{"id":78957,"date":"2025-08-18T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78957\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:05:11","slug":"daytona-to-determine-final-2-nascar-cup-playoff-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78957\/","title":{"rendered":"Daytona to determine final 2 NASCAR Cup playoff spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After what Tyler Reddick described as a \u201cworst-case scenario\u201d at Richmond, he faces the prospect of failing to make the playoffs a year after he won the regular season crown.<\/p>\n<p>Reddick finished 34th at Richmond. Paired with Austin Dillon\u2019s win moving him into the playoffs, Reddick is only 29 points above the cutline. Alex Bowman holds that final playoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"\u2018Worst-case scenario\u2019 puts Tyler Reddick\u2019s playoff hopes in jeopardy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/worst-case-scenario-puts-tyler-reddicks-playoff-hopes-in-jeopardy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755529509_914_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tyler Reddick finished 34th after his car was damaged in an incident at Richmond.<\/p>\n<p>Should there be a new winner in Saturday night\u2019s race at Daytona and Bowman outscores Reddick by 29 points, Reddick would miss the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET Saturday from Daytona on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>There are seven drivers outside a playoff spot who have won at Daytona previously in Cup. They are:<\/p>\n<p>Chris Buescher (won August 2023 race)<\/p>\n<p>Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (won 2023 Daytona 500 and July 2017 race)<\/p>\n<p>Michael McDowell (won 2021 Daytona 500)<\/p>\n<p>Justin Haley (won July 2019 race)<\/p>\n<p>Erik Jones (won July 2018 race)<\/p>\n<p>Brad Keselowski (won July 2016 race)<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Busch (won July 2008 race)<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at the playoff standings heading into Daytona (drivers in yellow have clinched a playoff spot):<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-c60000\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A Cup playoff standings b4 Daytona II.jpg\"  width=\"541\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755529510_251_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Xfinity Series<\/p>\n<p>The series is back in action Friday at Daytona after having the weekend off. Three races remain in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Eight drivers have secured playoff spots with wins. Harrison Burton holds the final playoff spot. He has a 30-point lead on Jeb Burton and a 38-point lead on Ryan Sieg.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at the Xfinity playoff standings:<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-940000\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A Xfinity playoff standings after Watkins Glen.jpg\"  width=\"541\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755529510_429_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Craftsman Truck Series<\/p>\n<p>The playoff field is set. The playoffs begin Aug. 30 at Darlington Raceway. Corey Heim won the regular season championship.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at the playoff standings:<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-270000\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A Truck playoff standings before round 1.jpg\"  width=\"541\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755529511_967_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After what Tyler Reddick described as a \u201cworst-case scenario\u201d at Richmond, he faces the prospect of failing to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-78957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}