When Austin Dillon came across the start-finish line at the end of a rain-delayed Coke Zero Sugar 400 ahead of teammate Tyler Reddick and Austin Cindric, the field was set for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. And with that, the guy who once predicted then-President Donald Trump would attend a NASCAR race in 2020 and that Cindric would win the 2022 Daytona 500 over two-plus months before he did, will present my predictions to just how those playoffs will shake out.
Speaking of which, I am on record earlier by saying Tyler Reddick was my “bold prediction” and Ryan Blaney was to be my “real” prediction. At one point on Twitter, I said that Ross Chastain was going to shock the world and win the championship. (I have thoughts on why this probably won’t happen.) And so, here are my updated predictions.
As always, if I am right, you’ll never hear the end of it. If I am wrong, you’ll never hear about it again.
Eliminated after the Round of 16
- Austin Dillon
- Chase Briscoe
- Austin Cindric
- Daniel Suarez
Eliminated after the Round of 12
- Kevin Harvick
- Christopher Bell
- Alex Bowman
- Kyle Busch
Eliminated after the Round of 8
- William Byron
- Tyler Reddick
- Ross Chastain
- Joey Logano
Final 4
- Chase Elliott
- Denny Hamlin
- Ryan Blaney
- Kyle Larson
2022 Cup Champion – Chase Elliott
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