{"id":829223,"date":"2026-07-27T13:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829223\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:14:33","slug":"nascar-standings-after-today-cup-series-points-leaders-right-now-new-the-chase-cutline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829223\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Standings After Today: Cup Series Points Leaders Right Now, New The Chase Cutline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday\u2019s Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the 22nd points race of the regular season. We\u2019re now headed into an off week for NASCAR before August delivers a four-race stretch leading into the chase. With the points totaled up, let\u2019s examine the NASCAR standings after today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll lead off with the Cup Series points leaders right now after the Brickyard 400. Further below is where you can find where the chase cutline is with four points races remaining in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR Cup Series Points Leaders Right Now<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the NASCAR standings after today. We\u2019ve noted drivers that have clinched a spot in The Chase with an asterisk.<\/p>\n<p>PositionDriverPointsPoints BehindAbove Cutline1Denny Hamlin886\u2014Clinched2Tyler Reddick802-84Clinched3Ryan Blaney766-120Clinched4Ty Gibbs751-135+2715Carson Hocevar638-248+1586Chase Elliott635-251+1557Chase Briscoe623-263+1438Kyle Larson617-269+1379Chris Buescher613-273+13310Christopher Bell609-277+12911Daniel Su\u00e1rez583-303+10312William Byron568-318+8813Joey Logano545-341+6514Bubba Wallace540-346+6015Shane van Gisbergen537-349+5716Austin Cindric518-368+3817Ryan Preece480-40618Erik Jones474-41219Brad Keselowski468-41820Michael McDowell442-44421Ross Chastain436-45022AJ Allmendinger409-47723Todd Gilliland406-48024Zane Smith393-49325Riley Herbst370-51626Ricky Stenhouse Jr.364-52227John Hunter Nemechek355-53128Austin Dillon349-53729Alex Bowman310-57630Cole Custer270-61631Noah Gragson268-61832Ty Dillon266-62033Josh Berry264-62234Connor Zilisch216-67035Cody Ware183-703<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR Standings: The Chase Cutline After Today<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NASCAR-Cup-Practice-Qualifying-tagreuters-com2026newsml_mt1usatoday290412191583078753.jpg\" alt=\"NASCAR Standings After Today, The Chase Cutline\" class=\"wp-image-1448800\"  \/>Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn ImagesCredit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the drivers who are closest below The Chase cutline the NASCAR standings through 22 races. There are four races left in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>PositionDriverBelow Cutline17Ryan Preece-3818Erik Jones-4419Brad Keselowski-5020Michael McDowell-7621Ross Chastain-8222AJ Allmendinger-10923Todd Gilliland-11224Zane Smith-12525Riley Herbst-14826Ricky Stenhouse Jr.-15427John Hunter Nemechek-16328Austin Dillon-169<br \/>\n\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785158073_18_IMG_5578.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tMatt  Johnson  is  Senior  Editor  of  NFL  and  College  Football  for  Sportsnaut.  His  work,  including  weekly  NFL  and  college  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/wisconsinboymakesgoodincali\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday\u2019s Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the 22nd points race of the regular season. We\u2019re&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,8354,77354,82],"class_list":["post-829223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup-series","tag-nascar-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829223","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=829223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}