Welcome to the Playoffs
The midway point of NASCAR Cup Series is here, and this weekend at Kansas Speedway kicks off the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Kansas is hosting its first second race of the Playoffs, and what a season it has been. None of the drivers going into this race are a sure thing, partly due to Petty GMS and driver Erik Jones, a non-Playoff competitor this season, victory at Darlington Raceway last weekend. We can’t wait to see what happens. See below for the current standings across the board.
Rule Changes
One of the new issues that NASCAR wanted to address is the fire issues like the ones that happened at Darlington International Speedway, when a rocker arm caught fire in the No. 4 Ford, not the first fire in a Next Gen car.
Starting this race, the use of intumescent coatings is now permitted for the underside of the car’s lower crush panels, inside the exhaust cover panels, and the upper surface of the rocker box. It is also permitted to apply the coating to the right side stop panel.
Intumescent coatings help provide fire protection to steel components, and the changes come after exhaust issues during Sunday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington ended the race for Kevin Harvick in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford and JJ Yeley in the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford.
Go LIVE!
Another cool thing that NASCAR is going LIVE in car! For the first time, NASCAR fans can view every lap of NASCAR Cup Series races from inside the cockpit of any car they choose. Live in-car camera streams for the entire NASCAR Cup Series field are available for free as part of NASCAR Drive, the sanctioning body’s hub for live race-day video and real-time stats and information hosted on NASCAR.com and within the NASCAR Mobile App.
Fans can flip through any driver’s in-car camera feed, beginning with this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 3 p.m. ET. The full-field in-car camera streams will remain a free, ad-supported offering for the remainder of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs and beyond.
“Our goal is to deliver an immersive experience for the most passionate fans in all of sports, no matter where they are,” said Tim Clark, NASCAR senior vice president and chief digital officer. “We know the significant role second screens play in the overall viewing experience, so to provide live video from inside every car and alongside leaderboards, performance data, pit stats, live betting odds, and more is something we’re excited about.”
STANDINGS
| 1 |
J. Logano
Ford
|
2065
|
2
|
8
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |
W. Byron
Chevrolet
|
2059
|
2
|
4
|
||
| 3 |
D. Hamlin
Toyota
|
2057
|
2
|
6
|
||
| 4 |
C. Bell
Toyota
|
2055
|
1
|
8
|
||
| 5 |
T. Reddick
Chevrolet
|
2050
|
2
|
9
|
| 6 |
R. Blaney
Ford
|
2047
|
0
|
8
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |
K. Larson
Chevrolet
|
2044
|
2
|
10
|
||
| 8 |
R. Chastain
Chevrolet
|
2042
|
2
|
10
|
||
| 9 |
C. Elliott
Chevrolet
|
2041
|
4
|
10
|
||
| 10 |
A. Bowman
Chevrolet
|
2037
|
1
|
3
|
||
| 11 |
K. Busch
Toyota
|
2035
|
1
|
6
|
||
| 12 |
D. Suárez
Chevrolet
|
2029
|
1
|
6
|
||
| 13 |
A. Cindric
Ford
|
2027
|
1
|
5
|
||
| 14 |
A. Dillon
Chevrolet
|
2025
|
1
|
4
|
||
| 15 |
C. Briscoe
Ford
|
2019
|
1
|
3
|
||
| 16 |
K. Harvick
Ford
|
2016
|
2
|
7
|
||
| 17 |
M. Truex Jr.
Toyota
|
819
|
0
|
3
|
||
| 18 |
E. Jones
Chevrolet
|
634
|
1
|
3
|
||
| 19 |
A. Almirola
Ford
|
602
|
0
|
2
|
||
| 20 |
D. Wallace Jr.
Toyota
|
584
|
0
|
4
|
||
| 21 |
C. Buescher
Ford
|
533
|
0
|
2
|
||
| 22 |
J. Haley
Chevrolet
|
507
|
0
|
1
|
||
| 23 |
K. Busch
Toyota
|
485
|
1
|
5
|
||
| 24 |
C. Custer
Ford
|
475
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 25 |
M. McDowell
Ford
|
473
|
0
|
1
|
||
| 26 |
R. Stenhouse Jr.
Chevrolet
|
454
|
0
|
1
|
||
| 27 |
B. Keselowski
Ford
|
443
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 28 |
H. Burton
Ford
|
437
|
0
|
1
|
||
| 29 |
T. Dillon
Chevrolet
|
411
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 30 |
T. Gilliland
Ford
|
402
|
0
|
1
|
||
| 31 |
C. LaJoie
Chevrolet
|
328
|
0
|
1
|
||
| 32 |
C. Ware
Ford
|
237
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 33 |
D. Ragan
Ford
|
89
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 34 |
J. Hand
Ford
|
63
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 35 |
G. Biffle
Chevrolet
|
24
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 36 |
J. Villeneuve
Ford
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 37 |
B. Said
Ford
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 38 |
K. Tilley
Ford
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 39 |
M. Rockenfeller
Chevrolet
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 40 |
 |
D. Kvyat
Toyota
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
| 41 |
 |
K. Räikkönen
Chevrolet
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
| 42 |
A. J. Allmendinger
Chevrolet
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
||
| 43 |
L. Cassill
Chevrolet
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
||
| 44 |
N. Gragson
Chevrolet
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
||
| 45 |
B. J. McLeod
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 46 |
D. Hemric
Chevrolet
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 47 |
T. Gibbs
Toyota
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 48 |
J. Bilicki
Chevrolet
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 49 |
Z. Smith
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 50 |
A. Hill
Chevrolet
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 51 |
G. Smithley
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 52 |
K. Grala
Chevrolet
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 53 |
J. J. Yeley
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 54 |
J. Williams
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 55 |
R. Preece
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 56 |
P. Kligerman
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 57 |
L. Hezemans
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 58 |
S. Heckert
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 59 |
J. Allgaier
Chevrolet
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 60 |
A. Lally
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 61 |
T. Hill
Ford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
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