Stat Pack Recap: 2024 Cup Series XFINITY 500
Blaney wins. The final four is set.
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Ryan Blaney won his way into the playoffs. Blaney was great today and it was a deserved win. He was likely second-best in the race, behind Byron.
I'll preview Phoenix, looking at who will win, later in the week, but this is a brutal Championship 4. We are left with Blaney, Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick, and William Byron. It's hard to slice the stats in any way to shine positively on this quartet. In fact, the four eliminated are significantly better.
By average finish, your final four:
- William Byron: 13.23; rank: 4
- Tyler Reddick: 13.40; rank: 5
- Ryan Blaney: 15.60; rank 11
- Joey Logano: 17.57; rank 15
The ones left behind:
- Chase Elliott: 11.83; rank: 1
- Christopher Bell: 13.03; rank: 2
- Kyle Larson: 13.18; rank: 3
- Denny Hamlin: 13.9; rank: 6
More ways to slice:
- By full-season, unadjusted points:
- In: Byron (5), Reddick (6), Blaney (7), Logano (14)
- Out: Larson (1), Elliott (2), Bell (3), Hamlin (4)
- By playoff points:
- In: Byron (4), Blaney (5), Reddick (6), Logano (7)
- Out: Larson (1), Bell (2), Hamlin (3), Elliott (11)
Perhaps the four out coasted on that regular season success. No. By points earned in the playoffs:
- In: Byron (1), Blaney (5), Logano (8), Reddick (13)
- Out: Bell (2), Elliott (4), Larson (6), Hamlin (7)
The playoffs work as designed. Seven drivers won three or more races. Four are through. Three aren't.
Three drivers have perfect success rates on non-drafting ovals (NDOs) in the playoffs: Alex Bowman, Denny Hamlin, and Ryan Preece.
Four drivers are eight of nine in success rate in the playoffs: Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Preece, and Zane Smith.
| Driver | Start | Finish | ARP | PGAE | GR-LR | cPOMS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Blaney | 14 | 1 | 4.67 | 28.59 | 4.56 | 0.9861 |
| Chase Elliott | 2 | 2 | 6.18 | 44.09 | 3.70 | 0.9852 |
| Kyle Larson | 9 | 3 | 5.37 | 22.70 | 3.17 | 0.9839 |
| Austin Cindric | 24 | 4 | 17.94 | 1.01 | 1.82 | 0.9782 |
| Denny Hamlin | 37 | 5 | 10.89 | 20.52 | 2.84 | 0.9795 |