With simply three races left within the common season, Denny Hamlin holds a 103-point lead, however there is a shocking new identify in second. After a giant win in Iowa, Ty Gibbs jumped up from fourth, leaping over Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney. There may be simply 17 factors between these three drivers within the battle for P2, with a whole lot of bonus factors on the road as soon as the Chase resets.
The most important mover within the championship standings was runner-up finisher Christopher Bell, vaulting 4 positions up the standings from tenth to sixth. In distinction, the largest loser was Carson Hocevar, who dropped three positions from fifth to eighth after battling engine gremlins all day.
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Within the battle across the cut-line, Austin Cindric stays on the bubble, however Ryan Preece chipped into the hole, now 29 markers again after getting into this race at -38pts. Of word, the 25-point penalty for intentional wrecking from Texas earlier this doesn’t influence Preece within the proprietor standings, so the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford is simply 4 factors out.
A formidable day for Ross Chastain helped him to leap three positions within the standings, erasing 35 factors of his deficit and now 47 factors beneath the cut-line. Brad Keselowski and Erik Jones are just some markers behind him, so all three nonetheless have an opportunity.
Simply above the cut-line, Shane Van Gisbergen misplaced a little bit of his cushion, falling from +57pts to +47pts.
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2026 NASCAR Cup factors after Iowa (Race 23 of 36)
Pos.
Driver
Factors
Positions gained or misplaced
1
Denny Hamlin
923
—
2
Ty Gibbs
820
+2
3
Ryan Blaney
813
—
4
Tyler Reddick
803
-2
5
Chase Briscoe
663
+2
6
Christopher Bell
659
+4
7
Chase Elliott
657
-1
8
Carson Hocevar
644
-3
9
Chris Buescher
637
—
10
Kyle Larson
629
-2
11
William Byron
600
+1
12
Daniel Suarez
597
-1
13
Joey Logano
586
—
14
Bubba Wallace
565
—
15
Shane van Gisbergen
544
—
16
Austin Cindric
526
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17
Ryan Preece
497
—
18
Ross Chastain
479
+3
19
Brad Keselowski
478
—
20
Erik Jones
476
-2
21
Michael McDowell
454
-1
22
AJ Allmendinger
438
—
23
Todd Gilliland
421
—
24
Zane Smith
417
—
25
Riley Herbst
386
—
26
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
383
—
27
Austin Dillon
382
+1
28
John Hunter Nemechek
373
-1
29
Alex Bowman
313
—
30
Josh Berry
297
+3
31
Noah Gragson
288
—
32
Ty Dillon
279
—
33
Cole Custer
279
-3
34
Connor Zilisch
245
—
35
Cody Ware
188
—
36
Casey Mears
12
+1
37
Kevin Magnussen
11
-1
38
Jimmie Johnson
9
—
39
Katherine Legge
8
—
40
BJ McLeod
4
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Notice: Kyle Busch scored 217 factors earlier than his tragic passing, and we’ve got adopted NASCAR’s resolution to not classify Busch within the weekly driver standings.
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