Briscoe, Hamlin and Suarez rallied from rocky runs throughout the Playoff's Round of 16 to maintain their championship hopes of the 2024 season through another postseason round spanning the upcoming three weeks, beginning at Kansas Speedway.
A pair of pit road speeding penalties made between Gibbs and Truex prevented both from transferring into the Playoff's Round of 12 following the Round of 16's finale at the Bristol Night Race.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 462 of 500 laps and secured his spot into the Playoff's Round of 12 with his fifth Cup Series victory of 2024 at Thunder Valley.
The 31-year-old Bowman from Tucson, Arizona, posted a pole-winning lap at 126.720 mph in 15.142 seconds, which was enough to claim his fifth Cup Series pole position and first at Thunder Valley.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion led 142 of 500 laps and rallied from a Lap 70 pit road speeding penalty to lead the final 134 laps and win the Playoff's Round of 16 finale under the lights at Thunder Valley.
