This will get underway on Monday.
Here are the official rules for the first Play-In/Seeding Round.
Drivers will race at the following tracks (and in the following order)
- Daytona
- Martinsville
- Watkins Glen
- Charlotte
The following drivers 12 will be competing for 1, 2, and 3 seeds
- 11 Denny Hamlin
- 29 Kevin Harvick
- 48 Jimmie Johnson
- 99 Carl Edwards
- 18 Kyle Busch
- 14 Tony Stewart*
- 16 Greg Biffle
- 17 Matt Kenseth*
- 2 Kurt Busch
- 24 Jeff Gordon
- 31 Jeff Burton
- 33 Clint Bowyer
The following 8 drivers will be competing for 4 and 5 seeds
- 1 Jamie McMurray
- 5 Mark Martin
- 20 Joey Logano
- 39 Ryan Newman
- 00 David Reutimann
- 9 Kasey Kahne
- 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
- 43 A.J. Allmendinger
The following 8 drivers will be competing for 6 and 7 seeds
- 6 David Ragan
- 56 Martin Truex Jr.
- 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- 98 Paul Menard
- 12 Brad Keselowski
- 19 Elliott Sadler
- 47 Marcos Ambrose
- 77 Sam Hornish Jr.
The following 15 drivers will be competing for 8 seeds, the final 4 spots in the tournament
- 34 Travis Kvapil
- 38 David Gilliland
- 71 Bobby Labonte
- 82 Scott Speed
- 07 Kevin Conway*
- 7a Robby Gordon
- 21 Bill Elliot
- 83 Brian Vickers
- 16a Trevor Bayne
- 30 Todd Bodine
- 51 Michael Waltrip*
- 51a Aric Almirola*
- 00a Ryan Truex
- 7 Danica Patrick
- 13 Jennifer Jo Cobb
After each of the first three races, three drivers from the final 15 will be eliminated (they will still be in races, just not competing for points).