Two to go: Breaking the fight to create NASCAR Cup playoffs

There are only two races for the NASCAR Cup series in the regular season, and Tyler radic Taking a big step to secure his place in Postsen on the number alone. With the fourth win of the 2025 season of Shane Van Gisbergen, Reddick is now in a strong position, as it prevented anyone from occupying the checker flag.

But mathematically, before finishing the regular season in the Detona International Speedway, the Cup series Reswe has a 16-driver playoff grid as a cup series race in the Cup series Raswe still has three unclaimed spots.

Here’s a look that everything stands after Watkins Glenn:

Tyler radic +117pts

Radic lost five points for cut-line in Glenn, but he essentially retained his difference Alex bomanLosing two points for only number 48. This is important because they have 57 points. If he can place that difference in richmond, he will also get a place in the playoffs with a new winner. Whether a repetition should be the winner, he will easily get a place. In any way, 23xi racing At this point is to feel great about your opportunities.

Alex Boman +60Pts

Boman definitely does not want to see any amazing winners in Richmond. He has a comfortable difference on the cut line, but the difference he should be worried about is one Chris Baschar And the bubble, which is just 26 points. No one wants to enter the 16th Detona, as the driver will be eliminated, which should eliminate any driver below the cut-line victory in the unexpected supersedews. If Richmond has a new winner, it is unlikely that Boman will score enough points on Buschar to achieve a place, so the best-case landscape (besides winning himself) is to be kept in the bay and hopes to repeat a one.

Chris Buescher +34 Points

Watkins Glenn actually needed Baschar, winning a platform and finished third in a spectacular performance for No. 17 RFK Racing Ford. He scored eleven points on the cut-line, where his team’s partner sits. It is still a very uncomfortable seat, being a bubble driver, so his focus should be to bounce the number 48 on the bubble before bridging the interval and coming to Detona. If he does not move beyond his current location, Buschar would have to worry about more than half of the drivers in the field who could win and exclude it.

Preis scored a good run in Glenn, but it was still not enough. Losing those eleven points is put in a more frustrated position, as the playoff path on the point alone starts decreasing. The RFK racing driver has never won in his last 211 cups of start, but it may be cured what he needs to do in the next two weeks.

Driver facing a win in Richmond

There are 19 drivers with a goal over the next two weeks, and it is victory or nothing. Among them Richmond is defending the winner Austin DillonWhich sits in 28th position in the standing. He did not get into the playoff through that last win, due to the shocking length he went to make sure that he was not beaten (to waste both clearly Joy logano And Denny Hamlin), But still, number 3 was very fast during that race.

If they bring a similar speed at the end of this week, it may be a big opportunity for the dilon, or their team partner. Kyle BuschAs the two drivers need a win to create a playoffs.

There is another driver to see Daniel SuarezWho led 93 laps in Richmond last year. The trackhouse also earned a double top ten result in that race, and he has all the speed after SVG’s latest victory.

Brad Keselovsky The most recent short track race in Iowa had a great speed, and Richmond may again have a contender. However, a win for Brad means that his team partner will be booted with a playoff bubble.

Front ro motorsports And both Spire Motorsports are three-car teams, but all their drivers are in a winning position. As long as they jerk the world at the end of this week, their only shot to make any of his driver will be in Finale in Detona.

The playoffs currently include other multi-car teams with zero drivers. Kaulig racing And the Legacy Motor Club, but the largest team in a winning position should be number 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Ti gibes The cup series is the winner even after three years, and the time is running out for them to join their peers in the championship hunt.