This year’s crop of title-contending drivers is as compelling as it gets, featuring both incumbent powerhouses and budding talents, too.
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With that, here’s what you need to know about the Championship 4 playoff field.
NASCAR Championship 4 drivers 2024
Joey Logano
Logano was the first Cup Series driver to punch his ticket to the Championship 4, qualifying for the Phoenix finale with a win at Las Vegas. The Team Penske driver was a surprise entry in the Round of 8, only securing a spot after Hendrick Motorsports star Alex Bowman was retroactively disqualified from the Bank of America 400 at the Roval after NASCAR deemed his car “too light” during post-race inspection.
Logano, who initially finished the Round of 12 outside the cut line, leapfrogged Bowman for the eighth and final spot in the next round of the postseason.
Logano is a two-time Cup Series champion, with both occurring in even-numbered years (2018, 2022). He has three wins on the year and is leading a Team Penske side that has captured two straight Cup Series titles (Logano in 2022, Ryan Blaney in 2023).
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Tyler Reddick
Reddick is making his first-ever Championship 4 appearance. The 23XI standout was the most consistent driver on the field during the regular season, taking home the regular season title.
The postseason was a bit more of an adventure for Reddick, who failed to pick up a race win until the third-to-last race of the playoffs. At Miami, Reddick found himself trailing Blaney and Denny Hamlin with two laps to go. With one fell swoop, he dispatched Hamlin, then Blaney to pick up one of the most electrifying wins in recent history.
Reddick has three wins this year and is a two-time Xfinity Series champion. He’s also fared solidly at intermediate tracks, collecting two top-six finishes in his last four showings at one-mile-length venues
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