Which driver will fall in 12 rounds for NASCAR Cup playoffs

The second round of the 2025 NASCAR Cup playoffs takes to the top level of the game via New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway, and the Charlett will end with an elimination race in the romal.

Alex boman, Sher van gisbergen, Austin DillonAnd Josh Berry Has failed to move forward, and while Motorsport.com failed to get 100% in our exit predictions, which would not prevent us from going to our best for 12 rounds.

NASCAR’s senior editor Matt Weaver got 50% correct as they predicted the early elimination of Berry and Dillon, but both Ross Chastein and Austin Cyndric managed to move forward. For a long time, news manager Nick Degrot also received 50%, raised the berry and dill correctly, but incorrectly nominated Tyler Radic and Cyndric.

Number 2 Penscay driver proved both of us wrong, moving forward Even when her Ford Mustang Bristol came into flames in the closing laps of the bristle cutoff race.

Matte Weaver’s 12 Elimination Round

Chase eliet, This is the period where there is always a real surprise eradication. But the thing is, Elliot’s own yoga, this is not a championship caliber program right now. This does not mean that they cannot turn it on. In fact, it is only likely that they win the championship as it ends. New Hampshire is going to be really important Hendric motorsports Number 9 team because they struggled to win over the flat track gateway, but also a separate rule package, so it is an open question that shows Elliot.

Austin syndric, Nothing is wrong about how Pennske Number 2 team is performing right now, but this is the round where every time and every race has to get stage points, while it is also important to challenge for the top -5 when you start below the cutline. Work season-lengthy body is not yet to suggest, but syndric is also a pension car-living in this era can be a long shot.

Ross chastean, Similar to syndric, the work season is not a long body, but you expect a win from anywhere in the playoffs every year. This trackhouse racing number 1 will be lucky for the team if it comes when they are still championship eligible. It is a team that is enough to proceed before the first final four, so you never give up experience, but it is just a knife for the playoffs.

Tyler radic, There was a very important boost for Southern 500 23xi racing Number 45 teams but they are still not performing at their 2024 levels and they are starting this round from below Pylon. On the one hand, Toyota is still showing the most speed, but on the other hand, Radic and Billy Scott are not regularly capitalizing it. His first round performance will not be enough this time.

12 eradication of Nick Degrot

Tyler radic: Reddick is a strange case. He won the regular season title in 2024, and made it all the way for Championship 4, but he is now the only winning driver in the 2025 title battle. Outside a stellar shown in Southern 500, number 45 is far away from where he was a year ago. If not to show in Darlington, the 16 round could have ended their playoff runs. While his team’s partner continues to impress, Radic has not shown us much in terms of speed.

Austin Cyndric: Most of the syndrics are believed to be the first round exit, so it already feels that it is here on time. If he can prove us wrong again and move forward in the 8 era, it will be incredible, but the facts do not just support it. This year he has five top tens, and the average finish of 20th is not yet to cut it in this round.

Joy logano, This is not a single number of numbers, so Logano bus can’t Win the title if you believe in pop culture numerology. But in all severity, this will be a difficult phase for a three -time champion. Logano is not a great road course racer, so Rowl will be a challenge. In fact, he was abolished in this round a year ago-before the race disqualification resumed his title. Logano is very good in getting out of its equipment and should be quite decent in NHMS and Kansas, but it begins under the cutline. Logano will have to get land on some very fast cars ahead of him, and when I do not expect him to go down without any fight, it will be for number 22 this year.

Kyle Larsen, Now, it will be a shocker, but the hendric motorsports have not yet been in the playoffs. They already lose Alex Boman, and I believe that they will lose another driver in this period. He has a 24-point buffer to play, but Larsen finished 19th, 12th and 32nd in the first round, and did not win a race from May. As we saw in Bristol, Larsen is also doing some unexpected errors in recent months, and another debris can easily eliminate their playoffs.

Who will progress hard?

Matt says Joy Logano: This is what he does. Certainly, this is an odd number season, so their last four years fall on the same number of expeditions, but it is not a valid statistical analysis. As long as Logano and Crew’s head Paul Wolf gets the pace of winning the race again, which can now be any week because there is a body of work that they would suggest, Logano will do what they are asked to continue the war even at the cost of a weekly fight. This may be bottom for some points in the Rowl, but Penscay will continue to attract an ire of 22 fans that will once again reduce the deficiency of championship caliber data.

Nick says Ross Chastain: All facts point to the 12 round, which is the end of the playoff journey of Chasteen, but one thing that prevents me from taking it is the track that makes this round. He won in Kansas a year ago, and there are 1.5-mile tracks of the type where Chastain shines. There is also a road course in this era, and his team partners are none other than Shane Van Gisbergen. It is going to be priceless, but Chastain himself qualified within the top five for three of the last four road courses, which can install it well to create a lot of stage points in the Rowl. His weakest track would be NHMS, and yet, he scored a top ten last year – and don’t forget, Chasteain is one of just three drivers to participate in this summer tire test in Magic Mile.