The rules of engagement for making the Chase are pretty simple: win one of the first 26 races or be inside the top 16 in the points and hope those ahead of you do most of the winning.
If you book your Chase place, the season starts again, with nine races and three knockout rounds before four drivers head to Homestead in November for a winner-takes-all shootout.
Ahead of this weekend's Daytona 500, BRUCE MARTIN has analysed the field and selected and ordered the drivers he thinks will fight it out for the Sprint Cup this year.