 This ruse was found to have been directly caused by the pace car.Had the pace car situation for Bowyer's intentional spin not occurred, Gordon would have finished ahead of Logano by one point and Logano would have been bumped by Newman winning the race since Newman would have taken the first Wild Card.Although Logano was allowed to keep his Chase berth, the field was expanded to 13 with the addition of Gordon on September 13.