NASCAR Cup Series Point Standings After Talladega

Austin Cindric scored his first win of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season in Sunday's Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Cindric racked up 47 points on his path to victory, which allowed him to vault to 15th in the regular-season standings.
RESULTS: Jack Link's 500 at Talladega
NEWS: Ryan Preece (2nd), Joey Logano (5th) Disqualified at Talladega
By virtue of a third-place finish, William Byron held onto his NASCAR Cup Series point lead following the race at Talladega. Byron's point lead stands at 31 markers over Kyle Larson, who finished second at Talladega.
Here are the complete NASCAR Cup Series championship standings after the Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, the 10th race of the 36-race NASCAR Cup Series season.
Rank | Car | Driver | Points | Diff | Playoff Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 24 | William Byron | 389 | -- | 8 |
2 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 358 | -31 | 15 |
3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 337 | -52 | 12 |
4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 317 | -72 | 0 |
5 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 307 | -82 | 16 |
6 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 303 | -86 | 0 |
7 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 296 | -93 | 2 |
8 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 276 | -113 | 2 |
9 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 274 | -115 | 0 |
10 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 246 | -143 | 0 |
11 | 22 | Joey Logano | 246 | -143 | 2 |
12 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 235 | -154 | 0 |
13 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 230 | -159 | 0 |
14 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 219 | -170 | 6 |
15 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 216 | -173 | 0 |
16 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 210 | -179 | 0 |
17 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 209 | -180 | 0 |
18 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 202 | -187 | 1 |
19 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 201 | -188 | 0 |
20 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 195 | -194 | 0 |
21 | 21 | Josh Berry | 193 | -196 | 6 |
22 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 191 | -198 | 0 |
23 | 38 | Zane Smith | 183 | -206 | 0 |
24 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 182 | -207 | 0 |
25 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 179 | -210 | 0 |
26 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 178 | -211 | 0 |
27 | 7 | Justin Haley | 178 | -211 | 0 |
28 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 176 | -213 | 0 |
29 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 161 | -228 | 0 |
30 | 43 | Erik Jones | 158 | -231 | 0 |
31 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 155 | -234 | 0 |
32 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 133 | -256 | 0 |
33 | 35 | Riley Herbst # | 118 | -271 | 0 |
34 | 41 | Cole Custer | 109 | -280 | 0 |
35 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | 106 | -283 | 0 |
36 | 51 | Cody Ware | 54 | -335 | 0 |
37 | Jimmie Johnson | 34 | -355 | 0 | |
38 | Corey LaJoie | 24 | -365 | 0 | |
39 | 44 | JJ Yeley * | 9 | -380 | 0 |
40 | Katherine Legge | 7 | -382 | 0 | |
41 | Casey Mears | 2 | -387 | 0 | |
42 | Burt Myers | 1 | -388 | 0 | |
43 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | -388 | 0 | |
44 | Justin Allgaier (i) | 0 | -389 | 0 | |
45 | 78 | BJ McLeod * (i) | 0 | -389 | 0 |
46 | 62 | Anthony Alfredo * (i) | 0 | -389 | 0 |
47 | Austin Hill (i) | 0 | -389 | 0 | |
48 | Jesse Love (i) | 0 | -389 | 0 | |
49 | Connor Zilisch (i) | 0 | -389 | 0 | |
50 | Josh Bilicki (i) | 0 | -389 | 0 | |
51 | Chandler Smith (i) | 0 | -389 | 0 | |
52 | Helio Castroneves | 0 | -389 | 0 |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates "Open" entry
(i) indicates driver ineligible to score NASCAR Cup Series points
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Toby Christie is the Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. He has 15 years of experience as a motorsports journalist and has been with Racing America since 2023.
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