William Bryon outdueled Ryan Blaney on a late-race restart at Martinsville to take the checkered flag and advance to the NASCAR Championship 4.

Find the NASCAR Cup Series playoff picture with points standings heading out of Sunday's race at Martinsville.

With the playoff field being whittled down from eight to the Championship 4 after 500 laps at the paperclip, Larson is still alive if a new, third winner in the Round emerge as well. He would only need to gain a couple of points on Christopher Bell, who is 37 points above the elimination point.

Chase Briscoe became the second Joe Gibbs Racing driver to advance to the championship four portion of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs on Sunday.

The win significantly changed the playoff standings, putting pressure on other drivers heading ... And again, if this is finally his year, it could get awkward when the NASCAR leadership contingent is handing over that big trophy. Why?

Check out the updated 2025 NASCAR Playoff standings as the field heads into Charlotte, with the latest points, contenders and playoff picture.

NASCAR ran a full season points format through 2003. The sport moved to a playoff format for the first time in 2004. It was made up of the final 10 races of the season, with the top 10 drivers in the point standings at the end of the regular season.

As a result, he ranks third in the standings, 37 points above the cutline and one point ... And Elliott was wrapped up in the first crash of the day, dropping him to a dead-last 40th. 3. NASCAR schedule update: Martinsville, then Phoenix OK, back to ...

Sunday's title race at Phoenix is the fifth time Hamlin has raced for the championship in NASCAR's winner-take-all format.

William Byron claimed the final spot in the NASCAR Cup Series championship four with a dominant playoff win at Martinsville Sunday.