{"id":237358,"date":"2025-10-19T23:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T23:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/237358\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T23:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T23:54:05","slug":"results-points-playoff-standings-after-talladega-as-chase-briscoe-wins-to-reach-title-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/237358\/","title":{"rendered":"Results, points, playoff standings after Talladega as Chase Briscoe wins to reach title round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With his victory at Talladega Superspeedway, Chase Briscoe ensured Joe Gibbs Racing will lock up half of the Championship 4 field in the NASCAR Cup Series.<\/p>\n<p>Briscoe earned his third win this season and second of the playoffs to join teammate Denny Hamlin in being eligible for the title in the Nov. 2 season finale at Phoenix Raceway.<\/p>\n<p>After winning only twice in his first 160 Cup starts, Briscoe has won three of the past 18 races with victories at Pocono Raceway, Darlington Raceway and Talladega. <br \/>MORE: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com\/d2\/1e\/59fa6a5d40549d84cbbc3df78cb9\/talladega-2025-12534-unoffres.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here for Talladega Superspeedway results<\/a> l <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com\/6c\/c4\/60d3bd1b471d879b77c8ea6ad33c\/talladega-2025-12534-cumul.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here for the cumulative report<\/a> l <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com\/6e\/ed\/e3e8a76d49b2a9bcaad31ea3ab8f\/talladega-2025-12534-penrpt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here for the penalty report<\/a> l <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com\/ad\/90\/b1669be3403790ad41a267edb09b\/talladega-2025-12534-rnotes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here for race notes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He became the 11th different winner in the past 11 races at Talladega, etending a track record at the 2.66-mile oval. It\u2019s also the first superspeedway win for Briscoe, who clinched a title berth after entering Talladega at 15 points above the cutline.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being penalized for speeding in the pits, Briscoe rallied to lead seven times for 16 laps \u2014 winning with a last-lap pass of Bubba Wallace for the lead.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"What Drivers Said after Talladega Cup win by Chase Briscoe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/what-drivers-said-after-talladega-cup-win-by-chase-briscoe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"nbc_nas_elliottintrv_251019.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760918044_691_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first superspeedway victory for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver.<\/p>\n<p>Hamlin and Briscoe have clinched two of the four title-eligible spots for the Nov. 2 season finale at Phoenix Raceway, where the top finisher of the remaining playoff drivers will win the championship. <\/p>\n<p>The final two spots in the Championship 4 field will be set in the Oct. 26 race at Martinsville Speedway with at least one determined by the points standings.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into the Round of 8 finale, Christopher Bell (37 points above the cutline) and Kyle Larson (plus-35) are above the cutline. William Byron (minus-36), Joey Logano (minus-38), Ryan Blaney (minus-47) and Chase Elliott (minus-62) are below the cutline.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Chase Briscoe wins on last-lap pass at Talladega, advances to Championship 4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/chase-briscoe-wins-on-last-lap-pass-at-talladega-advances-to-championship-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760918045_950_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Joe Gibbs Racing driver joins teammate Denny Hamlin in the title race.<\/p>\n<p>Logano, Blaney and Elliott all have wins at Martinsville<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the finishing order at Talladega Superspeedway<\/p>\n<p>1. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota<br \/>2. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford<br \/>3. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota<br \/>4. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota<br \/>5. Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford<br \/>6. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet<br \/>7. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota<br \/>8. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota<br \/>9. Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford<br \/>10. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford<br \/>11. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet<br \/>12. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet<br \/>13. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet<br \/>14. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota<br \/>15. Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford<br \/>16. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford<br \/>17. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet<br \/>18. Casey Mears, No. 66 Ford<br \/>19. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet<br \/>20. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet<br \/>21. Anthony Alfredo, No. 62 Chevrolet<br \/>22. Austin Hill, No. 33 Chevrolet<br \/>23. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford<br \/>24. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota<br \/>25. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet<br \/>26. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet<br \/>27. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet<br \/>28. BJ McLeod, No. 78 Ford<br \/>29. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet<br \/>30. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford<br \/>31. Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford<br \/>32. Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota<br \/>33. Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford<br \/>34. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford<br \/>35. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota<br \/>36. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford<br \/>37. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet<br \/>38. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet<br \/>39. Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet<br \/>40. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With his victory at Talladega Superspeedway, Chase Briscoe ensured Joe Gibbs Racing will lock up half of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[425,99],"class_list":["post-237358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}