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23-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Playoff standings: How national series fields shape up heading into Dover
Shane van Gisbergen made it three wins in five races as he crossed the start/finish line comfortably ahead of Chase Briscoe on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. After the recent run of road courses in the schedule, the NASCAR Cup Series will head back to the ovals for the next three weeks, starting at Dover Motor Speedway. Read on to see full playoff standings and key battles in each of NASCAR's three national series. As a reminder: A win provisionally clinches a playoff spot for full-time drivers in all three series, and it's the simplest path to the postseason. The remainder of the postseason field — 16 drivers in Cup, 12 in Xfinity and 10 in the Craftsman Truck Series — is determined by points earned over the regular season. RELATED: | NASCAR CUP SERIES By clicking on the 'Playoff Picture' tab on our standings page, you'll see SVG is now in third place ahead of Christopher Bell. SVG has one more playoff point based on three race wins and two stage wins versus Bell's three race wins and one stage win. Hard to believe for a guy who, before this recent run of road-course dominance, sat 33rd in the standings. Drivers provisionally qualified for playoffs with a win (12): Kyle Larson (three wins), Denny Hamlin (three wins), Christopher Bell (three wins), Shane van Gisbergen (three wins), William Byron, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric and Josh Berry. Winless drivers more than 100 points above the elimination line (one): Tyler Reddick (+149). Biggest movement: Thanks to his 10th-place finish at Sonoma, Kyle Busch gained nine points against the elimination line and now sits minus-37 heading to Dover. Three of Busch's seven top-10 finishes this season have come on road courses, including two in a row the last two weeks. Alex Bowman lost seven points against the elimination line after Ty Dillon bumped him out of the way on the last lap to win their In-Season Challenge matchup. In addition to losing to Dillon, Bowman's 19th-place finish at Sonoma dropped him to just 32 points above the elimination line as he dipped beneath Chris Buescher in the playoff standings. Note: Drivers in bold have provisionally clinched a playoff spot by virtue of winning. There are six races remaining in the regular season. Rank Driver Cutoff 1 Kyle Larson 3 WINS 2 Denny Hamlin 3 WINS 3 Shane van Gisbergen 3 WINS 4 Christopher Bell 3 WINS 5 William Byron WIN 6 Ryan Blaney WIN 7 Austin Cindric WIN 8 Joey Logano WIN 9 Chase Briscoe WIN 10 Ross Chastain WIN 11 Josh Berry WIN 12 Chase Elliott WIN 13 Tyler Reddick +149 14 Chris Buescher +34 15 Alex Bowman +32 16 Bubba Wallace +3 ELIMINATION LINE 17 Ryan Preece -3 18 Kyle Busch -37 19 AJ Allmendinger -50 20 Ty Gibbs -60 21 Erik Jones -68 22 Michael McDowell -70 23 John Hunter Nemechek -85 24 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -91 25 Carson Hocevar -96 26 Zane Smith -96 27 Brad Keselowski -136 28 Austin Dillon -138 29 Daniel Suárez -139 30 Todd Gilliland -148 31 Ty Dillon -149 32 Justin Haley -152 33 Noah Gragson -203 34 Cole Custer -214 35 Riley Herbst -231 36 Cody Ware -322 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES Connor Zilisch picked up his third win of the season by outmaneuvering teammate Shane van Gisbergen at Sonoma. The 18-year-old wunderkind joined Justin Allgaier and Austin Hill with three wins this season. However, Zilisch's victory meant the number of unique winners in the series stayed the same at seven this week. Drivers provisionally qualified for playoffs with a win (7): Justin Allgaier (three wins), Austin Hill (three wins), Connor Zilisch (three wins), Jesse Love, Brandon Jones, Nick Sanchez and Sammy Smith. Winless drivers more than 100 points above the elimination line (one): Sam Mayer (+163). Biggest movement: Thanks to his eighth-place finish at Sonoma, Carson Kvapil gained 27 points against the elimination line and sits just below the 100 club at plus-90 points to the good. In fact, everyone above the elimination line gained points at Sonoma: Sam Mayer (+14), Sheldon Creed (+24), Taylor Gray (+14) and Jeb Burton (+4) all joined Kvapil. This meant most of the drivers below the elimination line lost some ground, with the biggest losers