Following the 12th race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season at Watkins Glen International, Tyler Reddick further solidified his championship lead with a fifth-place finish, extending his advantage over Denny Hamlin to a commanding 129 points. The top five positions in the standings remained unchanged, but Bubba Wallace edged William Byron to move into the top ten.

Shane van Gisbergen’s impressive victory propelled him from 19th to 16th in the standings, placing him just six points ahead of Chase Briscoe on the playoff bubble. Austin Dillon was the biggest mover, climbing five spots from 27th to 22nd, while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Erik Jones each dropped three positions.

Here is the complete NASCAR Cup points standings after Watkins Glen (Race 12 of 36):

Pos. Driver Points Change

1 Tyler Reddick 567 — 2 Denny Hamlin 438 — 3 Chase Elliott 422 — 4 Ryan Blaney 405 — 5 Chris Buescher 375 — 6 Ty Gibbs 372 +1 7 Carson Hocevar 342 -1 8 Kyle Larson 332 — 9 Brad Keselowski 318 — 10 Bubba Wallace 313 +1 11 Christopher Bell 311 +1 12 William Byron 309 -2 13 Ryan Preece 296 — 14 Daniel Suarez 295 — 15 Austin Cindric 287 — 16 Shane van Gisbergen 283 +3

CHASE CUTLINE

17 Chase Briscoe 277 -1 18 Joey Logano 245 -1 19 Ross Chastain 236 -1 20 AJ Allmendinger 235 — 21 Michael McDowell 225 +2 22 Austin Dillon 220 +5

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23 Zane Smith 217 -2 24 Kyle Busch 217 +2 25 Erik Jones 214 -3 26 Todd Gilliland 206 -1 27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 193 -3 28 John Hunter Nemechek 189 +1 29 Riley Herbst 186 -1 30 Noah Gragson 168 +1 31 Josh Berry 160 -1 32 Connor Zilisch 145 +1 33 Ty Dillon 140 -1 34 Alex Bowman 127 — 35 Cole Custer 113 +1 36 Cody Ware 93 -1 37 Casey Mears 9 — 38 BJ McLeod 3 —