Denny Hamlin increased his NASCAR Cup Series points lead substantially after a top-5 finish at Chicagoland on July 5.
Hamlin finished 3rd, while Tyler Reddick’s radiator damage resigned him to a 36th-place run. Hamlin leads Reddick by 44 points heading to Atlanta next week.
Chase Briscoe claimed his first win of the season in the eero 400 to get further away from the Chase bubble. Erik Jones jumped into 16th with a solid 15th-place finish, while Ryan Preece finished 32nd after a Lap 1 spin.
Here’s the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
NASCAR points standings, Cup Series points update after Chicagoland race
Unofficial after Chicagoland; top 16 drivers make the Chase following the Daytona summer race
- Denny Hamlin 764 points, +357 to 17th place
- Tyler Reddick +313
- Ryan Blaney +244
- Ty Gibbs +220
- Chase Elliott +177
- Kyle Larson +176
- Chris Buescher +134
- Chase Briscoe +131
- Carson Hocevar +117
- Christopher Bell +105
- Daniel Suarez +100
- William Byron +92
- Bubba Wallace +77
- Shane van Gisbergen +30
- Austin Cindric +27
- Erik Jones +4
- Ryan Preece -4 behind 16th
- Joey Logano -16
- AJ Allmendinger -16
- Brad Keselowski -19
- Michael McDowell -34
- Ross Chastain -36
- Zane Smith -62
- Riley Herbst -63
- Todd Gilliland -76
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -81
- John Hunter Nemechek -86
- Austin Dillon -118
- Alex Bowman -145
- Noah Gragson -180
- Josh Berry -190
- Ty Dillon -190
- Cole Custer -194
- Connor Zilisch -212
- Cody Ware -248
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR points standings: Cup Series points update after Chicagoland race
