With their respective top-10 runs at Daytona, Chris Buescher and Ty Gibbs are currently scored above the top-16 cutline to make the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs while Bubba Wallace is scored below the cutline ahead of next weekend's regular-season finale at Darlington.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, led 15 over 206 over-scheduled laps and survived two overtime shootouts and a late challenge from William Byron to grab his second Cup victory of 2024 at the Irish Hills.
23XI Racing's Reddick and Wallace finished third and fourth, respectively, which keeps the former in contention for the regular-season championship battle and the latter above the top-16 cutline by three points with three regular-season races of 2024 remaining.
The 30-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, led 26 of 167 over-scheduled laps, won the second stage and finished in fifth place for his fourth top-five result of the 2024 season and gain 20 points towards making the 2024 Playoff cutline at the Brickyard.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, posted a pole-winning lap at 181.932 mph in 49.469 seconds, which was enough to edge team owner Denny Hamlin by 0.012 seconds for his third Cup pole of 2024 at the Brickyard.
Gibbs and Wallace finished first and second during the All-Star Open to automatically transfer into the All-Star Race while Gragson claimed the final starting spot based on achieving his second consecutive Fan Vote title.
Tyler Reddick claimed the NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light Pole Award for Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway Saturday morning after a qualifying lap of 170.124 mph in the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota.
