XFINITY Series Chase Bubble Could Bounce This Weekend At Texas

From Jayski.

Brennan Poole is just barely in the bubble for the 2016
XFINITY Series chase.

The NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase will kick off at Kentucky Speedway on Sept. 24. Twelve drivers will compete in an elimination-style, seven-race, three-round Chase. Below is a look at the six drivers sitting on the bubble of the Chase cutoff line heading into Texas this weekend.

In:
10. Brennan Poole (+22) - Poole, a Woodlands, Texas native, drives the Chip Ganassi Racing No. 48 Chevrolet this season with crew chief Chad Norris. Poole, 24, is 22 points ahead of the Chase cutoff line after posting one top 10 and an average finish of 15.0 through the first five races of 2016. He made his series debut at Texas last season, starting 22nd and driving up to a 13th-place finish.
 
11. Blake Koch (+14) - Koch hails from West Palm Beach, Florida and drives the No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet with crew chief Chris Rice. Koch currently is inside the Chase cutoff by one point over 12th-place Jeb Burton. Koch has posted one top-10 and four top-20 finishes this season. Koch has made 10 series starts at Texas, recording four top-25 finishes. Last fall he logged a 21st-place finish - his career-best at Texas.
 
12. Jeb Burton (+13) - Burton sits teetering on the Chase cutoff line, one point behind 11th-place Blake Koch and 13 points ahead of 13th-place Dakoda Armstrong. Burton, from Halifax, Virginia, drives the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford with crew chief Drew Blickensderfer this season. In five starts in 2016, he has posted one top-10 and four top-20 finishes. This weekend will be his series track debut at Texas, but don’t count him out just yet. On the first two 1.5-mile tracks this season, he did well, finishing 10th at Atlanta and 17th at Las Vegas. 

Out:
13. Dakoda Armstrong (-13) - Armstrong is the first driver outside of the Chase cutoff line looking in. Just 13 points separate him from 12th-place Jeb Burton. He is piloting the No. 28 JGL Racing Toyota with crew chief Steven Lane. Armstrong, 24, from New Castle, Indiana, has posted two top 20s and an average finish of 19.4 this season. He has four series starts at Texas where he’s recorded one top 10 and average finish of 16.5.
 
14. Jeremy Clements (-17) - Clements has to face an uphill climb being 17 points behind the cutoff line to the 2016 NXS Chase. Clements, 31, from Spartanburg, South Carolina, drives the No. 51 Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet with his father Tony Clements serving as crew chief. He has an average finish of 20.2 this season with a best finish of 15th (Daytona). He has made 14 starts at Texas, posting an average finish of 25.3.
 
15. Ryan Sieg (-22) - Tucker, Georgia’s Ryan Sieg sits 15th in the standings, 22 points back from the Chase cutoff line. Sieg, 28, drives the No. 39 RSS Racing Chevrolet with crew chief Kevin Starland. He has posted three top-20 finishes and an average finish of 21.2 in five races this season. Sieg has made four series starts at Texas where he owns an average finish of 20.8.