The 2022 Daytona 500 champion from Mooresville, North Carolina, is set to commence his second career Cup Series Playoffs in 10th place in the Playoff standings with 2,007 points amid a difficult 2024 regular-season stretch despite recording a final lap victory at Gateway.
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 23-year-old Burton from Huntersville, North Carolina, will commence his first title pursuit by reaching a milestone start in his third full-time campaign in NASCAR's premier series.
Before CBS broadcast the 1979 Daytona 500 in full from flag to flag, NASCAR races were not broadcast all the way through and instead were tape-delayed.
In a span of 367 grueling laps of the 2024 Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, Chris Buescher and Bubba Wallace went from competing against one another for the 16th and final berth to this year’s Playoffs to both being knocked out of contention amid a new race winner capitalizing on the Playoff’s “Win and You’re In” format.
Chase Briscoe crossed the finish line first in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford to win the Southern 500, secure his spot in the Playoffs and emerge as the regular season champion.
