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William Byron demoted from top spot after Kansas disaster

Chris Deeley Monday 12 May 2025 13:00

William Byron demoted from top spot after Kansas disaster

The latest 2025 NASCAR Cup Series standings are in after a dramatic race at Kansas, but it's bad news for William Byron.

Kyle Larson took the win at the Kansas Speedway, smashing the record for Cup Series laps led in a single race at the track on his way to claiming both stage victories as well as the race.

That 61-point performance, coupled with Byron's 13-point day, put Larson top of the regular season standings for the first time this year in some style, some 35 points ahead of the Daytona 500 winner.

Kansas runner-up Christopher Bell sits third in the standings 50 points behind Byron, followed by Chase Elliott (six points further back) and Ryan Blaney (16 points back from Elliott).

With that said, let's take a look at the latest Cup Series standings in full.

NASCAR Cup Series standings after Kansas

Rank	Driver	Car No	Team	Points (Difference)
1	Kyle Larson	5	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	469 (–)
2	William Byron	24	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	434 (–35)
3	Christopher Bell	20	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	384 (–85)
4	Chase Elliott	9	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	378 (–91)
5	Ryan Blaney	12	Team Penske Ford	362 (–107)
6	Tyler Reddick	45	23XI Racing Toyota	357 (–112)
7	Denny Hamlin	11	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	346 (–123)
8	Alex Bowman	48	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	325 (–144)
9	Joey Logano	22	Team Penske Ford	318 (–151)
10	Bubba Wallace	23	23XI Racing Toyota	310 (–159)
11	Ross Chastain	1	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	300 (–169)
12	Chris Buescher	17	RFK Racing Ford	284 (–185)
13	Chase Briscoe	19	Stewart-Haas Racing Ford	278 (–191)
14	Austin Cindric	2	Team Penske Ford	273 (–196)
15	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47	JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet	258 (–211)
16	Ryan Preece	60	Stewart-Haas Racing Ford	251 (–218)
17	Josh Berry	21	Wood Brothers Racing Ford	244 (–225)
18	Kyle Busch	8	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet	244 (–225)
19	John Hunter Nemechek	42	Legacy Motor Club Toyota	234 (–235)
20	Carson Hocevar	77	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	230 (–239)
21	Michael McDowell	71	Front Row Motorsports Ford	228 (–241)
22	Austin Dillon	3	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet	227 (–242)
23	Zane Smith	38	Front Row Motorsports Ford	227 (–242)
24	Todd Gilliland	34	Front Row Motorsports Ford	227 (–242)
25	AJ Allmendinger	16	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	218 (–251)
26	Ty Gibbs	54	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	217 (–252)
27	Daniel Suárez	99	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	209 (–260)
28	Justin Haley	7	Rick Ware Racing Ford	206 (–263)
29	Erik Jones	43	Legacy Motor Club Toyota	196 (–273)
30	Ty Dillon	10	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	188 (–281)
31	Noah Gragson	4	Stewart-Haas Racing Ford	181 (–288)
32	Riley Herbst	35	Rick Ware Racing Ford	151 (–318)
33	Brad Keselowski	6	RFK Racing Ford	148 (–321)
34	Cole Custer	41	Stewart-Haas Racing Ford	139 (–330)
35	Shane van Gisbergen	88	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	138 (–331)
36	Cody Ware	51	Rick Ware Racing Ford	68 (–401)
37	Jimmie Johnson	84	Legacy Motor Club Toyota	34 (–435)
38	Corey LaJoie	7	Spire Motorsports	24 (-445)
39	JJ Yeley	44	NY Racing Team Chevrolet	9 (-460)
40	Katherine Legge	78	Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet	7 (-462)
41	Casey Mears	13	Germain Racing Chevrolet	2 (-467)
42	Burt Myers	50	Team AmeriVet Chevrolet	1 (-468)
43	Chad Finchum	66	Garage 66 Ford	1 (-468)
44	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Tricon Garage Toyota	1 (-468)
45	Corey Heim *	67	23XI Racing Toyota	0 (-469)
46	Jesse Love *	33	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet	0 (-469)
47	Helio Castroneves	06	Meyer Shank Racing Honda	0 (-469)

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William Byron demoted from top spot after Kansas disaster

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NASCAR Cup Series standings after Kansas