The second race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs heads to Talladega Superspeedway for the YellaWood 500 today.
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Talladega Superspeedway for the second time this season and the second race in the Round of 12 today. Tyler Reddick won the first race earlier in this season before the All-Star Break with Michael McDowell starting on the pole and leading the most overall laps. Heading into this race Reddick is on the bubble of elimination in the Round of 12 sitting in ninth place. He will need a win in the next two races or to close the four point gap between ninth and eighth place. Chase Elliott and Joey Logano are tied for that spot with 3,044 points. Elliott finished in second place two races ago while Logano won the first race in the playoffs to secure his place in this round of races.
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Game Date: Oct. 6, 2024
Game Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
TV: NBC
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If a playoff driver wins today’s race, he secures a spot in the Round of 8 along with the other drivers finishing in the top eight in points. So far in the playoffs the only two winners eligible to win the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs are Logano and Kyle Larson. The other two races were won by Chris Buescher and Ross Chastain.
Larson, Elliott, Logano and Reddick are four of the final 12 drivers remaining in the playoffs. The rest of the drivers in contention are points leader William Byron (3,074 points), Ryan Blaney (3,068 points), Christopher Bell (3,068 points), Denny Hamlin (3,051 points) and Alex Bowman (3,048 points) in the top eight. Larson (3,058 points) is in fourth place, Elliott and Logano (3,044 points) tied for seventh and Reddick (3,040 points) in ninth.
The other drivers under the elimination line are Daniel Suarez (3,030 points), Chase Briscoe (3,019 points) and Austin Cindric (3,015 points) all looking to earn a win today to guarantee a spot in the Round of 8.
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