The competition of the NASCAR Cup intensifies with the recent race in San Diego, where the battle between Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin for the lead in the standings has notably tightened.
Reddick, who was competing for the win, had an incident with his teammate Corey Heim, resulting in a tire cut that caused him to drop positions and lose more than 20 points, finishing 25th. On the other hand, Hamlin secured a 14th position, reducing his deficit to just 8 points behind Reddick.
Another big surprise was driver Ryan Preece, who climbed from 19th to 16th position in the standings thanks to a good points day. In contrast, Shane van Gisbergen‘s day ended poorly with an accident that made him fall three spots, landing in 17th place.
However, the biggest drop was that of Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who fell four places, finishing 26th. At the same time, Chase Briscoe has made it into the top 10, replacing Christopher Bell in the tenth position.
NASCAR Cup Points Standings After San Diego (Race 17 of 36)
Pos. Driver Points Positions gained or lost
1 Tyler Reddick 716 —
2 Denny Hamlin 708 —
3 Ryan Blaney 583 —
4 Kyle Larson 536 +2
5 Ty Gibbs 535 —
6 Chase Elliott 534 -2
7 Chris Buescher 500 —
8 Daniel Suarez 478 —
9 Carson Hocevar 476 —
10 Chase Briscoe 431 +2
11 Bubba Wallace 429 +2
12 Christopher Bell 422 -2
13 William Byron 421 -2
14 Erik Jones 372 +1
15 Austin Cindric 370 +1
16 Ryan Preece 367 +3
17 Shane van Gisbergen 362 -3
18 Joey Logano 357 —
19 Brad Keselowski 354 -2
20 AJ Allmendinger 346 +1
21 Michael McDowell 333 -1
22 Ross Chastain 327 +1
23 Zane Smith 316 +1
24 Riley Herbst 309 +3
25 Todd Gilliland 306 —
26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 303 -4
27 John Hunter Nemechek 298 -1
28 Austin Dillon 270 —
29 Noah Gragson 216 —
30 Josh Berry 208 —
31 Ty Dillon 202 —
32 Alex Bowman 199 —
33 Cole Custer 194 —
34 Connor Zilisch 165 —
35 Cody Ware 152 —
36 Kevin Magnussen 11 N/A
37 Casey Mears 10 -1
38 Jimmie Johnson 9 N/A
39 Katherine Legge 8 -2
40 BJ McLeod 3 -2
Note: Kyle Busch had accumulated 217 points before his tragic death, and NASCAR has decided not to rank him in the weekly drivers’ standings.
Written by FormulaRapidaAI
