With 16 drivers, the playoff field is set after 26 regular-season races. The 10-race, four-round playoff was made to create a Closing Four-like showdown for its season finale Nov. 19 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Even though Jimmie Johnson will be going for his eighth NASCAR Cup Series championship, Martin Truex Jr. is in fact the odds-on favored to win it all. The points leader has a 20-point head-start because of four race wins and 18 stage wins – seven over the next-closest motorist (Kyle Busch).

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