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Cup Series standings 2026

Where everyone stands. Worth knowing if you've come from F1: these points don't win the championship. They decide who makes the playoffs (A 10-race knockout among 16 drivers at the end of the year. Drivers are eliminated each round until four remain.)playoffsA 10-race knockout among 16 drivers at the end of the year. Drivers are eliminated each round until four remain.More →. The title comes down to four drivers in one race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and whoever leads this table in September can still end the year with nothing.

Drivers

A driver can race the full Cup season without appearing in the championship table. NASCAR only ranks drivers who have declared for this series' points, so anyone who declared in another series, or didn't declare at all, is scored race by race but never placed. One driver is in that position this season. Their figures are added up from the race results themselves, which is why there is no stage-win count against them.

Manufacturers (derived)

NASCAR says manufacturer (Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota badge the bodies and supply engines, but not the chassis, which is spec.)manufacturerChevrolet, Ford and Toyota badge the bodies and supply engines, but not the chassis, which is spec.More → where F1 says constructor, and it means much less here: Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota badge the bodywork, but the car underneath is spec. This table is our own sum of each badge's drivers, not NASCAR's official manufacturers' championship.