The Winston Cup Series chase consists of the top 12 in points from the regular season.

Drivers earned bonus points by finishing in the top5 in points in segment 1 and segment 2.

Bonus points are added to each rounds points, NOT each race.

Bonus points for each round are posted behind the drivers names.

There are 3 elimination rounds in which 3 drivers will be eliminated from each round.

 The final round will be head to head racing with NO bonus points.

Provisional points count in the chase.

Which ever driver gets the best finish in the final race will be
The Winston Cup Chase Champion.
 


TIE BREAKER

If two or more drivers are tied for the last transfer spot in any round,
the tie will be broken by the best finish that round.

It will continue to the 2nd best finish then the 3rd best finish.

The final tie breaker will be the finish order in the 3rd race.
 

 
ROUND #1 The Top 9 drivers will move on to Round #2
Rank Drivers Race #1 Points
Dover
Race #2 Points
Lowe's
Race #3 Points
Martinsville
Total Points
1 Jeremy Jeffries (9) 9 + 48 36 47 140
2 Kyle Lawson (3) 3 + 41 42 42 128
3 Jim Gloude (3) 3 + 39 39 43 124
4 Terry Bombard (5) 5 + 40 43 31 119
5 Sean Kerrigan (0) 42 33 38 113
6 Terry Bauman (2) 2 + 38 39 31 110
7 Brian Wolf (0) 34 36 39 109
8 Mitch Bombard (0) 33 33 40 106
9 Cy Jones (0) 30 32 33 95
Drivers below here will be Eliminated after "Martinsville"
10 JT Mayhew (0) 27 DNS DNS 27
11 Grant Wessley (5) 5 + 0 DNS DNS 5
12 Brian Schilling (2) 2 + 0 DNS DNS 2

 

ROUND #2 The Top 6 drivers will move on to Round #3
Rank Drivers Race #1 Points
Talladega
Race #2 Points
Homestead
Race #3 Points
Phoenix
Total Points
1 Jeremy Jeffries (9) 9 + 32 48 43 132
2 Sean Kerrigan (0) 41 40 41 122
3 Kyle Lawson (3) 3 + 27 43 48 121
4 Mitch Bombard (0) 47 33 38 118
5 Terry Bombard (5) 5 + 39 32 34 110
6 Jim Gloude (3) 3 + 41 28 37 109
Drivers below here will be Eliminated after "Phoenix"
7 Terry Bauman (2) 2 + 25 38 37 102
8 Brian Wolf (0) 37 29 35 101
9 Cy Jones (0) 32 32 33 97

 

ROUND #3 The Top 3 drivers will move on to the Championship Round.
Rank Drivers Race #1 Points
Daytona
Race #2 Points
The Rock
Race #3 Points
Texas
Total Points
2 Kyle Lawson (3) 3 + 42 48 48 141
3 Terry Bombard (5) 5 + 40 43 43 131
1 Jeremy Jeffries (9) 9 + 41 29 39 118
Drivers below here will be Eliminated after "Texas"
4  Sean Kerrigan (0) 36 39 37 112
5 Mitch Bombard (0) 28 37 32 97
6 Jim Gloude (3) 3 + DNS 35 31 69

 

FINAL ROUND 1 Race Shootout for The Winston Cup 1998 Chase Championship
Rank Drivers Race Finish
Atlanta05
Championship Finish
Atlanta05
1 Kyle Lawson 1st 1st
2 Jeremy Jeffries 3rd 2nd
3 Terry Bombard 6th 3rd

2019 Chase Champion