The Cup Series slate is as grinding as it is captivating, filled with racetracks that resemble scoundrels and carnage reminiscent of a monster truck rally.
The reward for all this mayhem? A chance to end the year cloaked in confetti and beer — one of sport’s greatest prizes.
The 26-race regular season calendar will give way to a 10-race postseason spectacle like few others in due time. Until then, reshuffling will unfold all across the Cup Series standings as heavyweights bow out and newcomers establish themselves in their respective cockpits.
NASCAR fans wouldn’t have it any other way.
With that, here’s a look at the 2025 Cup Series standings.
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NASCAR standings 2025
As of March 3
| Rank | Driver | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 116 | 1 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 114 | 0 |
| 3 | Tyler Reddick | 111 | 0 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 95 | 2 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 95 | 0 |
| 6 | Bubba Wallace | 94 | 0 |
| 7 | Alex Bowman | 87 | 0 |
| 8 | Michael McDowell | 85 | 0 |
| 9 | Kyle Busch | 81 | 0 |
| 10 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 80 | 0 |
| 11 | Austin Cindric | 80 | 0 |
| 12 | Chris Buescher | 77 | 0 |
| 13 | Joey Logano | 77 | 0 |
| 14 | John Hunter Nemechek | 76 | 0 |
| 15 | Carson Hocevar | 72 | 0 |
| 16 | Kyle Larson | 71 | 0 |
| 17 | Denny Hamlin | 67 | 0 |
| 18 | Shane van Gisbergen | 63 | 0 |
| 19 | Todd Gilliland | 63 | 0 |
| 20 | Ross Chastain | 62 | 0 |
| 21 | Riley Herbst | 60 | 0 |
| 22 | Erik Jones | 56 | 0 |
| 23 | Justin Haley | 52 | 0 |
| 24 | Ty Dillon | 48 | 0 |
| 25 | AJ Allmendinger | 43 | 0 |
| 26 | Brad Keselowski | 43 | 0 |
| 27 | Noah Gragson | 42 | 0 |
| 28 | Austin Dillon | 41 | 0 |
| 29 | Daniel Suarez | 38 | 0 |
| 30 | Ryan Preece | 38 | 0 |
| 31 | Zane Smith | 35 | 0 |
| 32 | Jimmie Johnson | 34 | 0 |
| 33 | Josh Berry | 34 | 0 |
| 34 | Cole Custer | 31 | 0 |
| 35 | Ty Gibbs | 29 | 0 |
| 36 | Corey LaJoie | 21 | 0 |
| 37 | Cody Ware | 10 | 0 |
| 38 | JJ Yeley | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Chase Briscoe* | -28 | 0 |
*Briscoe was issued a 100-point deduction after his team was deemed to have made illegal modifications to his No. 19 car at Daytona.
How does the NASCAR points system work?
NASCAR employs a unique, if not slightly convoluted, system to determine postseason qualification: the point system.
The metric goes as follows: drivers are awarded points for their showing in each stage of a race. For example, if a driver wins a stage, they are granted 10 points. If they finish second in a stage, they claim nine points and so on and so forth until you reach the 10th-place finisher in a stage, who nabs one point for their troubles.
Those points are tacked onto the points tally corresponding with the position a racer finishes come the end of the race. Because up to 40 drivers can participate in any one race, there are 40 points at play for every race. The winner takes all 40, the second-place finisher takes 35, the third-place finisher nabs 34 and as the list descends each driver nets one fewer point than their predecessor. Drivers who finish between 36th and 40th receive just one point for their efforts.
Those totals are recorded over the course of the 26-race regular season, with the majority of the 16 drivers that accrued the most points during the slate advancing to the playoffs.
Or, at least, that tends to be the case. There’s but one foolproof way to guarantee postseason qualification — by winning a regular-season race. Checkered flags are king in the NASCAR circuit. They can shake up the playoff standings in an instance — just look at Harrison Burton’s shocking victory at Daytona in 2024.