being Christian Eckes (-21) and Ryan Sieg (-20), who plummeted thanks to 34th and 35th place finishes at Sonoma, respectively. Note: Drivers in bold have provisionally clinched a playoff spot by virtue of winning. There are seven races remaining in the regular season. Rank Driver Cutoff 1 Justin Allgaier 3 WINS 2 Austin Hill 3 WINS 3 Connor Zilisch 3 WINS 4 Brandon Jones WIN 5 Sammy Smith WIN 6 Jesse Love WIN 7 Nick Sanchez WIN 8 Sam Mayer +163 9 Carson Kvapil +90 10 Sheldon Creed +54 11 Taylor Gray +22 12 Jeb Burton +16 ELIMINATION LINE 13 Harrison Burton -16 14 Ryan Sieg -50 15 Dean Thompson -66 16 Christian Eckes -81 17 Daniel Dye -84 18 Brennan Poole -112 19 Josh Williams -129 20 Jeremy Clements -147 21 Anthony Alfredo -179 22 Matt DiBenedetto -192 23 William Sawalich -197 24 Blaine Perkins -212 25 Kyle Sieg -218 26 Parker Retzlaff -228 27 Ryan Ellis -239 28 Kris Wright -303NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES The Craftsman Truck Series is off until July 25 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, so there were no changes in the standings this week. Drivers provisionally qualified for playoffs with a win (7): Corey Heim (five wins), Chandler Smith (two wins), Layne Riggs, Tyler Ankrum, Daniel Henric, Stewart Friesen and Rajah Caruth. Note: Drivers in bold have provisionally clinched a playoff spot by virtue of winning. There are three races remaining in the regular season. Rank Driver Cutoff 1 Corey Heim 5 WINS 2 Chandler Smith 2 WINS 3 Layne Riggs WIN 4 Tyler Ankrum WIN 5 Daniel Hemric WIN 6 Stewart Friesen WIN 7 Rajah Caruth WIN 8 Kaden Honeycutt +67 9 Grant Enfinger +64 10 Ty Majeski +38 ELIMINATION LINE 11 Jake Garcia -38 12 Giovanni Ruggiero -65 13 Ben Rhodes -68 14 Tanner Gray -101 15 Connor Mosack -141 16 Matt Crafton -153 17 Andres Perez -165 18 Jack Wood -175 19 Matt Mills -189 20 Dawson Sutton -206 21 Spencer Boyd -248 22 Toni Breidinger -273 23 Frankie Muniz -280
Associated Press
25-02-2025
- Automotive
- Associated Press
AUTO RACING: Bell takes the overtime win in Atlanta while Palou sets up for a three-peat in IndyCar
All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Site: Austin, Texas. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 11 a.m., qualifying, 12:30 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Circuit of the Americas. Race distance: 95 laps, 228 miles. Last year: Polesitter William Byron secured a commanding victory while holding off a late surge from Christopher Bell. Last race: Christopher Bell took his only lead in the final lap of the race, rallying past Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson in a stunning overtime win. Next race: March 9, Avondale, Arizona. Online: NASCAR XFINITY SERIES Focused Health 250 Site: Austin, Texas. Schedule: Friday, practice, 5 p.m., qualifying, 6 p.m.; Saturday, race, 2:30 p.m. (CW). Track: Circuit of the Americas. Race distance: 65 laps, 156 miles. Last year: Kyle Larson earned an overtime win after a last-lap overtake of Shane Van Gisbergen and Austin Hill. Last race: Austin Hill captured his third straight win in Atlanta, leading the pack in 146 of the 163 laps. Next race: March 8, Avondale, Arizona. NASCAR TRUCK SERIES Last race: Kyle Busch pulled away from Stewart Friesen in the final seconds for a photo-finish win, earning him his 67th series victory. Next race: March 14, Las Vegas. Online: FORMULA ONE Last race: Lando Norris claimed his first world championship in Abu Dhabi, ending Max Verstappen's four-year winning streak. Next race: March 16, Melbourne, Australia. Online: INDYCAR Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Site: St. Petersburg, Florida. Schedule: Friday, practice 1, 3 p.m.; Saturday, practice 2, 10:15 a.m., Qualifications - Round 1 Group 1, 2:30 p.m. Qualifications - Round 1 Group 2, 2:55 p.m., Qualifications - Round 2, 3:20 p.m., Qualifications - Firestone Fast 6, 3:45 p.m. Sunday, warmup, 9 a.m., race, noon (FOX). Track: Streets of St. Petersburg. Race distance: 100 laps, 180 miles. Last year: Pato O'Ward was declared the winner after Josef Newgarden was disqualified six weeks after the race for push-to-pass violations. Last race: Colton Herta won at Nashville Superspeedway while Alex Palou wrapped up his third series championship in four years. Next race: March 23, Thermal, California. NHRA DRAG RACING Next event: March 6-9, Gainesville, Florida. ___
