Dale Earnhardt Jr. remains atop the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings following Sunday’s Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen.
Earnhardt Jr. holds the points lead in points and via wins.
WINNER: Allmendinger wins at Watkins Glen, full results
Up next for the Sprint Cup Series is the 2-mile oval of Michigan International Speedway. Earlier this season Jimmie Johnson won his first career race there.
NASCAR Cup Series standings following Watkins Glen
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| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 773 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | 696 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 650 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |
| 4 | Jeff Gordon | 768 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 671 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | |
| 6 | Carl Edwards | 658 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 7 | Kevin Harvick | 645 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 615 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| 9 | Denny Hamlin | 552 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 10 | Aric Almirola | 532 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 11 | Kurt Busch | 529 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 12 | AJ Allmendinger | 525 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 13 | Matt Kenseth | 703 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | |
| 14 | Ryan Newman | 645 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 15 | Kyle Larson | 635 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| 16 | Clint Bowyer | 634 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
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| 17 | Greg Biffle | 626 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 18 | Kasey Kahne | 622 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 19 | Austin Dillon | 616 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 20 | Marcos Ambrose | 584 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 21 | Paul Menard | 574 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 22 | Brian Vickers | 573 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 23 | Jamie McMurray | 566 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 24 | Casey Mears | 516 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 | Martin Truex Jr. | 508 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 26 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 447 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 27 | Danica Patrick | 419 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 28 | Justin Allgaier | 398 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Michael Annett | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | David Gilliland | 334 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | David Ragan | 312 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Cole Whitt | 306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Reed Sorenson | 283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Alex Bowman | 265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Tony Stewart | 537 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 36 | Josh Wise | 265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Ryan Truex | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Michael McDowell | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | Travis Kvapil | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Terry Labonte | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | Bobby Labonte | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | Parker Kligerman | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | Jeff Burton | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Michael Waltrip | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | David Stremme | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Alex Kennedy | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | David Reutimann | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | Dave Blaney | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Brett Moffitt | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
