Contenders and Pretenders - Texas

Hello everyone! One of your three proud leaders of Nascar Amino, Tanor Campos, here and welcome to the 10th installment of Contenders and Pretenders! The ultimate wild card race at Talladega is officially in the rearview mirror as Austin Cindric captured his first win of the 2025 Nascar Cup Series season after holding off the Hendrick Motorsports duo of Kyle Larson and William Byron during the closing moments! Texas Motor Speedway will play host to today's Nascar Cup Series race as the pressure to make the playoffs is starting to make drivers even more mistakes while others are punching their ticket or gaining on the cutoff so anyways let's get started with the 10th installment of Contenders and Pretenders on Nascar Amino!

Major Pretender

66 Chad Finchum - 2025 Nascar Cup Series Debut

51 Cody Ware - 27th or Worse In 8 Of The Last 9

88 SVG - 29th or Worse In 6 Of The Last 7 Races

62 Jesse Love - First Race Since Bristol

10 Ty Dillon - First Top 25 Finish Since Bristol

41 Cole Custer - Scored His Best Finish Of The Year

34 Todd Gilliland - 3 Top 20 Finishes In The Last 4

35 Riley Herbst - Leader Of The ROTY Standings

Slight Pretender

3 Austin Dillon - 2 Straight Top 10 Finishes

38 Zane Smith - 4 Top 20 Finishes In The Last 5

7 Justin Haley - 1 Top 15 Finish In The Last 4 Races

16 Aj Allmendinger - 6 Points Above The Cutoff

42 JHN - 30th or Worse In 2 Of The Last 3 Races

47 RSJ - First Top 15 Finish Since Atlanta

43 Erik Jones - 2 Top 20 Finishes In The Last 3 Races

71 Michael McDowell - Fastest Lap At Talladega

4 Noah Gragson - First Top 5 Finish Of The Year

21 Josh Berry - Locked Into The Playoffs

Possible Contender

60 Ryan Preece - DQ'd For Failing Post-Race Inspection

1 Ross Chastain - 36 Points Above The Cutoff

8 Kyle Busch - 1st Non-Top 20 Finish Since Homestead

20 Christopher Bell - Locked Into The Playoffs

99 Daniel Suarez - 1st Top 10 Finish Since Las Vegas

6 Brad Keselowski - 26th or Worse In 4 Of The Last 5

24 William Byron - Locked Into The Playoffs

23 Bubba Wallace - +86 Above The Cutoff/S2 Winner

22 Joey Logano - 36 Points Above The Cutoff

11 Denny Hamlin - Locked Into The Playoffs

Major Contender

77 Carson Hocevar - Today's Pole Sitter At Texas

45 Tyler Reddick - 93 Points Above The Cutoff

12 Ryan Blaney - 66 Points Above The Cutoff

5 Kyle Larson - Leader In Stage Wins/S1 Winner/ :lock:

19 Chase Briscoe - 25 Points Above The Cutoff

9 Chase Elliott - 107 Points Above The Cutoff

17 Chris Buescher - 20 Points Above The Cutoff

48 Alex Bowman - 64 Points Above The Cutoff

54 Ty Gibbs - 2 Top 10 Finishes In The Last 3 Races

Race Winner

Austin Cindric

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