With the Chicago Road Race within the books, there are solely eight regular-season races remaining for the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence. With solely half of the 12-driver playoff area locked in, six spots are nonetheless open. Here is the place the standings sit after Chicago.
7. Cole Custer (+225)
8. Riley Herbst (+91)
9. AJ Allmendinger (+90)
10. Sheldon Creed (+73)
Nonetheless trying to find his first profession Xfinity Sequence win, Creed was relegated to a Twenty sixth-place end on Saturday after late-race contact. Nevertheless, he completed fifth in Stage Two and confirmed first rate pace. Creed has a mean end of eighth in two Xfinity Sequence begins at Pocono, so count on him to have one other strong day on the “Difficult Triangle” subsequent Saturday.
11. Parker Kligerman (+63)
Kligerman gained 17 factors on the reduce line on a day the place he completed fourth in Chicago. Like Creed, the 33-year-old veteran can also be trying to find his first profession Xfinity Sequence victory, and if the No. 48 crew retains bringing top-five automobiles to the monitor, he could get it in 2024. Kligerman completed ninth at Pocono in 2023 and might be searching for eight extra strong factors days to make the postseason area.
12. Sammy Smith (+23)
Talking of drivers who gained on the reduce line, Smith picked up 12 essential factors, principally because of a gutsy technique name that netted the Iowa native 9 stage factors by way of a second-place end in Stage Two. Smith ended the race buried in the course of the pack, however a Thirteenth-place end actually is not the worst outcome that would’ve befallen Smith in Chicago.
13. Ryan Sieg (-23)
A Sixteenth-place end is not a horrible day for Sieg, however he nonetheless misplaced 12 factors to the reduce line. If Sieg had been to overlook the playoffs, it’d solely make his heartbreaking defeat at Texas earlier within the season that rather more deflating. The Xfinity Sequence veteran completed a paltry twenty second at Pocono in 2023 — a outcome he cannot afford to copy if he desires to realize on the playoff bubble.
14. Brandon Jones (-67)
Jones’ mediocre 2024 season was exemplified by a Seventeenth-place end on Saturday through which the No. 9 automotive was extraordinarily quiet. Jones was neither concerned in an incident nor made any drastic strikes to attempt to get to the entrance. Pocono was one of many lone vibrant spots for Jones in 2023 — the Xfinity Sequence veteran completed seventh on the Pennsylvania monitor — and one other top-10 day is desperately wanted for Jones to get again into the bubble dialog.
15. Anthony Alfredo (-85)
Now on the outskirts of the playoff bubble, Alfredo’s early season consistency appears much more spectacular. Alfredo as soon as held a provisional playoff spot, however the No. 5 crew has failed to seek out constant pace as of late. A Thirtieth-place end at Chicago solely units Alfredo additional again, and yet another unhealthy outcome will probably put him in a must-win scenario.