Sentences with phrase «playoff points races»

There are the common exemptions reserved for the top 50 in the world rankings, recent major winners in the other three championships, and the PGA Tour and Euro Tour's playoff points races.

Not exact matches

Brad Keselowski started the day on the right side of the playoff bubble, then quickly fell on the wrong side once the race began as Hamlin's dominating performance through the first two stages erased the 19 - point advantage Keselowski held.

The championship leader at the end of the normal 26 - race section will be awarded «regular season champion» and get 15 additional playoff points, with the rest of the top 10 also getting them on a 10 (for second) to one (for 10th) playoff point basis.

They may be out of the Division race at this point, but they have more than enough time to get hot and come into the Playoffs with some momentum.

There's a race for those 10 Playoff Spots... Team Saltzman got their first points of the Season on Monday Night and we'll leave it at that.

Each segment winner will get one playoff point and the overall winner gets five playoff points, which get carried into the 10 - race playoff at the end of the season (what was the Chase).

Stewart didn't share in that belief during portions of the summer — he said at one point that his team would just be taking up a spot in the Chase if they made it — but he regained his confidence in the final weeks leading into the 10 - race playoff.

With one race left in NASCAR's regular season, Junior trails Kevin Harvick by 128 points for the 12th and final spot in the 10 - race playoff.

America moved back up to seventh, but are only one point ahead of Mexico City rivals Cruz Azul in the race for the playoffs.

Over their next three games the Oilers closed to within six points of the Kings, the beginning of a stretch in which, through Sunday, they had gone 10 -0-2-4 and vaulted into a frantic four - way race — with L.A., the Blues and the Predators — for the West's last two playoff berths.

«I thought we played well enough to finish it off, and for us to get that extra point in overtime at the end is huge for us with the playoff race we are in.

Harrison's speed and prodigious work rate will be a big asset to a Middlesbrough team still very much in the promotion playoff race, even though they currently find themselves four points outside the last playoff qualifying spot.

If more than 16 drivers win races, the playoff spots will go to the top 16 by race wins, then points.

Although a small sample size, Harvick is averaging 2.75 playoff points earned per race, while Truex averaged 1.46.

It paid off when the race couldn't be resumed, jumping the then - rookie who had been 31st in points into the playoffs.

Elliott now must win Sunday or next week at Phoenix Raceway to avoid playoff elimination, while Hamlin can still advance either by winning or his points ranking, but must race with the knowledge that Elliott may be looking for retribution.

Now the focus is on fine - tuning for the playoffs and finding ways to reduce the playoff bonus points advantage Truex has amassed thanks to his 14 stage wins and three race wins, which might be enough of a buffer to ensure advancement at least to the eight - driver semifinal round.

The Goose, who perplexingly started the year in the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins, is one of the sole reasons why the Red Wings, who are currently leading the Eastern Conference Wild Card race with 84 points, even still have a shot at making the playoffs.

Martin Truex Jr. was the regular season points leader and his win last week at Chicagoland in the first race of the playoffs ensured him a spot into the Round of 12.

Controlling the tempo allowed the Flyers to keep the game close and earn a key point in the playoff race.

Leeds sit in 14th place in the table with 54 points, safe from a threat of going down and solidly out of the playoff race.

For Chivas (15 points), the match is bordering on a must - win in terms of what it means for the playoff race.