NASCAR Cup points updated after surprising decision in Chase Briscoe, JGR Daytona penalty appeal

Chase Briscoe is back in the mix, as he won his appeal of the penalty NASCAR issued him after the Daytona 500. He originally lost 100 driver points for a spoiler issue on his No. 19 car, and now he gets those points back and is back in contention to win a Cup Series regular-season title. Below are the updated Cup points standings.

Before the appeal victory, Briscoe was last in the standings with -28 points. Now, he’s tied for 14th place with Carson Hocevar. Here’s a look at the top 30 NASCAR drivers when it comes to Cup points.

Where is Chase Briscoe in the updated NASCAR Cup points standings?

Rank	Driver	Points	Leader
1	William Byron	116	0
2	Ryan Blaney	114	-2
3	Tyler Reddick	111	-5
4	Christopher Bell	95	-21
5	Chase Elliott	95	-21
6	Bubba Wallace	94	-22
7	Alex Bowman	87	-29
8	Michael McDowell	85	-31
9	Kyle Busch	81	-35
10	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	80	-36
11	Chris Buescher	77	-39
12	Joey Logano	77	-39
13	John Hunter Nemechek	76	-40
14	Carson Hocevar	72	-44
15	Chase Briscoe	72	-44
16	Kyle Larson	71	-45
17	Denny Hamlin	67	-49
18	Shane van Gisbergen	63	-53
19	Todd Gilliland	63	-53
20	Ross Chastain	62	-54
21	Riley Herbst	60	-56
22	Erik Jones	56	-60
23	Justin Haley	52	-64
24	Ty Dillon	48	-68
25	AJ Allmendinger	43	-73
26	Brad Keselowski	43	-73
27	Noah Gragson	42	-72
28	Austin Dillon	41	-75
29	Daniel Suarez	38	-78
30	Ryan Preece	38	-78

The appeals panel explained why the penalty for Briscoe and Joe Gibbs Racing was overturned. ““The panel believes that the elongation of some of the holes on the number 19 Cup car spoiler base is caused by the process of attaching that specific spoiler base to the rear deck and not modification of the single source part,” the panel stated, per Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports.

Chase Briscoe shared his reaction after learning the big news. “Biggest points day of my career! We’re back!” Briscoe wrote on X/Twitter. “In all seriousness, thank you to NASCAR for giving us the option to show our evidence and huge thank you to everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing who put in countless hours to put everything together.”