2025 Nascar Playoff Standings. The nascar cup series takes the 2025 playoffs to one of the most anticipated races of the season this weekend — sunday’s yellawood 500 (2 p.m. The defending nascar cup series champion ryan blaney finished fourth in the hollywood.

Postseason format, standings, schedule for cup series’ race to the championship after a regular season full of surprises, 10 races now separate 16. Only 16 drivers make it (12 for xfinity, 10 for craftsman truck.