Championship leader Tyler Reddick finished fifth at Watkins Glen, adding an extra 20-point between himself and Denny Hamlin, increasing his lead to a staggering 129 points. There was no change inside the top five in the standings, but Bubba Wallace did replace William Byron inside the top ten. In the battle around the Chase cut-line, there were a lot of movement.
SVG’s big win vaulted him from 19th to 16th in the standings, now on the bubble and six points clear of Chase Briscoe. However, the biggest gainer in the standings was Austin Dillon, who jumped five positions from 27th to 22nd. The biggest losers were Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Erik Jones, who each dropped three positions in the standings.
Katherine Legge became the 39th different driver to score points during the 2026 season, making her first appearance of the year Read Also: Official race results: 2026 NASCAR Cup at Watkins Glen Shane van Gisbergen rockets to Watkins Glen NASCAR Cup win after incredible final stint DriverPointsPositions gained or lost1Tyler Reddick 567–2Denny Hamlin438–3Chase Elliott422–4Ryan Blaney405–5Chris Buescher375–6Ty Gibbs372+17Carson Hocevar342-18Kyle Larson332–9Brad Keselowski318–10Bubba Wallace313+111Christopher Bell311+112William Byron309-213Ryan Preece296–14Daniel Suarez295–15Austin Cindric287–16Shane van Gisbergen283+3CHASE cutlinechase CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINE17Chase Briscoe277-118Joey Logano245-119Ross Chastain236-120AJ Allmendinger235–21Michael McDowell225+222Austin Dillon220+523Zane Smith217-224Kyle Busch217+225Erik Jones214-326Todd Gilliland206-127Ricky Stenhouse Jr.193-328John Hunter Nemechek189+129Riley Herbst186-130Noah Gragson168+131Josh Berry160-132Connor Zilisch145+133Ty Dillon140-134Alex Bowman127–35Cole Custer113+136Cody Ware93-137Casey Mears9–38BJ McLeod3–39Katherine Legge2–To read more articles visit our website.
