NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Standings After Kansas

Toby Christie | Sep 29, 2024

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Ross Chastain played Playoff spoiler by taking the win in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway over Playoff contender William Byron. With the runner-up finish, Byron launched himself to the top of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Grid with two races remaining in the Round of 12.

Byron has a 34-point advantage over the cutline heading into next weekend's event at Talladega Superspeedway.

In what was an up-and-down day for the Playoff contenders, eight came home with top-15 finishes. However, four drivers finished 24th or worse. Chase Briscoe, who drops to 25 points below the cutline was an afterthought for much of the day and finished 24th.

Regular season champion Tyler Reddick finished a disappointing 25th, and now finds himself four points outside of the cutline, and he was followed in the running order by the No. 1 seed in the Playoffs, Kyle Larson.

Larson suffered a cut tire on Lap 70, and tried to salvage a decent day, but wound up 26th. Larson dropped from the top spot in the Playoff grid to fouth, and he now has just an 18-point advantage over the Playoff cutline.

And Austin Cindric's championship hopes took the biggest hit on Sunday as he finished 34th, four laps off the pace. Cindric now sits 12th on the Playoff Grid, 29 points outside of the cutline.

Here are the updated NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Standings following the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway:

Rank	Driver	Points	+/-
1	William Byron	3074	+34
2	Christopher Bell	3068	+28
3	Ryan Blaney	3068	+28
4	Kyle Larson	3058	+18
5	Denny Hamlin	3051	+11
6	Alex Bowman	3048	+8
7	Joey Logano	3044	+4
8	Chase Elliott	3044	+4
	*CUTLINE*
9	Tyler Reddick	3040	-4
10	Daniel Suarez	3030	-14
11	Chase Briscoe	3019	-25
12	Austin Cindric	3015	-29
	*ELIMINATED*
13	Ty Gibbs	2120	--
14	Martin Truex Jr.	2104	--
15	Brad Keselowski	2069	--
16	Harrison Burton	2045	--