NASCAR Cup Series Standings

Kyle Larson fourth after Bristol win as NASCAR's most popular driver demoted

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson Monday 14 April 2025 14:00 Updated: 13:45

Kyle Larson fourth after Bristol win as NASCAR's most popular driver demoted

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series standings have seen a shakeup following Sunday's race action at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Kyle Larson won the Food City 500 with a dominant drive and it has resulted in him climbing in the latest rankings, moving up two positions from P6 to P4.

Larson's upward trajectory comes at the expense of his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Chase Elliott, however, with the driver of the No. 9 Chevrolet demoted from P4 to P5 after a 15th place finish at Bristol. Given Elliott has been voted NASCAR's most popular driver for the past seven seasons, his army of fans will no doubt be disappointed.

Aside from Larson, Team Penske's Ryan Blaney was the only other upwards mover in the top 10, moving up one spot to P6, whilst Tyler Reddick was the only other driver than Elliott to drop any positions, falling two spots to P7.

William Byron continues to lead the way at the top of the standings, with Denny Hamlin in second and Christopher Bell in third.

With that said, let's take a look at the standings in full after Bristol and how many points each driver has heading into the next race at Talladega.

NASCAR Cup Series standings after Bristol

Rank	Driver	Team	Points (Stage)
1	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	346 (90)
2	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	316 (61)
3	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	305 (48)
4	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	304 (72)
5	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	278 (49)
6	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske Ford	275 (92)
7	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing Toyota	274 (52)
8	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing Toyota	251 (78)
9	Joey Logano	Team Penske Ford	245 (70)
10	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	244 (66)
11	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	229 (19)
12	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing Ford	227 (20)
13	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	213 (16)
14	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing Ford	201 (31)
15	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet	200 (16)
16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	198 (30)
17	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing Ford	179 (31)
18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet	176 (14)
19	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	174 (8)
20	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	171 (17)
21	John H. Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club Toyota	171 (8)
22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske Ford	171 (57)
23	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	164 (13)
24	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports Ford	161 (2)
25	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	157 (33)
26	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet	155 (4)
27	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	151 (16)
28	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Ford	150 (14)
29	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	146 (11)
30	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club Toyota	139 (15)
31	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing Ford	132 (21)
32	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports Ford	122 (3)
33	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing Toyota	101 (0)
34	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	98 (14)
35	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team Ford	85 (2)
36	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing Ford	45 (0)
37	Jimmie Johnson	Legacy Motor Club Toyota	34 (0)
38	Corey LaJoie	Rick Ware Racing Ford	24 (5)
39	Katherine Legge	Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet	7 (0)
40	JJ Yeley	NY Racing Team Chevrolet	4 (0)
41	Casey Mears	Ford	2 (0)
42	Burt Myers	Chevrolet	1 (0)
43	Martin Truex Jr	Tricon Garage Toyota	1 (0)

Denny Hamlin Kyle Larson Tyler Reddick Team Penske Ryan Blaney Christopher Bell

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