Cup Series drivers locked in for $1 million in-season tournament
The teams competing for the $1 million bonus in NASCAR’s new in-season tournament are now locked in.
Sunday night at Nashville Superspeedway was the last chance to solidify a spot on the grid. Although there are 36 full-time teams on the Cup Series grid, the tournament bracket will only consist of 32.
Brad Keselowski came into the weekend holding down the final spot. He had a 19-point advantage over Shane van Gisbergen. Fortunately for Keselowski, what looked like it could be another rough night after getting collected when Corey Heim cleared himself off of Keselowski’s bumper, the team salvaged a 23rd-place finish. van Gisbergen finished 25th.
The top 32 drivers in points after Nashville and in the tournament:
1. William Byron
2. Kyle Larson
3. Christopher Bell
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Chase Elliott
6. Tyler Reddick
7. Ryan Blaney
8. Joey Logano
9. Ross Chastain
10. Bubba Wallace
11. Chase Briscoe
12. Alex Bowman
13. Austin Cindric
14. Chris Buescher
15. Kyle Busch
16. Ryan Preece
17. Carson Hocevar
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
19. AJ Allmendinger
20. Josh Berry
21. Michael McDowell
22. John Hunter Nemechek
23. Todd Gilliland
24. Erik Jones
25. Zane Smith
26. Austin Dillon
27. Ty Gibbs
28. Daniel Suarez
29. Justin Haley
30. Ty Dillon
31. Noah Gragson
32. Brad Keselowski
The drivers who missed the cut were van Gisbergen, Cole Custer, Riley Herbst, and Cody Ware.
It will be a few more weeks before the tournament begins. The next three races at Michigan International Speedway (June 8), Mexico City (June 15), and Pocono Raceway (June 22) will determine bracket seeding. A driver will be seeded by their best finish from those three races.
Atlanta Motor Speedway (June 28) begins the five-race tournament. It is a head-to-head, single elimination format and goes through the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (July 27).
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