NASCAR points standings: Cup Series points update after Bristol race

Kyle Larson added to his NASCAR Cup Series playoff point total with a sweep of the five available in dominating the Food City 500 on Sunday, April 13 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Larson earned his second win of the season by leading 411 of 500 laps and winning every stage.

William Byron retained the regular-season points lead by finishing 6th on Sunday.

Here's the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:

NASCAR points standings: Cup Series points update after Bristol race

Unofficial after Bristol

  1. William Byron: 315 points (1 win, 8 playoff points)
  2. Denny Hamlin -49 behind leader (2 win, 12 playoff points)
  3. Christopher Bell -52 (3 wins, 16 playoff points)
  4. Kyle Larson -71 (2 wins, 12 playoff points)
  5. Chase Elliott -59
  6. Ryan Blaney -79 (2 playoff points)
  7. Tyler Reddick -61
  8. Bubba Wallace -82 (1 playoff point)
  9. Joey Logano -83 (2 playoff points)
  10. Alex Bowman -88
  11. Ross Chastain -116
  12. Chris Buescher -100
  13. Chase Briscoe -137
  14. Ryan Preece -131 (1 playoff point)
  15. Kyle Busch -138
  16. AJ Allmendinger -147
  17. Josh Berry -161 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
  18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -157
  19. Michael McDowell -148
  20. Ty Gibbs -184
  21. John Hunter Nemechek -160
  22. Austin Cindric -164 (1 playoff point)
  23. Justin Haley -188
  24. Zane Smith -164
  25. Carson Hocevar -197
  26. Austin Dillon -187
  27. Daniel Suarez -168
  28. Todd Gilliland -167
  29. Ty Dillon -174
  30. Erik Jones -187
  31. Brad Keselowski -204
  32. Noah Gragson -207
  33. Riley Herbst -223
  34. Shane van Gisbergen -218
  35. Cole Custer -238

NASCAR playoff picture after Bristol

Through nine races

  1. Christopher Bell (3 wins)
  2. Denny Hamlin (2 wins)
  3. Kyle Larson (2 wins)
  4. William Byron (1 win)
  5. Josh Berry (1 win)
  6. Chase Elliott +80 ahead of playoff cutline
  7. Ryan Blaney +77
  8. Tyler Reddick +76
  9. Bubba Wallace +53
  10. Joey Logano +47
  11. Alex Bowman +46
  12. Ross Chastain +31
  13. Chris Buescher +29
  14. Chase Briscoe +15
  15. Ryan Preece +3
  16. Kyle Busch +2
  17. AJ Allmendinger -2 points behind 16th
  18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -24
  19. Michael McDowell -26
  20. Ty Gibbs -29
  21. John Hunter Nemechek -29
  22. Austin Cindric -29
  23. Justin Haley -36
  24. Zane Smith -39
  25. Carson Hocevar -43
  26. Austin Dillon -45
  27. Daniel Suarez -49
  28. Todd Gilliland -50
  29. Ty Dillon -54
  30. Erik Jones -61
  31. Brad Keselowski -68 
  32. Noah Gragson -78
  33. Riley Herbst -99
  34. Shane van Gisbergen -102
  35. Cole Custer -115

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean:

Save Story