NASCAR 2023 points standings after Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Nineteen races have already been run in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron became the first four-time winner of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season after winning the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday (July 9).

At the rain-shortened Atlanta race, Byron took the lead from AJ Allmendinger on lap 167 before rain stopped the race and then NASCAR called the race early, declaring him the official winner.

With Sunday’s win, the No. 24 Chevrolet driver gained 46 points and moved from second to first in the Cup Series driver standings with 628 points, with four wins and eight top five finishes.

Aric Almirola, who started on pole position, failed to take advantage and finished P18 in the race. He scored 20 points and ranks 27th on the points table with 317 points.

Cup Point Grid (7 to go): Byron-4w, KyBusch-3w, Truex-2w, Larson-2w, Bell-1w, Chastain-1w, Hamlin-1w, Blaney-1w, Logano-1w, Reddick-1w, Stenhouse – 1w, Harvick +126, Buescher +102, Keselowski +100, Suarez +3, McDowell +3, Wallace -3, Allmendinger -13, Gibbs 26, Cindric -38

Cup Point Grid (7 to go): Byron-4w, KyBusch-3w, Truex-2w, Larson-2w, Bell-1w, Chastain-1w, Hamlin-1w, Blaney-1w, Logano-1w, Reddick-1w, Stenhouse – 1w, Harvick +126, Buescher +102, Keselowski +100, Suarez +3, McDowell +3, Wallace -3, Allmendinger -13, Gibbs 26, Cindric -38

Chase Elliott, the event’s defending champion, failed to repeat his championships, finishing P13. Thus, he gained 24 points and finished 23rd in the points table with 347 points and five of the top five positions.

NASCAR points table after the 2023 Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Here is the updated list of NASCAR drivers in the Cup Series standings after this season’s 19 NASCAR Cup Series races:

1. William Byron – 628
2. Martin Truex Jr. – 607
3. Kyle Busch – 592
4. Christopher Bell – 591
5. Ross Chastain – 575
6. Denny Hamlin – 561
7. Ryan Blaney – 553
8. Kyle Larson – 531
9. Kevin Harvick – 530
10. Joey Logano – 518
11. Chris Bucher – 506
12. Brad Keselowski – 504
13. Tyler Reddick – 475
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 445
15. Daniel Suarez – 407
16. Michael McDowell – 407
17. Bubba Wallace – 404
18. 394
19. Ty Gibbs #381
20. Austin Cindrick – 369
21. Justin Haley – 366
22. Alex Bowman – 363
23. Chase Elliott – 347
24. Ali Abdullah Ali 337
25. Ryan Preece – 326
26. Todd Gilliland – 320
27. Eric Almirola – 317
28. Eric Jones – 267
29. Austin Dillon – 264
30. Harrison Burton – 251
31. Cheese Briscoe – 222
32. Ty Dillon – 171
33. Noah Gragson – 170
34. PJ MacLeod – 105
35. Cody Ware – 65
36. Shane van Gisbergen – 55
37. Jenson Button – 36
38. Travis Pastrana – 26
39. Jordan Taylor (i) – 16
40. Andy Lally – 13
41. Jimmy Johnson – 12
42. Ryan Newman – 9
43. Kimi Raikkonen – 8
44. Jonathan Davenport – 1

Watch the Cup Series drivers and teams next at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 16.