Seeding after Mexico City race

NASCAR is adding some excitement to the second half of the season with an in-season tournament.

The NASCAR Mexico City race was the second of three seeding races for the 32-driver in-season tournament. The drivers qualified for the tournament by their point standings after the Nashville race.

Seeding is determined by the best finish between the Michigan, Mexico City and Pocono races. Tiebreakers will be settled via the points standings post-Pocono.

Here is the seeding for the NASCAR in-season challenge as it stands with one seeding race remaining.

NASCAR in-season challenge seeding thru Mexico City race

1. Denny Hamlin (1st at Michigan)
2. Chris Buescher (2nd at Michigan)
3. Christopher Bell (2nd at Mexico City)
4. Ty Gibbs (3rd at Michigan)
5. Chase Elliott (3rd at Mexico City)
6. Bubba Wallace (4th at Michigan)
7. Alex Bowman (4th at Mexico City)
8. Kyle Larson (5th at Michigan)
9. Michael McDowell (5th at Mexico City)
10. Ross Chastain (6th at Michigan)
11. John Hunter Nemechek (6th at Mexico City)
12. Zane Smith (7th at Michigan)
13. Chase Briscoe (7th at Mexico City)
14. Kyle Busch (8th at Michigan)
15. Ryan Preece (9th at Michigan)
16. William Byron (9th at Mexico City)
17. Brad Keselowski (10th at Michigan)
18. Erik Jones (11th at Michigan)
19. Josh Berry (12th at Michigan)
20. Tyler Reddick (13th at Michigan)
21. AJ Allmendinger (13th at Mexico City)
22. Daniel Suarez (14th at Michigan)
23. Ryan Blaney (14th at Mexico City)
24. Austin Cindric (18th at Mexico City)
25. Austin Dillon (19th at Michigan)
26. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (20th at Michigan)
27. Justin Haley (21st at Michigan)
28. Joey Logano (21st at Mexico City)
29. Todd Gilliland (22nd at Mexico City)
30. Ty Dillon (24th at Michigan)
31. Noah Gragson (27th at Michigan)
32. Carson Hocevar (29th at Michigan)

Current NASCAR in-season tournament matchups for round one

If the NASCAR in-season tournament were to begin today, these would be the first-round matchups:

1-seed Denny Hamlin vs. 32-seed Carson Hocevar

16-seed William Byron vs. 17-seed Brad Keselowski

8-seed Kyle Larson vs. 25-seed Austin Dillon

9-seed Michael McDowell vs. 24-seed Austin Cindric

5-seed Chase Elliott vs. 28-seed Joey Logano

12-seed Zane Smith vs. 21-seed AJ Allmendinger

4-seed Ty Gibbs vs. 29-seed Todd Gilliland

13-seed Chase Briscoe vs. 20-seed Tyler Reddick

6-seed Bubba Wallace vs. 27-seed Justin Haley

11-seed John Hunter Nemechek vs. 22-seed Daniel Suarez

3-seed Christopher Bell vs. 30-seed Ty Dillon

14-seed Kyle Busch vs. 19-seed Josh Berry

7-seed Alex Bowman vs. 26-seed Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

10-seed Ross Chastain vs. 23-seed Ryan Blaney

2-seed Chris Buescher vs. 31-seed Noah Gragson

15-seed Ryan Preece vs. 18-seed Erik Jones

When does NASCAR in-season tournament start?

The NASCAR in-season challenge begins June 28 at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta. Each round will be one race, ending with the Brickyard 400 on July 27 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All of the races will be broadcast on TNT.

Round of 32: EchoPark Speedway (6 p.m. CT on June 28)

Round of 16: Chicago Street Race (1 p.m. CT on July 6)

Round of 8: Sonoma Raceway (2:30 p.m. CT on July 13)

Round of 4: Dover Motor Speedway (1 p.m. CT on July 20)

Championship: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1 p.m. CT on July 27)