Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway was one punctuated by chaos and a bit of disaster for a few drivers contending in the playoffs. Only six drivers finished on the lead lap, which meant that competition was fierce to secure the final playoff positions up for grabs before 16 drivers were trimmed down to 12.

It was ultimately Kevin Harvick’s night, with the No. 5 Stewart-Haas Racing driver leading 226 of the race’s 500 laps. Kyle Busch made a strong effort to end his dry streak, as this is the longest he’s gone without a win in a season since 2005. For greater context, this is only Busch’s first three consecutive top-10 finishes so far this season. But when it came to the final lap, he wasn’t able to get the job done.

Erik Jones took third place with rookie Tyler Reddick fourth. Aric Almirola rounded out the top five.

Eliminated Drivers

— No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletNo. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing FordNo. 21 Wood Brothers Racing FordNo. 12 Team Penske Ford

Byron was the first driver to be eliminated after a clash with Christopher Bell and Joey Gase caused him to sustain some massive front-end damage. There was no way he would make it back out and retired on lap 232.

DiBenedetto seemed set for a solid finish with the potential to score some stage wins when an unscheduled pit stop forced him to pit to take care of a loose wheel on lap 186. He returned to the track several laps down and managed to get himself back up to the lead lap in Stage 3 but ultimately fell down to 19th, three laps down.

Blaney and Custer simply couldn’t overcome the points deficit needed to push them into the playoffs.

The Round of 12

No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing FordNo. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing ToyotaNo. 2 Team Penske FordNo. 22 Team Penske FordNo. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing ToyotaNo. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletNo. 9 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletNo. 88 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletNo. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing ToyotaNo. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing FordNo. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing ChevroletNo. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford