NASCAR points leaders: Cup Series points leaders, NASCAR playoff picture after Dover
Let's dive into the NASCAR Cup Series points leaders after Dover. As always, we use to indicate the driver would make the playoffs if the season ended today and (*) indicates the driver won a race this season.
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NASCAR points leaders after today
Position
Driver
Points
Behind
1
Chase Elliott* (P)
702
—
2
William Byron* (P)
685
-17
3
Kyle Larson* (P)
664
-38
4
Denny Hamlin* (P)
663
-39
5
Tyler Reddick (P)
640
-62
6
Christopher Bell* (P)
635
-67
7
Ryan Blaney* (P)
576
-126
8
Chase Briscoe* (P)
570
-132
9
Alex Bowman (P)
547
-155
10
Chris Buescher (P)
528
-174
11
Joey Logano* (P)
524
-178
12
Ross Chastain* (P)
517
-185
13
Bubba Wallace (P)
500
-202
14
Ryan Preece
484
-218
15
Kyle Busch
461
-241
16
Ty Gibbs
448
-254
17
Michael McDowell
423
-279
18
AJ Allmendinger
420
-282
19
Austin Cindric* (P)
417
-285
20
Erik Jones
411
-291
21
John Hunter Nemechek
400
-302
22
Josh Berry* (P)
399
-303
23
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
392
-310
24
Zane Smith
388
-314
25
Carson Hocevar
375
-327
26
Shane van Gisbergen* (P)
374
-328
27
Brad Keselowski
360
-342
28
Austin Dillon
353
-349
29
Daniel Suarez
341
-361
30
Ty Dillon
337
-365
31
Justin Haley
337
-365
32
Todd Gilliland
333
-369
33
Noah Gragson
272
-430
34
Cole Custer
263
-439
35
Riley Herbst
251
-451
36
Cody Ware
148
-554
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