NASCAR playoff picture: Cup Series points standings after Watkins Glen

Only two playoff drivers finished in the top 10 of Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen won by Chris Buescher.

Austin Cindric is poised to comfortably make the Round of 12 with one race remaining, 43 points ahead of 13th place after a 10th-place finish at Watkins Glen. Chase Briscoe led all playoff drivers with a sixth-place finish, a needed boost for the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford in the points.

Denny Hamlin again had issues on Sunday, finishing 24th while sitting in 13th in points, six points behind 12th. Several playoff drivers were caught up in incidents on Sunday, including William Byron and Brad Keselowski in a late crash in which Byron’s car climbed up on top of the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford.

Here’s the full playoff picture after Sunday’s race in Watkins Glen:

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Top 12 advance to next round; 1 race remain in Round of 16

1: Joey Logano — 1 win (Atlanta)

2. Christopher Bell — +46 ahead of 13th

3. Austin Cindric — +43

4. Alex Bowman — +41

5. Daniel Suarez — +36

6. Tyler Reddick — +30

7. Chase Elliott — +30

8. Ryan Blaney — +29

9. Kyle Larson — +26

10. William Byron — +25

11. Chase Briscoe +6

12. Ty Gibbs — +6 ahead of Hamlin

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13. Denny Hamlin — -6 behind Gibbs

14. Brad Keselowski — -12

15. Martin Truex Jr. — -14

16. Harrison Burton — -20

NASCAR Cup Series playoffs schedule

Sept. 8: Quaker State 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway (Winner: Joey Logano)
Sept. 15: Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen International (Winner: Chris Buescher)
Sept. 21: Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway (6:30 p.m., USA Network) Round of 16
Sept. 29: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway (2 p.m., USA Network) Round of 12
Oct. 6: YellaWood 500, Talladega Superspeedway (1 p.m., NBC) Round of 12
Oct. 13: Bank of America Roval 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway road course (1 p.m., NBC) Round of 12
Oct. 20: South Point 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1:30 p.m., NBC) Round of 8
Oct. 27: Untitled race at Homestead-Miami Speedway (1:30 p.m., NBC) Round of 8
Nov. 3: Xfinity 500, Martinsville Speedway (1 p.m., NBC) Round of 8
Nov. 10: NASCAR Cup Series Championship race, Phoenix Raceway (2 p.m., NBC)