The NASCAR playoff standings and Cup points have been updated after the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. This was the 21st race and the Cup Series season.

Denny Hamlin won the race, and there are now five races remaining before the playoffs begin on Aug. 31. Here’s a look at the playoff standings and Cup points after the Dover race.

Updated NASCAR playoff standings after Dover

Hamlin is on top of the playoff standings after winning his fourth race of the year. He moved past Kyle Larson, who finished fifth at Dover.

Kyle Busch has some work to do if he wants to make it back to the playoffs. He is 39 points below the playoff cut line with five races remaining in the regular season.

Rank Driver WinsPlayoff Points 1Denny Hamlin 4242Kyle Larson 3233Christopher Bell 3174Shane van Gisbergen 3175William Byron 1126Ryan Blaney 197Austin Cindric 188Joey Logano 179Chase Elliott1610Chase Briscoe1611Ross Chastain1612Josh Berry 1613Tyler Reddick 0+15614Alex Bowman0+6315Chris Buescher0+4416Bubba Wallace0+1617Ryan Preece0-1618Kyle Busch 0-3919Ty Gibbs 0-5220Michael McDowell 0-77

Chase Elliott is the new Cup points leader

Chase Elliott is now the Cup points leader after finishing sixth at Dover. In the last six races, Elliott has finished in the top six in five of them, including a win at Atlanta.

William Byron has been the points leader ever since winning the Daytona 500 to start the year. He’s now 16 points behind Elliott for the lead.

Rank Driver Points Leader1Chase Elliott 70202William Byron686-163Kyle Larson664-384Denny Hamlin 663-395Tyler Reddick640-626Christopher Bell 635-677Ryan Blaney576-1268Chase Briscoe570-1329Alex Bowman547-15510Chris Buescher528-17411Joey Logano524-17812Ross Chastain517-18513Bubba Wallace500-20214Ryan Preece484-21815Kyle Busch 461-24116Ty Gibbs 448-25417Michael McDowell423-27918AJ Allmendinger420-28219Austin Cindric 417-28520Erik Jones411-29121John Hunter Nemechek400-30222Josh Berry 399-30323Ricky Stenhouse Jr.392-31024Zane Smith 388-31425Carson Hocevar375-32726Shane van Gisbergen374-32827Brad Keselowski360-34228Austin Dillon353-34929Daniel Suarez 341-36130Ty Dillon337-365