With two races remaining in the regular season, 12 drivers have clinched a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, assuming each driver starts the remaining races.
The 12 clinchers: Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson and Tony Stewart
Everyone who has a win this season is locked in — except for Chris Buescher, who has yet to clinch a top-30 spot.
A number of drivers who currently have no wins can clinch this weekend, but only if they win the Bojangles’ Southern 500 (Sunday, 6 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). See the Sprint Cup standings here.
Possible to Clinch:
— Chris Buescher (1 Win, 334 Points, +7 Points Ahead of 31st): Could clinch a top-30 spot with help; which would allow him to clinch a Chase spot on wins.
The following drivers could clinch with a win or points:
— Chase Elliott (0 Wins, 628 Points, +301 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Austin Dillon (0 Wins, 622 Points, +295 Points Ahead of 31st)
The following drivers could clinch with a win:
— Jamie McMurray (0 Wins, 616 Points, +289 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Ryan Newman (0 Wins, 601 Points, +274 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Kasey Kahne (0 Wins, 564 Points, +237 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Trevor Bayne (0 Wins, 558 Points, +231 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Ryan Blaney (0 Wins, 545 Points, +218 Points Ahead of 31st)
— AJ Allmendinger (0 Wins, 544 Points, +217 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Ricky Stenhouse Jr (0 Wins, 528 Points, +201 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Greg Biffle (0 Wins, 472 Points, +145 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Paul Menard (0 Wins, 454 Points, +127 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Danica Patrick (0 Wins, 450 Points, +123 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Aric Almirola (0 Wins, 422 Points, +95 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Clint Bowyer (0 Wins, 408 Points, +81 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Casey Mears (0 Wins, 394 Points, +67 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Landon Cassill (0 Wins, 357 Points, + 30 Points Ahead of 31st): With a win, he could clinch a Chase spot on wins if he gets help with clinching a top-30 spot.
XFINITY Series
Erik Jones, Daniel Suarez, Elliott Sadler, Justin Allgaier, Ty Dillon and Brendan Gaughan have already clinched a spot.
The following drivers either need a win at Darlington (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) — or an 83-point lead over the seventh winless driver if there is a new winner or that same lead over the eighth winless driver if there is a repeat winner: Brennan Poole, Brandon Jones, Darrell Wallace Jr., Ryan Reed.
The following drivers need a win to clinch: Blake Koch, Ryan Sieg, Dakoda Armstrong, Jeremy Clements, Ross Chastain, Ryan Preece, Ray Black Jr., BJ McLeod and Joey Gase.
Camping World Truck Series
With a win at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Sunday, 2:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), any of the four drivers currently sitting with one win would clinch their Chase spot.
— Johnny Sauter (1 Win, 330 Points, +262 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Ben Kennedy (1 Win, 309 Points, +241 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Christopher Bell (1 Win, 305 Points, +237 Points Ahead of 31st)
— John Hunter Nemechek (1 Win, 288 Points, +220 Points Ahead of 31st)
— Daniel Hemric (0 Wins, 343 Points, +275 Points Ahead of 31st) — With a win and help, he would clinch a Chase spot on wins. He could clinch on points with a repeat winner.
— Timothy Peters (0 Wins, 335 Points, +267 Points Ahead of 31st) — With a win, he would clinch a Chase spot on wins.
— Cameron Hayley (0 Wins, 288 Points, +220 Points Ahead of 31st) — With a win and help, he would clinch a Chase spot on wins.
— Cole Custer (0 Wins, 285 Points, + 217 Points Ahead of 31st) — With a max points win and help, he would clinch a Chase spot on wins.