Kevin Harvick sends warning to drivers on NASCAR Playoff bubble with 10 races to go

Kevin Harvick has a warning for the drivers who are on the NASCAR playoff bubble as the regular season winds down. On Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, Harvick said those drivers need to worry about just one thing going forward.

“I think everybody from 14th back in the current point standing needs to be concerned,” Kevin Harvick said. “So [Chase] Briscoe, [Alex] Bowman, [Chris] Buescher, Kyle Busch, Ryan Preece, Carson Hocevar, Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, anybody in between, I think they’re worried.

“The guy that’s in the points right now that I’m worried about right now is Josh Berry. Where did that 21 car speed and just everything that they started the year go? So I’m a little bit worried about him, but I think that those guys need to race like they need to win. I know they all want to win, but if you’re talking about points in your shop, you are having the wrong conversation if you’re 14th and back.”

Harvick then talked about how the road courses remaining in the regular season could play a huge factor in the playoff standings. “There were some guys that you show up to some of these other road courses, you’re going to be thinking that they have a chance to win,” he said. “It’s going to be interesting, and you got Daytona.”

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There are 10 drivers who have clinched a spot in the playoffs, meaning three are six spots that are still open. The 10 drivers who are in are Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Josh Berry, Shane van Gisbergen and Ross Chastain. The top driver who doesn’t have a win yet is Chase Elliott who is 146 points over the cut line.

On Sunday, van Gisbergen won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Mexico City. Harvick talked about how van Gisbergen’s victory impacted the NASCAR playoff standings.

“He’s a world-class racer,” Kevin Harvick said of van Gisbergen. “We thought this was coming, and now we see it with the standings and everything that it mixes up with the points. I still believe we’re going to have a couple more winners.

“Right now, [Chase] Briscoe is 14th. That puts [Alex] Bowman and [Chris] Buescher, if that were the case, out if they’re not one of the winners. But from SVG’s standpoint, he’s a world-class road racer, and I think he continues to get better on the ovals, and I think that will make his road racing even better as he gets more comfortable in the cars.”