Mar 1, 2026; Austin, Texas, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Tyler Reddick (45) is showered with graffiti after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Duramax Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne at Circuit of the Americas. Michael C. Johnson-Imagn Images

NASCAR Cup Series Point Standings After Circuit of the Americas

Originally posted on Racing America on SI
By Toby Christie | Last updated Mar 1, 2026 8:30 PM ET

Tyler Reddick just keeps winning, and after his third consecutive win to start the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, his hold on the top spot in the NASCAR Cup Series point standings has strengthened. Reddick leaves Austin, Texas, with a massive 70-point advantage in the standings.

Bubba Wallace, who finished 11th in Sunday's DuraMax Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas, is the second-place man in the NASCAR Cup Series standings, yet again this week, which means 23XI Racing continues to hold down the top-two spots in the standings.

Chase Elliott sits third, and he is followed by Ryan Blaney, and Shane van Gisbergen, who finished second on Sunday, in the standings.

Ryan Preece is the final driver above the "Chase" cutoff, and with 23 races remaining until the Chase for the NASCAR Cup begins, Preece holds a five-point advantage over Ty Gibbs, Noah Gragson, and Ty Dillon.

NASCAR Cup Series Point Standings After DuraMax Texas Grand Prix

After race 3 of 36 (23 races remaining until the Chase)

Rank	Car	Driver	Points	Behind
1	45	Tyler Reddick	186	--
2	23	Bubba Wallace	116	-70
3	9	Chase Elliott	114	-72
4	12	Ryan Blaney	100	-86
5	97	Shane van Gisbergen	90	-96
6	22	Joey Logano	90	-96
7	7	Daniel Suarez	87	-99
8	16	AJ Allmendinger	86	-100
9	71	Michael McDowell	83	-103
10	77	Carson Hocevar	82	-104
11	17	Chris Buescher	81	-105
12	6	Brad Keselowski	78	-108
13	24	William Byron	76	-110
14	38	Zane Smith	75	-111
15	5	Kyle Larson	73	-113
16	60	Ryan Preece	68	-118
17	54	Ty Gibbs	65	-121
18	4	Noah Gragson	65	-121
19	10	Ty Dillon	65	-121
20	1	Ross Chastain	64	-122
21	42	John Hunter Nemechek	63	-123
22	8	Kyle Busch	61	-125
23	11	Denny Hamlin	60	-126
24	20	Christopher Bell	59	-127
25	35	Riley Herbst	53	-133
26	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	49	-137
27	19	Chase Briscoe	46	-140
28	21	Josh Berry	45	-141
29	41	Cole Custer	40	-146
30	34	Todd Gilliland	39	-147
31	2	Austin Cindric	39	-147
32	88	Connor Zilisch	37	-149
33	51	Cody Ware	37	-149
34	3	Austin Dillon	35	-151
35	43	Erik Jones	32	-154
36	48	Alex Bowman	23	-163
37	66	Casey Mears	9	-177
38	78	B.J. McLeod	3	-183
39	33	Jesse Love (i)	0	-186
40	67	Corey Heim (i)	0	-186
41	44	JJ Yeley (i)	0	-186
42	40	Justin Allgaier (i)	0	-186
43	99	Corey LaJoie (i)	0	-186
44	62	Anthony Alfredo (i)	0	-186
45	36	Chandler Smith (i)	0	-186
46	84	Jimmie Johnson	0	-186