NASCAR points leaders: Cup Series points leaders, NASCAR playoff picture after Dover

The NASCAR schedule took us to Dover Motor Speedway this weekend, with Sunday’s Cup Series race representing the 21st points

NASCAR points leaders
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The NASCAR schedule took us to Dover Motor Speedway this weekend, with Sunday’s Cup Series race representing the 21st points race of the regular season. The conclusion of the EchoPark Automotive 400 means there are only five races left before the playoffs. Following the NASCAR results today, here are the Cup Series points leaders heading into Indianapolis.

Let’s dive into the NASCAR Cup Series points leaders after Dover. As always, we use (P) to indicate the driver would make the playoffs if the season ended today and (*) indicates the driver won a race this season.

Related: Winners, Losers from Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race

NASCAR points leaders after today

PositionDriverPointsBehind
1Chase Elliott* (P)702
2William Byron* (P)685-17
3Kyle Larson* (P)664-38
4Denny Hamlin* (P)663-39
5Tyler Reddick (P)640-62
6Christopher Bell* (P)635-67
7Ryan Blaney* (P)576-126
8Chase Briscoe* (P)570-132
9Alex Bowman (P)547-155
10Chris Buescher (P)528-174
11Joey Logano* (P)524-178
12Ross Chastain* (P)517-185
13Bubba Wallace (P)500-202
14Ryan Preece484-218
15Kyle Busch461-241
16Ty Gibbs448-254
17Michael McDowell423-279
18AJ Allmendinger420-282
19Austin Cindric* (P)417-285
20Erik Jones411-291
21John Hunter Nemechek400-302
22Josh Berry* (P)399-303
23Ricky Stenhouse Jr392-310
24Zane Smith388-314
25Carson Hocevar375-327
26Shane van Gisbergen* (P)374-328
27Brad Keselowski360-342
28Austin Dillon353-349
29Daniel Suarez341-361
30Ty Dillon337-365
31Justin Haley337-365
32Todd Gilliland333-369
33Noah Gragson272-430
34Cole Custer263-439
35Riley Herbst251-451
36Cody Ware148-554

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