Predicting The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs 

Stat to keep in mind that I haven’t seen anyone else talking about, since they’ve added stages to NASCAR, no one has made the final 4 in Cup with less than 200 stage points earned over the course of the full season. 1/5/11/19/20/24/45 are the 7 who have either hit 200 already or are averaging enough stage points per race to hit 200 before the finale. Although the 1 & 20 are only barely hitting that threshold.

If Denny wins, every driver will be aching to start podcasts next year. Podcast=Championship

if by some divine error logano makes it as far as the round of 8, i have absolutely no doubt he'll sneak his way into the final 4. his record at those three tracks, las vegas especially, should speak for itself. on the flipside, i feel the same about kyle larson. if he makes his way out of the chaos that is the round of 12 (it's kyle larson at a superspeedway, the joke writes itself), he's almost guaranteed a spot in the final 4 because of just how good he is at those round of 8 tracks.

Chris Buescher vs Denny Hamlin photo finish for the win at Phoenix is my hopeful prediction

Don't forget, KYLE BUSCH was on his way to winning the fall Darlington race in 2022 when his engine blew up under caution with 20 laps to go. The same thing happened at Bristol in 2022. ROWDY has way more speed this season, compared to last season . Kyle Busch's results over the past 2 months reflect in no way how he was actually performing in the races. He has been plagued with mechanical failures and just plain bad luck. Hopefully they have gotten past all the bad luck and mechanical issues. ROWDY ran very well at DAYTONA, which he has a problem doing. Daytona is his worst track ROWDY BUSCH HAS MOMENTUM AFTER DAYTONA, HE STILL HAS THAT CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER. During his interview today he looks relaxed and VERY confident. My prediction is in. ROWDY will win Darlington and Bristol, and Phoenix .. ROWDY GETS 3RD CHAMPIONSHIP. ROWDY BUSCH WILL FINALLY WIN THE DAYTONA 500 ON HIS 20TH ATTEMPT IN 2024.

Bubba is the sleeper playoff driver. Just look at the first 3 races of the first round

How come you only picked playoff drivers to win races? There are more than 16 drivers that can win and you forget to factor that into when picking.

Crazy you have Bell making it as far as he did in your prediction. I have him not making the round of 12. He’s been wildly inconsistent this year.

Nice, here are mine (some hot takes but nothing ridiculous imo) Round of 16: Busch Blaney Stenhouse Jr McDowell The 34 and 47 teams aren’t ready for a playoff run imo, Blaney has fallen off a cliff since his win and Busch is too inconsistent and RCR has struggled on short tracks so I think Bristol might be trouble for him. Round of 12: Logano Reddick Harvick Wallace Wallace sucks on RCs and equipment can only carry you so far, the 45 team as a whole cannot run a clean race most races, as for Harvick SHR just isn’t a team that can make a deep run anymore and even though Logano always seems to turn it up a notch in the Playoffs, Penske has struggled this season and he has very few playoff points. If Keselowski doesn’t win Dega I got Logano making the Round of 8 instead. Round of 8: Christopher Bell Chris Buescher Ross Chastain Brad Keselowski RFK and Trackhouse don’t have the same speed Hendrick and Gibbs have and as for Bell I think he’s a step below the Hendrick and other JGR cars in the playoffs. Championship 4 William Byron Martin Truex Jr Denny Hamlin Kyle Larson Champion: Martin Truex Jr It just feels like his year. He needs redemption after the system screwed him over last season. Also there is a bit of a pattern of top tier drivers winning the championship the season after they miss the playoffs. Logano did it in 2017-2018 and Larson as well in 2020-2021. Also race wins: Southern 500: Ross Chastain Kansas: Tyler Reddick Bristol: Kevin Harvick Texas: Kyle Larson Talladega: Brad Keselowski Charlotte Roval: Chase Elliott Las Vegas: William Byron Homestead: Denny Hamlin Martinsville: Martin Truex Jr Phoenix: Martin Truex Jr

I have almost the exact same predictions I just seen either Byron or Larson winning this season

Ro16 Stenhouse, Wallace, Blaney, Reddick Ro12 Buescher, Bell, Logano, Chastain Ro8 Byron, Larson, Keselowski, McDowell Ro4 Harvick, Hamlin, Busch, Truex Champ=Harvick

PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS: Round of 16: #12, #34, #45, #47 Round of 12: #1, #4, #20, #23 Round of 8: #6, #8, #17, #22 Championship 4: #5, #11, #19, #24 Champion: #19

12, 17, 34, 47 eliminated 1, 4, 6, 23 eliminated 11, 19, 22, 24 eliminated 5, 8, 20, 45 with Larson as King

Usually years when we all have a very good idea of how the rounds are gonna go is usually when the final outcome is going to be ass backwards. Byron Gets eliminated in round of 8 and truex as well. Larson, Hamlin, Busch, Chastain (only if he decides to wreck everybody out of the way). Hamlin wins the championship.

I’m liking my picks less and less lol Eliminated 16: Wallace, stenhouse, harvick, kesolowski 12: logano, McDowell, reddick, busch 8: blaney, Chastain, buescher, Hamlin Championship four: Byron, Larson, truex, bell Champion: Byron Winners(race order):Byron, truex, Larson; Chastain, wallace, bell; Byron, Larson, truex; Byron

here are my predictions. Round of 16 Stenhouse Mcdowell Harvick Wallace Round of 12 Reddick Logano Keselowski Hamlin Round of 8 Blaney Chastain Bell Busch Final 4 Larson Buescher Byron MTJ Champion: Buescher

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Round of 16 exits: Keselowski, Bubba, Reddick, Stenhouse Jr Round of 12 exits: Blaney, Harvick, Chastain, Larson Round of 8 exits: Logano, Bell, McDowell, Buescher Champion: Busch I don’t know, I feel like it’s going to be Byron, but I also can’t see another championship slipping away from KFB if he has it in his sights again.

Denny's podcast made me a fan, so I'm down. My personal final four doesn't even have him though! Mine is #5, #17, #19, #24.

Honestly sad you are expecting us to insult you. Pull those pants up and ban everyone who disagrees!

I think it's realistic. But who knows? Takes luck to win these things sometimes.

Kyle bush is done