After Tyler Reddick’s first DNF of the 2026 season and back-to-back NASCAR Cup wins by Denny Hamlin, the 23XI Racing driver’s once-massive points lead is rapidly shrinking.
Reddick entered this race with no finish outside the top 15, and a 97-point advantage over Hamlin. Now, Reddick is just 51pts ahead following a 35th place finish.
The biggest mover in the standings was Bubba Wallace, who jumped four positions from 15th to 11th with a third-place finish at Michigan.
The biggest losers were Christopher Bell and Austin Dillon, who both lost three positions, with Bell falling from seventh to tenth after a violent crash during the final stage.
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2026 NASCAR Cup points after Michigan (Race 15 of 36)
Pos.DriverPointsPositions gained or lost
1Tyler Reddick 669–2Denny Hamlin618 –3Ryan Blaney512–4Chase Elliott482–5Ty Gibbs470–6Kyle Larson453–7Carson Hocevar428+28Chris Buescher424–9Daniel Suarez418+110Christopher Bell410-311Bubba Wallace378+412William Byron377-113Chase Briscoe370+114Shane van Gisbergen355-215Brad Keselowski350-216Austin Cindric332–CHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINECHASE CUTLINE17Joey Logano329+118Erik Jones314+319Ryan Preece313-220Michael McDowell286-121AJ Allmendinger286+122Zane Smith282-223Ricky Stenhouse Jr.271–24Ross Chastain260+225Todd Gilliland255–26Riley Herbst250+127Austin Dillon245-328John Hunter Nemechek236–29Noah Gragson212–30Josh Berry196+131Ty Dillon190-132Alex Bowman178–33Cole Custer175–34Connor Zilisch148–35Cody Ware131–37Casey Mears9–38Katherine Legge8–39BJ McLeod3–
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