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NASCAR playoff standings, Cup points updated after Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway

Originally posted on 5 GOATs | By Brian Jones | Last updated Jun 29, 2025 1:51 AM ET

NASCAR has updated its playoff standings and Cup points after the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta. There are now eight races remaining in the regular season before the playoffs begin at the end of August.

Chase Elliott won the race and put himself in a position to make a run in the playoffs. Here’s a look at NASCAR’s updated playoff standings and Cup points after the second Cup Series race in Atlanta this year.

NASCAR playoff standings after Atlanta

Elliott is now the 12th driver to clinch a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. This means that there are only four open spots left with eight races remaining in the regular season.

The last four that are in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick, Chris Buescher, Alex Bowman and Bubba Wallace. The first four that are out are Ryan Preece, Erik Jones, AJ Allmendinger and Carson Hocevar.

Rank	Driver	Wins	Playoff points
1	Kyle Larson	3	23
2	Denny Hamlin	3	19
3	Christopher Bell	3	16
4	William Byron	1	12
5	Ryan Blaney	1	8
6	Austin Cindric	1	8
7	Joey Logano	1	7
8	Chase Briscoe	1	6
9	Josh Berry	1	6
10	Shane van Gisbergen	1	6
11	Chase Elliott	1	5
12	Ross Chastain	1	5
13	Tyler Reddick	0	+128
14	Chris Buescher	0	+52
15	Alex Bowman	0	+39
16	Bubba Wallace	0	+23
17	Ryan Preece	0	-23
18	Erik Jones	0	-49
19	AJ Allmendinger	0	-59
20	Carson Hocevar	0	-62

Updated Cup points

Elliott has moved up to the No. 2 spot in the Cup points standings and is only 37 points behind William Byron for the lead. Kyle Larson is still in the mix as he’s 42 points behind Byron.

Tyler Reddick, who won the regular season title last year, has an outside shot to run it back. He’s 98 points behind Byron, and a victory (or two) in the final eight races could make things interesting for him.

Rank	Driver	Points	Leader
1	William Bryon	631	0
2	Chase Elliott	594	-37
3	Kyle Larson	589	-42
4	Denny Hamlin	551	-80
5	Christopher Bell	551	-80
6	Tyler Reddick	533	-98
7	Ryan Blaney	504	-127
8	Ross Chastain	458	-173
9	Chris Buescher	457	-174
10	Chase Briscoe	452	-179
11	Joey Logano	445	-186
12	Alex Bowman	444	-187
13	Bubba Wallace	428	-202
14	Ryan Preece	405	-226
15	Austin Cindric	379	-252
16	Erik Jones	379	-252
17	AJ Allmendinger	369	-262
18	Carson Hocevar	366	-265
19	Josh Berry	363	-268
20	Kyle Busch	356	-275
21	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	355	-276
22	Michael McDowell	351	-280
23	John Hunter Nemechek	346	-285
24	Ty Gibbs	342	-289
25	Zane Smith	337	-294
26	Austin Dillon	314	-317
27	Brad Keselowski	306	-325
28	Todd Gilliland	305	-326
29	Daniel Suarez	299	-332
30	Justin Haley	279	-352