As is the case in all playoff races, each driver in the Round of 16 can clinch a spot in the Round of 12 by winning the Bristol night race. If there is a repeat winner (Joey Logano) or a win by a non-playoff driver, clinching scenarios for each playoff driver are as follows:

Kyle Larson and the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 team executed a beatdown at Bristol Motor Speedway that hasn’t been seen in nearly half a century. They led 462 of 500 laps in the Bristol Night Race, the most led by a winner since Cale Yarbrough’s 496 in April 1977,