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William Bryon outdueled Ryan Blaney on a late-race restart at Martinsville to take the checkered flag and advance to the NASCAR Championship 4.
Chase Elliott was first voted NASCAR Cup's Most Popular Driver in 2018, and he has held that title ever since. He now won the National Motorsports Press Association award for the eighth consecutive year. His father Bill won the award 16 times between 1984 and 2002.
NASCAR ran a full season points format through 2003. The sport moved to a playoff format for the first time in 2004. It was made up of the final 10 races of the season, with the top 10 drivers in the point standings at the end of the regular season.
Kyle Larson has been crowned NASCAR Cup Series Champion for a second time. Larson clinched the championship with a win on Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway. The full NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings bracket can be found at NASCAR.
The 2025 NASCAR Awards show will begin at 6 p.m. Central, with broadcast coverage starting at 5:15 p.m. CT with a red carpet show on the NASCAR Channel. The show will take place in Scottsdale, Arizona. PLAYOFFS FAIR OR FOUL? NASCAR Phoenix winners and losers as Denny Hamlin suffers most painful playoff failure yet
As a result, he ranks third in the standings, 37 points above the cutline and one point ... And Elliott was wrapped up in the first crash of the day, dropping him to a dead-last 40th. 3. NASCAR schedule update: Martinsville, then Phoenix OK, back to ...