With simply three races left within the common season, Denny Hamlin holds a 103-point lead, however there is a shocking new title in second. After an enormous win in Iowa, Ty Gibbs jumped up from fourth, leaping over Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney. There’s simply 17 factors between these three drivers within the battle for P2, with loads 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 most important loser was Carson Hocevar, who dropped three positions from fifth to eighth after battling engine gremlins all day.
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 notice, the 25-point penalty for intentional wrecking from Texas earlier this doesn’t impression Preece within the proprietor standings, so the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford is simply 4 factors out.
A powerful 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.
2026 NASCAR Cup factors after Iowa (Race 23 of 36)
Observe: Kyle Busch scored 217 factors earlier than his tragic passing, and we’ve got adopted NASCAR’s resolution to now not classify Busch within the weekly driver standings.
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