2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs: Round of 8 field set

Following the Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 at Dover International Speedway, the round of 8 field of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs is set.

The three-race round of 12 of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs is in the books, and four of the 12 drivers who competed in it have been eliminated from championship contention. The other eight are slated to move on to the second round of the three-round, seven-race playoffs, the round of 12.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer closed out the round of 12 by securing his series-high seventh victory of the season (tied with Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell) at Dover International Speedway, as he took the checkered flag to win the Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200.

How did the eight drivers who are slated to advance to the round of 8 put themselves in position to do so throughout the round of 12, which included races at Richmond Raceway, the Charlotte Motor Speedway roval and Dover International Speedway?

Here is a brief overview of the round of 8 field ahead of the Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, which is scheduled to open up the round of 8 in slightly under two weeks on Saturday, October 19.

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Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Won at Richmond
12th place at Charlotte
25th place at Dover
Average finish: 12.67
Fourth place finish in round of 12 standings (first in playoff picture)

Cole Custer, No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Third at Richmond
Eighth at Charlotte
Won at Dover
Average finish: 4.00
First place finish in round of 12 standings (second in playoff picture)

Austin Cindric, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

Second at Richmond
Third at Charlotte
Third at Dover
Average finish: 2.67
Second place finish in round of 12 standings (third in playoff picture)

Justin Allgaier, No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet

Fourth at Richmond
Fourth at Charlotte
Second at Dover
Average finish: 3.33
Third place finish in round of 12 standings (fourth in playoff picture)

Chase Briscoe, No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Fifth at Richmond
Ninth at Charlotte
Fifth at Dover
Average finish: 6.33
Fifth place finish in round of 12 standings (fifth in playoff picture)

Tyler Reddick, No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

10th at Richmond
Second at Charlotte
12th at Dover
Average finish: 8.00
Sixth place finish in round of 12 standings (sixth in playoff picture)

Noah Gragson, No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet

Seventh at Richmond
Fifth at Charlotte
Seventh at Dover
Average finish: 6.33
Seventh place finish in round of 12 standings (seventh in playoff picture)

Michael Annett, No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet

Ninth at Richmond
15th at Charlotte
Sixth at Dover
Average finish: 10.00
Eighth place finish in round of 12 standings (eighth in playoff picture)

Eliminated

John Hunter Nemechek, No. 23 GMS Racing Chevrolet

15th at Richmond
Seventh at Charlotte
Eighth at Dover
Average finish: 10.00
Ninth place finish in round of 12 standings (ninth in playoff picture)

Justin Haley, No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

17th at Richmond
31st at Charlotte
Fourth at Dover
Average finish: 17.33
10th place finish in round of 12 standings (10th in playoff picture)

Ryan Sieg, No. 39 RSS Racing Chevrolet

12th at Richmond
30th at Charlotte
10th at Dover
Average finish: 17.33
11th place finish in round of 12 standings (11th in playoff picture)

Brandon Jones, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

11th at Richmond
16th at Charlotte
37th at Dover
Average finish: 21.33
12th place finish in round of 12 standings (12th in playoff picture)

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The round of 8 of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs is scheduled to begin on Saturday, October 19. The opening race of this round is the Kansas Lottery 300, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC from Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET.

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