Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after North Wilkesboro 2026
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After 450 laps of racing at North Wilkesboro, Joey Logano secured his first win of the 2026 season, and jumped back above the Chase cut-line with a huge points day.
At the very top of the standings, Denny Hamlin extended his advantage after a mid-race incident for Tyler Reddick and a late-race speeding penalty for Ryan Blaney. Hamlin now holds a 68-point lead over Reddick, with Blaney 87 points behind.
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Around the cut-line, Austin Cindric has fallen back down to the bubble after a big night for both Logano (+49) and Shane van Gisbergen (+54). Cindric is 33 points above Erik Jones for the 16th and final spot.
No one moved more than two positions either way in the standings after North Wilkesboro, and there are now just five races left in the regular season. Next up is the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Pos.DriverPointsPositions gained or lost
1 Denny Hamlin842--2Tyler Reddick774--3Ryan Blaney755--4Ty Gibbs708--5Chase Elliott634--6Kyle Larson616--7Carson Hocevar598+18Chase Briscoe587+29Chris Buescher585-210Christopher Bell574-111Daniel Suarez558--12William Byron546--13Bubba Wallace531--14Shane van Gisbergen516+115Joey Logano511+216Austin Cindric495-2CHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINE17Erik Jones462--18Ryan Preece447--19Brad Keselowski437--20Michael McDowell412+121Ross Chastain412-122AJ Allmendinger397--23Todd Gilliland384+124Zane Smith371-125Riley Herbst369--26John Hunter Nemechek350+127Ricky Stenhouse Jr.347-128Austin Dillon341--29Alex Bowman292--30Ty Dillon259+131Noah Gragson253-132Cole Custer246--33Josh Berry234--34Connor Zilisch213--35Cody Ware177--36Kevin Magnussen11--37Casey Mears10--38Jimmie Johnson9--39Katherine Legge8--40BJ McLeod4--Note: Kyle Busch scored 217 points before his tragic passing, and we have followed NASCAR's decision to no longer classify Busch in the weekly driver standings.
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