Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after New Hampshire 2026

Hamlin has clinched the No. 1 seed, while the battle for the final Chase spot will be decided at Daytona next weekend

Denny Hamlin leaves New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a 77-point lead over race winner Ryan Blaney, which is enough for him to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Chase. The top 13 drivers in the championship standings have all clinched Chase spots now.

Going into Daytona, Bubba Wallace in 14th will be 75 points up, which is basically safe with a maximum of 76 points possible in a single race. Austin Cindric is 15th, 44 points above the cut-line.

Shane van Gisbergen remains on the bubble, and Ryan Preece cut down the margin to him at New Hampshire. There are 31 points separating them, and of note, just six points in the owner's standings.

Preece and teammate Keselowski are only drivers with a shot of coming from below the cut-line at Daytona, as Ross Chastain's last-place finish eliminates him from contention.

2026 NASCAR Cup points after New Hampshire (Race 25 of 36)

Pos.	Driver	Points	Positions gained or lost
1	Denny Hamlin	1001	--
2	Ryan Blaney	924	--
3	Ty Gibbs	880	--
4	Tyler Reddick	860	--
5	Christopher Bell	738	+2
6	Chase Briscoe	727	-1
7	Kyle Larson	708	+1
8	Chase Elliott	707	-2
9	Joey Logano	682	--
10	Chris Buescher	676	--
11	Carson Hocevar	672	--
12	William Byron	644	--
13	Daniel Suarez	638	--
14	Bubba Wallace	630	--
15	Austin Cindric	599	--
16	Shane van Gisbergen	586	--
CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE
17	Ryan Preece	555	--
18	Brad Keselowski	520	+1
19	Ross Chastain	505	-1
20	Erik Jones	490	--
21	Michael McDowell	484	--
22	AJ Allmendinger	456	--
23	Todd Gilliland	444	--
24	Zane Smith	442	--
25	Austin Dillon	405	-
26	Riley Herbst	402	--
27	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	398	--
28	John Hunter Nemechek	394	--
29	Josh Berry	386	+1
30	Alex Bowman	362	-1
31	Noah Gragson	334	--
32	Cole Custer	302	--
33	Ty Dillon	294	--
34	Connor Zilisch	259	--
35	Cody Ware	199	--
36	Casey Mears	12	--
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.