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Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after 2026 Bristol Night Race

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Kyle Larson has become just the third different driver to lead the championship standings this year, joining Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin in that very exclusive club.

Larson is now a single point ahead of Hamlin, and things remain incredibly close three races into the ten-race Chase for the championship.

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After a surprise late charge netted him his 40th career win at Bristol, Joey Logano has closed to within 16 points of the lead, sitting third overall after jumping four positions.

Ryan Blaney was trying to rebound after a brake failure resulted in a DNF at Gateway, only to be wrecked out of the Bristol race following contact with Carson Hocevar. He dropped even further behind, now 52 adrift of the lead and sixth overall. He also got punched in the face after confronting Hocevar in the pits…

In the battle to be the best of the rest, Shane van Gisbergen remains 17th, 32 points ahead of Brad Keselowski.

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2026 NASCAR Cup points after Bristol II (Race 29 of 36)

Pos.

Driver

Points

Positions gained or lost

1 

Kyle Larson

2206

+1

2

Denny Hamlin

2205

-1

3

Joey Logano

2190

+4

4

Christopher Bell

2189

-1

5

Ty Gibbs

2164

+1

6

Ryan Blaney

2154

-2

7

Tyler Reddick

2145

-2

8

Carson Hocevar

2121

+1

9

Chase Briscoe

2119

-1

10

Bubba Wallace

2114

—

11

Austin Cindric 

2090

+1

12

Chase Elliott

2089

-1

13

William Byron

2085

+2

14

Ryan Preece

2082

—

15

Chris Buescher

2082

-2

16

Daniel Suarez

2072

—

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17

Shane van Gisbergen

647

—

18

Brad Keselowski

615

—

19

Ross Chastain

592

—

20

Michael McDowell

570

—

21

Erik Jones

549

—

22

Todd Gilliland

520

—

23

AJ Allmendinger

514

—

24

Josh Berry

501

+2

25

Austin Dillon

494

-1

26

Zane Smith

477

-1

27

John Hunter Nemechek

465

+1

28

Alex Bowman

456

-1

29

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

450

—

30

Riley Herbst

415

—

31

Noah Gragson

376

+1

32

Cole Custer

370

-1

33

Ty Dillon

324

—

34

Connor Zilisch

317

—

35

Cody Ware

223

—

36

Casey Mears

13

—

37

Kevin Magnussen

11

—

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.

Watch: From on-track to fight, this is what happened between Blaney and Hocevar

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