NASCAR Cup Series Point Standings After Martinsville Speedway

Chase Elliott was able to take a step forward in the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings thanks to his first win of the season, which came in Sunday's Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway. Elliott vaulted forward one spot to fourth in the standings, and he now sits 104 points behind the point lead.

Tyler Reddick was able to keep ahold of his series points lead after a 15th-place finish. As Reddick heads into the NASCAR Cup Series offweekend, he will carry an 82-point advantage over Ryan Blaney, who remained the runner-up driver in the standings with a sixth-place result at Martinsville.

Denny Hamlin sits third in the standings, 94 points back, while William Byron is in the fifth position, 115 points back.

Daniel Suarez holds the final spot in the Chase grid, and he sits nine points above Michael McDowell, his Spire Motorsports teammate. Austin Cindric is next in line, 18 points below the cutline, and Ross Chastain ranks 31 points back.

NASCAR Cup Series Point Standings After Cook Out 400

After race 7 of 36 (19 races remaining until the Chase)

Rank	Car	Driver	Points	Behind
1	45	Tyler Reddick	353	--
2	12	Ryan Blaney	271	-82
3	11	Denny Hamlin	259	-94
4	9	Chase Elliott	249	-104
5	24	William Byron	238	-115
6	54	Ty Gibbs	222	-131
7	20	Christopher Bell	212	-141
8	6	Brad Keselowski	206	-147
9	5	Kyle Larson	206	-147
10	17	Chris Buescher	206	-147
11	23	Bubba Wallace	206	-147
12	22	Joey Logano	185	-168
13	60	Ryan Preece	180	-173
14	97	Shane van Gisbergen	174	-179
15	77	Carson Hocevar	171	-182
16	7	Daniel Suarez	167	-186
17	71	Michael McDowell	158	-195
18	2	Austin Cindric	149	-204
19	1	Ross Chastain	136	-217
20	16	AJ Allmendinger	134	-219
21	19	Chase Briscoe	131	-222
22	38	Zane Smith	126	-227
23	43	Erik Jones	119	-234
24	8	Kyle Busch	119	-234
25	21	Josh Berry	112	-241
26	42	John Hunter Nemechek	109	-244
27	3	Austin Dillon	105	-248
28	34	Todd Gilliland	96	-257
29	4	Noah Gragson	93	-260
30	35	Riley Herbst	90	-263
31	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	87	-266
32	10	Ty Dillon	87	-266
33	88	Connor Zilisch	80	-273
34	41	Cole Custer	67	-286
35	51	Cody Ware	58	-295
36	48	Alex Bowman	23	-330
37	66	Casey Mears	9	-344
38	78	BJ McLeod	3	-350
39	33	Austin Hill	0	-353
40	48	Justin Allgaier	0	-353
41	33	Jesse Love	0	-353
42	67	Corey Heim	0	-353
43	44	JJ Yeley	0	-353
44	62	Anthony Alfredo	0	-353
45	66	Timmy Hill	0	-353
46	99	Corey LaJoie	0	-353
47	36	Chandler Smith	0	-353
48	84	Jimmie Johnson	0	-353