​Motorsport photoDenny Hamlin further solidified his place atop the championship standings at Indianapolis, with just four races left in the regular season.Carson Hocevar jumped up inside the top five in the championship standings after a trouble befell both Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott. No driver moved up or down more than two positions in the entire standings on Sunday, but the most notable shift was around the fifth to eighth place range.Around the cut-line, Austin Cindric remains on the bubble, but Ryan Preece has replaced Erik Jones as his closest pursuer. Preece is now 38 points behind Cindric, and Jones is 44 points back.Above the cut-line, Shane van Gisbergen fell to 15th but actually gained points, slightly padding his advantage to +57 over the cut-line. He is just three points adrift of Bubba Wallace, while Joey Logano continues his summer surge. He is up to 13th, +65pts after being below the cut-line just two races ago.NASCAR Cup teams will have their final off-week now before the final four-week stretch to end the regular season, and then the ten race Chase for the championship.
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2026 NASCAR Cup points after Brickyard 400 (Race 22 of 36)Pos.DriverPointsPositions gained or lost1 Denny Hamlin886–2Tyler Reddick802–3Ryan Blaney766–4Ty Gibbs751–5Carson Hocevar638+26Chase Elliott635-17Chase Briscoe623+18Kyle Larson617-29Chris Buescher613–10Christopher Bell609–11Daniel Suarez583–12William Byron568–13Joey Logano545+214Bubba Wallace540-115Shane van Gisbergen537-116Austin Cindric518–CHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINE17Ryan Preece480+118Erik Jones474-119Brad Keselowski468–20Michael McDowell442–21Ross Chastain436–22AJ Allmendinger409–23Todd Gilliland406–24Zane Smith393–25Riley Herbst370–26Ricky Stenhouse Jr.364+127John Hunter Nemechek355-128Alex Bowman354–29Austin Dillon349–30Cole Custer270+231Noah Gragson268–32Ty Dillon266-233Josh Berry264–34Connor Zilisch216–35Cody Ware183–36Casey Mears12+137Kevin Magnussen11-138Jimmie 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.To read more Motorsport.com articles visit our website.