The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, enters the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs with the top seed amid a strong regular-season stretch highlighted with four victories, 10 stage victories and 13 top-10 results despite missing a single race.
Elliott and Bowman are set to commence the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs in seventh and 12th, respectively, in the Playoff standings in a season where both snapped a one-year winless drought and returned to NASCAR's postseason battle for a season title.
The 2020 Cup Series championship-winning crew chief from Ormond Beach, Florida, is scheduled to achieve a milestone feat in his 20th consecutive season as a crew chief in NASCAR's premier series.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led eight of 167 over-scheduled laps and prevailed in two overtime attempts to win the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis for the first time in his career.
The two-time Cup Series champion from Las Vegas, Nevada, is set to become the 20th competitor overall to reach 700 career starts in NASCAR's premier series at the Brickyard.
The 2024 Daytona 500 champion from Charlotte, North Carolina, notched his seventh top-five result of the season by recording a strong fourth-place result at the Tricky Triangle.
The 31-year-old Bowman led the final eight of 58-shortened laps and capitalized on a late-race pit strategy call while running on wet tires to snap an 80-race winless drought in Downtown Chicago and secure a 2024 Cup Series Playoff spot.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led 19 of 110-scheduled laps and overtook Chris Buescher and Martin Truex Jr. with nine laps remaining amid pit strategy to claim his third Cup victory of the 2024 season in Sonoma, California.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, has been granted a waiver to remain eligible for the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs despite missing the Coca-Cola 600 as part of his attempted "Double" including the Indianapolis 500.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, completed half of his 2024 "Double Duty" bid due to inclement weather where he prioritized the Indianapolis 500 over the Coca-Cola 600.
