{"id":44791,"date":"2025-08-04T14:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/44791\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T14:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:50:10","slug":"2025-nascar-playoff-standings-after-iowas-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/44791\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NASCAR Playoff Standings After Iowa&#8217;s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-8d19012c=\"\">This weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/cup-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NASCAR<\/a> heads to Watkins Glen International for the Go Bowling at The Glen, where drivers will tackle the challenging road course in pursuit of crucial points and momentum. As the playoff fight heats up, every turn and straightaway offers a chance to climb the standings or defend a spot. Check out the full NASCAR Cup Playoff Standings heading into this weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/go-bowling-at-the-glen-nascar-cup-series-aug-10-2025-racetrax-5756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Go Bowling at The Glen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Standings<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/denny-hamlin-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denny Hamlin<\/a> (4 Wins)*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/kyle-larson-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Larson<\/a> (3 Wins)*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/christopher-bell-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Bell<\/a> (3 Wins)*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/shane-van-gisbergen-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shane van Gisbergen<\/a> (3 Wins)*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/william-byron-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William Byron<\/a> (2 Wins)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/chase-elliott-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chase Elliott<\/a> (Win)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/chase-briscoe-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chase Briscoe<\/a> (Win)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/ryan-blaney-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Blaney<\/a> (Win)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/bubba-wallace-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bubba Wallace<\/a> (Win)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/joey-logano-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joey Logano<\/a> (Win)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/ross-chastain-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ross Chastain<\/a> (Win)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/austin-cindric-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Cindric<\/a> (Win)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/josh-berry-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Berry<\/a> (Win)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/tyler-reddick-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Reddick<\/a> (+122)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/alex-bowman-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Bowman<\/a> (+63)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/chris-buescher-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Buescher<\/a> (+23)FINAL LAPS: William Byron takes the checkered flag at the Iowa Corn 350 | NASCAR on FOX  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/watch\/fmc-6nl4hgk3mwpztre8\" class=\"pointer video\" data-v-63c9d14b=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/uotflbxuzg70npx6.jpg\" alt=\"FINAL LAPS: William Byron takes the checkered flag at the Iowa Corn 350 | NASCAR on FOX\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" class=\"thumbnail\" data-v-63c9d14b=\"\"\/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>William Byron took the checkered flag at Iowa Corn 350 powered by Ethanol at the Iowa Speedway.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-8d19012c=\"\">The top 16 drivers make the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Here are the rest of the drivers on the outside looking in:<\/p>\n<p>How do the NASCAR Playoffs work?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-8d19012c=\"\">16 drivers advance to the NASCAR Playoffs. A win guarantees a spot in the playoffs unless there are more winners than spots available. The 16 spots go to the regular-season champion and then 15 drivers based on wins with tiebreakers by points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-8d19012c=\"\">Right now, there have been 13 winners and the regular-season champion will most likely be a driver who has won a race. So unless there are five new winners (or four new winners and winless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/tyler-reddick-driver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Reddick<\/a> makes up a -97 point deficit to win the regular-season title), everyone with a win will get in.<\/p>\n<p>\n        recommended\n      <\/p>\n<p> Arrow pointing to the leftArrow pointing to the right <\/p>\n<p>Item 1 of 3<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NASCARCup.vresize.160.160.medium.0.png\" alt=\"NASCAR Cup Series\" class=\"team-logo\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"\/> Get more from the NASCAR Cup Series Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This weekend, NASCAR heads to Watkins Glen International for the Go Bowling at The Glen, where drivers will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-44791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}