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The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Daytona International Speedway for the regular-season finale on Saturday (7 p.m. ET, NBC and Peacock).
This is the overall probability for playoff-hopeful drivers to take the overall spot. Austin Dillon is the protecting winner.
One race stays till the Cup playoffs start. Here are the drivers to keep watch over all over the evening race at Daytona.
FRONTRUNNERS
Austin Dillon
Points place: twenty ninth
Best end this season: third (Bristol Dirt)
Past at Daytona: He leads this checklist as a result of he gained final season’s regular-season finale to punch his price tag to the playoffs. This used to be his 2nd win at the superspeedway, following the 2018 Daytona 500. He has 20 begins at the superspeedway with 9 top-10 finishes, 4 peak fives and a mean end of 15.6.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Points place: fifteenth
Best end this season: 1st (Daytona 500)
Past at Daytona: He has 3 occupation Cup wins. One used to be at Talladega in 2017. The different two have been at Daytona. He gained the 2017 summer season race and this yr’s Daytona 500. He has a chance to sweep the Daytona races and upload extra playoff issues to his overall.
Bubba Wallace
Points place: 14th
Best end this season: 4th (Las Vegas I, Kansas I, Charlotte)
Past at Daytona: He has 12 begins with 4 top-10 finishes and 4 peak fives (3 runner-ups). His moderate end at the superspeedway is 13.0. He does now not want to win to achieve the playoffs. He simply wishes to profit from his 32-point lead over Ty Gibbs, ship a forged efficiency and hope that there’s now not a brand new winner.
Denny Hamlin
Points place: 2d
Best end this season: 1st (Kansas I, Pocono)
Past at Daytona: He does now not have a win in the summertime race, however he has gained the Daytona 500 thrice (2016, 2019, 2020). He has 12 top-10 finishes and 11 peak fives in 35 occupation begins. He wishes a robust efficiency to chase down Martin Truex Jr. for the regular-season championship.
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QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
Martin Truex Jr.
Points place: 1st
Best end this season: 1st (Dover, Sonoma, New Hampshire)
Past at Daytona: He has 34 Cup wins. None have taken position at a superspeedway. He has six top-10 finishes and 3 peak fives in 36 occupation begins at Daytona, headlined by means of runner-ups in 2016 and 2018. Finished fifteenth on this season’s Daytona 500 after maintaining heavy harm in a multi-car incident all over the overall level. He wishes to rating 22 issues Saturday to hang off Hamlin for the regular-season championship.
Ty Gibbs
Points place: sixteenth
Best end this season: fifth (Pocono, Watkins Glen)
Past at Daytona: He has two Cup begins at Daytona. He completed thirteenth final season whilst riding for 23XI Racing. He completed twenty fifth within the Daytona 500 this season after maintaining harm in a multi-car incident within the ultimate level. Daytona is his final probability to cross Wallace and take the overall playoff spot.
Chase Elliott
Points place: twenty first
Best end this season: 2d (Fontana, Indianapolis)
Past at Daytona: He has 15 begins at Daytona with 4 top-10 finishes, two peak fives and 3 begins from the pole. His very best finishes have been 2nd in 2020 and 2021. He crashed within the final two Daytona races. He wishes a win to achieve the playoffs.
Daniel Suarez
Points place: 18th
Best end this season: 2d (Atlanta II)
Past at Daytona: He has 12 begins with one top-10 end. He crossed the end line 7th on this yr’s Daytona 500. He has 9 DNFs due to crashes. He wishes to make up 43 issues to catch Bubba Wallace for the overall playoff spot.
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