NASCAR has updated its playoff standings and Cup points after the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Sunday’s race was the 22nd of the Cup Series regular season, meaning four races are remaining before the playoffs.
Bubba Wallace won Sunday’s race and put himself in a strong position as the regular season winds down. Here’s a look at NASCAR’s updated playoff standings and Cup points after the Brickyard 400.
NASCAR playoff standings after Brickyard 400
Wallace’s victory on Sunday means that he became the 13th driver to clinch a spot in the playoffs. He now has seven playoff points, and that puts him in ninth place in the playoff standings.
The victory also means the playoff cut line has moved, and Chris Buescher is now holding on to the final spot with a 46-point lead. The first four out are Ryan Preece, Kyle Busch, Ty Gibbs and AJ Allmendinger.
Rank DriverWins Playoff Points1Denny Hamlin4242Kyle Larson3233Christopher Bell 3174Shane van Gisbergen 3175William Bryon1126Ryan Blaney1107Austin Cindric 188Chase Briscoe179Bubba Wallace 1710Joey Logano1711Chase Elliott1612Ross Chastain1613Josh Berry 1614Tyler Reddick 0+13815Alex Bowman 0+6316Chris Buescher0+4217Ryan Preece0-4218Kyle Busch 0-8119Ty Gibbs0-9520AJ Allmendinger0-124
Cup points updated after the NASCAR Indianapolis race
Chase Elliott remains the Cup points leader after finishing 13th on Sunday. However, William Bryon is right behind him with a four-point deficit, and Kyle Larson is only trailing by 15.
Shane van Gisbergen continues to move up the Cup points standings. He is currently in 27th place and only two points behind Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Zane Smith.
Rank DriverPointsLeader1Chase Elliott 72602William Byron722-43Kyle Larson711-154Denny Hamlin705-205Christopher Bell664-626Tyler Reddick655-717Ryan Blaney616-1108Chase Briscoe 599-1279Alex Bowman580-14610Chris Buescher 559-16711Bubba Wallace 550-17612Joey Logano532-19413Ross Chastain518-20814Ryan Preece517-20915Kyle Busch 478-24816Ty Gibbs464-26217Austin Cindric 439-28718AJ Allmendinger 435-29119Michael McDowell430-29620John Hunter Nemechek 425-30121Josh Berry 414-31222Erik Jones412-31423Carson Hocevar410-31624Brad Keselowski398-32825Ricky Stenhouse Jr.394-33226Zane Smith 394-33227Shane van Gisbergen 392-33428Todd Gilliland 364-36229Justin Haley 363-36330Austin Dillon356-370