Overview
- Eight competitors remain in NASCAR’s first five-race, bracket-style midseason tournament vying for a $1 million prize at Sonoma Raceway.
- Ty Dillon, the No. 32 seed, has continued his underdog run by ousting Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski and will face No. 8 seed Alex Bowman next.
- Legacy Motor Club teammates John Hunter Nemechek (No. 12) and Erik Jones (No. 20) will meet in the only intra-team matchup of Round 3.
- RFK Racing’s Ryan Preece (No. 15) and Tyler Reddick (No. 23) headline one pair while Ty Gibbs (No. 6) takes on Zane Smith (No. 14) in another road-course showdown.
- The tournament, seeded on early-season finishes and modeled on basketball and soccer brackets under a new TNT deal, wraps up with races at Dover and Indianapolis.