Jimmie Johnson entered Sunday’s race at Watkins Glen with a 77 point lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings leaving little question to who would be the points leader following the Cheez-It 355.
Johnson is still the points leader, now by 75 over Bowyer.
RESULTS: Kyle Busch wins, full results from Watkins Glen
Entering Sunday Johnson., Clint Bowyer, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt. Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne, Jeff Gordon and Greg Biffle made up the top ten.
Kahne and Gordon both fell out of the top ten while Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex are now in the top ten.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings following Watkins Glen
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 808 | — | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Clint Bowyer | 733 | -75 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Carl Edwards | 728 | -80 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | 707 | -101 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 693 | -115 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 670 | -138 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Matt Kenseth | 659 | -149 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Brad Keselowski | 634 | -174 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Greg Biffle | 627 | -181 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 625 | -183 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | Kurt Busch | 623 | -185 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | Kasey Kahne | 622 | -186 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 13 | Jeff Gordon | 610 | -198 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | Ryan Newman | 605 | -203 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 15 | Jamie McMurray | 600 | -208 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Joey Logano | 598 | -210 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | Tony Stewart | 594 | -214 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 18 | Aric Almirola | 561 | -247 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Paul Menard | 559 | -249 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 531 | -277 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jeff Burton | 525 | -283 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 516 | -292 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Marcos Ambrose | 514 | -294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Casey Mears | 472 | -336 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Denny Hamlin | 414 | -394 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | David Ragan | 399 | -409 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Danica Patrick | 397 | -411 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | David Gilliland | 387 | -421 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Mark Martin | 361 | -447 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 30 | Dave Blaney | 329 | -479 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Bobby Labonte | 328 | -480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | David Reutimann | 308 | -500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | J.J. Yeley | 296 | -512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | David Stremme | 296 | -512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | AJ Allmendinger | 278 | -530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Travis Kvapil | 275 | -533 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Michael McDowell | 115 | -693 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Michael Waltrip | 102 | -706 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | Timmy Hill | 99 | -709 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Scott Speed | 91 | -717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | Terry Labonte | 77 | -731 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Ken Schrader | 68 | -740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Boris Said | 48 | -760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Ron Fellows | 31 | -777 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Alex Kennedy | 21 | -787 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Justin Marks | 14 | -794 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Victor Gonzalez Jr. | 10 | -798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Scott Riggs | 10 | -798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Brian Keselowski | 9 | -799 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Tomy Drissi | 8 | -800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
