NASCAR 2023 points standings after Grant Park 220 at Chicago Street Course

Eighteen races have already been run in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. Trackhouse Racing driver Shane van Gisbergen became the 12th NASCAR Cup Series 2023 winner of the season after emerging victorious in his first-ever Grant Park 220 appearance at the Chicago Street Course on Sunday (July 2).

At the rain-shortened Chicago race, Van Gisbergen led Justin Haley with five laps to go and stayed ahead going into the final lap to cross the checkered flag in P1.

Despite finishing P32 at the Chicago Street Course, Martin Truex Jr. got the lead. Get 15 points and stay at the top of the points table. He had a nine-point lead over William Byron, who had 591 points, two victories, and six top-five finishes.

Cup Point Grid (8 points): Byron-3w, Busch-3w, Truex-2w, Larson-2w, Chastain-1w, Bell-1w, Hamlin-1w, Blaney-1w, Logano-1w, Reddick11w, Stenhouse-1w, Harvick +151, Buescher +104, Keselowski +91, Wallace +15, Gibbs +6, Suarez -6, McDowell -10, Allmendinger -24, Bowman -26

Cup Point Grid (8 points): Byron-3w, Busch-3w, Truex-2w, Larson-2w, Chastain-1w, Bell-1w, Hamlin-1w, Blaney-1w, Logano-1w, Reddick11w, Stenhouse-1w, Harvick +151, Buescher +104, Keselowski +91, Wallace +15, Gibbs +6, Suarez -6, McDowell -10, Allmendinger -24, Bowman -26

Denny Hamlin, who started on pole, failed to take advantage and finished P11 in the race. He earned 26 points and is 11th on the points table with 538 points from one win and five top-five finishes.

NASCAR points table after the 2023 Grant Park 220 at Chicago Street Course

Here is the updated list of NASCAR drivers in the Cup Series standings after this season’s 18 NASCAR Cup Series races:

1. Martin Truex Jr. – 591
2. William Byron – 582
3. Ross Chastain – 573
4. Christopher Bell – 570
5. Kyle Busch – 560
6. Denny Hamlin – 538
7. Kevin Harvick – 523
8. Kyle Larson – 521
9. Ryan Blaney – 506
10. Joey Logano – 491
11. Chris Bucher – 476
12. Tyler Reddick – 463
13. Brad Keselowski – 463
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 418
15. Bubba Wallace – 387
16. Ty Gibbs 378
17. Daniel Suarez – 372
18. Michael McDowell – 368
19. 354
20. Alex Bowman – 352
21. Justin Haley – 333
22. Austin Cindrick – 333
23. Ali Abdullah Ali – 331
24. Chase Elliott – 323
25. Ryan Preece – 312
26. Todd Gilliland – 299
27. Arik Almirola – 297
28. Austin Dillon – 248
29. Harrison Burton – 242
30. Eric Jones – 241
31. Cheese Briscoe – 207
32. Noah Gragson – 166
33. 153
34. PJ McLeod – 88
35. Cody Ware – 65
36. Shane van Gisbergen – 55
37. Jenson Button – 36
38. Travis Pastrana – 26
39. Jordan Taylor – 16
40. Andy Lally – 13
41. Jimmy Johnson – 12
42. Ryan Newman – 9
43. Connor Daly – 9
44. Kimi Raikkonen – 8

Watch the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series drivers and teams at Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 9.