Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500 on Sunday and assumes the top spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings. The win also all but ensures the driver of the No. 11 a spot in the season ending Chase.
WINNER: Hamlin, full results for Daytona 500
Below you can see the entire standings for NASCAR after the season opening race.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings after Daytona
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 45 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 40 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 39 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | 37 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Carl Edwards | 36 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 35 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyle Larson | 34 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Regan Smith | 33 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Dillon | 33 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Kurt Busch | 31 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Newman | 31 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Aric Almirola | 29 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Kasey Kahne | 28 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Kenseth | 28 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Michael McDowell | 26 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 26 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Jamie McMurray | 24 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Paul Menard | 23 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ryan Blaney | 22 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Keselowski | 22 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | AJ Allmendinger | 20 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 19 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Landon Cassill | 18 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Scott | 18 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Brian Vickers | 15 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Michael Annett | 14 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Trevor Bayne | 13 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Ragan | 13 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Michael Waltrip | 12 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Bobby Labonte | 11 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Casey Mears | 9 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Clint Bowyer | 8 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Greg Biffle | 7 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Danica Patrick | 6 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 6 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Chase Elliott | 5 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Robert Richardson Jr. | 3 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Chris Buescher | 2 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Matt DiBenedetto | 1 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
