Jeff Gordon will leave the high speed 1.54-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway as the points leader in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
The driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet SS leads teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. by 21 points with one race left until the chase reset.
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Below are the standings of drivers who would qualify for the Chase right now. Drivers with a win qualify followed by the drivers with the most points leading to 16 post season qualifiers.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings following Atlanta
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| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | |
| 1 | Jeff Gordon | 872 | |
| 2 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 851 | |
| 3 | Joey Logano | 791 | |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 782 | |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 766 | |
| 6 | Carl Edwards | 755 | |
| 7 | Kevin Harvick | 748 | |
| 8 | Kasey Kahne | 708 | |
| 9 | Kyle Busch | 657 | |
| 10 | Denny Hamlin | 636 | |
| 11 | Kurt Busch | 614 | |
| 12 | Aric Almirola | 594 | |
| 13 | AJ Allmendinger | 590 | |
| 14 | Matt Kenseth | 794 | |
| 15 | Ryan Newman | 747 | |
| 16 | Greg Biffle | 728 | |
| *** Chase for the Sprint Cup cut-off *** | |||
| 17 | Clint Bowyer | 705 | |
| 18 | Kyle Larson | 704 | |
| 19 | Paul Menard | 675 | |
| 20 | Austin Dillon | 674 | |
| 21 | Jamie McMurray | 666 | |
| 22 | Brian Vickers | 650 | |
| 23 | Marcos Ambrose | 628 | |
| 24 | Casey Mears | 583 | |
| 25 | Martin Truex Jr. | 561 | |
| 26 | Tony Stewart | 540 | |
| 27 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 538 | |
| 28 | Danica Patrick | 500 | |
| 29 | Justin Allgaier | 443 | |
| 30 | Michael Annett | 393 | |
| 31 | David Gilliland | 392 | |
| 32 | David Ragan | 370 | |
| 33 | Cole Whitt | 353 | |
| 34 | Reed Sorenson | 335 | |
| 35 | Alex Bowman | 304 | |
| 36 | Josh Wise | 307 | |
| 37 | Ryan Truex | 189 | |
| 38 | Michael McDowell | 166 | |
| 39 | Travis Kvapil | 144 | |
| 40 | Jeff Burton | 87 | |
| 41 | Terry Labonte | 77 | |
| 42 | David Stremme | 56 | |
| 43 | Bobby Labonte | 54 | |
| 44 | Parker Kligerman | 54 | |
| 45 | Michael Waltrip | 48 | |
| 46 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 47 | |
| 47 | Alex Kennedy | 47 | |
| 48 | Dave Blaney | 46 | |
| 49 | Brett Moffitt | 44 | |
| 50 | David Reutimann | 37 | |
