There are 18 Cup races remaining in the regular season. Meaning there are 1,378 points on offer. The leader, Tyler Reddick, has 386 points. 16th in points, Shane van Gisbergen, has 177 points. There are no drivers currently eliminated from Chase contention.

There are 20 Cup races remaining in the regular season. Meaning there are 1,530 points on offer. The leader, Tyler Reddick, has 325 points. 16th in points, Joey Logano, has 139 points. There are no drivers currently eliminated from Chase contention.

There are 21 Cup races remaining in the regular season. Meaning there are 1,606 points on offer. The leader, Tyler Reddick, has 255 points. 16th in points, Shane van Gisbergen, has 117 points. There are no drivers currently eliminated from Chase contention.

There are 22 Cup races remaining in the regular season. Meaning there are 1,682 points on offer. The leader, Tyler Reddick, has 225 points. 16th in points, Brad Keselowski, has 100 points. There are no drivers currently eliminated from Chase contention.

There are 23 Cup races remaining in the regular season. Meaning there are 1,758 points on offer. The leader, Tyler Reddick, has 186 points. 16th in points, Ryan Preece, has 68 points. There are no drivers currently eliminated from Chase contention.

There are 24 Cup races remaining in the regular season. Meaning there are 1,835 points on offer. 16th in points, Shane van Gisbergen, has 45 points on the season. There are no drivers currently eliminated from Chase contention.

There are 25 Cup races remaining in the regular season. Meaning there are 1,910 points on offer. 16th in points, Noah Gragson, has 27 points on the season. There are no drivers currently eliminated from Chase contention.

I wrote up something on the new NASCAR point system and using its relation to the Latford system, how to guess what the racing will look this season: stockcarfocus.com/2026/02/13/c...