The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs entered the elimination era with a thunderous roar in 2014, forever altering the landscape of stock car racing. Like a bold brush stroke on a canvas of tradition, this new format injected a surge of adrenaline into the premier circuit and ignited a fiery new era that redefined how to win a championship.
Over the next decade, the elimination-style format reshaped the way fans engage with the sport and created moments of tangible triumph and heartbreak. We at NASCAR.com thought it would be fun to pit the best moments from the first 10 years of the elimination era against each other in a bracket-style vote to see which moment fans thought was the best.
And now it’s time for Round 4 of voting.
VOTE NOW: Round 4 is open
Two moments remain from the original 16, and fans have until 5 p.m. ET on Aug. 6 to vote to crown the ultimate victor. In Round 3, Ross Chastain’s “Hail Melon” won 80.31% of the vote, while the Denny Hamlin-Joey Logano duo prevailed with 62.11% of all tallies.
And so, these two moments will now face off in the fourth and final round:
— Hail Melon (Ross Chastain’s video-game move at Martinsville) vs. Wrecked out (Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano clash at Martinsville).