On Sunday, Kyle Larson acquired round Alex Bowman with seven laps to go at Homestead-Miami Speedway to gather the thirtieth win of his NASCAR Cup Collection profession. Right here’s the place the Cup Collection subject stands following the sixth race of the 2025 season.
(Final week: 2)
Byron wasn’t nice on Sunday at Homestead, however a Twelfth-place end and 12 stage factors are sufficient to vault him to the lead in our rankings. Regulate Byron to gather his second victory of 2025 at Martinsville, the place he’s received twice for the reason that introduction of the Subsequent-Gen automotive.
2. Alex Bowman
(Final week: 3)
Mar 23, 2025; Homestead, Florida, USA; NASCAR Cup Collection driver Alex Bowman races in the course of the Straight Discuss Wi-fi 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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A runner-up end on Sunday makes Bowman the one driver within the subject with 5 top-10 finishes within the first six races of 2025. Bowman received at Martinsville in 2021, and it looks like it’s solely a matter of time earlier than he visits victory lane for the primary time in 2025.
(Final week: 4)
Larson earned his first win of 2025 by getting round Bowman within the closing laps. Like Byron, he ought to be hailed as one of many favorites at Martinsville on Sunday, as he received on the half-mile quick monitor in 2023.
(Final week: 1)
After profitable three consecutive races, Bell has fallen again to earth over the previous two weeks. An early spin relegated Bell to the again of the pack on Sunday, and he was unable to get better. A Twenty ninth-place end was removed from what Bell had in thoughts, however Martinsville provides a superb shot at redemption, as Bell received there within the fall of 2022.
(Final Week: 5)
Mar 23, 2025; Homestead, Florida, USA; NASCAR Cup Collection driver Tyler Reddick races in the course of the Straight Discuss Wi-fi 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Reddick was unable to repeat at Homestead-Miami on Sunday, however he put collectively a stable race that culminated in a seventh-place end. Reddick has unsurprisingly been among the best drivers within the subject to begin 2025, however Martinsville has not been a great monitor for him. run on the Paperclip could be a welcoming signal for Martinsville’s fall race, which is the ultimate race within the penultimate spherical of the playoffs.
(Final week: 8)
Wallace and the No. 23 crew have been lastly in a position to put collectively a whole race on Sunday. A 3rd-place end at Homestead bumped Wallace as much as seventh in factors, and Martinsville – the place Wallace completed fourth in April of 2024. New crew chief Charles Denike has been a breath of contemporary air for what was a stagnant No. 23 crew, and Wallace is beginning to grow to be the very best model of himself as a driver.
(Final week: 9)
Buescher quietly plugged away on Sunday en path to a ninth-place end. The No. 17 crew hasn’t been flashy to date this season, however Buescher at all times finds his solution to the entrance late. That invaluable trait could come in useful at Martinsville, the place attrition at all times performs an enormous function.
(Final week: 13)
Mar 23, 2025; Homestead, Florida, USA; NASCAR Cup Collection driver Denny Hamlin races in the course of the Straight Discuss Wi-fi 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Hamlin struggled within the early going of Sunday’s race at Homestead, however with monitor place got here velocity. Hamlin received Stage 2 and completed fifth to safe his second top-five end of the season. Martinsville has been one in all Hamlin’s greatest tracks traditionally, and he’ll go for his first win at Martinsville since 2015 on Sunday.
(Final week: 6)
Elliott’s run at Homestead on Sunday was barely regarding. He completed eighth in Stage 2, however a pit highway mishap despatched him to the again of the pack. He in the end completed 18th. Elliott’s relative struggles over the previous two seasons are regarding because the No. 9 crew tries to get again to the championship kind it had from 2020 to 2022.
(Final week: 10)
Mar 23, 2025; Homestead, Florida, USA; NASCAR Cup Collection driver Ryan Blaney races in the course of the Straight Discuss Wi-fi 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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An engine failure negated what was a dominant day for Blaney and the No. 12 crew. The 2023 Cup Collection champion led 124 laps and received Stage 1 earlier than his engine detonated on Lap 207. Blaney has received the final two Martinsville fall races, and he’ll possible be within the combine for the win once more on Sunday.
(Final week: 12)
A Seventeenth-place end isn’t something to jot down dwelling about for Berry, however it wasn’t solely his fault. After ending eighth in Stage 1, pit highway contact despatched Berry on an uphill climb for the remainder of the race. Nonetheless, a second-place qualifying effort and a top-10 run in Stage 1 proves that the Las Vegas win was removed from a fluke and that Berry is a legit contender this season. His first Xfinity Collection win got here at Martinsville in 2021, and it ought to come as no shock if Berry is up entrance on Sunday.
(Final week: 16)
Mar 16, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; NASCAR Cup Collection driver Ryan Preece (60) and driver Ross Chastain (1) drive for place in the course of the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Again-to-back top-10 finishes have shot Preece to sixteenth in factors and confirmed that his early-season velocity will be backed up with good finishes. Preece is a confirmed short-track ace, and Martinsville could possibly be a golden alternative for him to snag his first Cup Collection win.
(Final week: Not Ranked)
Briscoe ran the very best race of his 2025 season on Sunday. A fourth-place end bumped Briscoe as much as thirteenth in factors, and it looks like the No. 19 crew is lastly turning a vital nook.
(Final week: Not Ranked)
Mar 23, 2025; Homestead, Florida, USA; NASCAR Cup Collection driver Joey Logano races in the course of the Straight Discuss Wi-fi 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Logano nonetheless hasn’t completed inside the highest 10 but this season, however a 14th-place end and an Eleventh-place factors standings is sufficient to put him again contained in the top-16. The No. 22 crew wants to begin discovering outcomes sooner reasonably than later, and Martinsville could possibly be a monitor the place Logano breaks by means of for his first top-10 of 2025.
15. AJ Allmendinger
(Final week: Not Ranked)
Consecutive top-10 finishes have Allmendinger twentieth in factors after Homestead, the place he has top-10 finishes in all 4 races with the Subsequent-Gen automotive. Martinsville has been one in all Allmendinger’s higher tracks, and a 3rd consecutive top-10 end would formally assert the No. 16 crew as a playoff bubble menace.
(Final week: Not ranked)
It’s exhausting to provide this spot to another driver, so a top-10 effort from Haley slots him on this week. Haley’s top-10 run at Homestead is an efficient signal for a No. 7 crew that was performing under expectations to begin the 2025 season. Together with his Spire teammates largely outrunning him to begin the season, Haley wanted a stable day.
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