NASCAR playoffs 2023: Postseason format, standings, schedule for NASCAR's race to the championship

Ten races will determine who gets to hoist the Bill France Cup in NASCAR's 75th Anniversary season By Steven Taranto Nov 5, 2023 at 6:57 pm ET • 3 min read Seventy-four times since the very first season of NASCAR's Strictly Stock division in 1949, championship trophies have been handed out to the top driver at the very highest level of stock car racing. From Red Byron back in NASCAR's first season to Joey Logano at the end of its 74th in 2022, generations of racing greats have solidified their legacies by adding Grand National titles, Winston Cups, Sprint Cups, and now the Bill France Cup to their trophy cases and to their resumes.This year, in NASCAR's 75th Anniversary season, 16 drivers now have the opportunity to polish off the sport's diamond anniversary celebration by winning a NASCAR Cup Series championship. To do that, they'll need to put themselves through the ringer of the NASCAR playoffs, a 10-week, four-round battle to get to the season finale in Phoenix with a chance at a w...