NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR: 2016 Chase-Clinching Scenarios For Talladega

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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The second round of the 2016 NASCAR Chase will come to a close this weekend at Talladega. The field of 12 will be cut down to eight and from the looks of it, some quality drivers are going to have their championship runs crushed.

The second round of the NASCAR Chase has not been kind to half of the field. Coming out of the first race in this round, five drivers found themselves in precarious situations. Last weekend produced much of the same for drivers like Chase Elliott. This weekend Talladega will provide the biggest wild card of NASCAR’s version of the playoffs.

Anything can happen at Talladega, or so they say. A driver like Elliott winning would not come as a surprise, nor would a last-lap crash resulting in Chase drivers losing 20+ spots on the track. Below is a quick look at what the Chase drivers will need to do to secure their spot in the round of eight after Talladega.

Talladega Chase-Clinching Scenarios

The above scenarios do not include laps led for some drivers. A single lap led will bump the clinch spot down a point while the most laps led will drop it down two spots. For example, if there is a new winner and Carl Edwards leads a lap, his clinch spot would be 24th. If that happens and he leads the most laps, it moves down to 25th.

Be sure to follow along with BTF all week as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series prepares to run at Talladega this weekend.