NASCAR Cup points updated after massive Chase Briscoe Daytona 500 penalty

The NASCAR Cup Series points standings have changed after the governing body penalized Chase Briscoe. With the No. 19 team getting dock 100 points, Briscoe now has -67 points and 89 points behind 16th in the standings (the playoff cutoff).

Briscoe and his team were penalized for modifcations to the car’s spoiler at the Daytona 500. Crew chief James Small is suspended for the next four races, team was fined $10,000 and lost 10 playoff points. Here’s look at the updated playoff standings.

RankDriverPointsLeader1Ryan Blaney5102William Byron50-13Austin Cindric48-34Tyler Reddick44-75Alex Bowman42-96Chris Buescher40-117Erik Jones40-118*Jimmie Johnson34-179John Hunter Nemechek34-1710Chase Elliott33-1811Ty Dillon31-2012Daniel Suarez29-2213Michael McDowell27-2414Ricky Stenhouse Jr.26-2515Ty Gibbs21-3016Joey Logano21-3017Riley Herbst20-3118*Corey LaJoie20-3119Denny Hamlin20-3120Brad Keselowski20-3121Bubba Wallace20-3122Justin Haley18-3323Austin Dillon18-3324Kyle Larson17-3425Cole Custer16-3526Christopher Bell13-3827Todd Gilliland10-4128
Noah Gragson9-4229Ross Chastain8-4330Cason Hocevar7-44

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