NASCAR has updated its playoff standings and Cup points after the 2025 Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway. Austin Dillon won the race that took place on the USA Network on Saturday night.

There is now one more race before the playoffs begin, meaning the drivers on the bubble have one more shot to make their way into the field of 16 drivers competing for the NASCAR Cup Series championship. Here’s a look at the updated NASCAR playoff standings and Cup points.

Updated NASCAR playoff standings after Richmond

With Dillon winning at Richmond, he becomes the 14th driver to clinch a spot in the playoffs. Dillon needed to win to compete for a Cup Series title, as he’s currently 25th in Cup points.

The Dillon victory also means the drivers who are outside the top 16 of the playoff standings need to win at Daytona next Saturday to clinch a spot. However, Alex Bowman, who is in 16th place, isn’t safe, since a new winner could eliminate him.

Rank Driver WinsPlayoff Points1Denny Hamlin4242Kyle Larson3233Shane van Gisbergen 4224William Byron2175Christopher Bell 3176Ryan Blaney 1117Bubba Wallace188Austin Cindric189Chase Briscoe 1710Joey Logano1711Chase Elliott 1612Ross Chastain 1613Josh Berry1614Austin Dillon1515Tyler Reddick 0+8916Alex Bowman0+6017Chris Buescher0-6018Ryan Preece0-9419Kyle Busch 0-14820Ty Gibbs0-173

William Byron clinches Cup Series regular-season title

Because Chase Elliott suffered a DNF on Saturday, William Byron has clinched the Cup Series regular- season championship. After the race, Byron reacted to clinching the title.

“Feels really good,” Byron said. “This team has worked extremely hard. All the guys have worked hard through the summer months. Feel like this has been the best summer we’ve ever had speed-wise.”

Rank Driver PointsLeader1William Bryon83902Chase Elliott 771-683Denny Hamlin 766-734Kyle Larson759-805Ryan Blaney 756-836Christopher Bell748-917Tyler Reddick 714-1258Chase Briscoe698-1419Alex Bowman 685-15410Bubba Wallace639-20011Chris Buescher625-21412Joey Logano616-22313Ryan Preece591-24814Ross Chastain589-25015Austin Cindric 543-29616Kyle Busch 537-30217Ty Gibbs 512-32718AJ Allmendinger 504-33519Brad Keselowski496-34320Carson Hocevar488-35121Michael McDowell478-36122Josh Berry 476-36323Erik Jones472-36724Shane van Gisbergen464-37525Austin Dillon460-37926John Hunter Nemechek459-38027Zane Smith 441-39828Ricky Stenhouse Jr.434-40429Daniel Suarez 433-40630Justin Haley389-450