By Toby Christie, Editor — Follow on Twitter @Toby_Christie

Man, what a race Bristol Motor Speedway put on. The race had it all. Big crashes, tight battles all night long, and in the end a driver — Kurt Busch — got their first win of the season.

Not only that, but three more drivers — Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Larson — did enough to secure berths in the Playoff Grid. With two races remaining 12 of the 16 slots have been filled, which leaves four positions for 18 drivers to battle for.

Who is locked in? Who is currently hanging on? And who is on the outside looking in?

You’ve come to the right place.

Here are the driver’s who have already locked themselves into the Playoff grid, and how the standings will look if the points were to reset right now:

Driver	Points When Playoffs Start	Wins	Stage Wins
1. Kevin Harvick	2,050	7*	12
2. Kyle Busch	2,050	6	5
3. Martin Truex Jr.	2,035	4	7
4. Clint Bowyer	2,016	2	0
5. Kurt Busch	2,014	1	2
6. Joey Logano	2,013	1	3
7. Ryan Blaney	2,009	0	5
8. Chase Elliott	2,008	1	3
9. Brad Keselowski	2,007	0	4
10. Erik Jones	2,005	1	0
11. Austin Dillon	2,005	1	0
12. Kyle Larson	2,002	0	1*

That is the field of drivers currently locked into the Playoffs, but what about those that are still in position to make it into the Playoffs currently?

Here are those drivers, along with their points above the cut line, as well as clinch scenarios:

Driver	Points Above Cut Line	How To Clinch
Denny Hamlin	214	Win a race To Clinch at Darlington Be ahead of 15th in the standings by more than 59 points. To Clinch at Indianapolis Keep either Johnson or Almirola behind him in points If he falls behind Johnson and Almirola in the standings, as long as there aren’t two lower ranked winners.
Aric Almirola	165	Win a race To Clinch at Darlington Be more than 59 points ahead of 15th in the standings. To Clinch at Indianapolis Stay ahead of Johnson and Bowman in the standings Stay ahead of either Johnson or Bowman and hope that one or less driver lower in the rankings wins a race.
Jimmie Johnson	111	Win a race Move ahead of Almirola in the standings Stay ahead of Bowman in points and hope one or less drivers lower in points wins a race. Fall below Bowman in points, and no drivers lower in standings wins a race.
Alex Bowman	79	Win a race Pass Johnson and Almirola in points Pass Johnson or Almirola in points and hope one or less driver lower in standings wins a race. Stay ahead of Stenhouse, Newman, Suarez and Menard in standings and hope nobody lower in points wins a race.

Here are the remaining drivers who can still bump their way into the Playoff grid by way of winning. (Stenhouse, Newman, Suarez and Menard also still have an outside shot of out-pointing Bowman). I have included each driver’s best career finish at Darlington and Indianapolis (the two races remaining before the Playoffs begin).

Driver		Best Darlington Finish	Best Indy Finish
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		18th (twice)	12th (2016)
Ryan Newman		2nd (2002)	1st (2013)
Daniel Suarez		38th (2017)	7th (2017)
Paul Menard		13th (2012)	1st (2011)
William Byron		n/a	n/a
Jamie McMurray		2nd (2010)	1st (2010)
Chris Buescher		17th (twice)	9th (2017)
AJ Allmendinger		15th (2014)	10th (twice)
David Ragan		5th (2008)	14th (2008)
Bubba Wallace		n/a	n/a
Kasey Kahne		3rd (2005)	1st (2017)
Michael McDowell		19th (2017)	18th (2017)
Ty Dillon		13th (2017)	19th (2017)
Matt DiBenedetto		25th (2015)	8th (2017)

As you can see, there are a few previous winners at Darlington and Indianapolis, who are driving decent rides (Newman, Menard and McMurray). There are also some rookie wild cards as well (Byron, Wallace).

The next two races should be quite intense, and very interesting.

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