NASCAR Playoff standings as Martin Truex Jr among four drivers in danger of being cut

NASCAR playoff standings as Martin Truex Jr among four drivers in danger of being cut the 2024 Nascar Cup Series playoff field is now set in stone ahead of the round of 16 following an entertaining regular season finale at Darlington Raceway the 2024 Nascar Cup Series playoff field has been set after an action-packed cookout Southern 500 closed out the regular season the eventful race at Darlington Raceway has set the stage for an exciting postseason after three hopeful dve managed to sneak their way above the cut line entering Sunday's regular season finale 13 of the 16 playoff seats had already been filled by drivers who'd crossed the Finish Line first at some point this season with three spots still up for grabs Chase Brisco Martin Truex Jr and Ty Gibbs did just enough to punch their ticket to the postseason with time running out in the southern 500 Brisco deployed a bold three-wide pass to assume the lead and fended off Kyle bus to secure his first victory of the season on the heels of the dominant performance the number 144 driver dedicated his win to his crew at Stuart hos racing which will be closing down its operations at the end of the 2024 season for all 320 employees everybody to be able to race for a championship in their final year man unbelievable he said this group the day that we found out that the team wasn't going to exist anymore we went over to the shop floor we all looked at each other and said we're in the this till the end we're not going to give this up we kept saying all week we got one bullet left in the chamber that bullet hit though Truex Jr and Gibbs found far less success at Darlington Raceway the pair still managed to qualify for the playoffs via points the number 19 Toyota driver crashed out of the Southern 500 on just the third lap when he slid up Ryan blay while the number 54 Toyota driver finished in 20th it was all my fault all my doing true X said of his crash while speaking to reporters outside the infield Care Center I thought everything was going fine and I ran into him obviously that was on me not everyone was lucky enough to reach the playoffs despite poor performances on Sunday Bubba Wallace was caught up in a massive wreck on lap 345 once Noah gron lost control on wet weather tires thereby destroying any chance he had at making the playoffs Tyler reck meanwhile secured the 2024 NASCAR Cup series regular season Championship thanks to a 10th Place finish narrowly edging out Kyle Larson in the standings by only one point fortunately for the number five Chevrolet driver he still enters the postseason as the number one seed thanks to the 40 bonus points he amassed over the year after three races the playoff field will be cut from 16 to 12 with the bottom four drivers facing elimination below Express Sports us looks at how the playoff field stop backs up entering the round of 16 don't forget like share subscribe my channel bubo dos news

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