.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.The largest problem of those fighting for a playoff spot in the NASCAR Cup Collection is actually that a vehicle driver that isn't from another location in the mix vaults into the playoffs with a distressed victory.Hello, Austin DillonDillon, that was 32nd in the standings going into Richmond, put themself in the playoffs along with a victory-- albeit a disputable one-- on Sunday, the 23rd ethnicity of the 26-race normal season.Following Richmond, 3 ethnicities stay to put the playoff ground: Michigan, Daytona as well as Darlington.The NASCAR playoffs feature 16 chauffeurs-- the regular-season champion and then the following 15 drivers positioned through success with ties broken by points.With the top seven motorists in the status all having at least one victory, the regular-season champ probably will be among the champions. Thirteen vehicle drivers have actually won this year, meaning as much as three locations can be on call on points. Thus who's in, that performs the blister as well as who is at win-at-all-costs? Those 13 motorists along with triumphes who are in: Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Pursuit Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Austin Cindric and Austin Dillon.The bubble altered significantly along with Dillon's success as right now just simply 3 spots-- certainly not 4 as prior to the Richmond race-- may be on call to winless drivers. Each Chris Buescher as well as Ross Chastain fell below the cutline while Bubba Wallace moved to the good side of being just one of the 3 winless drivers with the best points.Joey Logano goes over Austin Dillon's overtime transfer to succeed the 400 So allow's get to the points: There are five winless motorists that would be actually battling for the existing three spots offered only on points.Martin Truex Jr. has a 78-point edge on the cutline (presently Buescher and also Chastain), along with 60 aspects on Ty Gibbs, who is actually 15 points over Wallace. Buescher and Chastain, incorporated the standings, are actually three factors responsible for Wallace.In other terms, it's mosting likely to be actually a battle to the finish.Buescher won at Michigan and Daytona in 2013, but those also are actually spots where Wallace customarily has run well. Gibbs still finds his first profession Cup gain. Chastain is actually the motorist with the absolute most recent adventure in playoff stress circumstances, where he typically has shown he may create traits happen.There are actually 16 other playoff-eligible drivers that basically face must-win conditions: 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 Sporting Activities. He has actually invested many years dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Setting magazine and also The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive a lot more from NASCAR Mug Collection Follow your faves to get information concerning video games, headlines and even more.