| Points Standing After: Pepsi 500 | California Speedway | Race 25 of 36 | |||||||||
| Rank | +/- | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Poles | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 |
| 1 | -- | Kyle Busch | 3755 | Leader | 25 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 17 |
| 2 | -- | Carl Edwards | 3547 | -208 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 3386 | -369 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | -1 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 3323 | -432 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | -- | Jeff Burton | 3234 | -521 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | Greg Biffle | 3159 | -596 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 | 1 | Kevin Harvick | 3132 | -623 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | -2 | Tony Stewart | 3110 | -645 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 9 | 1 | Matt Kenseth | 3081 | -674 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | -1 | Jeff Gordon | 3074 | -681 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 11 | -- | Denny Hamlin | 3065 | -690 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 12 | -- | Clint Bowyer | 2989 | -766 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 13 | -- | David Ragan | 2972 | -783 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | -- | Kasey Kahne | 2941 | -814 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 15 | 1 | Brian Vickers | 2799 | -956 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | -1 | Ryan Newman | 2789 | -966 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 17 | -- | Martin Truex Jr. | 2698 | -1057 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | -- | Jamie McMurray | 2583 | -1172 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | -- | Kurt Busch | 2488 | -1267 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | -- | Elliott Sadler | 2425 | -1330 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 | -- | Juan Montoya | 2414 | -1341 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | -- | Bobby Labonte | 2397 | -1358 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | -- | Travis Kvapil | 2365 | -1390 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | -- | Casey Mears | 2304 | -1451 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | 1 | David Reutimann | 2279 | -1476 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | -1 | David Gilliland | 2255 | -1500 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | 1 | Paul Menard | 2141 | -1614 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | -1 | Mark Martin | 2115 | -1640 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 29 | 2 | Reed Sorenson | 1937 | -1818 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | -- | Michael Waltrip | 1930 | -1825 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | -2 | Robby Gordon | 1911 | -1844 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | -- | Dave Blaney | 1901 | -1854 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | -- | Sam Hornish Jr.* | 1893 | -1862 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 1 | Scott Riggs | 1842 | -1913 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | -1 | Regan Smith* | 1836 | -1919 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 1 | Patrick Carpentier* | 1515 | -2240 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | 1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1492 | -2263 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | -2 | Joe Nemechek | 1443 | -2312 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | -- | J.J. Yeley | 1263 | -2492 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | -- | Michael McDowell* | 1200 | -2555 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | -- | Bill Elliott | 790 | -2965 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | -- | Terry Labonte | 699 | -3056 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | 2 | Aric Almirola | 671 | -3084 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | -1 | Kyle Petty | 659 | -3096 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | 2 | Mike Skinner | 618 | -3137 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | -2 | Dario Franchitti* | 606 | -3149 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | -1 | Jeremy Mayfield | 578 | -3177 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | -- | Ken Schrader | 438 | -3317 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | 2 | Marcos Ambrose | 400 | -3355 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | -1 | Dale Jarrett | 367 | -3388 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | -1 | Tony Raines | 334 | -3421 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | -- | Sterling Marlin | 302 | -3453 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | -- | Ron Fellows | 200 | -3555 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | -- | Boris Said | 194 | -3561 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | -- | Jason Leffler | 192 | -3563 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | -- | Johnny Sauter | 192 | -3563 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | -- | John Andretti | 149 | -3606 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | -- | Jon Wood | 119 | -3636 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | -- | Chad McCumbee | 112 | -3643 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | -- | Max Papis | 92 | -3663 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | -- | David Stremme | 84 | -3671 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | -- | P.J. Jones | 52 | -3703 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | -- | Scott Pruett | 49 | -3706 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | -- | Brad Coleman | 49 | -3706 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | -- | Brian Simo | 34 | -3721 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | -- | Kenny Wallace | 34 | -3721 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |