NASCAR playoff picture and why Kyle Larson is still in contention despite huge wreck Kyle Larsson suffered a huge wreck during Sunday's NASCAR race but he remains in the playoff picture Joey Logano took the checkered flag at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday narrowly edging Daniel Suarez to earn the wine in the Quaker State 400 available at Walmart Logano won in dramatic fashion capturing his second win of the season and 34th overall after teammate Ryan blay seemed to to push Logano P Suarez at the final overtime restart the team Pensky pair were undoubtedly the big winners of the weekend Logano when saw him climb to fifth from ninth in the Nascar Cup Series playoff picture and guaranteed him a spot in the next round blany also moved up five places and now holds the top spot overall Chase Elliott makes feelings clear on first race of NASCAR playoffs Kyle Larson and Chase Brisco reaction to biggest NASCAR wreck speaks volumes however some of the big names were not as fortunate a massive crash on lap 56 between former leader Kyle lson and Chase Brisco drastically shook up the standings lson was sitting pretty in the front of the field before he slammed into the wall on turn two he bounced off the barrier and back in the middle of the track where brisco's Ford was waiting for him both Racers swiftly exited the race and finished 37th and 38th on the day lson the previous leader earned only one point point from the race and now finds himself in 10th Place Brisco dropped from 13th to 16th bottom of the playoff standings fortunately it's not entirely Doom and Gloom for Larsson If a driver wins a race during the first three rounds of the playoffs they will automatically advance to the next round regardless of their points total thus Logano automatically booked himself a spot in the top 12 to be able to finally capitalize on a fast race car and win here in Atlanta again is special Logano said I lived right over there in condo 85 for a long time as a child racing Legend cars waking up dreaming of just racing on this racetrack so pulling into Victory Lane here is always a special one Larsson and Company will get another shot next Sunday in the go bowling at the Glenn as the racers head to Watkins Glenn International in New York in the short term he's mostly happy to be okay I'm okay lson said after leaving the car Center thankfully everything held up well inside the car that was a huge hit I'm not really sure what caused it I was actually sort of tight and loaded in the corner and then I was pretty far around the corner and it just stepped out I don't know it all just happened really fast the current Nascar Cup Series top five is as follows Ryan blay Christopher Bell Tyler reck William Byron and Joey Logano already clinched a spot in the next round don't forget like share sub subscribe my channel bub dos news