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William Byron moved back into the NASCAR Cup Series points lead after his win in the Iowa Corn 350 on August 3 at Iowa Speedway.
Byron also benefitted from finishes outside of the top 10 by regular-season title contenders Chase Elliott (14th), Denny Hamlin (24th) and Kyle Larson (28th).
Near the cutline, Ryan Preece cut into Chris Buescher’s advantage for the final playoff spot with three races remaining in the regular season.
Here’s the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
Through 23 races
- Denny Hamlin (4 wins)
- Kyle Larson (3 wins)
- Christopher Bell (3 wins)
- Shane van Gisbergen (3 wins)
- William Byron (2 wins)
- Chase Elliott (1 win)
- Ryan Blaney (1 win)
- Chase Briscoe (1 win)
- Bubba Wallace (1 win)
- Joey Logano (1 win)
- Ross Chastain (1 win)
- Austin Cindric (1 win)
- Josh Berry (1 win)
- Tyler Reddick +122 ahead of playoff cutline
- Alex Bowman +63
- Chris Buescher +23
- Ryan Preece -23 behind 16th
- Kyle Busch -73
- Ty Gibbs -87
- AJ Allmendinger -118
- Brad Keselowski -121
- John Hunter Nemechek -127
- Carson Hocevar -131
- Michael McDowell -134
- Erik Jones -138
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -176
- Zane Smith -179
- Austin Dillon -190
- Justin Haley -196
- Todd Gilliland -207
Unofficial after Iowa
- William Byron 770 points (2 wins, 17 playoff points)
- Chase Elliott: -18 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Kyle Larson -45 (3 wins, 23 playoff points)
- Denny Hamlin -51 (3 wins, 24 playoff points)
- Christopher Bell -86 (3 wins, 17 playoff points)
- Tyler Reddick -97 (1 playoff point)
- Ryan Blaney -105 (1 win, 10 playoff points)
- Chase Briscoe -130 (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Alex Bowman -156
- Bubba Wallace -189 ( 1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Chris Buescher -196 (5 playoff point penalty)
- Joey Logano -210 (1 win, 7 playoff points)
- Ryan Preece -219 (2 playoff points)
- Ross Chastain -226 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Kyle Busch -269
- Ty Gibbs -283
- Austin Cindric -289 (1 win, 8 playoff points)
- AJ Allmendinger -314
- Brad Keselowski -317 (2 playoff points)
- John Hunter Nemechek -323
- Josh Berry -327 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
- Carson Hocevar -327
- Michael McDowell -330 (1 playoff point)
- Erik Jones -334
- Shane van Gisbergen -372 (3 wins, 17 playoff points)
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -372
- Zane Smith -375
- Austin Dillon -386
- Justin Haley -392
- Todd Gilliland -403
- Daniel Suarez -407
- Ty Dillon -422
- Cole Custer -479
- Noah Gragson -487
- Riley Herbst -501
