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Harrison Burton is now in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs by way of Saturday’s win at Daytona, and the victory leaves Ross Chastain and Bubba Wallace with a lot of work to do next week.
Wallace finished sixth on Saturday but lost ground because of Burton’s win, vaulting the driver of the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford from 34th in points into the playoffs.
Chastain will have 27 points to make up on 16th place Chris Buescher, while Wallace will have a 21-point deficit heading into next Sunday’s regular season finale at Darlington.
Martin Truex Jr. still is not locked into the playoffs but has a 58-point cushion, while Ty Gibbs has a 39-point advantage over the cut line.
Here’s the full playoff picture after Saturday’s race in Daytona:
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NASCAR Cup playoff picture: Who is in, out heading to Darlington
Top 16 advance to playoffs
This season’s winners (locked into playoffs)
1: Kyle Larson (4 wins, 28 playoff points)
2. Christopher Bell (3 wins, 25 playoff points)
3. William Byron (3 wins, 16 playoff points)
4. Tyler Reddick (2 wins, 13 playoff points, regular season points leader)
5. Ryan Blaney (2 wins, 13 playoff points)
6. Denny Hamlin (3 wins, 11 playoff points)
7. Joey Logano (1 win, 7 playoff points)
8. Austin Cindric (1 win, 7 playoff points)
9. Chase Elliott (1 win, 6 playoff points)
10. Daniel Suarez (1 win, 6 playoff points)
11. Brad Keselowski (1 win, 5 playoff points)
12. Alex Bowman (1 win, 5 playoff points)
13. Harrison Burton (1 win, 5 playoff points)
Wild card playoff points standings
14. Martin Truex Jr. (+58 ahead of Wallace)
15. Ty Gibbs (+39)
16. Chris Buescher (+21)
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17. Bubba Wallace (-21 behind Buescher)
18. Ross Chastain (-27)
NASCAR Cup Series remaining regular season schedule
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR playoff picture: Cup points standings after Daytona race
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