NASCAR playoff standings, Cup points updated after EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at COTA

The NASCAR playoff standings and Cup Series points have been updated following the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas (COTA).

Christopher Bell won the race, which was the first road course for the drivers this year. It was a good way to start the month of March, and the race was the second of five races this month. Here’s a look at the updated NASCAR playoff standings and Cup points after COTA.

Updated NASCAR playoff standings after COTA

With William Byron winning the Daytona 500 and Christopher Bell winning the last two races, they have clinched a playoff spot. Ryan Blaney and Tyler Reddick are not far behind as they have a strong hold on third and fourth place, respectively.

One driver to watch is Kyle Busch, who is ninth in the playoff standings. Busch missed out on winning at COTA but still earned a strong top-five finish to strengthen his spot for the postseason.

Rank	Driver	Wins	Playoff Points
1	Christopher Bell	2	10
2	William Byron	1	5
3	Ryan Blaney	0	+47
4	Tyler Reddick	0	+44
5	Chase Elliott	0	+28
6	Bubba Wallace	0	+27
7	Alex Bowman	0	+20
8	Michael McDowell	0	+18
9	Kyle Busch	0	+14
10	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	0	+13
11	Austin Cindric	0	+13
12	Chris Buescher	0	+10
13	Joey Logano	0	+10
14	John Hunter Nemechek	0	+9
15	Carson Hocevar	0	+5
16	Kyle Larson	0	+4
17	Denny Hamlin	0	-4
18	Shane van Gisbergen	0	-8
19	Todd Gilliland	0	-8
20	Ross Chastain	0	-9

Updated overall NASCAR Cup points after COTA

With William Byron earning a P2 finish at COTA, he is now the points leader over Ryan Blaney. The COTA finish at the Daytona 500 win has given Byron an early chance to win the regular season title.

Bubba Wallace finished 20th on Sunday and is now just 22 points behind Byron for the lead. Wallace has finished in the top 10 in the standings once in his career, which was in 2023 when he reached the playoffs and finished 10th.

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	Austin Cindric	80	-36
12	Chris Buescher	77	-39
13	Joey Logano	77	-39
14	John Hunter Nemechek	76	-40
15	Carson Hocevar	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