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NASCAR playoff standings: Who's in trouble going into Martinsville elimination race?

After what felt like a never-ending race at Texas Motor Speedway finally concluded three days after it started, there’s only one more race left before the NASCAR Cup Series championship field is set.

Kyle Busch won the Texas race Wednesday night, but he’s not among the eight remaining playoff drivers, so this race didn’t help lock anyone into the final Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway in November. So the playoff drivers have Sunday’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway to either win and automatically advance to the final four or to earn enough points to be among the top-4 drivers in the standings.

After Texas and going into the final elimination race of the playoffs, here’s what the field looks like as drivers prepare for Martinsville:

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