NASCAR Points Leaders after Iowa: Cup Series Playoff Picture Right Now, Leaderboard
Following the conclusion of Sunday's race, we're taking a look at the updated NASCAR standings in the Cup Series. There are now only three races remaining before the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs begin, so a few playoff spots will come down to points totals.
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As always with our NASCAR points leader table, (P) indicates the driver would make the playoffs if the regular season ended after today and (*) indicates the driver has won a race this season.
NASCAR points leaders right now: Cup Series after Iowa
Position
Driver
Points
Behind
1
William Byron* (P)
770
—
2
Chase Elliott* (P)
752
-18
3
Kyle Larson* (P)
725
-45
4
Denny Hamlin* (P)
719
-51
5
Christopher Bell* (P)
684
-86
6
Tyler Reddick (P)
673
-97
7
Ryan Blaney* (P)
665
-105
8
Chase Briscoe* (P)
640
-140
9
Alex Bowman (P)
614
-156
10
Bubba Wallace* (P)
581
-189
11
Chris Buescher (P)
574
-196
12
Joey Logano* (P)
560
-210
13
Ryan Preece
551
-219
14
Ross Chastain* (P)
544
-226
15
Kyle Busch
501
-269
16
Ty GIbbs
487
-283
17
Austin Cindric* (P)
481
-289
18
AJ Allmendinger
456
-314
19
Brad Keselowski
453
-317
20
John H. Nemechek
447
-323
21
Josh Berry* (P)
443
-327
22
Carson Hocevar
443
-327
23
Michael McDowell
440
-330
24
Erik Jones
436
-334
25
Shane v. Gisbergen* (P)
398
-372
26
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
398
-372
27
Zane Smith
395
-375
28
Austin Dillon
384
-386
29
Justin Haley
378
-392
30
Todd Gilliland
367
-403
31
Daniel Suarez
363
-407
32
Ty Dillon
438
-422
33
Cole Custer
291
-479
34
Noah Gragson
283
-487
35
Riley Herbst
269
-501
36
Cody Ware
154
-616
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