Cup Series driver points without the reset:

Btw, everyone below Reddick is mathematically eliminated from championship contention

Chase standings progression after Talladega:

I rooted for the vaccine car because the government said there was a 95% chance it would win. They lied. Thank God I didn’t let my kids watch.

This is the first time RFK have finished a stage 1-2-3

“That is massive play- CHASE implications” hahaha

Someone out there is watching their first NASCAR race thinking RFK are the 95-96 Chicago Bulls

This coulda been an email

If I'm a Chase driver, I'm stagepointsmaxxing and hoping for the best today. Stage Points scored at Daytona & Talladega since 2025:

- First superspeedway since Spring Atlanta '22 that Ford has ≤1 car starting Top 10 - Best career starting positions for Hill (prev. 3) and Zilisch (prev. 5) - 23 of the last 25 Talladega races were won starting in th Top 20 - Briscoe has 0 wins in his 10 starts from Pole

With 3 races left in the season, the teammate head-to-head battle has been clinched for 6 teams: 23XI - Reddick (+9) Hendrick - Larson (+7) Kaulig - Allmendinger (+17) Legacy - Jones (+7) RCR - Dillon (+16) Penske - Blaney (+9)

Full Next Gen era:

Denny Hamlin has 16 Top 5s this season, which is already a Next Gen record, but with 3 races to go, Bell (15), Larson (14), Reddick (14) and Briscoe (13) can still catch him. A look at Top 5s scored this season vs. the first 33 races of 2025:

Hearing the doink of the upright on a chilly night in Solider Field