Here are the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series driver standings after the Autotrader 400 at EchoPark Speedway, race 2 of 36.
24 races remaining until ‘The Chase.’
| Rank | Car | Driver | Points | Diff | Cutline | Wins | Stage Wins | Starts | Top5 | Top10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 125 | 0 | +81 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 85 | -40 | +41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 81 | -44 | +37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 74 | -51 | +30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 38 | Zane Smith | 71 | -54 | +27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 22 | Joey Logano | 68 | -57 | +24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | 67 | -58 | +23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 67 | -58 | +23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 61 | -64 | +17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 61 | -64 | +17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 51 | -74 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 50 | -75 | +6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | William Byron | 50 | -75 | +6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 49 | -76 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 45 | -80 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 45 | -80 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 44 | -81 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 43 | -82 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 43 | -82 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 43 | -82 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 42 | -83 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 40 | -85 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 39 | -86 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 36 | -89 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 21 | Josh Berry | 34 | -91 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 34 | -91 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 32 | -93 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 51 | Cody Ware | 30 | -95 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 43 | Erik Jones | 29 | -96 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 41 | Cole Custer | 29 | -96 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 25 | -100 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 18 | -107 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 17 | -108 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 17 | -108 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 16 | -109 | -29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 88 | Connor Zilisch # | 14 | -111 | -31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Casey Mears | 9 | -116 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 78 | * BJ McLeod | 3 | -122 | -42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Corey Heim(i) | 0 | -125 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | 44 | * JJ Yeley(i) | 0 | -125 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Justin Allgaier(i) | 0 | -125 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | Corey LaJoie | 0 | -125 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | Anthony Alfredo(i) | 0 | -125 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Chandler Smith(i) | 0 | -125 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Jimmie Johnson | 0 | -125 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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