The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs open Sunday when drivers will take on the Track Too Tough to Tame, Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.
Ryan Blaney won his second race in a row and third of the season on a wild final lap of overtime at Daytona allowing Tyler Reddick, who finished fifth, to claim the 16th and final spot in the playoffs.
Kyle Larson won the regular-season championship with a 28-point edge over Blaney and Martin Truex Jr. Winless Denny Hamlin, who led the points most of the season, will start seventh on the playoff grid and Kevin Harvick, who won a series-high nine races last year but none this season, will start 16th.
William Byron won last year after starting sixth.
Race time is 6:30 pm Sunday night.
The X-Finity runs at Darlington Saturday afternoon at 3:30 pm while the Truck Series runs Sunday afternoon at 1:30 pm, the second race of the first leg of its playoffs.
Defending series champion Sheldon Creed dominated the playoff opener, leading 142 of 163 laps and winning in overtime at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, advancing him to the second leg of the playoffs.
