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How the Top Contenders in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Fared in the Last Race at Las Vegas

Published 09/26/2020, 8:30 AM EDT

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The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs arrangement just got 4 drivers thinner as we head to Las Vegas for the Round of 12 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick won the Busch Pole Award for Sunday’s South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs race. Kyle Busch will join the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford driver in the first row in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Kevin Harvick is leading the Playoffs standings with Denny Hamlin in the second position. Harvick has been one of the most dominant racers all throughout the season, despite the fact that Logano has been one of the most noteworthy drivers at Las Vegas of late. He has won multiple times on this track.

The latest success came in the current year’s 2nd regular-season race. He has nine Top-10s at this track. It was 2013 when he last completed the race outside the best 10.

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The Team Penske racer has demonstrated stunning performances all through the postseason races up until now. Joey Logano can be the ideal driver to give a serious jolt to the points tally and the chart leaders.

Kevin Harvick, the most dominant racer of the 2020 NASCAR season, had a pretty ordinary outing in Las Vegas during the 2020 Pennzoil 400 race. He qualified in 3rd position but finished the race in 8th.

NBC reports, “The caution really decided that. I think there would have been some of us that got back close to the lead by the time we got off of turn four. 

“I don’t even know where we restarted, but we were seventh or so going into turn one on the last lap with a big head of steam and the caution came out.”

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Bad outings last time around for Hamlin and Elliott

Chase Elliott, the finest young driver in the 2020 lineup, won both stages at the 2020 Pennzoil 400 and even led 70 laps. However, he went into the Turn 1 wall with a punctured left rear tire on Lap 220. He finished the race in 26th position after starting in 10th position.

Denny Hamlin will be a strong contender for the race win. Even though, he had a tough race at Las Vegas last time. He started the race in 4th position but finished it in the 17th position.

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Brad Keselowski will start the race in the 12th position. He started in the 8th position during the 2020 Pennzoil 400. Brad gained a single position to finish the race in 7th position.

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Martin Truex Jr. had a great qualifying session at Las Vegas in February but wasn’t able to showcase a strong finish and ended the race in the 20th position.

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Kyle Busch had to start the race from last after failing inspection. He finished the race in the 15th position after making a strong comeback from behind. He will be starting the upcoming Las Vegas race in the 2nd position after a strong performance in the last NASCAR playoff race.

Austin Dillon had a strong race in Las Vegas in February. He qualified in 21st position and finished the race in 4th position. He will start in the 7th position in the upcoming race at the Speedway.

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Abhay Aggarwal is sports analyst at EssentiallySports. Having joined ES in early 2020, he has over 300 NASCAR, Formula 1, and Tennis articles to his name. Abhay has been an avid motorsports fan for over a decade, and he even attended the inaugural Indian Grand Prix in 2011.
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