Matt Johnson
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The third points race of the 2026 NASCAR season has come to a close, with Circuit of the America delivering the first road course race this year. Driving on a road course means we got a bit of a shakeup on the Cup Series points leaderboard, as we see in the latest standings.
Here are the NASCAR points standings today following the DuraMax Texas Grand Prix at COTA.
Related: NASCAR Results Today COTA, NASCAR Cup Series Stage Results
NASCAR Points Leaders Right Now: Standings after COTA
With the NASCAR points leaders, we’ve listed how many points behind Tyler Reddick the top-16 drivers are. For drivers below the cutline (16th), we’ve listed how many points they are below it.
| Pos. | Driver | Points | Behind Leader/Below Cutline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 186 | — |
| 2 | Bubba Wallace | 116 | -70 behind Reddick |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 114 | -72 behind Reddick |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 100 | -86 behind Reddick |
| 5 | Shane van Gisbergen | 90 | -96 behind Reddick |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 90 | -96 behind Reddick |
| 7 | Daniel Suarez | 87 | -99 behind Reddick |
| 8 | AJ Allmendinger | 86 | -100 behind Reddick |
| 9 | Michael McDowell | 83 | -103 behind Reddick |
| 10 | Carson Hocevar | 82 | -104 behind Reddick |
| 11 | Chris Buescher | 81 | -105 behind Reddick |
| 12 | Brad Keselowski | 78 | -108 behind Reddick |
| 13 | William Byron | 76 | -110 behind Reddick |
| 14 | Zane Smith | 75 | -111 behind Reddick |
| 15 | Kyle Larson | 73 | -113 behind Reddick |
| 16 | Ryan Preece | 68 | -118 behind Reddick |
| 17 | Ty Gibbs | 65 | -3 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 18 | Noah Gragson | 65 | -3 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 19 | Ty Dillon | 65 | -3 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 20 | Ross Chastain | 64 | -4 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 21 | John H. Nemechek | 63 | -5 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 22 | Kyle Busch | 61 | -7 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 23 | Denny Hamlin | 60 | -8 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 24 | Christopher Bell | 59 | -9 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 25 | Riley Herbst | 53 | -15 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 26 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 49 | -19 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 27 | Chase Briscoe | 46 | -22 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 28 | Josh Berry | 45 | -23 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 29 | Cole Custer | 40 | -28 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 30 | Todd Gilliland | 39 | -29 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 31 | Austin Cindric | 39 | -29 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 32 | Connor Zilisch | 37 | -31 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 33 | Cody Ware | 37 | -31 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 34 | Austin Dillon | 35 | -33 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 35 | Erik Jones | 32 | -36 behind Cutline (Preece) |
| 36 | Alex Bowman | 23 | -45 behind Cutline (Preece) |
Related: Winners, Losers from the NASCAR Race Today at COTA
