Iowa Shakes up Cup Series Championship Standings

NASCAR Cup Series Points Leaders

Through Aug. 9

Iowa shakes up Cup Series championship standings

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway shuffled the order of some key players in the championship picture.

NASCAR points standings: Cup Series points update after Iowa race, Chase picture

Denny Hamlin continued to hold the NASCAR Cup Series points lead after the Iowa Corn 350 on August 9 at Iowa.

Ross Chastain's Iowa Breakthrough Suddenly Changes the NASCAR Playoff Conversation

Ross Chastain walked away from Iowa Speedway with more than his best finish in months. He left believing Trackhouse Racing finally found something it had been searching for all season. Just one day earlier, Chastain openly questioned whether his team had enough speed to fight its way into the NASCAR Cup Series Chase. After Sunday’s seventh-place finish, the outlook suddenly looked very different. “It feels so good,” Chastain said after the race.…

Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after Iowa 2026

Hamlin extends his points lead with a new driver in second, and the battle around the cut-line gets a little bit closer