Chaos reigned on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, with massive movement in the NASCAR standings today thanks to “The Big One” in the Jack Link’s 500. Throw in some of the highest-scoring drivers this season getting DNFs with a first-time winner, you get movement in the NASCAR points standings today.
Let’s dive into the NASCAR Cup Series points leaders right now. Following the Jack Link’s 500 on Sunday, we are now through 10 points races this season. We’ve listed the point differential between The Chase contenders below points leader Tyler Reddick and the points differential between those behind The Chase cutline and the 16th spot.
Biggest Risers
Ricky Stenhouse Jr — +5
Carson Hocevar — +5
Chris Buescher — +3
Ross Chastain — +3
Austin Dillon — +3
Chase Elliott — +2
Daniel Suarez — +2
Austin Cindric — +2
Zane Smith — +2
Biggest Fallers
Bubba Wallace — -4
William Byron — -4
Michael McDowell — -4
Joey Logano — -3
Kyle Busch — -3
Josh Berry — -3
John H. Nemechek — -3
Erik Jones — -3
Shane van Gisbergen — -3
Official 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Standings
NASCAR Cup Series Points Leaders Right Now
RankDriverPointsBehind1Tyler Reddick484—2Denny Hamlin374-1103Ryan Blaney344-1404Chase Ellott340-1445Ty Gibbs322-1626Kyle Larson315-1697Chris Buescher309-1758Carson Hocevar292-1929Christopher Bell290-19410Brad Keselowski279-20511William Buron277-20712Bubba Wallace276-20813Ryan Preece269-21514Daniel Suarez235-24915Joey Logano234-25016 — The Chase lineAustin Cindric226-25817Chase Briscoe222-4 Behind Austin Cindric18Ross Chastain205-21 Behind Austin Cindric19Shane van Gisbergen195-31 Behind Austin Cindric20Zane Smith183-43 Behind Austin Cindric21AJ Allmendinger183-43 Behind Austin Cindric22Todd Gilliland181-45 Behind Austin Cindric23Michael McDowell179-47 Behind Austin Cindric24Austin Dillon163-63 Behind Austin Cindric25Ricky Stenhouse Jr161-65 Behind Austin Cindric26Erik Jones161-65 Behind Austin Cindric27Kyle Busch160-66 Behind Austin Cindric28Josh Berry147-79 Behind Austin Cindric29Riley Herbst144-82 Behind Austin Cindric30Noah Gragson144-82 Behind Austin Cindric31John Hunter Nemechek141-85 Behind Austin Cindric32Ty Dillon123-103 Behind Austin Cindric33Connor Zilisch103-123 Behind Austin Cindric34Cole Custer89-137 Behind Austin Cindric35Cody Ware85-141 Behind Austin Cindric36Alex Bowman80-146 Behind Austin Cindric
Official 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Results at Talladega Superspeedway
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