Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after New Hampshire 2026
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Denny Hamlin leaves New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a 77-point lead over race winner Ryan Blaney, which is enough for him to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Chase. The top 13 drivers in the championship standings have all clinched Chase spots now.
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Going into Daytona, Bubba Wallace in 14th will be 75 points up, which is basically safe with a maximum of 76 points possible in a single race. Austin Cindric is 15th, 44 points above the cut-line.
Shane van Gisbergen remains on the bubble, and Ryan Preece cut down the margin to him at New Hampshire. There are 31 points separating them, and of note, just six points in the owner's standings.
Preece is the only driver with a shot of coming from below the cut-line at Daytona, as Ross Chastain's last-place finish eliminates him from contention.
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Pos.DriverPointsPositions gained or lost
1 Denny Hamlin1001--2Ryan Blaney924--3Ty Gibbs880--4Tyler Reddick860--5Christopher Bell738+26Chase Briscoe727-17Kyle Larson708+18Chase Elliott707-29Joey Logano682--10Chris Buescher676--11Carson Hocevar672--12William Byron644--13Daniel Suarez638--14Bubba Wallace630--15Austin Cindric599--16Shane van Gisbergen586--CHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINE17Ryan Preece555--18Brad Keselowski520+119Ross Chastain505-120Erik Jones490--21Michael McDowell484--22AJ Allmendinger456--23Todd Gilliland444--24Zane Smith442--25Austin Dillon405-26Riley Herbst402--27Ricky Stenhouse Jr.398--28John Hunter Nemechek394--29Josh Berry386+130Alex Bowman362-131Noah Gragson334--32Cole Custer302--33Ty Dillon294--34Connor Zilisch259--35Cody Ware199--36Casey Mears12--37Kevin Magnussen11--38Jimmie Johnson9--39Katherine Legge8--40BJ McLeod4--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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