Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after Daytona 2026

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The regular season is over, and Denny Hamlinsits atop the reset championship standings. Gone is his 89-point lead, replaced with a 25-point buffer. In fact, the entire top 16 is separated by just 100 points. Hamlin scored 1,027 points in the regular season before being reset to 2,100 as the No. 1 seed. 

Ryan Preece secured the 16th and final spot in the Chase standings after earning his first career NASCAR Cup Series win, bumping Shane van Gisbergen out of the Chase field by 17 points.

With Preece's triumph, the only difference between the owner's and driver's standings this year is the fact that the No. 60 has five more points than Preece, as the car jumped Cindric as well for 15th before the points reset.

The biggest gainer in the standings was Daniel Suarez, who jumped two positions with a runner-up finish, netting himself ten extra bonus points right before the Chase reset.

The biggest loser was Riley Herbst, who had to withdraw from the race after suffering "lingering effects" from a wreck at New Hampshire, one week ago. He fell three positions from 26th to 29th in the championship standings.

Watch: Race Rewind: Preece wins his way into The Chase at Daytona

2026 NASCAR Cup points after Daytona II (Race 26 of 36)Pos.DriverPoints

Positions gained or lost

1 Denny Hamlin2100--2Ryan Blaney2075--3Tyler Reddick2065+14Ty Gibbs2060-15Chase Briscoe2055+16Christopher Bell2050-17Kyle Larson2045--8Chase Elliott2040--9Joey Logano2035--10Chris Buescher2030--11Daniel Suarez2025+212Carson Hocevar2020-113William Byron2015-114Bubba Wallace2010--15Austin Cindric2005--16Ryan Preece2000--CHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINE17Shane van Gisbergen605-118Brad Keselowski543--19Ross Chastain518--20Michael McDowell517+121Erik Jones498-122Todd Gilliland468+123AJ Allmendinger463-124Zane Smith455--25Austin Dillon435-26Ricky Stenhouse Jr.430+127John Hunter Nemechek418+128Josh Berry414+129Riley Herbst402-330Alex Bowman391--31Noah Gragson346--32Cole Custer329--33Ty Dillon310--34Connor Zilisch271--35Cody Ware201--36Casey Mears13--37Kevin Magnussen11--38Jimmie Johnson9--39Katherine Legge8--40BJ McLeod4--

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.

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