Shane van Gisbergen scored his fourth win of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Sequence season Sunday, profitable by 11.116 seconds at Watkins Glen. Right here’s how the Cup Sequence subject stacks up by means of 24 races.
1. William Byron (Final week: 1)
Byron completed fourth and prolonged his lead within the regular-season standings to 42 factors Sunday. He’s within the catbird’s seat for the regular-season title battle, and Saturday’s Cook dinner Out 400 at Richmond — a observe just like Iowa — could possibly be the race the place he sews up the regular-season championship.
2. Chase Briscoe (Final week: 6)
Briscoe completed fifth Sunday and has 5 top-five finishes prior to now eight races. He’s one among three drivers to have not less than 10 top-five efforts this season, becoming a member of Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson
3. Chase Elliott (Final week: 2)
Elliott misplaced 24 factors to Byron within the regular-season title race and completed outdoors the highest 20 (twenty sixth) for the primary time all season Sunday. It’s been 12 months for Elliott and the No. 9 crew, however races like Sunday’s are the rationale many followers consider change should happen.
4. Ryan Blaney (Final week: 5)
Blaney led 35 laps from the pole, received Stage 2 and completed sixth Sunday. He additionally moved as much as sixth within the regular-season standings and is inside putting distance of the highest 5.
5. Denny Hamlin (Final week: 4)
Highway programs are removed from Hamlin’s robust swimsuit, however a Twenty fifth-place end with zero stage factors continues to be a surprisingly poor outcome. Nonetheless, Richmond affords Hamlin a superb alternative to bounce again and rating his fifth win of 2025.
6. Christopher Bell (Final week: 8)
Bell completed a distant runner-up to van Gisbergen on Sunday, however the No. 20 crew seems to be getting again on observe after a hit-or-miss summer season stretch. Bell is tied with Larson for fourth within the regular- season standings.
7. Ryan Preece (Final week: 7)
Preece misplaced 11 factors to the playoff reduce line regardless of scoring 9 stage factors and ending thirteenth. The No. 60 crew has been on a roll this season, however it could not culminate in a postseason bid.
8. Kyle Larson (Final week: 3)
Larson suffered brake points early in Sunday’s race and completed thirty ninth after making repairs. He slipped to a tie for fifth within the common season standings, and a pair of poor races at Richmond and Daytona might see him fall out of the highest 5 totally.
9. Tyler Reddick (Final week: 10)
Reddick quietly drove his option to a ninth-place end Sunday, although he slipped to seventh within the regular-season standings. He has all however locked up a playoff spot at this level and shouldn’t have something to lose at Richmond or Daytona.
10. Bubba Wallace (Final week: 11)
Wallace scored his fourth consecutive top-10 end Sunday, however Buescher’s robust run retains him outdoors of the highest 10 within the regular- season standings for now. Wallace completed prime 5 at Richmond a 12 months in the past and is at all times a menace at Daytona, so the ultimate two weeks of the common season are main alternatives for the No. 23 crew.
11. Shane van Gisbergen (Final week: unranked)
Van Gisbergen as soon as once more dusted the Cup Sequence subject on a street course. The subsequent two weeks give him a possibility to proceed bettering on his oval craft, and Daytona could possibly be a possibility for him to snag what can be a series-leading fifth win.
12. Chris Buescher (Final week: 16)
Buescher did precisely what he wanted to do Sunday, profitable Stage 1 and ending third to realize 11 factors on Preece within the playoff bubble battle. He has received at Richmond and Daytona, so his postseason future is in his arms.
13. Ross Chastain (Final week: 15)
Chastain completed tenth on the Glen on Sunday, however he’s nonetheless 14th within the regular-season standings with little hope of ending inside the highest 10. Richmond will probably be a significant check of the No. 1 crew’s pace heading into the playoffs.
14. Austin Cindric (Final week: 13)
Cindric might solely muster a Sixteenth-place effort Sunday at Watkins Glen. The regular-season finale at Daytona needs to be a race that’s circled on the calendar for a No. 2 crew with nothing to lose.
15. Joey Logano (Final week: 14)
Logano completed 14th with zero stage factors Sunday, persevering with an underwhelming title protection season. He additionally slipped to thirteenth within the regular-season standings.
16. Alex Bowman (Final week: 12)
Bowman continues to be sitting fairly in regard to the playoff reduce line, however a Twentieth-place effort Sunday wasn’t inspiring. The No. 48 crew might use run at Richmond as a springboard into the playoffs.
