RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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See the full story · 2 sourcesDenny Hamlin is closing in on the NASCAR Chase top seed after a top-five finish on Aug. 9 at Iowa .
Hamlin finished fifth, behind winner (and teammate) Ty Gibbs among four Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas in the top six positions.
Tyler Reddick ceded second to Gibbs after a Lap 4 crash ended the No. 45's day before it really started.
Austin Cindric's points cushion for the final Chase spot is down to 29 points ahead of Ryan Preece.
Here's the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:
IOWA RESULTS: Who won NASCAR Cup Iowa race? Winner is Ty Gibbs, plus full results
NASCAR points standings, Cup Series points update after Iowa race
Unofficial after Iowa Corn 350, 23 of 26 regular-season races complete; top 16 drivers make the Chase following the Daytona summer race
Denny Hamlin 923 points, +426 to 17th place (locked into Chase)
Ty Gibbs +323 (locked into Chase)
Ryan Blaney +316 (locked into Chase)
Tyler Reddick +306 (locked into Chase)
Chase Briscoe +166
Christopher Bell +162
Chase Elliott +160
Carson Hocevar +147
Chris Buescher +140
Kyle Larson +132
William Byron +103
Daniel Suarez +100
Joey Logano +89
Bubba Wallace +68
Shane van Gisbergen +47
Austin Cindric +29
Ryan Preece -29 behind 16th
Ross Chastain -47
Brad Keselowski -48
Erik Jones -50
Michael McDowell -72
AJ Allmendinger -88
Todd Gilliland -105
Zane Smith -109
Riley Herbst -140
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -143
Austin Dillon -144
John Hunter Nemechek -153
Alex Bowman -213
Josh Berry -229
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR points standings: Cup Series points update after Iowa race, Chase picture
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