NASCAR playoff picture 2025: Latest Cup Series points standings update after Dytona.
Bubba Wallace's Brickyard 400 win on July 27 gave more clarity to the NASCAR Cup Series playoff picture with four regular-season races remaining in 2025.
Wallace locked himself into the playoffs, bumping Chris Buescher to 16th and above the playoff cutline by 42 points over RFK Racing teammate Ryan Preece.
Kyle Busch and Ty Gibbs' long-shot wild card playoff chances all but ended with Wallace's victory, leaving everyone below Preece in a win-or-else scenario over the next four weeks.
2025 NASCAR points standings: Which drivers made the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs?.
Here are the 16 drivers who will race in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs in order of reset points following the Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Number of wins in parentheses):
This season's winners (locked into playoffs)
1. Kyle Larson (3) ..... 2032
2. William Byron (2) ..... 2032
3. Denny Hamlin (4) ..... 2029
4. Ryan Blaney (2) ..... 2026
5. Christopher Bell (3) ..... 2023
6. Shane van Gisbergen (4) ..... 2022
7. Chase Elliott (1) ..... 2013
8. Chase Briscoe (1) ..... 2010
9. Bubba Wallace (1) ..... 2008
10. Austin Cindric (1) ..... 2008
11. Ross Chastain (1) ..... 2007
12. Joey Logano (1) ..... 2007
13. Josh Berry (1) ..... 2006
14. Tyler Reddick (0) ..... 2006
15. Austin Dillon (1) ..... 2005
16. Alex Bowman (0) ..... 2002
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