The NASCAR Cup Series continues in the Round of 16 on Sept. 7 with the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Chase Briscoe is the only playoff driver locked into the next round after last weekend’s win at Darlington. Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson and Tyler Reddick could all clinch a spot in the Round of 12 via points as soon as this weekend.
Alex Bowman and Josh Berry are each 19 points below the playoff cutline after poor results at Darlington.
Here is the NASCAR Cup Series playoff picture heading into Gateway:
After of Race 1 of 3 in Round of 16; Top 12 drivers advance to next round, with a win locking drivers into next round
1. Chase Briscoe (locked into Round of 12 with Darlington win)
2. Denny Hamlin +43 ahead of 13th
3. Kyle Larson +36
4. Tyler Reddick +35
5. Bubba Wallace +25
6. William Byron +25
7. Ryan Blaney +22
8. Ross Chastain +21
9. Austin Cindric +12
10. Christopher Bell +11
11. Chase Elliott +9
12. Shane van Gisbergen +3
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13. Joey Logano -3 behind 12th
14. Austin Dillon -8
15. Alex Bowman -19
16. Josh Berry -19
- Aug. 31: Southern 500, Darlington Raceway (Winner: Chase Briscoe) Round of 16
- Sept. 7: Enjoy Illinois 300, World Wide Technology Raceway (2 p.m., USA Network) Round of 16
- Sept. 13: Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway (6:30 p.m., USA Network) Round of 16
- Sept. 21: NASCAR Cup Series Race at New Hampshire, New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1 p.m., USA Network) Round of 12
- Sept. 28: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway (2 p.m., USA Network) Round of 12
- Oct. 5: Bank of America Roval 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway road course (2 p.m., USA Network) Round of 12
- Oct. 12: South Point 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway (4:30 p.m., USA Network) Round of 8
- Oct. 19: YellaWood 500, Talladega Superspeedway (1 p.m., NBC) Round of 8
- Oct. 26: Xfinity 500, Martinsville Speedway (1 p.m., NBC) Round of 8
- Nov. 2: NASCAR Cup Series Championship race, Phoenix Raceway (2 p.m., NBC)
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