2. Ross Chastain (--)
Season-high: 1
Season-low: Out
Comment: It's honestly remarkable given the expectations before this season, but it would be a tremendous disappointment at this point if Chastain were to somehow be eliminated this weekend at Martinsville, where he'll enter as the highest-ranked driver in the standings who hasn't clinched yet. That said, despite his seeming evolution into a driver who his peers actually seem to somehow now
enjoy racing around lately, it's possible his Martinsville race isn't entirely in his own hands, if you know what I mean. It adds an interesting wrinkle to the whole thing, but there's no reason to think he won't have a super-fast No. 1 Chevrolet and any potential payback-givers will have to catch him, first.