Motorsport photoNick DeGrootMon, March 2, 2026 at 1:08 AM UTC·1 min readAfter winning all three races to start the year in a feat never seen before, Tyler Reddick has ran off with the early championship lead. As part of the format overhaul, wins are now worth an impressive 20 additional points over the runner-up spot.
That means Reddick has a massive 70-point lead over 23XI Racing teammate Bubba Wallace as NASCAR leaves COTA.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementShane van Gisbergen, who finished second, jumped all the way up to fifth from 16th in the championship standings.
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2026 NASCAR Cup points after COTA (Race 3 of 36)
Pos.
Driver
Points
1
Tyler Reddick
186
2
Bubba Wallace
116
3
Chase Elliott
114
4
Ryan Blaney
100
5
Shane van Gisbergen
90
6
Joey Logano
90
7
Daniel Suarez
87
8
AJ Allmendinger
86
9
Michael McDowell
83
10
Carson Hocevar
82
11
Chris Buescher
81
12
Brad Keselowski
78
13
William Byron
76
14
Zane Smith
75
15
Kyle Larson
73
16
Ryan Preece
68
17
Ty Gibbs
65
18
Noah Gragson
65
19
Ty Dillon
65
20
Ross Chastain
64
21
John-Hunter Nemechek
63
22
Kyle Busch
61
23
Denny Hamlin
60
24
Christopher Bell
59
25
Riley Herbst
53
26
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
49
27
Chase Briscoe
46
28
Josh Berry
45
29
Cole Custer
40
30
Todd Gilliland
39
31
Austin Cindric
39
32
Connor Zilisch
37
33
Cody Ware
37
34
Austin Dillon
35
35
Erik Jones
32
36
Alex Bowman
23
37
Casey Mears
9
38
BJ McLeod
3
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