The NASCAR Cup Series has already entered the next stage of its championship, the Chase for Cup Series. The Chase for Cup Series stage is commonly known as the Playoffs. The drivers will go through three rounds of elimination until the final race. Sixteen drivers were selected from the NASCAR Regular Season to compete in the NASCAR Chase for Cup Series. The Chase for Cup Series winner will lift the 2024 title for the Cup Series in NASCAR. The NASCAR Regular season concluded with 26 races. Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing was the winner of the NASCAR 2024 Regular Season. He drove the No. 45 car to two victories throughout the regular season on his quest to the regular season Championship.
The NASCAR Cup Series follows a 10-race format called the Chase for Cup Series. During these three races, four drivers starting from the top 16 racers are eliminated every third race. This goes on for three rounds known as the Round of 16, Round of 12, and Round of 8 until four drivers are left for the championship race. The Cup Series drivers standings are calculated after the Playoffs. During this schedule, every driver’s points are reset to 2000. The bonus points earned during the Regular Season are added to these 2000 points.
Cup Series 2024 Driver Standings
Joey Logano was the winner of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series championship. He won the championship race followed by a second place finish from his teammate, Ryan Blaney. William Byron and Tyler Reddick placed third and fourth in the championship respectively.
| Rank | Driver | Points | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | DNF |
| 1 | Joey Logano | 5040 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 5035 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 7 |
| 3 | William Byron | 5034 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 4 |
| 4 | Tyler Reddick | 5031 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 4 |
| 5 | Christopher Bell | 2412 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 6 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 2378 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 2342 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 2 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | 2328 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 4 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 2318 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 4 |
| 10 | Martin Truex Jr | 2257 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 11 | Austin Cindric | 2247 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 12 | Daniel Suárez | 2226 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 13 | Brad Keselowski | 2208 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | Chase Briscoe | 2184 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| 15 | Ty Gibbs | 2169 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| 16 | Harrison Burton | 2122 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | Chris Buescher | 930 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 18 | Bubba Wallace | 878 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 19 | Ross Chastain | 852 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| 20 | Kyle Busch | 766 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| 21 | Carson Hocevar | 686 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 22 | Todd Gilliland | 630 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 23 | Michael McDowell | 624 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 24 | Noah Gragson | 612 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 25 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 590 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 26 | Ryan Preece | 584 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 27 | Josh Berry | 579 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 28 | Erik Jones | 516 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 | Daniel Hemric | 515 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 30 | Zane Smith | 505 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 31 | Justin Haley | 503 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 | Austin Dillon | 493 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 33 | Corey LaJoie | 489 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 34 | John H. Nemechek | 447 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 35 | Kaz Grala | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 146 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Jimmie Johnson | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Derek Kraus | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Joey Hand | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | David Ragan | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Kamui Kobayashi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Will Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Cam Waters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
FAQ's On NASCAR Cup Series Standings
A. The highest point scorer after the playoffs races wins the NASCAR Cup Series.
A. Joey Logano won the Quaker State 400 in 2024.
A. Kyle Busch is the driver of the No.8 car in the NASCAR Cup Series.
A. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the richest NASCAR driver.
A. Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick and William Byron are the top drivers with 5000 points to their name before the championship race.
