Only three races remain to set the 12-driver NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff field. Four-time winner – and last week’s Road America champ – Justin Allgaier holds a five-point advantage on Sunoco rookie Christopher Bell in the regular season points standings. Elliott Sadler, who led the points standings for 15 weeks this season is in third place, 12-points behind Allgaier.
While Sadler is still looking for his first win of 2018 – and first win since September 2016 at Kentucky – he does boast the best average finish among the frontrunners (7.7) this year and his 19 top-10 efforts is also tied with Cole Custer for tops in the class. And Sadler has a victory at Darlington in 2016.
Ross Chastain is currently holding the 12th and final Playoff position with a 49-point advantage over Michael Annett. A new race winner from outside the top-12 in these next three weeks, however, would drop Chastain out of title contention.
The Floridian will be making the first of three starts (also at Las Vegas and Richmond, Va.) this week in the No. 42 DC Solar Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing. He has one previous top-10 in three starts at Darlington.
Source: Holly Cain | NASCAR Wire Service