NASCAR race schedule 2025
(All times Eastern)
Cup Series regular season
| Date | Race | Track | Time | TV/Winner |
| Feb. 2 | Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray | Bowman Gray Stadium | 8 p.m. | Chase Elliott |
| Feb. 13 | Duel 1 at Daytona | Daytona International Speedway | 7 p.m. | Bubba Wallace |
| Feb. 13 | Duel 2 at Daytona | Daytona International Speedway | 8:45 p.m. | Austin Cindric |
| Feb. 16 | Daytona 500 | Daytona International Speedway | 1:30 p.m. | William Byron |
| Feb. 23 | Ambetter Health 400 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | 3 p.m. | Christopher Bell |
| March 2 | EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix | Circuit of the Americas | 3:30 p.m. | Christopher Bell |
| March 9 | Shriners Children’s 500 | Phoenix Raceway | 3:30 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| March 16 | Pennzoil 400 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | 3:30 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| March 23 | Straight Talk Wireless 400 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | 3 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| March 30 | Cook Out 400 | Martinsville Speedway | 3 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| April 6 | Goodyear 400 | Darlington Raceway | 3 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| April 13 | Food City 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway | 3 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| April 27 | Jack Link’s 500 | Talladega Superspeedway | 3 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| May 4 | Wurth 400 | Texas Motor Speedway | 3:30 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| May 11 | AdventHealth 400 | Kansas Speedway | 3 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| May 18 | NASCAR All-Star Open | North Wilkesboro Speedway | 5:30 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| May 18 | NASCAR All-Star Race | North Wilkesboro Speedway | 8 p.m. | FS1, Fubo |
| May 25 | Coca-Cola 600 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | 6 p.m. | Prime |
| June 1 | NASCAR Cup Series Race at Nashville | Nashville Superspeedway | 7 p.m. | Prime |
| June 8 | Firekeepers Casino 400 | Michigan International Speedway | 2 p.m. | Prime |
| June 15 | NASCAR Cup Series Race at Mexico City | Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | 3 p.m. | Prime |
| June 22 | NASCAR Cup Series Race at Pocono | Pocono Raceway | 2 p.m. | Prime |
| June 28 | Quaker State 400 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | 7 p.m. | TNT, Sling |
| July 6 | Grant Park 165 | Chicago Street Race | 2 p.m. | TNT, Sling |
| July 13 | Toyota/Save Mart 350 | Sonoma Raceway | 3:30 p.m. | TNT, Sling |
| July 20 | Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 | Dover Motor Speedway | 2 p.m. | TNT, Sling |
| July 27 | Brickyard 400 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2 p.m. | TNT, Sling |
| Aug. 3 | Iowa Corn 350 | Iowa Speedway | 3:30 p.m. | USA, Fubo |
| Aug. 10 | Go Bowling at The Glen | Watkins Glen International | 2 p.m. | USA, Fubo |
| Aug. 16 | Cook Out 400 | Richmond Raceway | 7:30 p.m. | USA, Fubo |
| Aug. 23 | Coke Zero Sugar 400 | Daytona International Speedway | 7:30 p.m. | NBC, Fubo |
Cup Series playoffs
| Date | Race | Track | Time | TV/Winner |
| Aug. 31 | Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway | 6 p.m. | USA, Fubo |
| Sept. 7 | Enjoy Illinois 300 | World Wide Technology Raceway | 3 p.m. | USA, Fubo |
| Sept. 13 | Bass Pro Shops Night Race | Bristol Motor Speedway | 7:30 p.m. | USA, Fubo |
| Sept. 21 | NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race at New Hampshire | New Hampshire Motor Speedway | 2 p.m. | USA, Fubo |
| Sept. 28 | Hollywood Casino 400 | Kansas Speedway | 3 p.m. | USA, Fubo |
| Oct. 5 | Bank of America ROVAL 400 | Road Course | 3 p.m. | USA, Fubo |
| Oct. 12 | South Point 400 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | 5:30 p.m. | USA, Fubo |
| Oct. 19 | NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race at Talladega | Talladega Superspeedway | 2 p.m. | NBC, Fubo |
| Oct. 26 | NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race at Martinsville | Martinsville Speedway | 2 p.m. | NBC, Fubo |
| Nov. 2 | NASCAR Cup Series Championship | Phoenix Raceway | 3 p.m. | NBC, Fubo |
