After fighting back from some mid-race damage, Denny Hamlin leaves Darlington just 12 points clear of Southern 500 winner Christopher Bell.

The biggest mover in the championship standings was clearly Bell, jumping four positions from sixth to second with his big victory. Bubba Wallace also moved up four spots from 14th to 10th.

The biggest loser was William Byron, who dropped three positions to the bottom of the Chase standings after an engine failure.

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2026 NASCAR Cup points after Darlington II (Race 27 of 36)

Pos.
Driver
Points

Positions gained or lost

1 
Denny Hamlin
2135
—

2
Christopher Bell
2123
+4

3
Ryan Blaney
2119
-1

4
Tyler Reddick
2111
-1

5
Chase Briscoe
2098
—

6
Ty Gibbs
2096
-2

7
Kyle Larson
2086
—

8
Joey Logano
2063
+1

9
Chase Elliott
2063
-1

10
Bubba Wallace
2054
+4

11
Chris Buescher
2047
-1

12
Carson Hocevar
2046
—

13
Daniel Suarez
2041
-2

14
Austin Cindric
2033
+1

15
Ryan Preece
2031
+1

16
William Byron
2021
-3

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17
Shane van Gisbergen
616
—

18
Brad Keselowski
557
—

19
Michael McDowell
537
+1

20
Ross Chastain
528
-1

21
Erik Jones
520
—

22
Todd Gilliland
489
—

23
AJ Allmendinger
478
—

24
Zane Smith
467
—

25
Josh Berry
448
+3

26
Austin Dillon
443
-1

27
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
432
-1

28
John Hunter Nemechek
431
-1

29
Alex Bowman
416
+1

30
Riley Herbst
409
-1

31
Noah Gragson
351
—

32
Cole Custer
333
—

33
Ty Dillon
316
—

34
Connor Zilisch
274
—

35
Cody Ware
202
—

36
Casey Mears
13
—

37
Kevin Magnussen
11
—

38
Jimmie Johnson
9
—

39
Katherine Legge
8
—

40
BJ McLeod
4
—

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.

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