Austin Cindric is the sixth driver locked into the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs following his win in the Jack Link’s 500 on April 27 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Cindric beat Ryan Preece by 0.022 seconds to earn his third career Cup Series victory.

The No. 2 Team Penske Ford driver is the first Penske driver locked into the playoffs and now has wins in three of the last four regular seasons.

Here’s the updated NASCAR Cup Series points standings:

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Unofficial after Talladega

1. William Byron: 388 points (1 win, 8 playoff points)
2. Kyle Larson -32 (2 wins, 15 playoff points)
3. Denny Hamlin -53 behind leader (2 win, 12 playoff points)
4. Chase Elliott -73
5. Christopher Bell -82 (3 wins, 16 playoff points)
6. Tyler Reddick -89
7. Bubba Wallace -94 (2 playoff points)
8. Joey Logano -102 (2 playoff points)
9. Ryan Blaney -112 (2 playoff points)
10. Alex Bowman -116
11. Ross Chastain -144
12. Ryan Preece -147 (1 playoff point)
13. Chase Briscoe -155
14. Chris Buescher -160
15. Austin Cindric -170 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
16. AJ Allmendinger -175
17. Kyle Busch -180
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -181
19. Michael McDowell -189
20. Carson Hocevar -196
21. Josh Berry -199 (1 win, 6 playoff points)
22. Ty Gibbs -199
23. Austin Dillon -208
24. Zane Smith -209
25. Daniel Suarez -211
26. John Hunter Nemechek -212
27. Justin Haley -214
28. Todd Gilliland -216
29. Ty Dillon -229
30. Erik Jones -232
31. Noah Gragson -235
32. Brad Keselowski -255
33. Riley Herbst -272
34. Cole Custer -281
35. Shane van Gisbergen -284

NASCAR playoff picture after Talladega

Through 10 races

1. Christopher Bell (3 wins)
2. Denny Hamlin (2 wins)
3. Kyle Larson (2 wins)
4. William Byron (1 win)
5. Austin Cindric (1 win)
6. Josh Berry (1 win)
7. Chase Elliott +102 ahead of playoff cutline
8. Tyler Reddick +86
9. Bubba Wallace +81
10. Joey Logano +73
11. Ryan Blaney +63
12. Alex Bowman +59
13. Ross Chastain +31
14. Ryan Preece +28
15. Chase Briscoe +20
16. Chris Buescher +15
17. AJ Allmendinger -15 points behind 16th
18. Kyle Busch -20
19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -21
20. Michael McDowell -29
21. Carson Hocevar -36
22. Ty Gibbs -39
23. Austin Dillon -48
24. Zane Smith -49
25. Daniel Suarez -51
26. John Hunter Nemechek -52
27. Justin Haley -54
28. Todd Gilliland -56
29. Ty Dillon -69
30. Erik Jones -72
31. Noah Gragson -75
32. Brad Keselowski -95 
33. Riley Herbst -112
34. Cole Custer -121
35. Shane van Gisbergen -124