With a victory by Harrison Burton in Saturday's Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff field is currently in disarray.
Author's Note: This story was published on Monday, August 26, prior to the ruling of Austin Dillon's appeal hearing with the Final Appeals Officer.
Burton entered Saturday's event at Daytona sitting 34th in NASCAR Cup Series point standings, and became the lowest full-time driver in points to win an event since Casey Mears in 2007. As a result, the entire post-season picture has been thrown into disarray. In the niche scenario that Dillon wins his appeal, and the Cook Out Southern 500 produces a brand-new playoff-eligible winner, then Truex starts to be in trouble, with only a 19-point advantage on Ty Gibbs, who would then sit 17th., also a Joe Gibbs Racing driver, isn't in as good of a position as his veteran teammate, only sitting 39 points above 17th heading into Darlington Raceway, and 18 points above 16th in the event of a new winner .
Should a brand-new winner emerge on Sunday , Buescher suddenly finds himself nearly 20 points in the hold, with a single race to make that gap up on the driver who finished runner-up at Darlington in the Spring.now finds himself in serious trouble, heading to the regular-season finale at Darlington 21 points below the cutline.
The Alva, Florida-native will need to collect as many points as possible in Sunday's Southern 500 at Darlington, while simultaneously hoping that there isn't a new winner, as that will effectively end his post-season hopes . Despite a 28th-place finish at Daytona, ending an incredible streak of top-six finishes in the NASCAR Cup Series, Reddick holds a 17-point advantage over Kyle Larson, with Chase Elliott in third, 18 points behind.
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