NASCAR playoff standings, Cup points updated after Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway

The young NASCAR season continues to take shape. Sunday at Phoenix was another excellent race and a chance for several drivers to add to their point totals.

Christopher Bell came away with the win after a strong showing in a final stage that included several strategy changes thanks to some late cautions. That will bump him up quite a bit more in the NASCAR Cup Series standings. You can view the updated playoff standings and points standings below.

Updated NASCAR playoff standings after Phoenix

Rank	Driver	Playoff Points	Wins
1	Christopher Bell	16	3
2	William Byron	6	1
3	Tyler Reddick	+60	0
4	Ryan Blaney	+53	0
5	Chase Elliott	+41	0
6	Alex Bowman	+34	0
7	Denny Hamlin	+27	0
8	Kyle Busch	+27	0
9	Joey Logano	+27	0
10	Chris Buescher	+26	0
11	Kyle Larson	+25	0
12	Bubba Wallace	+19	0
13	John Hunter Nemechek	+16	0
14	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	+13	0
15	Michael McDowell	+13	0
16	Ross Chastain	+5	0
*** NASCAR Cup Series playoffs cut-off ***
17	Todd Gilliland	-5	0
18	Carson Hocevar	-11	0
19	Erik Jones	-13	0
20	Chase Briscoe	-14	0

Updated NASCAR Cup points after Phoenix

Rank	Driver	Points	Leader
1	William Byron	165	0
2	Christopher Bell	152	-13
3	Tyler Reddick	143	-22
4	Ryan Blaney	136	-29
5	Chase Elliott	124	-41
6	Alex Bowman	117	-48
7	Denny Hamlin	110	-55
8	Kyle Busch	110	-55
9	Joey Logano	110	-55
10	Chris Buescher	109	-56
11	Kyle Larson	108	-57
12	Bubba Wallace	102	-63
13	John Hunter Nemechek	99	-66
14	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	96	-69
15	Michael McDowell	96	-69
16	Ross Chastain	88	-77
17	Todd Gilliland	83	-82
18	Carson Hocevar	77	-88
19	Erik Jones	75	-90
20	Chase Briscoe	74	-91
21	Josh Berry	73	-92
22	Shane Van Gisbergen	69	-96
23	Ty Dillon	69	-96
24	Ryan Preece	68	-97
25	Austin Dillon	66	-99
26	Zane Smith	63	-102
27	Riley Herbst	61	-104
28	AJ Allmendinger	58	-107
29	Daniel Suarez	55	-110
30	Justin Haley	55	-110
31	Noah Gragson	53	-112
32	Austin Cindric	52	-113
33	Brad Keselowski	47	-118
34	Ty Gibbs	41	-124
35	Cole Custer	36	-129
36	Jimmie Johnson	34	-131
37	Cody Ware	23	-142
38	Corey Lajoie	21	-144
39	Katherin Legge*	7	-158
40	JJ Yeley	1	-164
41	Martin Truex Jr.	1	-164

You can also read up on some highlights of the NASCAR action at Phoenix, broken down by stage in the race, below. We’ve also included a full list of those earning stage points at both Stage 1 and Stage 2.

The race at Phoenix on Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series was an intriguing run, bringing a mix of late-race strategies on tires to the forefront. And Bell claimed the win after a dominant close.

Who else earned some major points from the race at Phoenix? You can view the complete finishing order below.

Stage 1 Highlights

The first stage was relatively controversy free, with only one notable wreck in the early going. William Byron took early control and never relinquished, taking home the stage win comfortably.

The winner of the Daytona 500 held off a late charge by Ryan Preece on the faster option tires, an impressive showing. Byron collected some extra NASCAR Cup Series points as a result.

Stage 1 Finish

1. William Byron
2. Tyler Reddick
3. Ryan Preece
4. Christopher Bell
5. Ryan Blaney
6. Josh Berry
7. Carson Hocevar
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Chase Elliott
10. Kyle Larson

Stage 2 Highlights

A wreck in the second stage took out a few cars when Chase Briscoe got sandwiched in between a few drivers and made contact with Justin Haley. That accordioned the cars to the outside wall, where they hit Carson Hocevar and then spun in front of several other drivers.

Hocevar, Briscoe, Haley, Riley Herbst, Cole Custer, Shane van Gisbergen and Brad Keselowski were all caught up in the chop, which took some time to clear from the track.

The stage ended with a late battle between Joey Logano on wearing-down option tires and Christopher Bell on the standard yellows. Bell took home the stage win to threaten for a NASCAR three-peat after coming in off back-to-back race wins at Atlanta and Texas.

Stage 2 Finish

1. Christopher Bell
2. Joey Logano
3. William Byron
4. Ryan Blaney
5. Tyler Reddick
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Austin Cindric
8. Daniel Suarez
9. Kyle Larson
10. Josh Berry