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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 32-year-old Truex from Mayetta, New Jersey, is scheduled to achieve a milestone start in his ninth season with at least one start in the Xfinity Series division.

The York, Pennsylvania, native is scheduled to achieve a milestone feat in his third full-time season as a crew chief in NASCAR's premier series.

The 2023 Cup Series Rookie of the Year from Charlotte, North Carolina, will commence his first Cup Series Playoffs in 15th place in the Playoff standings after recording seven top-five results, 11 top-10 results and an average-finishing result of 14.7 throughout the 2024 regular-season stretch.

The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, is set to commence the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs in sixth place in the Playoff standings following a strong regular-season stretch highlighted with three victories, 12 top-10 results and an average-finishing result of 15.0.

The 2024 Coca-Cola 600 champion from Norman, Oklahoma, is set to commence the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs in second place in the Playoff standings after notching three victories, 10 stage victories and 15 top-10 results throughout the regular-season stretch.

The 27-year-old Jones from Atlanta, Georgia, will rejoin Joe Gibbs Racing to pilot a Toyota Supra entry on a multiyear basis following a two-year campaign at JR Motorsports.

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 32-year-old Truex from Mayetta, New Jersey, led 28 of 102 over-scheduled laps and survived an overtime shootout to record his second Xfinity Series victory in eight starts in 2024 along with his first at Daytona.