1 |
| 31 | Noah Gragson | 253 | -1 |
| 32 | Cole Custer | 246 | -- |
| 33 | Josh Berry | 234 | -- |
| 34 | Connor Zilisch | 213 | -- |
| 35 | Cody Ware | 177 | -- |
| 36 | Kevin Magnussen | 11 | -- |
| 37 | Casey Mears | 10 | -- |
| 38 | Jimmie Johnson | 9 | -- |
| 39 | Katherine Legge | 8 | -- |
| 40 | BJ McLeod | 4 | -- |
Note: Kyle Busch scored 217 points before his tragic passing, and we have followed NASCAR's decision to no longer classify Busch in the weekly driver standings.
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