Ryan Preece Finishes Fourth but Loses Ground to Playoff Cutline
Source: Racing Reference

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July 28, 2025
Yesterday's Brickyard 400 was a mixed blessing for Ryan Preece as his fourth-place finish was his best since Las Vegas 17 races ago and his 12 laps led were his most since Phoenix the race before, but because Bubba Wallace, the driver he was chasing for the final playoff transfer spot, won the race Preece's deficit on the playoff cutline nonetheless increased from 16 points behind Wallace to 42 points behind his RFK Racing teammate Chris Buescher. This drastically decreases the odds he will make the playoffs especially since he does not tend to dominate races and stages and has been more consistent and he will likely need Buescher, a driver who is even more consistent, to get in a wreck to make up the needed ground. Preece stayed out of the pits in Stage 1 and led 12 laps. Going off-sequence allowed him to make his final pit stop much later and he made an impressive charge from 12th to 4th in the final seven laps. --Sean Wrona - RotoBaller
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