Kyle Busch suffers crushing playoff blow at Indianapolis

The latest NASCAR Cup Series standings are in following Sunday's Brickyard 400, with Kyle Busch dealt a crushing blow in his pursuit of a playoff spot.

Without a win so far in 2025, Busch is looking to point his way into the postseason and was already facing a massive uphill task to do so, entering Indianapolis 39 points short of the cut line with just five regular season races to go.

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However, Busch is now left almost certainly needing a win to make it following Bubba Wallace's win at the Brickyard. Wallace was the driver in 16th and on the bubble that Busch was 39 points behind, but with the 23XI driver now locked into the playoffs following his victory, the cut line has moved, and one less spot is available via points.

Alex Bowman is now the driver on the bubble, but the bad news for Busch is that he left Indianapolis sitting 81 points behind the Hendrick Motorsports star, leaving the two-time champion with a mountain to climb and then some.

Busch can, of course, lock himself in with a win over the next four races, but having not tasted a Cup Series win since 2023, he's now massively up against it.

Whilst those were the main talking points regarding the playoff standings post-race, the regular season standings have also seen plenty of movement too.

Chase Elliott continues to lead the way at the top of the standings, however, with Hendrick Motorsports teammates William Byron and Kyle Larson following closely behind.

Joe Gibbs Racing duo Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell round out the regular season top five.

With that said, you can see how both the playoff and regular season standings look in full, below.

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NASCAR Cup Series - Playoff standings after Indianapolis

Here is how the full playoff picture looks following Sunday's Cup Series race at Indianapolis.

NASCAR Cup Series - Regular season standings after Indianapolis

Here is how the regular season points standings look following Sunday's Cup Series race at Indianapolis.

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