NASCAR playoff picture: Cup Series points standings after Pocono

Ryan Blaney's win at Pocono will help his playoff point total, but the wild-card picture changed a bit as a result of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race.

Blaney is now up to 12 playoff points accrued through the first 21 races of the season, a solid number as the driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Ford pushes for his Cup Series title defense.

Wild-card hopefuls Ty Gibbs, Ross Chastain and Kyle Busch all suffered DNFs on Sunday, denting their points situations. Chastain is now in 16th as the final wild card, 27 points ahead of Bubba Wallace. Busch is now 102 points behind Chastain and will almost certainly need a win over the next five races to make the playoffs.

Here's the full playoff picture after Sunday's race in Pocono:

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This season's winners (locked into playoffs)

Top 16 advance to playoffs

1: Christopher Bell (3 wins, 24 playoff points)

2. Kyle Larson (3 wins, 23 playoff points, regular season points leader)

3. Denny Hamlin (3 wins, 20 playoff points)

4. William Byron (3 wins, 16 playoff points)

5. Ryan Blaney (2 wins, 12 playoff points)

6. Tyler Reddick (1 win, 8 playoff points)

7. Austin Cindric (1 win, 7 playoff points)

8. Chase Elliott (1 win, 6 playoff points)

9. Joey Logano (1 win, 6 playoff points)

10. Brad Keselowski (1 win, 5 playoff points)

11. Alex Bowman (1 win, 5 playoff points)

12. Daniel Suarez (1 win, 5 playoff points)

Wild card playoff points standings

13. Martin Truex Jr. (+137 ahead of Wallace)

14. Ty Gibbs (+67)

15. Chris Buescher (+43)

16. Ross Chastain (+27)

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17. Bubba Wallace (-27 points behind Chastain)

18. Chase Briscoe (-75)

19. Kyle Busch (-102)

20. Todd Gilliland (-127)

NASCAR Cup Series remaining regular season schedule

• July 21: Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1:30 p.m., NBC)

• Aug. 11: Cook Out 400, Richmond Raceway (5 p.m., USA Network)

• Aug. 18: FireKeepers Casino 400, Michigan International Speedway (1:30 p.m., USA Network)

• Aug. 24: Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona International Speedway (6:30 p.m., NBC)

• Sept. 1: Cook Out Southern 500, Darlington Raceway (5 p.m., USA Network)

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