Championship leader Tyler Reddick finished fifth at Watkins Glen, adding an extra 20-point between himself and Denny Hamlin, increasing his lead to a staggering 129 points.
There was no change inside the top five in the standings, but Bubba Wallace did replace William Byron inside the top ten.
In the battle around the Chase cut-line, there were a lot of movement. SVG's big win vaulted him from 19th to 16th in the standings, now on the bubble and six points clear of Chase Briscoe.
However, the biggest gainer in the standings was Austin Dillon, who jumped five positions from 27th to 22nd. The biggest losers were Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Erik Jones, who each dropped three positions in the standings.
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2026 NASCAR Cup points after Watkins Glen (Race 12 of 36)
Pos.
Driver
Points
Positions gained or lost
1
Tyler Reddick
567
—
2
Denny Hamlin
438
—
3
Chase Elliott
422
—
4
Ryan Blaney
405
—
5
Chris Buescher
375
—
6
Ty Gibbs
372
+1
7
Carson Hocevar
342
-1
8
Kyle Larson
332
—
9
Brad Keselowski
318
—
10
Bubba Wallace
313
+1
11
Christopher Bell
311
+1
12
William Byron
309
-2
13
Ryan Preece
296
—
14
Daniel Suarez
295
—
15
Austin Cindric
287
—
16
Shane van Gisbergen
283
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17
Chase Briscoe
277
-1
18
Joey Logano
245
-1
19
Ross Chastain
236
-1
20
AJ Allmendinger
235
—
21
Michael McDowell
225
+2
22
Austin Dillon
220
+5
23
Zane Smith
217
-2
24
Kyle Busch
217
+2
25
Erik Jones
214
-3
26
Todd Gilliland
206
-1
27
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
193
-3
28
John Hunter Nemechek
189
+1
29
Riley Herbst
186
-1
30
Noah Gragson
168
+1
31
Josh Berry
160
-1
32
Connor Zilisch
145
+1
33
Ty Dillon
140
-1
34
Alex Bowman
127
—
35
Cole Custer
113
+1
36
Cody Ware
93
-1
37
Casey Mears
9
—
38
BJ McLeod
3
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