NASCAR Cup Series Standings: Hendrick stars survive disastrous day - but Joey Logano in serious trouble

Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen was more than dramatic enough in its own right, with Shane van Gisbergen overhauling a 29-second deficit in under 20 laps to take the win, but it's also had a real impact on the points standings.

The New Zealander has vaulted back up into the top 16 after picking up 68 of a possible 76 points from the day, but others weren't anywhere near so fortunate.

Hendrick Motorsports had an absolutely dreadful day, with Kyle Larson in 23rd the team's best finisher on the day – although, despite some of their margins for error getting a little smaller, William Byron was their only driver to actually lose positions in the standings (10th to 12th, +32 to the cut line).

Another high profile driver who slipped in the standings was Joey Logano, the Team Penske driver finishing in the 30s for the fourth race in a row – his worst run since early in his rookie season, some 17 years ago.

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Logano in serious Chase trouble

The three-time champion is now in serious strife when it comes to qualifying for the postseason, with the win-and-in system consigned to the rear view mirror.

Logano sits 18th on points as things stand, some 38 points from Van Gisbergen in 16th – with the Kiwi likely to accelerate up the standings in late June when the Cup Series goes to two road courses in a row.

The Team Penske driver even has a significant gap to 17th now, 32 points back from Chase Briscoe, who slipped below the cut line despite finishing fourth on Sunday.

NASCAR Cup Series standings after Watkins Glen

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points (Stage)	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	567 (96)	5	8	9
2	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	438 (91)	1	5	7
3	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	422 (61)	2	5	7
4	Ryan Blaney	Ford	405 (95)	1	3	7
5	Chris Buescher	Ford	375 (67)	0	2	6
6	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	372 (74)	1	6	8
7	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	342 (53)	1	3	5
8	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	332 (91)	0	3	6
9	Brad Keselowski	Ford	318 (50)	0	2	4
10	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	313 (72)	0	1	6
11	Christopher Bell	Toyota	311 (77)	0	3	4
12	William Byron	Chevrolet	309 (57)	0	2	6
13	Ryan Preece	Ford	296 (43)	0	0	2
14	Daniel Suárez	Chevrolet	295 (31)	0	1	3
15	Austin Cindric	Ford	287 (60)	0	1	4
16	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	283 (37)	1	2	3
17	Chase Briscoe	Toyota	277 (40)	0	4	5
18	Joey Logano	Ford	245 (63)	0	2	3
19	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	236 (32)	0	1	2
20	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	235 (25)	0	0	2
21	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	225 (20)	0	2	3
22	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	220 (15)	0	0	1
23	Zane Smith	Ford	217 (11)	0	1	3
24	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	217 (22)	0	0	2
25	Erik Jones	Toyota	214 (10)	0	0	2
26	Todd Gilliland	Ford	206 (19)	0	0	1
27	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	193 (19)	0	1	2
28	John H. Nemechek	Toyota	189 (19)	0	0	1
29	Riley Herbst	Toyota	186 (14)	0	0	1
30	Noah Gragson	Ford	168 (4)	0	0	1
31	Josh Berry	Ford	160 (30)	0	0	2
32	Connor Zilisch	Chevrolet	145 (5)	0	0	0
33	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	140 (0)	0	0	0
34	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	127 (11)	0	2	2
35	Cole Custer	Chevrolet	113 (3)	0	0	0
36	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	93 (4)	0	0	0
37	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	9 (3)	0	0	0
38	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	3 (0)	0	0	0
39	Katherine Legge	Chevrolet	2 (0)	0	0	0