NCS: NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Preview - Speedway Digest

Kyle Larson (5) Hendrick Motorsports

2024 Season Statistics: 4 wins, 10 leading fives, 5 poles, Avg. surface 13.6

In his 7 previous playoff looks, Larson has 9 overall wins, 27 leading fives and a typical surface of 12.9. Larson likewise holds the 2021 Cup Series champion in addition to the 2021 Regular season champion. In 2023, Larson ended up the season runner-up to Ryan Blaney. Larson heads to the 2024 playoffs ranked initially in the points standings.

Christopher Bell (20) Joe Gibbs Racing

2024 season data: 3 wins, 9 leading fives, 1 pole, Avg. surface 15.0

Christopher Bell goes into the 2024 Cup series playoffs seeded in 2nd location. In his 3 previous playoff looks, Bell holds 3 wins to his name in addition to 12 leading fives with a typical surface of 12.0. In 2023, Bell ended up 4th in the Cup series standings after making the Championship 4.

Tyler Reddick (45) 23XI Racing

2024 season data: 2 wins, 11 leading fives, 2 poles, Avg. surface 11.2

Tyler Reddick goes into the 2024 Cup series playoffs ranked 3rd in the points standings. Reddick holds the 2024 Regular season champion that he clinched in Darlington. In his 3 previous playoff looks, Reddick has 3 wins, 6 leading fives with an Avg. surface of 16.1. In 2023, Reddick ended up the season sixth in playoff standings after being removed in the Round of 8.

William Byron (24) Hendrick Motorsports

2024 season data: 3 wins, 8 leading fives, 1 pole, Avg. surface 14.6

William Byron goes into the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs seeded 4th in the points standings. In his 5 previous playoff looks, Byron has 1 win, 14 leading fives, 3 poles and an Avg. surface of 10.5. In 2023, Byron ended up a career-best 3rd in the playoff standings.

Ryan Blaney (12) Team Penske

2024 season data: 2 wins, 7 leading fives, 1 pole, Avg. surface 15.8

In Ryan Blaney’s 7 previous playoff looks, the Team Penske chauffeur has 4 wins, 22 leading fives, 3 poles and an Avg. surface of 10.7. In 2023, Blaney took home the Cup series champion in Phoenix. Blaney heads to the 2024 playoffs seeded 5th in the points standings.

Denny Hamlin (11) Joe Gibbs Racing

2024 season data: 3 wins, 9 leading fives, 3 poles, Avg. surface 15.0

Denny Hamlin, who goes into the 2024 Cup series playoffs for the 18th time now holds the record for the most playoff looks for all active Cup series chauffeurs. In his 17 previous looks on the playoffs, Hamlin has 12 wins, 63 leading fives, 12 poles and an Avg. surface of 11.2. Hamlin, who has actually made the Championship 4 round 4 times yet to win a champion and goes into the 2024 season seeded 6th in the playoff standings.

Chase Elliott (9) Hendrick Motorsports

2024 season data: 1 win, 7 leading fives, Avg. surface 11.6

In his 7 previous looks in the playoffs, Elliott has 7 wins, 26 leading fives, 1 pole and an Avg. surface of 11.3. Elliott, who won the Cup series champion in 2020 has actually made the Championship 4 round 3 times in his profession and is seeded seventh in the standings for 2024.

Brad Keselowski (6) RFK Racing

In his eleven prior playoff looks, Keselowski has 7 wins, 40 leading fives, 5 poles with an Avg. surface of 11.4 and holds the 2012 Cup series champion which he won with Team Penske. Keselowski goes into the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs seeded 8th in the points standings.

Joey Logano (22) Team Penske

2024 season data: 1 win, 4 leading fives, 3 poles, Avg. surface 18.3

In his 10 previous playoff looks, Logano has 12 wins, 44 leading fives, 6 poles and an Avg. surface of 10.2. Logano likewise holds the 2018 Cup series champion in addition to the 2022 Cup series champion. Logano heads into the 2024 Cup series playoffs seeded in ninth location.

Austin Cindric (12) Team Penske

2024 season data: 1 win, 2 leading fives, Avg. surface 20.6.

In just his 2nd playoff look, Austin Cindric made his launching in 2022 with his Daytona 500 win. In the 2022 playoffs, Cindric had 1 top ten with an Avg. surface of 17.8. In 2023, Cindric stopped working to make the playoffs after completing 24th in the points standings. Cindric goes into the 2024 playoffs seeded 10th in the playoff standings.

Daniel Suarez (99) Trackhouse Racing

2024 season data: 1 win, 2 leading fives, Avg. surface 18.3

Daniel Suarez goes into the 2024 Cup series playoffs for the 2nd time in his profession. In the 2022 Cup series playoffs, Suarez had 3 leading 10s with an Avg. surface of 16.5. In 2023, Suarez stopped working to make the playoffs after a frustrating 19th location surface in the points standings at season’s end. Suarez goes into the 2024 Cup series playoffs seeded 11th in playoff standings.

Alex Bowman (88) Hendrick Motorsports

2024 season data: 1 win, 6 leading fives, Avg. surface of 15.4.

Alex Bowman goes into the 2024 playoffs for the 6th playoff look in his profession. In his 5 previous looks, Bowman has 1 win, 10 leading fives and an Avg. surface of 15.2. In 2023, Bowman stopped working to make the playoffs and would end up 20th in the points standings. Bowman goes into the 2024 Cup series playoffs seeded 12th in playoff standings.

Chase Briscoe (14) Stewart-Haas Racing

2024 season data: 1 win, 3 leading fives, Avg. surface 17.4

In just his 2nd playoff look, Chase Briscoe goes into the 2024 NASCAR Cup series playoffs for the 2nd time in his profession. In the 2022 playoffs, Briscoe assembled 3 leading fives and had an Avg. surface of 13.1. In 2023, Briscoe stopped working to make the playoffs after completing the season in a frustrating 30th in standings. Briscoe goes into the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs seeded 13th in playoff standings.

Harrison Burton (21) Wood Brothers Racing

2024 season data: 1 win, 1 leading 5, Avg. surface 25.7

Making his NASCAR Cup Series playoff launching in 2024 after his victorious win in Daytona, Harrison Burton goes into the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs seeded 14th in playoff standings.

Martin Truex Jr. (19) Joe Gibbs Rating

2024 season data: 4 leading fives, Avg. surface 17.0.

Making his last playoff look after revealing his retirement at season’s end, Martin Truex Jr. has actually appeared in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs 10 times in his profession with 10 wins, 34 leading fives, 6 poles and an Avg. surface of 10.7. In 2017, Martin Truex Jr. won the NASCAR Cup Series champion for Furniture Row Racing after winning the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Truex goes into the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs seeded 15th in playoff standings.