Playoff standings: How national series fields shape up heading into Dover

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23-07-2025

Shane van Gisbergen made it three wins in five races as he crossed the start/finish line comfortably ahead of Chase Briscoe on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. After the recent run of road courses in the schedule, the NASCAR Cup Series will head back to the ovals for the next three weeks, starting at Dover Motor Speedway.
Read on to see full playoff standings and key battles in each of NASCAR's three national series.
As a reminder: A win provisionally clinches a playoff spot for full-time drivers in all three series, and it's the simplest path to the postseason. The remainder of the postseason field — 16 drivers in Cup, 12 in Xfinity and 10 in the Craftsman Truck Series — is determined by points earned over the regular season.
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NASCAR CUP SERIES
By clicking on the 'Playoff Picture' tab on our standings page, you'll see SVG is now in third place ahead of Christopher Bell. SVG has one more playoff point based on three race wins and two stage wins versus Bell's three race wins and one stage win. Hard to believe for a guy who, before this recent run of road-course dominance, sat 33rd in the standings.
Drivers provisionally qualified for playoffs with a win (12): Kyle Larson (three wins), Denny Hamlin (three wins), Christopher Bell (three wins), Shane van Gisbergen (three wins), William Byron, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric and Josh Berry.
Winless drivers more than 100 points above the elimination line (one): Tyler Reddick (+149).
Biggest movement: Thanks to his 10th-place finish at Sonoma, Kyle Busch gained nine points against the elimination line and now sits minus-37 heading to Dover. Three of Busch's seven top-10 finishes this season have come on road courses, including two in a row the last two weeks.
Alex Bowman lost seven points against the elimination line after Ty Dillon bumped him out of the way on the last lap to win their In-Season Challenge matchup. In addition to losing to Dillon, Bowman's 19th-place finish at Sonoma dropped him to just 32 points above the elimination line as he dipped beneath Chris Buescher in the playoff standings.
Note: Drivers in bold have provisionally clinched a playoff spot by virtue of winning. There are six races remaining in the regular season.
Rank
Driver
Cutoff
1
Kyle Larson
3 WINS
2
Denny Hamlin
3 WINS
3
Shane van Gisbergen
3 WINS
4
Christopher Bell
3 WINS
5
William Byron
WIN
6
Ryan Blaney
WIN
7
Austin Cindric
WIN
8
Joey Logano
WIN
9
Chase Briscoe
WIN
10
Ross Chastain
WIN
11
Josh Berry
WIN
12
Chase Elliott
WIN
13
Tyler Reddick
+149
14
Chris Buescher
+34
15
Alex Bowman
+32
16
Bubba Wallace
+3
ELIMINATION LINE
17
Ryan Preece
-3
18
Kyle Busch
-37
19
AJ Allmendinger
-50
20
Ty Gibbs
-60
21
Erik Jones
-68
22
Michael McDowell
-70
23
John Hunter Nemechek
-85
24
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
-91
25
Carson Hocevar
-96
26
Zane Smith
-96
27
Brad Keselowski
-136
28
Austin Dillon
-138
29
Daniel Suárez
-139
30
Todd Gilliland
-148
31
Ty Dillon
-149
32
Justin Haley
-152
33
Noah Gragson
-203
34
Cole Custer
-214
35
Riley Herbst
-231
36
Cody Ware
-322
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
Connor Zilisch picked up his third win of the season by outmaneuvering teammate Shane van Gisbergen at Sonoma. The 18-year-old wunderkind joined Justin Allgaier and Austin Hill with three wins this season. However, Zilisch's victory meant the number of unique winners in the series stayed the same at seven this week.
Drivers provisionally qualified for playoffs with a win (7): Justin Allgaier (three wins), Austin Hill (three wins), Connor Zilisch (three wins), Jesse Love, Brandon Jones, Nick Sanchez and Sammy Smith.
Winless drivers more than 100 points above the elimination line (one): Sam Mayer (+163).
Biggest movement: Thanks to his eighth-place finish at Sonoma, Carson Kvapil gained 27 points against the elimination line and sits just below the 100 club at plus-90 points to the good. In fact, everyone above the elimination line gained points at Sonoma: Sam Mayer (+14), Sheldon Creed (+24), Taylor Gray (+14) and Jeb Burton (+4) all joined Kvapil.
This meant most of the drivers below the elimination line lost some ground, with the biggest losers being Christian Eckes (-21) and Ryan Sieg (-20), who plummeted thanks to 34th and 35th place finishes at Sonoma, respectively.
Note: Drivers in bold have provisionally clinched a playoff spot by virtue of winning. There are seven races remaining in the regular season.
Rank
Driver
Cutoff
1
Justin Allgaier
3 WINS
2
Austin Hill
3 WINS
3
Connor Zilisch
3 WINS
4
Brandon Jones
WIN
5
Sammy Smith
WIN
6
Jesse Love
WIN
7
Nick Sanchez
WIN
8
Sam Mayer
+163
9
Carson Kvapil
+90
10
Sheldon Creed
+54
11
Taylor Gray
+22
12
Jeb Burton
+16
ELIMINATION LINE
13
Harrison Burton
-16
14
Ryan Sieg
-50
15
Dean Thompson
-66
16
Christian Eckes
-81
17
Daniel Dye
-84
18
Brennan Poole
-112
19
Josh Williams
-129
20
Jeremy Clements
-147
21
Anthony Alfredo
-179
22
Matt DiBenedetto
-192
23
William Sawalich
-197
24
Blaine Perkins
-212
25
Kyle Sieg
-218
26
Parker Retzlaff
-228
27
Ryan Ellis
-239
28
Kris Wright
-303NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
The Craftsman Truck Series is off until July 25 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, so there were no changes in the standings this week.
Drivers provisionally qualified for playoffs with a win (7): Corey Heim (five wins), Chandler Smith (two wins), Layne Riggs, Tyler Ankrum, Daniel Henric, Stewart Friesen and Rajah Caruth.
Note: Drivers in bold have provisionally clinched a playoff spot by virtue of winning. There are three races remaining in the regular season.
Rank
Driver
Cutoff
1
Corey Heim
5 WINS
2
Chandler Smith
2 WINS
3
Layne Riggs
WIN
4
Tyler Ankrum
WIN
5
Daniel Hemric
WIN
6
Stewart Friesen
WIN
7
Rajah Caruth
WIN
8
Kaden Honeycutt
+67
9
Grant Enfinger
+64
10
Ty Majeski
+38
ELIMINATION LINE
11
Jake Garcia
-38
12
Giovanni Ruggiero
-65
13
Ben Rhodes
-68
14
Tanner Gray
-101
15
Connor Mosack
-141
16
Matt Crafton
-153
17
Andres Perez
-165
18
Jack Wood
-175
19
Matt Mills
-189
20
Dawson Sutton
-206
21
Spencer Boyd
-248
22
Toni Breidinger
-273
23
Frankie Muniz
-280