The NASCAR Cup Series will take a two-week vacation to coincide with the Olympic Games.
The regular season concludes with four races, the first of which will take place on August 11 at Richmond Raceway.
The playoffs begin September 8 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Here is a look at where each Cup organization stands after 22 races this season.
Bad news: Wallace has started in the top 10 only three times in the last 13 races. … While Reddick has eight top 10s in the last nine races, he has no victories and only one stage win in that time.
Bad News: In the six races since finishing second at Sonoma in June, Michael McDowell has only two top-15 results.
Bad news: Byron has not led a lap in the last eight races. … Elliott has had penalties in the last two races that hurt his chances of winning.
Bad news: The organization has not won in the last four races, it’s longest winless streak of the season. … Ty Gibbs had an engine failure at Pocono and finished 27th and had engine issues at Indy last weekend while finishing 23rd. … Martin Truex Jr. has not had back-to-back top 10s since placing third at Dover in late April and fourth at Kansas in early May.
Bad news: Stenhouse qualified ninth at Indy, the first time he’s started in the top 10 this year. He has started in the top 15 only three times this year.
Bad news: Daniel Hemric was involved in a crash and finished 30th at Indianapolis. It is the 11th time he has finished 28th or worse this season. … AJ Allmendinger finished 37th at Indy after an incident. The organization has had five DNFs in the last three races.
Bad news: Erik Jones was 28th at Indy. He has placed 28th or worse in four of the last six races.
Bad news: Kyle Busch has finished 25th or worse in seven of the last 10 races. … Busch has one stage point in the last six races. Dillon has no stage points in that span.
Bad news: The crown jewel races have been tough on Keselowski. He was wrecked challenging for the lead with less than 10 laps left in the Daytona 500. Keselowski finished second to Christopher Bell in the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600. Keselowski ran out of fuel while leading as the field came to the overtime restart at the Brickyard 400. … Chris Buescher has finished 20th or worse in two of the last three races.
Bad news: The organization has led 100 of the 5,824 laps run this year. That’s 1.7% of the laps run this year. … Josh Berry has finished no better than 20th in the last four races. … Chase Briscoe has placed outside the top 20 in three of the last four races. … Ryan Preece has finished outside the top 25 in the last three races.
Bad news: Joey Logano has had back-to-back top-10 finishes only once this season. He placed second at Richmond and sixth at Martinsville.
Bad news: Burton has finished 30th or worse 11 times in the first 22 races, including his 36th-place finish at Indianapolis.
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