Bubba Wallace’s Brickyard 400 win on July 27 gave more clarity to the NASCAR Cup Series playoff picture with four regular-season races remaining in 2025.
Wallace locked himself into the playoffs, bumping Chris Buescher to 16th and above the playoff cutline by 42 points over RFK Racing teammate Ryan Preece.
Kyle Busch and Ty Gibbs’ long-shot wild card playoff chances all but ended with Wallace’s victory, leaving everyone below Preece in a win-or-else scenario over the next four weeks.
Atop the standings, Chase Elliott’s regular-season points lead shrunk to four points over William Byron.
Here’s the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
Through 22 races
- Denny Hamlin (4 wins)
- Kyle Larson (3 wins)
- Christopher Bell (3 wins)
- Shane van Gisbergen (3 wins)
- Chase Elliott (1 win)
- William Byron (1 win)
- Ryan Blaney (1 win)
- Chase Briscoe (1 win)
- Bubba Wallace (1 win)
- Joey Logano (1 win)
- Ross Chastain (1 win)
- Austin Cindric (1 win)
- Josh Berry (1 win)
- Tyler Reddick +138 ahead of playoff cutline
- Alex Bowman +63
- Chris Buescher +42
- Ryan Preece -42 behind 16th
- Kyle Busch -81
- Ty Gibbs -95
- AJ Allmendinger -124
- Michael McDowell -129
- John Hunter Nemechek -134
- Erik Jones -147
- Carson Hocevar -149
- Brad Keselowski -161
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -165
- Zane Smith -165
- Todd Gilliland -195
- Justin Haley -196
- Austin Dillon -203
- Daniel Suarez -208
- Ty Dillon -213
- Cole Custer -279
- Noah Gragson -284
- Riley Herbst -297
Unofficial after Indianapolis
- Chase Elliott 726 points (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- William Byron: -4 (1 win, 12 playoff points)
- Kyle Larson -15 (3 wins, 23 playoff points)
- Denny Hamlin -20 (3 wins, 24 playoff points)
- Christopher Bell -62 (3 wins, 17 playoff points)
- Tyler Reddick -71 (1 playoff point)
- Ryan Blaney -110 (1 win, 10 playoff points)
- Chase Briscoe -127 (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Alex Bowman -151
- Chris Buescher -167 (5 playoff point penalty)
- Bubba Wallace -176 ( 1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Joey Logano -194 (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Ross Chastain -208 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Ryan Preece -209 (2 playoff points)
- Kyle Busch -248
- Ty Gibbs -262
- Austin Cindric -287 (1 win, 8 playoff points)
- AJ Allmendinger -291
- Michael McDowell -296 (1 playoff point)
- John Hunter Nemechek -301
- Josh Berry -312 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Erik Jones -314
- Carson Hocevar -316
- Brad Keselowski -328
- Shane van Gisbergen -329 (3 wins, 17 playoff points)
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -332
- Zane Smith -332
- Todd Gilliland -362
- Justin Haley -363
- Austin Dillon -370
- Daniel Suarez -375
- Ty Dillon -380
- Cole Custer -446
- Noah Gragson -451
- Riley Herbst -464
