.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.The biggest issue of those fighting for a playoff place in the NASCAR Cup Collection is that a vehicle driver that isn't from another location in the mix vaults into the playoffs with a distressed victory.Hello, Austin DillonDillon, who was actually 32nd in the status entering into Richmond, put himself in the playoffs along with a victory-- albeit a controversial one-- on Sunday, the 23rd ethnicity of the 26-race regular season.Following Richmond, three ethnicities continue to be to set the playoff ground: Michigan, Daytona and Darlington.The NASCAR playoffs are composed of 16 chauffeurs-- the regular-season champ and afterwards the following 15 motorists rated through triumphes along with dead heats violated by points.With the top seven chauffeurs in the standings all contending least one victory, the regular-season champ most likely is going to be just one of the victors. Thirteen vehicle drivers have actually gained this year, indicating approximately three areas may be offered on points. Therefore who remains in, that performs the bubble as well as that goes to win-at-all-costs? Those 13 chauffeurs along with wins that remain in: Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Christopher Alarm, Ryan Blaney, Pursuit Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Austin Cindric and also Austin Dillon.The bubble changed considerably with Dillon's triumph as today at most merely 3 locations-- certainly not 4 as before the Richmond competition-- may be accessible to winless motorists. Each Chris Buescher as well as Ross Chastain dropped under the cutline while Bubba Wallace relocated to the good side of being just one of the 3 winless vehicle drivers with the most points.Joey Logano discusses Austin Dillon's overtime transfer to succeed the 400 So let's get to the points: There are actually 5 winless vehicle drivers who will be combating for the existing three places available only on points.Martin Truex Jr. has a 78-point edge on the cutline (currently Buescher and also Chastain), along with 60 aspects on Ty Gibbs, that is actually 15 points over Wallace. Buescher as well as Chastain, tied in the standings, are three points behind Wallace.In various other words, it's heading to be a match to the finish.Buescher succeeded at Michigan and Daytona last year, however those also are actually spots where Wallace generally has actually operated properly. Gibbs still seeks his very first occupation Mug win. Chastain is the driver with the absolute most latest adventure in playoff stress scenarios, where he mostly has actually proven he can easily make points happen.There are actually 16 various other playoff-eligible vehicle drivers who pretty much face must-win situations: Chase Briscoe, Kyle Busch, Todd Gilliland, Josh Berry, Michael McDowell, Carson Hocevar, Noah Gragson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Erik Jones, Ryan Preece, Daniel Hemric, Justin Haley, Corey LaJoie, John Hunter Nemechek, Harrison Burton as well as Zane Smith.Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has invested decades dealing with motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Scene journal as well as The (Daytona Coastline) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire much more coming from NASCAR Cup Series Follow your favorites to get information regarding activities, information and also more.