NASCAR points standings, Cup Series points update after Nashville race

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Denny Hamlin shaved a little bit off of Tyler Reddick's NASCAR Cup Series points lead after winning the Cracker Barrel 400 on May 31 at Nashville Superspeedway.

Reddick remains the points leader after another solid day, finishing in 6th despite crashing at the finish.

Chase Briscoe made up a lot of ground ahead the Chase cutoff with a third-place finish combined with DNFs by Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace and Ryan Preece.

Here's the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:

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NASCAR points standings, Cup Series points update after Nashville race​

Unofficial after Nashville

1. Tyler Reddick 657 points, +353 to 17th place
2. Denny Hamlin +255
3. Ryan Blaney +179
4. Chase Elliott +156
5. Ty Gibbs +145
6. Kyle Larson +105
7. Christopher Bell +95
8. Chris Buescher +89
9. Carson Hocevar +79
10. Daniel Suarez +74
11. William Byron +48
12. Shane van Gisbergen +44
13. Brad Keselowski +43
14. Chase Briscoe +39
15. Bubba Wallace +34
16. Austin Cindric +2
17. Ryan Preece -2 behind 16th
18. Joey Logano -9
19. Michael McDowell -31
20. Zane Smith -34
21. Erik Jones -36
22. AJ Allmendinger -40
23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -43
24. Austin Dillon -62
25. Todd Gilliland -66
26. Ross Chastain -67
27. Riley Herbst -82
28. John Hunter Nemechek -93
29. Noah Gragson -104
30. Ty Dillon -129
31. Josh Berry -132
32. Alex Bowman -146
33. Cole Custer -156
34. Connor Zilisch -159
35. Cody Ware -189

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR points standings, Cup Series points update after Nashville race

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