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NASCAR In-Season Challenge: Who's racing who? Full bracket and more

Chris Deeley Friday 27 June 2025 19:00

A composite image of Kyle Busch and Joey Logano

The bracket for the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series In-Season Challenge has been set after last weekend's race at Pocono.

The last three races, Michigan, Mexico City and Pocono, served as seeding races for the bracket for the single-elimination tournament which kicks off this weekend at Atlanta.

#1 seed Denny Hamlin and #2 seed Chase Briscoe headline the two halves of the bracket, facing off this weekend against Ty Dillon and Noah Gragson respectively.

One of the most fascinating matchups this weekend is the one between Bubba Wallace and Daniel Suarez, with the latter's 2024 spring win at Atlanta perhaps giving him a confidence boost against a driver who has historically been strong at superspeedways.

The full bracket for the tournament can be found below!

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NASCAR In-Season Challenge bracket

Round 1 Bracket

Top Half of Draw

#1 Denny Hamlin (11)

vs.

#32 Ty Dillon (10)

#16 Kyle Busch (8)

vs.

#17 Brad Keselowski (6)

#8 Alex Bowman (48)

vs.

#25 Joey Logano (22)

#9 Bubba Wallace (23)

vs.

#24 Daniel Suárez (99)

#12 John Hunter Nemechek (42)

vs.

#21 Josh Berry (21)

#5 Chase Elliott (9)

vs.

#28 Austin Dillon (3)

#13 Ross Chastain (1)

vs.

#20 Erik Jones (43)

#4 Christopher Bell (20)

vs.

#29 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (47)

Bottom Half of Draw

#2 Chase Briscoe (19)

vs.

#31 Noah Gragson (4)

#15 Ryan Preece (60)

vs.

#18 William Byron (24)

#7 Ryan Blaney (12)

vs.

#26 Carson Hocevar (77)

#10 Kyle Larson (5)

vs.

#23 Tyler Reddick (45)

#11 Michael McDowell (71)

vs.

#22 AJ Allmendinger (16)

#6 Ty Gibbs (54)

vs.

#27 Justin Haley (7)

#14 Zane Smith (38)

vs.

#19 Austin Cindric (2)

#3 Chris Buescher (17)

vs.

#30 Todd Gilliland (34)

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NASCAR In-Season Challenge: Who's racing who? Full bracket and more

NASCAR In-Season Challenge: Who's racing who? Full bracket and more

NASCAR In-Season Challenge bracket

Top Half of Draw

Bottom Half of Draw