2016 NASCAR Cup Series Point Standings – Final

2016 NASCAR Cup Series Point Standings Led by Jimmie Johnson

Final 2016 NASCAR Cup Series point standings results 7th NASCAR Title for Jimmie Johnson. 7th NASCAR Championship ties both Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty.

RELATED: 2016 NASCAR Cup Classic Standings – Non Chase

Jimmie Johnson has a new nickname: Seven-Time.

Seven Time NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Johnson captured his record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with a stirring victory Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, tying NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt atop the all-time list.

Sunday’s win was Johnson’s 80th career victory.

To win the 2016 championship, the driver of the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet outdueled the other Championship 4 drivers Joey Logano (fourth), Kyle Busch (sixth) and Carl Edwards (34th) at Homestead.

It was a year of sevens for Johnson, who took over sole possession of seventh place on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series all-time wins list after his win at Auto Club Speedway earlier this season. His wins at Atlanta and Auto Club catapulted him into the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Johnson breezed through the first round of the Chase, logging his two highest laps led totals of the season to that point at Chicagoland and Dover. When the Round of 12 rolled around, he added his all-time track-record eighth win at Charlotte, leading a race-high 155 laps on the way to a Round of 8 berth. Johnson was the first to lock up a spot in the Championship 4, winning at Martinsville Speedway for the ninth time.

Seven-Time NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson

At the age of 41, Jimmie Johnson becomes the youngest seven-time champion. Petty was 42 when he captured his seventh title in 1979; Earnhardt was 43 in 1994.

All seven of Johnson’s championships were won under team owner Rick Hendrick and with crew chief Chad Knaus.

Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports, captured his record-extending 12th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Along with Johnson’s seven titles, Hendrick has won championships with Jeff Gordon (four) and Terry Labonte (one).

Knaus cemented his legacy as one of the top crew chiefs in NASCAR history with his seventh title, one shy of the all-time record held by NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Inman.

Also on Sunday, Chase Elliott was named Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award.

View the full 2016 NASCAR point standings chart below.

 

