Eighteen races have already taken place in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season. Trackhouse Racing driver Shane van Gisbergen became the 12th different winner of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series this season after emerging victorious on his debut at the first-ever Grant Park 220 at Chicago Street Course on Sunday (July 2).In a rain-shortened Chicago race, van Gisbergen took the lead from Justin Haley with five laps to go and stayed out front on the final lap to cross the checkered flag in P1.NASCAR on NBC@NASCARonNBCSHANE VAN GISBERGEN TO THE LEAD!IT'S HIS FIRST NASCAR RACE!2243457SHANE VAN GISBERGEN TO THE LEAD!IT'S HIS FIRST NASCAR RACE! https://t.co/Vm1q6FAop6Despite finishing P32 at Chicago Street Course, Martin Truex Jr. was awarded with 15 points and maintained the top spot on the points table. He had a nine-point lead over William Byron, who had 591 points, two wins, and six top-five finishes.Bob Pockrass@bobpockrassCup points grid (8 to go): Byron-3w, Busch-3w, Truex-2w, Larson-2w, Chastain-1w, Bell-1w, Hamlin-1w, Blaney-1w, Logano-1w, Reddick11w, Stenhouse-1w, Harvick +151, Buescher +104, Keselowski +91, Wallace +15, Gibbs +6, Suarez -6, McDowell -10, Allmendinger -24, Bowman -267613Cup points grid (8 to go): Byron-3w, Busch-3w, Truex-2w, Larson-2w, Chastain-1w, Bell-1w, Hamlin-1w, Blaney-1w, Logano-1w, Reddick11w, Stenhouse-1w, Harvick +151, Buescher +104, Keselowski +91, Wallace +15, Gibbs +6, Suarez -6, McDowell -10, Allmendinger -24, Bowman -26 https://t.co/wsluZ0ZTCPDenny Hamlin, who started on the pole, failed to utilize the advantage and finished P11 in the race. He gained 26 points and stands in 11th place on the points table with 538 points from one win and five top-five finishes.NASCAR points table after 2023 Grant Park 220 at Chicago Street Course Here's the updated list of NASCAR drivers in the Cup Series standings after the 18 NASCAR Cup Series race of the season:Martin Truex Jr. - 591William Byron - 582Ross Chastain - 573Christopher Bell - 570Kyle Busch - 560Denny Hamlin - 538Kevin Harvick - 523Kyle Larson - 521Ryan Blaney - 506Joey Logano - 491Chris Buescher - 476Tyler Reddick - 463Brad Keselowski - 463Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - 418Bubba Wallace - 387Ty Gibbs - 378Daniel Suarez - 372Michael McDowell - 368AJ Allmendinger - 354Alex Bowman - 352Justin Haley - 333Austin Cindric - 333Corey LaJoie - 331Chase Elliott - 323Ryan Preece - 312Todd Gilliland - 299Aric Almirola - 297Austin Dillon - 248Harrison Burton - 242Erik Jones - 241Chase Briscoe - 207Noah Gragson - 166Ty Dillon - 153Bj Mcleod - 88Cody Ware - 65Shane Van Gisbergen - 55Jenson Button - 36Travis Pastrana - 26Jordan Taylor - 16Andy Lally - 13Jimmie Johnson - 12Ryan Newman - 9Conor Daly - 9Kimi Raikkonen - 8Catch the NASCAR Cup Series drivers and teams next at Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 9.