Cup points standings after the Pocono race
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Ryan Blaney’s win at Pocono will improve his playoff points, but the wildcard situation has changed somewhat due to Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race.
Blaney has now earned 12 playoff points through the first 21 races of the season, a solid number for the driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Ford as he pushes to defend his Cup Series title.
Wildcard contenders Ty Gibbs, Ross Chastain and Kyle Busch all had retirements on Sunday, affecting their points situation. Chastain, the last wildcard driver, is now in 16th place, 27 points ahead of Bubba Wallace. Busch is now 102 points behind Chastain and will almost certainly need a win in the next five races to make the playoffs.
Here is the full playoff picture after Sunday’s race at Pocono:
RACE SUMMARY: NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono: Great American Getaway 400 live updates, highlights, live leaderboard
POCONO RESULTS: Who won the NASCAR Cup race at Pocono? Winner is Ryan Blaney, plus all the results
The winners of this season (safe for the playoffs)
The best 16 reach the playoffs
1: Christopher Bell (3 wins, 24 playoff points)
2. Kyle Larson (3 wins, 23 playoff points, regular season leader)
3. Denny Hamlin (3 wins, 20 playoff points)
4. William Byron (3 wins, 16 playoff points)
5. Ryan Blaney (2 wins, 12 playoff points)
6. Tyler Reddick (1 win, 8 playoff points)
7. Austin Cindric (1 win, 7 playoff points)
8. Chase Elliott (1 win, 6 playoff points)
9. Joey Logano (1 win, 6 playoff points)
10. Brad Keselowski (1 win, 5 playoff points)
11. Alex Bowman (1 win, 5 playoff points)
12. Daniel Suarez (1 win, 5 playoff points)
Wildcard Playoffs Score
13. Martin Truex Jr. (+137 ahead of Wallace)
14. Ty Gibbs (+67)
15. Chris Buescher (+43)
16. Ross Chastain (+27)
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17. Bubba Wallace (-27 points behind Chastain)
18. Chase Briscoe (-75)
19. Kyle Busch (-102)
20. Todd Gilliland (-127)
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