Daniel Suarez boosted his Chase chances after winning the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR 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 place
- Denny Hamlin +210
- Ryan Blaney +158
- Ty Gibbs +137
- Chase Elliott +135
- Kyle Larson +98
- Chris Buescher +97
- Christopher Bell +73
- Carson Hocevar +68
- Daniel Suarez +62
- Brad Keselowski +55
- William Byron +49
- Bubba Wallace +40
- Shane van Gisbergen +28
- Chase Briscoe +16
- Ryan Preece +15
- Austin Cindric -15 behind 16th
- Joey Logano -29
- AJ Allmendinger -49
- Michael McDowell -55
- Zane Smith -59
- Erik Jones -59
- Ross Chastain -65
- Austin Dillon -78
- Todd Gilliland -80
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -81
- Kyle Busch -86
- Riley Herbst -101
- John Hunter Nemechek -103
- Noah Gragson -122
- Josh Berry -135
- Ty Dillon -151
- Alex Bowman -156
- Connor Zilisch -157
- Cole Custer -169
- Cody Ware -201
