Story byMotorsport. Around the cut-line, Austin Cindric has moved back inside the top 16, and is now two points ahead of Ryan Preece, who recorded a DNF at Nashville. Joey Logano is the next-closest, nine points back.
The biggest mover in the points this week is Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who jumped three positions from 26th to 23rd with a top five finish. The biggest losers are AJ Allmendinger (19th to 22nd) and Ross Chastain (23rd to 26th), as each dropped three positions in the standings. Note: Kyle Busch scored 217 points during the 2026 season before his tragic passing.
Following NASCAR’s decision to do so, we have also removed Kyle from the championship standings you see below2026 NASCAR Cup points after Nashville (Race 14 of 36)Pos. DriverPointsPositions gained or lost1Tyler Reddick 657–2Denny Hamlin560–3Ryan Blaney483–4Chase Elliott460+15Ty Gibbs449-16Kyle Larson409–7Christopher Bell399+18Chris Buescher393-19Carson Hocevar383–10Daniel Suarez378–11William Byron352+112Shane van Gisbergen348+213Brad Keselowski347-214Chase Briscoe343+115Bubba Wallace338-216Austin Cindric306+1CHASE cutlinechase CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINE17Ryan Preece304-118Joey Logano297–19Michael McDowell275+120Zane Smith272+121Erik Jones270+122AJ Allmendinger266-323Ricky Stenhouse Jr.263+324Austin Dillon244–25Todd Gilliland240–26Ross Chastain239-327Riley Herbst224–28John Hunter Nemechek213–29Noah Gragson202–30Ty Dillon177+131Josh Berry174-132Alex Bowman160–33Cole Custer150+134Connor Zilisch147-135Cody Ware117–37Casey Mears9–38Katherine Legge8+139BJ McLeod2-1To read more articles visit our website.
