After the Instacart 500 at Phoenix Raceway, Martin Truex Jr enters the top 10 after winning the race for his first ever Phoenix win.

With his seventh place finish, Kyle Larson loses a couple of spots but holds on to a top five spot; while Chase Elliott and Christopher Bell fall out of the top five but stays in the top 10.

Denny Hamlin holds on to the number one spot for the third week in a row 236 points – 39 points ahead of second place driver Brad Keselowski.
With Martin Truex Jr’s win at Phoenix, the NASCAR Cup Seires has had five different winners in five weeks – Michael McDowell, William Byron, Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, and Martin Truex Jr.

The current standings reflect the ranking according to points earned, but when it comes to setting the field for the playoffs, drivers who have won races earn an automatic spot in the first round of the playoffs.

The top 16 in the NASCAR Cup Standings as of March 15:
Denny Hamlin
Brad Keselowski
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr
Kyle Larson
Chase Elliott
Kevin Harvick
Christopher Bell
William Byron
Kurt Busch
Michael McDowell
Austin Dillon
Ryan Blaney
Ryan Preece
Kyle Busch
Ricky Stenhouse Jr