CONCORD, N.C. - The conclusion of Sunday's race at Pocono Raceway also set the matchups for the first NASCAR In Season Challenge, set to kick off on Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The 32-driver field will be paired into a single-elimination bracket played out over the next five events.
Instead of being based on the Cup Series points standings, the previous three races were used to determine seeding. Points accumulated over the three races were used to order competitors 1-32.
Leading Hendrick Motorsports is Chase Elliott, who earned his second straight top-five finish at Pocono. He is the No. 5 seed and will match up against Austin Dillon at Atlanta.
Next is Alex Bowman in the eighth position. He will tangle with 25th-seeded Joey Logano. Playoff standings leader, Kyle Larson, is seeded 10th and will face Tyler Reddick in round one. Finally, points leader William Byron is the 18th seed and will face the No. 15 seed, Ryan Preece.
Check back at HendrickMotorsports.com for updates throughout the tournament.
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NASCAR in season tournament matchups
- Matchup 1 - Denny Hamlin (1) vs. Ty Dillon (32)
- Matchup 2 - Kyle Busch (16) vs. Brad Keselowski (17)
- Matchup 3 - Bubba Wallace (9) vs. Daniel Suarez (24)
- Matchup 4 - Alex Bowman (8) vs. Joey Logano (25)
- Matchup 5 - Christopher Bell (4) vs. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (29)
- Matchup 6 - Ross Chastain (13) vs. Erik Jones (20)
- Matchup 7 - John Hunter Nemechek (12) vs. Josh Berry (21)
- Matchup 8 - Chase Elliott (5) vs. Austin Dillon (28)
- Matchup 9 - Chase Briscoe (2) vs. Noah Gragson (31)
- Matchup 10 - Ryan Preece (15) vs. William Byron (18)
- Matchup 11 - Kyle Larson (10) vs. Tyler Reddick (23)
- Matchup 12 - Ryan Blaney (7) vs. Carson Hocevar (26)
- Matchup 13 - Chris Buescher (3) vs. Todd Gilliland (30)
- Matchup 14 - Zane Smith (14) vs. Austin Cindric (19)
- Matchup 15 - Michael McDowell (11) vs. AJ Allmendinger (22)
- Matchup 16 - Ty Gibbs (6) vs. Justin Haley (27)