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NASCAR Cup Series points standings after New Hampshire.<\/p>\n
The NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series points standings saw some changes after Sunday\u2019s Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire. Loudon played host to the next-to-last race before The Chase, with the regular-season finale at Daytona scheduled for this Saturday night.<\/p>\n Thirteen drivers have clinched a spot in the 10-race Chase following New Hampshire, leaving three spots up for grabs. Meanwhile, a couple drivers saw their Chase hopes come to an end at \u201cThe Magic<\/a> Mile.\u201d<\/p>\n Key changes in NASCAR Cup points after New Hampshire<\/p>\n With his victory on Sunday, Ryan Blaney closed the gap on points leader<\/a> Denny Hamlin. The driver of the No. 12 ranks second in the standings, trailing Hamlin by 77 points.<\/p>\n However, with a seventh-place result at New Hampshire, Hamlin managed to clinch the regular-season championship, earning him the top seed for the start of The Chase. The driver of the No. 11 took over the points lead from Tyler Reddick after Sonoma.<\/p>\n Chase Elliott dropped two positions in the standings. With a 25th-place effort at New Hampshire, the driver of the No. 9 fell from sixth to eighth in the points.<\/p>\n Christopher Bell gained two spots in the points standings, going from seventh to fifth after a fourth-place finish on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Chris Buescher, Carson Hocevar, William Byron, and Daniel Suarez all secured Chase spots after New Hampshire. They joined Hamlin, Blaney, Ty Gibbs, Reddick, Bell, Chase Briscoe, and Chase Elliott, who had previously clinched Chase spots.<\/p>\n Bubba Wallace, Austin Cindric, and Shane van Gisbergen hang onto the final Chase spots. Below the cut line, only Ryan Preece and Brad Keselowski can mathematically still make the cut this Saturday at Daytona.<\/p>\n Wallace finished second on Sunday, giving the driver of the No. 23 a boost in the standings as he is 75 points above the cutoff. Cindric lost ground on his Chase cushion, but still holds a respectable 44-point edge over the cutoff.<\/p>\n Ryan Preece closed the gap on The Chase cutoff as he trails van Gisbergen by 31 points heading into Daytona. Meanwhile, a last-place finish of 36th for Ross Chastain at New Hampshire eliminated him from Chase contention. <\/p>\n Erik Jones will also fail to make The Chase as he ranks 19th in the standings, one spot behind Chastain.<\/p>\n NASCAR Cup Series top 20 points standings The Coke Zero Sugar 400 at the Daytona International Speedway is scheduled for Saturday, August 29 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time. It can be watched on NBC or listened to on the Motor Racing Network or SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.<\/p>\n The Chase field will be set following Daytona. Seeding for the 10-race run for the championship will be determined by finishing position in the standings.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tJohn Breeden<\/a> John Breeden is a NASCAR contributor at Heavy Sports. He has five years of sports journalism experience. He graduated from James Madison University in May of 2022 with a degree in media arts and design. John is also a sports reporter for the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Previously, John was a sports writer for JMU’s The Breeze and a NASCAR content writer for Sportskeeda. More about John Breeden<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty NASCAR Cup Series points standings after New Hampshire. The NASCAR Cup Series points standings saw some changes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-870414","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\/870414","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=870414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n11 Denny Hamlin \u2014 1,001 [clinched top seed]
\n12 Ryan Blaney \u2014 924 [clinched Chase berth]
\n54 Ty Gibbs \u2014 880 [clinched Chase berth]
\n45 Tyler Reddick \u2014 860 [clinched Chase berth]
\n20 Christopher Bell \u2014 738 [clinched Chase berth]
\n19 Chase Briscoe \u2014 727 [clinched Chase berth]
\n5 Kyle Larson \u2014 708 [clinched Chase berth]
\n9 Chase Elliott \u2014 707 [clinched Chase berth]
\n22 Joey Logano \u2014 682 [clinched Chase berth]
\n17 Chris Buescher \u2014 676 [clinched Chase berth]
\n77 Carson Hocevar \u2014 672 [clinched Chase berth]
\n24 William Byron \u2014 644 [clinched Chase berth]
\n7 Daniel Suarez \u2014 638 [clinched Chase berth]
\n23 Bubba Wallace \u2014 630 (+75)\u00a0
\n2 Austin Cindric \u2014 599 (+44)
\n97 Shane van Gisbergen \u2014 586 (+31)
\n60 Ryan Preece \u2014 555 (-31)\u00a0
\n6 Brad Keselowski \u2014 520 (-66)\u00a0
\n1 Ross Chastain \u2014 505 (-81) [eliminated from Chase]
\n43 Erik Jones \u2014 490 (-96) [eliminated from Chase]<\/p>\n