Daniel Suarez boosted his Chase chances after winning the Coca-Cola 600NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte on May 24.
Suarez held off Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell on multiple restarts before rain forced the end of the race with 27 laps to go. The driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet moved up to 10th in the points standings.
Austin Cindric’s early-crash DNF was impactful around the Chase cutoff, as was a multi-car crash in the final stage that forced Chase Briscoe and Ryan Preece out of the race. Briscoe picked up important stage points but still lingers near 16th.
Tyler Reddick remains the points leader.
Here’s the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
Unofficial after Charlotte
Tyler Reddick 620 points, +332 to 17th placeDenny Hamlin +210Ryan Blaney +158Ty Gibbs +137Chase Elliott +135Kyle Larson +98Chris Buescher +97Christopher Bell +73Carson Hocevar +68Daniel Suarez +62Brad Keselowski +55William Byron +49Bubba Wallace +40Shane van Gisbergen +28Chase Briscoe +16Ryan Preece +15Austin Cindric -15 behind 16thJoey Logano -29AJ Allmendinger -49Michael McDowell -55Zane Smith -59Erik Jones -59Ross Chastain -65Austin Dillon -78Todd Gilliland -80Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -81Kyle Busch -86Riley Herbst -101John Hunter Nemechek -103Noah Gragson -122Josh Berry -135Ty Dillon -151Alex Bowman -156Connor Zilisch -157Cole Custer -169Cody Ware -201
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR points standings, Cup Series points update after Charlotte race
