After 26 regular-season races, the playoff field is set with 16 drivers. The 10-race, four-round playoff is designed to create a Closing Four-like showdown for its season finale Nov. 19 in Homestead-Miami Speedway.
While Jimmie Johnson will be going for his eighth NASCAR Cup Series championship, Martin Truex Jr. is in fact the odds-on favorite to win everything. The points leader includes a 20-point head-start thanks to four race wins and 18 phase wins – seven more than the next-closest driver (Kyle Busch).

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