One year after rough driving got him thrown out of the playoffs, Dillon left no room to doubt his sixth career victory

Austin Dillon ended a 37-race winless streak with his second consecutive victory at Richmond Raceway. With his sixth career victory in the No. 3 Chevrolet, the Richard Childress Racing driver became the 14th race winner to lock into the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

Racing with a broken rib and some wounded pride, Dillon locked into the Cup Series playoffs with a clean run to his second consecutive victory on the 0.75-mile oval.

The laps ran out on Alex Bowman's late-race pursuit of Austin Dillon and a Cup Series Playoffs berth Saturday night at Richmond Raceway.

NASCAR Cup Series driver Austin Dillion put his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing team into the 2025 Playoffs at Richmond

Austin Dillon won the NASCAR Cook Out 400 race on Aug. 16 at Richmond. Here are some winners and losers from the race.

Chris Buescher entered Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway 34 points above the playoff cut line. He'll leave the Virginia short track 60 points below it.

All the information you need to get ready for the Cook Out 400 NASCAR Cup Series race, Saturday night at Richmond Raceway.

Chase Elliott's first DNF of the season means he's out of the running for Regular Season Champion. After a clean first stage of racing in the penultimate race of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season at Richmond Raceway, three close cautions snowballed into a crash that collected 13 drivers.