NASCAR Cup Series Standings: Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin battle heats up at San Diego

The latest NASCAR Cup Series standings are in following Sunday's race at San Diego, and the battle between Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin at the top is really heating up.

Corey Heim ran out as the race winner at the Naval Base Coronado, but given that he is ineligible to score points in the Cup Series, all of the focus post-race is on the two stars at the top of the standings.

Ahead of the weekend, many expected Reddick to extend his lead over Hamlin at the top given we were racing at a road course, but the opposite actually happened. With Reddick classified as 25th and Hamlin 14th, the Joe Gibbs Racing star cut the gap to his 23XI driver by 11 points. This means that just eight points now separate the two drivers with nine races to go in the regular season.

Elsewhere in the standings, some other notable changes could impact the championship battle this season. Reigning champion Kyle Larson has moved up two places to fourth spot after finishing third in San Diego, while on the other hand, his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott has dropped two places down to sixth after coming home in 12th on Sunday.

Further down the standings, Shane van Gisbergen has fallen three spots and out of The Chase positions after a wreck saw his shot at San Diego victory ruined. As a result, Erik Jones, Austin Cindric and Ryan Preece all gained places, with Preece currently occupying the final Chase spot ahead of SVG by just five points.

Other notable movers were Chase Briscoe and Bubba Wallace, who now sit 10th and 11th, respectively, after gaining two spots each with their points totals at San Diego.

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NASCAR Cup Series standings after San Diego

With all of the above said, here are the latest Cup Series standings in full.

**NASCAR Cup Series Standings after San Diego**
Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points (Stage)	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	716 (132)	5	10	12
2	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	708 (138)	4	9	11
3	Ryan Blaney	Ford	583 (130)	1	3	12
4	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	536 (150)	0	7	10
5	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	535 (119)	1	6	10
6	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	534 (86)	2	5	8
7	Chris Buescher	Ford	500 (87)	0	2	9
8	Daniel Suárez	Chevrolet	478 (62)	1	2	5
9	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	476 (78)	1	4	7
10	Chase Briscoe	Toyota	431 (85)	0	5	7
11	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	429 (83)	0	3	8
12	Christopher Bell	Toyota	422 (100)	0	5	6
13	William Byron	Chevrolet	421 (76)	0	3	8
14	Erik Jones	Toyota	372 (35)	0	1	4
15	Austin Cindric	Ford	370 (67)	0	1	4
16	Ryan Preece	Ford	367 (65)	0	0	2
17	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	362 (44)	1	3	4
18	Joey Logano	Ford	357 (71)	0	2	5
19	Brad Keselowski	Ford	354 (54)	0	2	4
20	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	346 (48)	0	1	3
21	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	333 (25)	0	2	4
22	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	327 (40)	0	1	4
23	Zane Smith	Ford	316 (17)	0	2	6
24	Riley Herbst	Toyota	309 (27)	0	0	2
25	Todd Gilliland	Ford	306 (36)	0	0	1
26	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	303 (37)	0	2	3
27	John H. Nemechek	Toyota	298 (27)	0	1	2
28	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	270 (15)	0	0	1
29	Noah Gragson	Ford	216 (4)	0	0	1
30	Josh Berry	Ford	208 (30)	0	0	2
31	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	202 (0)	0	0	0
32	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	199 (20)	0	2	2
33	Cole Custer	Chevrolet	194 (3)	0	0	0
34	Connor Zilisch	Chevrolet	165 (7)	0	0	0
35	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	152 (4)	0	0	0
36	Kevin Magnussen	Chevrolet	11 (0)	0	0	0
37	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	10 (3)	0	0	0
38	Jimmie Johnson	Toyota	9 (0)	0	0	0
39	Katherine Legge	Chevrolet	8 (0)	0	0	0
40	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	3 (0)	0	0	0