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NASCAR Chase 2026

Safe
#1 Ross Chastain
#5 Kyle Larson
#9 Chase Elliott
#11 Denny Hamlin
#12 Ryan Blaney
#17 Chris Buescher
#19 Chase Briscoe
#20 Christopher Bell
#22 Joey Logano
#24 William Byron
#45 Tyler Reddick
#48 Alex Bowman
Barely in
#6 Brad Keselowski
#23 Bubba Wallace
#54 Ty Gibbs
#60 Ryan Preece
Barely out
#2 Austin Cindric
#8 Kyle Busch
#77 Carson Hocevar
#88 Connor Zilisch
#97 Shane van Gisbergen
Not great
#3 Austin Dillon
#7 Daniel Suárez
#16 AJ Allmendinger
#21 Josh Berry
#34 Todd Gilliland
#38 Zane Smith
#42 John Hunter Nemechek
#43 Erik Jones
#47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
#71 Michael McDowell
Hell no
#4 Noah Gragson
#10 Ty Dillon
#35 Riley Herbst
#41 Cole Custer
#51 Cody Ware
Created Jan 28, 2026
Rank your predictions for the 2026 NASCAR Championship Chase with this comprehensive driver lineup! Featuring all the sport's biggest names and rising stars, you can evaluate who has what it takes to make a deep playoff run. Will defending champions like Ryan Blaney (#12) and Joey Logano (#22) continue their dominance? Can young guns like Ty Gibbs (#54) and Connor Zilisch (#88) break through? How will veterans like Kyle Busch (#8), Denny Hamlin (#11), and Brad Keselowski (#6) stack up against the next generation? With Chase Elliott (#9), Kyle Larson (#5), Tyler Reddick (#45), and William Byron (#24) in the mix, plus wildcard contenders like Shane van Gisbergen (#97) bringing road course expertise, the 2026 playoff picture promises intense competition. Rate these drivers based on championship potential, consistency, and clutch performance when it matters most.

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