The regular season is over, and Denny Hamlin sits atop the reset championship standings. Gone is his 89-point lead, replaced with a 25-point buffer. In fact, the entire top 16 is separated by just 100 points. Hamlin scored 1,027 points in the regular season before being reset to 2,100 as the No. 1 seed. <br>Ryan Preece secured the 16th and final spot in the Chase standings after earning his first ...<a class='more' href='https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/complete-nascar-cup-points-standings-after-daytona-2026/10850635/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www'>Keep reading</a>