With Denny Hamlin’s dramatic win in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Nashville, he is 97pts behind of 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick in the battle for the points lead.
Around the cut-line, Austin Cindric has moved back inside the top 16, and is now two points ahead of Ryan Preece, who recorded a DNF at Nashville. Joey Logano is the next-closest, nine points back.
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The biggest mover in the points this week is Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who jumped three positions from 26th to 23rd with a top five finish. The biggest losers are AJ Allmendinger (19th to 22nd) and Ross Chastain (23rd to 26th), as each dropped three positions in the standings.
Note: Kyle Busch scored 217 points during the 2026 season before his tragic passing. Following NASCAR’s decision to do so, we have also removed Kyle from the championship standings you see below
2026 NASCAR Cup points after Nashville (Race 14 of 36)
|
Pos. |
Driver |
Points |
Positions gained or lost |
|
1 |
Tyler Reddick |
657 |
— |
|
2 |
560 |
— |
|
|
3 |
483 |
— |
|
|
4 |
460 |
+1 |
|
|
5 |
449 |
-1 |
|
|
6 |
409 |
— |
|
|
7 |
399 |
+1 |
|
|
8 |
393 |
-1 |
|
|
9 |
383 |
— |
|
|
10 |
378 |
— |
|
|
11 |
352 |
+1 |
|
|
12 |
348 |
+2 |
|
|
13 |
347 |
-2 |
|
|
14 |
343 |
+1 |
|
|
15 |
338 |
-2 |
|
|
16 |
Austin Cindric |
306 |
+1 |
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|
17 |
Ryan Preece |
304 |
-1 |
|
18 |
Joey Logano |
297 |
— |
|
19 |
275 |
+1 |
|
|
20 |
272 |
+1 |
|
|
21 |
270 |
+1 |
|
|
22 |
AJ Allmendinger |
266 |
-3 |
|
23 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
263 |
+3 |
|
24 |
244 |
— |
|
|
25 |
240 |
— |
|
|
26 |
Ross Chastain |
239 |
-3 |
|
27 |
224 |
— |
|
|
28 |
213 |
— |
|
|
29 |
202 |
— |
|
|
30 |
177 |
+1 |
|
|
31 |
174 |
-1 |
|
|
32 |
160 |
— |
|
|
33 |
150 |
+1 |
|
|
34 |
147 |
-1 |
|
|
35 |
117 |
— |
|
|
37 |
9 |
— |
|
|
38 |
Katherine Legge |
8 |
+1 |
|
39 |
2 |
-1 |
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