Overview

• Ross Chastain clipped Denny Hamlin in the final chicane and reversed across the line, but Joey Logano finished 20th to Chastain’s 21st to advance by four points and 0.167 seconds on track.
• Chastain’s elimination followed a pit-exit mistake and a late pit-road speeding penalty that erased his margin, errors he acknowledged as decisive.
• Crew chief Paul Wolfe’s late call to pit for fresh tires kept Logano in contention, while race winner Shane van Gisbergen dominated up front.
• Hamlin advanced comfortably and enters the Round of 8 as the No. 1 seed; he said post-race he was not informed of the cutline stakes on the last lap.
• Logano defended the playoff format to audible boos as the field moves to Las Vegas, Talladega and Martinsville, with Logano starting 24 points below the cutoff.