NASCAR star Ross Chastain rises as Team Penske driver demoted after Michigan race

The latest 2025 NASCAR Cup Series standings are in after Sunday's race at Michigan, and it's good news for Ross Chastain and Denny Hamlin.

Hamlin won Sunday's race to take his third Cup Series win of the 2025 season, and in doing so, moved up one spot in the regular season standings to third at the expense of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Christopher Bell.

Chastain was the only other riser in the top 10 of the standings after his sixth-place finish at Michigan, moving up one spot in the rankings to eighth position, with Joey Logano's poor showing in the No. 22 leading to the Team Penske star being demoted to ninth.

One of Logano's Team Penske teammates, Austin Cindric, also dropped in the standings after the Michigan race, with his 31st-place finish seeing him fall from 13th to 16th. Fortunately, Cindric is already locked into the playoffs having won at Talladega earlier this year.

At the top of the standings, William Byron continues to lead the way ahead of Kyle Larson, even despite the No. 24's late fuel disaster and subsequent 28th-place finish. Larson is now just 41 points behind.

With that said, let's take a look at the Cup Series standings in full, including playoff points collected so far!

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NASCAR Cup Series standings after Michigan

* Indicates a driver who has qualified for the Cup Series playoffs through winning a regular-season race.

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