2016 NASCAR Cup Series Standings – Official

POS DRIVER # POINTS BEHIND STARTS WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 DNF
1
Hendrick Motorsports
Jimmie Johnson
48 5040 Leader 36 5 11 16 4
2
Team Penske
Joey Logano
22 5037 –3 36 3 16 26 3
3
Joe Gibbs Racing
Kyle Busch
18 5035 –5 36 4 17 25 5
4
Joe Gibbs Racing
Carl Edwards
19 5007 –33 36 3 9 18 6
5
Joe Gibbs Racing
Matt Kenseth
20 2330 –2710 36 2 8 19 4
6
Joe Gibbs Racing
Denny Hamlin
11 2320 –2720 36 3 12 22 4
7
Stewart-Haas Racing
Kurt Busch
41 2296 –2744 36 1 9 21 2
8
Stewart-Haas Racing
Kevin Harvick
4 2289 –2751 36 4 17 27 3
9
Hendrick Motorsports
Chase Elliott
24 2285 –2755 36 0 10 17 2
10
Chip Ganassi Racing
Kyle Larson
42 2273 –2767 36 1 10 15 2
11
Furniture Row Racing
Martin Truex Jr
78 2271 –2769 36 4 8 17 4
12
Team Penske
Brad Keselowski
2 2267 –2773 36 4 16 22 3
13
Chip Ganassi Racing
Jamie McMurray
1 2231 –2809 36 0 2 12 2
14
Richard Childress Racing
Austin Dillon
3 2223 –2817 36 0 4 13 3
15
Stewart-Haas Racing
Tony Stewart
14 2211 –2829 28 1 5 8 4
16
Front Row Motorsports
Chris Buescher
34 2169 –2871 36 1 2 2 4
17
Hendrick Motorsports
Kasey Kahne
5 883 –4157 36 0 3 13 2
18
Richard Childress Racing
Ryan Newman
31 870 –4170 36 0 2 10 3
19
JTG Daugherty Racing
AJ Allmendinger
47 820 –4220 36 0 2 9 4
20
Wood Brothers Racing
Ryan Blaney
21 812 –4228 36 0 3 9 2
21
Roush Fenway Racing
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
17 772 –4268 36 0 4 6 5
22
Roush Fenway Racing
Trevor Bayne
6 762 –4278 36 0 2 5 2
23
Stewart-Haas Racing
Danica Patrick
10 689 –4351 36 0 0 0 3
24
Roush Fenway Racing
Greg Biffle
16 676 –4364 36 0 1 3 7
25
Richard Childress Racing
Paul Menard
27 668 –4372 36 0 0 3 6
26
Richard Petty Motorsports
Aric Almirola
43 638 –4402 36 0 0 1 6
27
HScott Motorsports
Clint Bowyer
15 628 –4412 36 0 0 3 2
28
Germain Racing
Casey Mears
13 556 –4484 36 0 0 0 3
29
Front Row Motorsports
Landon Cassill
38 530 –4510 36 0 0 0 1
30
Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing
Michael McDowell
59 490 –4550 31 0 0 2 2
31
Richard Petty Motorsports
Brian Scott
44 481 –4559 36 0 1 1 5
32
Hendrick Motorsports
Dale Earnhardt Jr
88 461 –4579 18 0 5 6 4
33
BK Racing
David Ragan
23 455 –4585 36 0 0 0 5
34
Tommy Baldwin Racing
Regan Smith
7 452 –4588 35 0 1 2 6
35
BK Racing
Matt DiBenedetto
49 386 –4654 35 0 0 1 9
36
HScott Motorsports
Michael Annett
46 328 –4712 35 0 0 0 4
37
Premium Motorsports
Cole Whitt
98 276 –4764 26 0 0 0 5
38
Hendrick Motorsports
Jeff Gordon
88 218 –4822 8 0 0 2 0
39
Premium Motorsports
Reed Sorenson
55 198 –4842 28 0 0 0 4
40
The Motorsports Group
Josh Wise
30 168 –4872 28 0 0 0 8
41
BK Racing
Jeffrey Earnhardt
83 159 –4881 22 0 0 0 2
42
Stewart-Haas Racing
Brian Vickers
14 86 –4954 5 0 0 1 1
43
Go Fas Racing
Bobby Labonte
32 61 –4979 4 0 0 0 0
44
Front Row Motorsports
David Gilliland
35 46 –4994 2 0 0 0 0
45
Premium Motorsports
Michael Waltrip
55 42 –4998 2 0 0 0 0
46
Fas Lane Racing
Boris Said
32 17 –5023 1 0 0 0 0
47
GO FAS Racing
Patrick Carpentier
32 11 –5029 2 0 0 0 0
48
The Motorsports Group
Gray Gaulding
30 6 –5034 2 0 0 0 2
49
Go FAS Racing
Eddie MacDonald
32 5 –5035 1 0 0 0 0
50
Premium Motorsports
Alex Kennedy
55 5 –5035 1 0 0 0 1
51
BK Racing
Robert Richardson
26 3 –5037 1 0 0 0 1
52
Hendrick Motorsports
Alex Bowman
88 0 –5040 10 0 0 3 1
53
Circle Sport-Leavine Family
Ty Dillon
95 0 –5040 11 0 0 0 1
54
GO FAS Racing
Dylan Lupton
32 0 –5040 4 0 0 0 0
55
Roush Fenway Racing
Ryan Reed
99 0 –5040 1 0 0 0 0
56
Go Fas Racing
Jeb Burton
32 0 –5040 2 0 0 0 0
57
Go Fas Racing
Joey Gase
32 0 –5040 6 0 0 0 0
58
BK Racing
Ryan Ellis
93 0 –5040 4 0 0 0 0
59
Premium Motorsports
Timmy Hill
98 0 –5040 1 0 0 0 0
60
D.J. Kennington
55 0 –5040 1 0 0 0 0
61
HScott Motorsports
Justin Allgaier
46 0 –5040 1 0 0 0 1
62
Premium Motorsports
Cody Ware
55 0 –5040 0 0 0 0 0

 

2016 NASCAR Homestead-Miami Speedway Photos

Photos: Chris Trotman/Jared C. Tilton/Sean Gardner/Chris Trotman NASCAR via Getty Images

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