.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.The most significant concern of those fighting for a playoff place in the NASCAR Mug Series is that a vehicle driver that isn't remotely in the mix safes into the playoffs with an upset victory.Hello, Austin DillonDillon, who was 32nd in the status entering Richmond, placed himself in the playoffs with a triumph-- albeit a disputable one-- on Sunday, the 23rd ethnicity of the 26-race routine season.Following Richmond, 3 nationalities stay to set the playoff range: Michigan, Daytona and also Darlington.The NASCAR playoffs contain 16 drivers-- the regular-season champ and afterwards the next 15 chauffeurs placed through triumphes along with ties breached through points.With the best 7 motorists in the status all having at least one success, the regular-season champ most likely is going to be among the winners. Thirteen drivers have succeeded this year, meaning around three places may be offered on points. Thus that's in, that performs the bubble and also who is at win-at-all-costs? Those 13 motorists along with victories who reside in: Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Christopher Alarm, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Austin Cindric as well as Austin Dillon.The blister modified drastically along with Dillon's victory as now maximum only three places-- certainly not four as before the Richmond competition-- might be offered to winless motorists. Each Chris Buescher and Ross Chastain fell below the cutline while Bubba Wallace relocated to the silver lining of being among the 3 winless vehicle drivers with the best points.Joey Logano reviews Austin Dillon's overtime transfer to win the 400 So that allow's specify: There are 5 winless vehicle drivers who will be combating for the existing 3 places offered exclusively on points.Martin Truex Jr. possesses a 78-point edge on the cutline (presently Buescher and Chastain), along with 60 factors on Ty Gibbs, that is 15 aspects over Wallace. Buescher as well as Chastain, incorporated the standings, are actually 3 aspects behind Wallace.In other phrases, it's visiting be a match to the finish.Buescher won at Michigan as well as Daytona last year, yet those likewise are areas where Wallace typically has actually managed properly. Gibbs still seeks his very first profession Mug succeed. Chastain is actually the motorist with the absolute most recent experience in playoff stress conditions, where he mostly has actually verified he can make traits happen.There are actually 16 various other playoff-eligible drivers who practically face must-win circumstances: Hunt 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 Seeker Nemechek, Harrison Burton and also Zane Smith.Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually devoted many years covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive extra coming from NASCAR Mug Set Follow your favorites to receive details concerning games, updates and additional.