Standings after Talladega

 Pos Driver               points Starts  Wins  Top 5 Top 10 Winnings 
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  1. Bobby Labonte         4537    30      4     16    21   3,685,196
  2. Dale Earnhardt        4327    30      2     12    22   3,425,016
  3. Jeff Burton           4229    30      3     13    20   4,709,684
  4. Dale Jarrett          4135    30      1     14    22   4,876,874
  5. Ricky Rudd            4102    30      0     11    17   2,137,304
  6. Tony Stewart          4064    30      5     11    21   2,735,541
  7. Mark Martin           3999    30      1     12    18   2,425,536
  8. Rusty Wallace         3955    30      4     10    17   2,770,106
  9. Jeff Gordon           3729    30      3     9     18   2,368,211
 10. Ward Burton           3667    30      1     3     15   2,119,476
 11. Mike Skinner          3393    30      0     1     10   1,777,419
 12. Steve Park            3357    30      1     5     10   1,774,057
 13. Matt Kenseth          3348    30      1     4     10   1,959,039
 14. Johnny Benson         3259    29      0     3      6   1,445,374
 15. Dale Earnhardt Jr.    3146    30      2     3      5   2,421,886
 16. Joe Nemechek          3112    30      0     3      8   1,705,146
 17. Ken Schrader          3094    30      0     0      2   1,383,724
 18. Terry Labonte         3072    28      0     3      6   1,831,364
 19. Sterling Marlin       2954    30      0     1      6   1,620,319
 20. Bill Elliott          2840    28      0     3      7   2,254,013
 21. John Andretti         2838    30      0     0      2   1,744,602
 22. Jimmy Spencer         2794    30      0     1      4   1,613,352
 23. Jerry Nadeau          2780    30      0     2      4   1,716,069
 24. Jeremy Mayfield       2675    28      2     4     10   1,662,076
 25. Chad Little           2634    27      0     0      1   1,418,884
 26. Robert Pressley       2609    30      0     1      1   1,262,317
 27. Michael Waltrip       2565    30      0     1      1   1,513,521
 28. Kevin Lepage          2558    29      0     1      3   1,544,911
 29. Kenny Wallace         2544    30      0     1      1   1,538,557
 30. Elliott Sadler        2462    29      0     0      1   1,393,356
 31. Bobby Hamilton        2358    30      0     0      1   1,429,500
 32. Dave Blaney           2230    29      0     0      0   1,103,149
 33. Rick Mast             2062    25      0     0      2   1,016,997
 34. Wally Dallenbach      2016    26      0     0      1   1,021,589
 35. Stacy Compton         1808    26      0     0      0   1,035,149
 36. Brett Bodine          1757    25      0     0      0   875,744  
 37. Darrell Waltrip       1749    25      0     0      0   1,107,735
 38. Scott Pruett          1644    24      0     0      1   1,003,559
 39. Mike Bliss            1556    22      0     0      1   854,273  
 40. Ted Musgrave          1521    17      0     0      0   774,941  
 41. Kyle Petty            1441    19      0     0      1   894,911  
 42. Kenny Irwin           1440    17      0     1      1   949,436  
 43. Robby Gordon          1187    15      0     1      2   561,676  
 44. Geoffrey Bodine        965    12      0     0      0   636,124  
 45. Ricky Craven           875    13      0     0      0   529,292  
 46. Dave Marcis            653    10      0     0      0   381,647  
 47. Ed Berrier             628    10      0     0      0   417,144  
 48. Hut Stricklin          436     7      0     0      0   255,200  
 49. Dick Trickle           423     6      0     0      0   233,865  
 50. Steve Grissom          419     5      0     0      0   231,850  
 51. Jeff Fuller            390     7      0     0      0   223,691  
 52. Todd Bodine            335     4      0     0      1   194,765  
 53. Kurt Busch             285     3      0     0      0   127,950  
 54. Derrike Cope           198     3      0     0      0   179,151  
 55. Casey Atwood           194     2      0     0      0   49,105   
 56. Rich Bickle            173     2      0     0      0   86,835   
 57. P J Jones              158     2      0     0      0   70,900   
 58. David Green            143     2      0     0      0   105,350  
 59. Andy Houston           143     2      0     0      0   44,900   
 60. Ron Hornaday           118     1      0     0      0   47,020   
 61. Gary Bradberry         104     2      0     0      0   63,700   
 62. Joe Bessey             82      1      0     0      0   48,975   
 63. Tom Hubert             64      1      0     0      0   33,175   
 64. Brian Simo             55      1      0     0      0   37,110   
 65. Adam Petty             43      1      0     0      0   38,675   
 66. Bobby Hillin           43      1      0     0      0   27,525   
 67. Carl Long              40      1      0     0      0   55,671   
 68. Boris Said             37      1      0     0      0   36,940   
 69. Ron Fellows            34      1      0     0      0   24,725   
 70. Kerry Earnhardt        34      1      0     0      0   21,830