Bob Pockrass
FOX Motorsports Insider
Because the common season winds down and drivers make a run to land a spot within the NASCAR Cup Collection playoffs, these outdoors the cutline are in search of wins.
A win ensures a spot within the playoffs until there are extra winners than spots out there. The 16 spots go to the regular-season champion after which 15 drivers primarily based on wins with tiebreakers by factors.
After Austin Dillon gained Saturday evening at Richmond Raceway, there have been 14 winners with the season-finale at Daytona subsequent Saturday all that continues to be.
Daytona has the potential to see a brand new winner, which may depart Tyler Reddick or Alex Bowman on the surface wanting in.
Right here’s a breakdown of who’s in and who’s on the bubble with regards to factors and who wants a win.
Assured Spots
Drivers with wins locked into the playoffs: Denny Hamlin and Shane van Gisbergen with 4 wins, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell with three and William Byron with two. Plus these with one win: Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Chase Briscoe, Bubba Wallace, Ross Chastain, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Josh Berry and Austin Dillon.
Bubble Worries
Tyler Reddick thought he was in a cushty place, however after getting caught up in an accident Saturday evening that resulted in a Thirty fourth-place end mixed with Alex Bowman’s second-place end, there’s now a battle on the bubble. Each drivers get in if there is no such thing as a new winner at Daytona. If there’s a new winner, just one will get in. Reddick has a 29-point lead on Bowman and if he finishes ninth or higher, he would get the spot it doesn’t matter what Bowman does. However at Daytona, it is most likely extra a matter of not getting caught up in an accident.
Tyler Reddick continues to be trying to find his first win of 2025.
Should Win
The opposite 20 drivers want a win at Daytona to make the playoffs: Chris Buescher (-60), Ryan Preece (-94), Kyle Busch (-148), Ty Gibbs (-173), AJ Allmendinger (-181), Brad Keselowski (-189), Carson Hocevar (-197), Michael McDowell (-207), Erik Jones (-213), John Hunter Nemechek (-226), Zane Smith (-244), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (-251), Daniel Suarez (-252), Justin Haley (-296), Todd Gilliland (-297), Ty Dillon (-313), Noah Gragson (-376), Cole Custer (-378), Riley Herbst (-392) and Cody Ware (-517).
Of these drivers, eight have by no means gained a Cup race: Gibbs, Nemechek, Hocevar, Gilliland, Ty Dillon, Gragson, Herbst and Ware.
Daytona Outlook
Of drivers who want a playoff spot, Keselowski, Busch, Buescher, McDowell, Jones, Stenhouse and Haley have gained Cup races at Daytona.
Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports activities. He has spent many years protecting motorsports, together with over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene journal and The (Daytona Seaside) Information-Journal. Comply with him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
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