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The NASCAR schedule took us to Dover Motor Speedway this weekend, with Sunday’s Cup Series race representing the 21st points race of the regular season. The conclusion of the EchoPark Automotive 400 means there are only five races left before the playoffs. Following the NASCAR results today, here are the Cup Series points leaders heading into Indianapolis.
Let’s dive into the NASCAR Cup Series points leaders after Dover. As always, we use (P) to indicate the driver would make the playoffs if the season ended today and (*) indicates the driver won a race this season.
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NASCAR points leaders after today
| Position | Driver | Points | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase Elliott* (P) | 702 | — |
| 2 | William Byron* (P) | 685 | -17 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson* (P) | 664 | -38 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin* (P) | 663 | -39 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 640 | -62 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell* (P) | 635 | -67 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney* (P) | 576 | -126 |
| 8 | Chase Briscoe* (P) | 570 | -132 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman (P) | 547 | -155 |
| 10 | Chris Buescher (P) | 528 | -174 |
| 11 | Joey Logano* (P) | 524 | -178 |
| 12 | Ross Chastain* (P) | 517 | -185 |
| 13 | Bubba Wallace (P) | 500 | -202 |
| 14 | Ryan Preece | 484 | -218 |
| 15 | Kyle Busch | 461 | -241 |
| 16 | Ty Gibbs | 448 | -254 |
| 17 | Michael McDowell | 423 | -279 |
| 18 | AJ Allmendinger | 420 | -282 |
| 19 | Austin Cindric* (P) | 417 | -285 |
| 20 | Erik Jones | 411 | -291 |
| 21 | John Hunter Nemechek | 400 | -302 |
| 22 | Josh Berry* (P) | 399 | -303 |
| 23 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 392 | -310 |
| 24 | Zane Smith | 388 | -314 |
| 25 | Carson Hocevar | 375 | -327 |
| 26 | Shane van Gisbergen* (P) | 374 | -328 |
| 27 | Brad Keselowski | 360 | -342 |
| 28 | Austin Dillon | 353 | -349 |
| 29 | Daniel Suarez | 341 | -361 |
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 337 | -365 |
| 31 | Justin Haley | 337 | -365 |
| 32 | Todd Gilliland | 333 | -369 |
| 33 | Noah Gragson | 272 | -430 |
| 34 | Cole Custer | 263 | -439 |
| 35 | Riley Herbst | 251 | -451 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 148 | -554 |
