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Kyle Larson leads the NASCAR Cup Series Chase standings by 73 points over Denny Hamlin after winning Sunday’s YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, while the rest of the top four fell back after crashes and trouble.
Larson came into Talladega five points ahead of Christopher Bell. He leaves with 2,441 points and two races left, according to the updated Chase standings.
Chase standings after Talladega
- Kyle Larson, 2,441
- Denny Hamlin, 2,368 (-73)
- Christopher Bell, 2,367 (-74)
- Chase Briscoe, 2,362 (-79)
- Joey Logano, 2,341 (-100)
- Ryan Blaney, 2,334 (-107)
- Tyler Reddick, 2,315 (-126)
- Ty Gibbs, 2,258 (-183)
- Austin Cindric, 2,258 (-183)
- Carson Hocevar, 2,243 (-198)
- William Byron, 2,227 (-214)
- Chase Elliott, 2,223 (-218)
- Bubba Wallace, 2,223 (-218)
- Daniel Suárez, 2,201 (-240)
- Ryan Preece, 2,192 (-249)
- Chris Buescher, 2,186 (-255)
Who moved
Hamlin climbed from fourth to second with an eighth-place finish despite front-end damage from the Lap 132 crash. Bell fell from second to third after a pit-road spin on Lap 56 left him several laps down. He finished 35th.
Chase Briscoe started on the pole but was caught in the 15-car crash with five laps left and finished 33rd, dropping from third to fourth. Logano won Stage 2 and moved up to fifth despite flipping in that late crash.
Blaney and Reddick were collected in the Lap 132 crash and finished 38th and 37th. Blaney dropped from fifth to sixth, 107 back, and Reddick stayed seventh, 126 back.
William Byron finished second in the race and moved up three spots to 11th.
Two races left
Two races remain in the 10-race Chase: Martinsville Speedway next Sunday and the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on November 8.
The Martinsville race is Sunday, November 1, at 2 p.m. ET on NBC at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia.
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