Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after Darlington Chase race

Denny Hamlin leaves Darlington with a 12-point championship lead over Christopher Bell in the Chase for the championship

After fighting back from some mid-race damage, Denny Hamlin leaves Darlington just 12 points clear of Southern 500 winner Christopher Bell.

The biggest mover in the championship standings was clearly Bell, jumping four positions from sixth to second with his big victory. Bubba Wallace also moved up four spots from 14th to 10th.

The biggest loser was William Byron, who dropped three positions to the bottom of the Chase standings after an engine failure.

2026 NASCAR Cup points after Darlington II (Race 27 of 36)

Pos.	Driver	Points	Positions gained or lost
1	Denny Hamlin	2135	--
2	Christopher Bell	2123	+4
3	Ryan Blaney	2119	-1
4	Tyler Reddick	2111	-1
5	Chase Briscoe	2098	--
6	Ty Gibbs	2096	-2
7	Kyle Larson	2086	--
8	Joey Logano	2063	+1
9	Chase Elliott	2063	-1
10	Bubba Wallace	2054	+4
11	Chris Buescher	2047	-1
12	Carson Hocevar	2046	--
13	Daniel Suarez	2041	-2
14	Austin Cindric	2033	+1
15	Ryan Preece	2031	+1
16	William Byron	2021	-3
CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE
17	Shane van Gisbergen	616	--
18	Brad Keselowski	557	--
19	Michael McDowell	537	+1
20	Ross Chastain	528	-1
21	Erik Jones	520	--
22	Todd Gilliland	489	--
23	AJ Allmendinger	478	--
24	Zane Smith	467	--
25	Josh Berry	448	+3
26	Austin Dillon	443	-1
27	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	432	-1
28	John Hunter Nemechek	431	-1
29	Alex Bowman	416	+1
30	Riley Herbst	409	-1
31	Noah Gragson	351	--
32	Cole Custer	333	--
33	Ty Dillon	316	--
34	Connor Zilisch	274	--
35	Cody Ware	202	--
36	Casey Mears	13	--
37	Kevin Magnussen	11	--
38	Jimmie Johnson	9	--
39	Katherine Legge	8	--
40	BJ McLeod	4	--

Note: Kyle Busch scored 217 points before his tragic passing, and we have followed NASCAR's decision to no longer classify Busch in the weekly driver standings.