Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after the 2026…

Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after the 2026 Coca Cola 600

Even after another top five finish, Tyler Reddick's massive lead in the championship shrunk slightly from 129 points over Denny Hamlin to 122 points. Chase Elliott is no longer third in points after an early exit from the Charlotte race.

13 of the top 16 positions in the standings changes after Sunday's marathon event, and the outlook going into the second half of the regular season suddenly looks quite different.

A mid-race crash has dropped Ryan Preece down onto the Chase bubble, 15 points clear of Austin Cindric and 29 points clear of Joey Logano.

Chase Briscoe moved back inside the top 16, even with a DNF on Sunday, as he collected an impressive amount of stage points before that. Shane van Gisbergen also moved himself up off the bubble with a solid showing on the oval.

The biggest mover in the standings was surprise Coca-Cola 600 race winner Daniel Suarez, jumping four spots into tenth place. At the other end of the spectrum was last year's Coca-Cola 600 winner, Ross Chastain. He is our biggest loser, dropping four positions from 19th to 23rd in points following a DNF.

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2026 NASCAR Cup points after Coca Cola 600 (Race 13 of 36)

Pos.	Driver	Points	Positions gained or lost
1	Tyler Reddick	620	--
2	Denny Hamlin	498	--
3	Ryan Blaney	446	+1
4	Ty Gibbs	425	+2
5	Chase Elliott	423	-2
6	Kyle Larson	386	+2
7	Chris Buescher	385	-2
8	Christopher Bell	361	+3
9	Carson Hocevar	356	-2
10	Daniel Suarez	350	+4
11	Brad Keselowski	343	-2
12	William Byron	337	--
13	Bubba Wallace	328	-3
14	Shane van Gisbergen	316	+2
15	Chase Briscoe	304	+2
16	Ryan Preece	303	-3
CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE
17	Austin Cindric	288	-2
18	Joey Logano	274	--
19	AJ Allmendinger	254	+1
20	Michael McDowell	248	+1
21	Zane Smith	244	+2
22	Erik Jones	244	+3
23	Ross Chastain	238	-4
24	Austin Dillon	225	-2
25	Todd Gilliland	223	+1
26	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	222	+1
27	Kyle Busch	217	-3
28	Riley Herbst	202	+1
29	John Hunter Nemechek	200	-1
30	Noah Gragson	181	--
31	Josh Berry	168	--
32	Ty Dillon	152	+1
33	Alex Bowman	147	+1
34	Connor Zilisch	146	-2
35	Cole Custer	134	--
36	Cody Ware	102	--
37	Casey Mears	9	--
38	Katherine Legge	8	+1
39	BJ McLeod	2	-1