Overview

• Coverage begins with Countdown to Green at 2:30 p.m. ET on USA, the green flag is scheduled around 3:10 p.m. ET, with in-car streams on HBO Max and radio on MRN/SiriusXM.
• The cutline is tight entering Bristol’s elimination next week, with Ryan Blaney (+22), Austin Cindric (+12), Christopher Bell (+11), Chase Elliott (+9) and Shane van Gisbergen (+3) above it and Logano (-3), Austin Dillon (-8), Alex Bowman (-19) and Josh Berry (-19) below.
• Team Penske has dominated at World Wide Technology Raceway with wins in two of three Cup events (Logano 2022, Cindric 2024) and the most points scored at the track, a sharp contrast to Darlington results of P20, P18 and P12.
• Sportsbooks list Blaney and Bell as co-favorites around +500, with former winners Logano roughly +950 to +1100 and Cindric +1600 to +1800 depending on the book.
• Gateway's elevation to a playoff stop follows major upgrades since its return to the Cup slate in 2022, a decision that Rusty Wallace said initially took him by surprise given the track’s earlier condition.