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.
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 23-year-old Burton from Huntersville, North Carolina, executed a final lap pass on Kyle Busch amid an overtime shootout to become the 205th competitor to win in NASCAR's premier series, the 13th competitor to claim a 2024 Cup Series Playoff berth by winning a regular-season event and deliver a milestone victory for Wood Brothers at the World Center of Racing.
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.
The 2022 Xfinity Series championship-winning crew chief from Little Rock, Arkansas, is scheduled to achieve a milestone feat in his sixth full-time season as a crew chief in NASCAR's premier series.
The reigning Cup Series champion from High Point, North Carolina, led a race-high 44 of 160 laps and capitalized on a 23-lap dash to the finish to claim his second Cup victory of the 2024 season 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 three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, led a race-high 14 of 50 laps en route to his third Xfinity Series victory of his career and of the 2024 season in the streets of Chicago.
The two-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, led the final nine of 331 over-scheduled laps and stretched his fuel tank to 110 laps and through a record-setting five overtime attempts to become the 11th winner of the 2024 Cup Series season at Music City.
The 27-year-old Nemechek from Mooresville, North Carolina, led a race-high 76 of 188 laps en route to his second Xfinity victory in nine starts of the 2024 season at Music City.
