The race to get above the cutoff line for the playoffs is on for the two Hendrick Motorsports stars, Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman. Having not won a single race, it has proven to be a disappointing season for both drivers. Chad Knaus, VP of Hendrick Motorsports, recently revealed what he thinks about their driver’s chances to win in the remaining 6 races before the playoffs.

Chad was on NASCAR Race Hub along with Kevin Harvick and participated in a little something called “What are the Chances?” It was interesting to note what they had to say about the drivers who are currently below the cutoff line for the playoffs.

HMS VP Chad Knaus believes that winning would be difficult for Chase Elliott

During the show, both Chad and Harvick answered many questions. One of the questions was about the chances of 2 cars below the cutoff winning any of the 6 remaining races. Although they had quite contrasting opinions, Chad said that their chances of a win would be no more than 20% for his two HMS drivers.

“We look below the cut line and that’s where we’re asking. What are the chances we see two cars from below the cut win before the playoffs, Chad?” the host asked Chad to take dibs on this one.

“I’m gonna stick with my 20 percent, a nice round number,” said Chad carrying from the previous question. “I think you know there’s a lot of guys below the cut line. Two of ours primarily, that are hungry and I think they’ve got a good opportunity. But that other 80 is the field, right? So I think it’s going to be a challenge but I think it’s doable.”

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Amidst the speculations of whether or not Chase Elliott or Alex Bowman will make it to the playoffs, HMS Vice-Chairman Jeff Gordon revealed what’s the conversation like within the team regarding their two drivers.

Jeff Gordon reveals that HMS is not currently focussing on helping Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman in the playoffs battle

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During a recent interview with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Gordon was asked whether the team is planning to help the #9 and #48 in the playoffs battle. He was quick to dismiss any such tactical conversations going on within the team as of yet.

“I think we know what our race teams and our drivers and our crew chiefs are capable of when things fall in place,” said Gorgon. “So, I’ve got complete faith they can do this coming up weekend or the weekend after that.”

He dismissed there being any official meetings to come up with any kind of strategies for helping Elliott or Bowman.

He said, “There’s not been conversations yet. Where we start going, ‘Okay guys now we gotta start helping out the #48 or the #9′. We gotta get them into the playoffs.”

“We might be a few races away from those conversations starting,” Gordon added.

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Do you agree with Chad’s assessment of there being only a 20 percent chance of victory for Elliott and Bowman? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.