Denny Hamlin leaves New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a 77-point lead over race winner Ryan Blaney, which is sufficient for him to clinch the No. 1 seed within the Chase. The highest 13 drivers within the championship standings have all clinched Chase spots now.
Going into Daytona, Bubba Wallace in 14th will likely be 75 factors up, which is mainly secure with a most of 76 factors potential in a single race. Austin Cindric is fifteenth, 44 factors above the cut-line.
Shane van Gisbergen stays on the bubble, and Ryan Preece reduce down the margin to him at New Hampshire. There are 31 factors separating them, and of observe, simply six factors within the proprietor’s standings.
Preece is the one driver with a shot of coming from under the cut-line at Daytona, as Ross Chastain’s last-place end eliminates him from rivalry.
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Observe: Kyle Busch scored 217 factors earlier than his tragic passing, and we’ve adopted NASCAR’s resolution to now not classify Busch within the weekly driver standings.
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