Dover NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for Sunday’s raceChase Elliott wins Busch Pole Award for Saturday at DoverChase Elliott, Kyle Busch and Stenhouse involved in an early wreck at Dover Staff Report NASCAR.com September 8, 2019 at 5:43 PM The 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs field was set on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the regular-season finale. The NASCAR regular season has ended, and we enter the playoff system in search of our Champion. The NASCAR playoffs is a championship playoff system used in NASCAR's three national series.
After three more races, the cut line eliminates the bottom four winless drivers after the sixth Chase race (Talladega) in the "Contender Round," reducing the size of the field another 33%.
For all three NASCAR national series, there are a series of eliminations as the NASCAR Playoffs progress.
The bottom four winless drivers kept their points after the first cut, while the remaining 12 Chase drivers' points are reset to 3,000 points. We want our sport – especially during the Chase – to be more about winning. The 16 drivers are chosen primarily on wins during the "regular season," if fewer than 16 drivers win races, the remaining field is filled on the basis of regular season points. Each drivers' point total reset to 5,000 points, with a ten-point bonus for each race won. The 12 drivers' championship points are reset to a base of 2,000 per driver.
The previous championship format is maintained, but a few changes were added to the design touches on the cars involved in the playoffs.
Prior to 2004, there was no playoff system. All drivers in the Chase will have their point total adjusted.
The round names were removed starting in 2016, being changed to "Round of 16," "Round of 12," "Round of 8," and "Championship 4.
For all three NASCAR national series, there are a series of eliminations as the NASCAR Playoffs progress. The provision letting all drivers within 400 points of the leader was dropped.
This culminates in the series finales at Phoenix Raceway, where the Championship 4 drivers race “straight-up” for the title — the first to cross the line of the four championship-eligible drivers is crowned the champion. ).Championship-contending drivers can accumulate additional playoff points throughout the playoffs via stage and race wins and may use all the playoff points they earn, from both the regular season and the playoffs, to advance all the way up to the Championship 4.Playoff points are added to a championship-contending driver’s reset points total at the start of every round of the NASCAR Playoffs until they are eliminated from championship contention.If a driver accumulates playoff points during the regular season but does not qualify for the playoffs, their playoff points are eliminated from the scoreboard.At Phoenix Raceway, playoff points are off the table and the Championship 4 drivers enter the “winner-take-all” race on equal ground.NASCAR® and its marks are trademarks of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. The timing coincides with the commencement of the By resetting and compressing the scoring of the top 10 (later 12, then 16) drivers, the chances of each of those drivers winning the championship was increased, while not precluding anyone with a legitimate chance of winning.
The original choice of top 10 drivers was based on the historical analysis that no driver outside the top 10, with 10 races remaining in the season, had ever gone on to win the Championship.The playoffs system was announced on January 21, 2004 as the "Chase for the Championship," and first used during the The current version of the playoff system was announced by NASCAR chairman and CEO "The Chase format was again modified for the 2011 season, as was the point system for winnings. Drivers who miss the second cut have their points reset to their score at the end of the first cut, plus the combined points accumulated in the three races in the "Contender Round." All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Incremental five-point drops continue through the list of title contenders.In 2007, NASCAR expanded the field of contenders to the top 12 drivers in the points standings after the first 26 races.
This section is only to demonstrate the impact of the playoffs on the outcome of the championship in comparison to regular points standings. Starting with the The following are the ten race tracks at which the final ten NASCAR Cup Series races for the Championship.
The driver with the most points after the final 10 races is declared the champion. These drivers compete against each other while racing in the standard field of 43 cars. After ten races, the drivers positions 5–16 will be determined by the total number of points accumulated in the ten races (bonus points will apply), without the points resets of the second or third rounds, added to the driver's base Chase score with bonuses added. Brian France explained why NASCAR made the changes to the chase: In each cut the bottom four drivers are eliminated from title contention after the third race after a cut.
Normal scoring applies during the Chase, with race winners earning 43 base points plus 3 bonus points, all drivers who lead a lap earning 1 bonus point, and the driver who leads the most laps earning 1 bonus point in addition to any other points earned.As in all previous Chases, the driver with the highest point total at the conclusion of the 10-race Chase was the NASCAR Cup Series champion. An exception to this rule was in 2013, where the Chase field was expanded to 13 drivers for that season only as the result of the The following Monday, September 9, NASCAR issued some of the most severe penalties imposed on a team in NASCAR Cup Series history. Starting in the 2004 season, after the first 26 races of the season, all drivers in the Top 10 and any others within 400 points of the leader will earn a berth in the Chase. Get the complete 2020 standings, … MWR was placed on probation for the rest of the season, and Norris was suspended indefinitely.