With Richmond within the rearview, solely two races stay earlier than the Chase reset within the battle for the NASCAR Cup Sequence championship.
Logano claimed victory, warding off Chase Briscoe within the closing laps of a ‘traditional’ Richmond race with lengthy green-flag runs and multi-groove racing.
The Saturday evening race noticed very low attrition and only one DNF, however a lot of motion all through the standings.
This is a have a look at the largest winners and losers from Richmond:
WINNER: Joey Logano continues his fast rise ‘4 for the haters’
Watch: ‘For the haters’: Logano on having chip on shoulder
Logano sits ninth within the championship standings and may realistically attain fifth earlier than the Chase reset. To place that into perspective, he was twentieth simply six races in the past. With two wins and three high fives within the final 4 races, the Penske driver is hovering on the good time. He is additionally on a mission to win all of it “4 the haters” in 2027. The three-time champion has heard the criticism of his previous titles underneath the playoff format, and he is motivated to win a fourth underneath the Chase format to silence the doubters.
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LOSER: Carson Hocevar tumbles down the standings
Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports
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It is all going improper for Hocevar and the Spire workforce. In simply two races, he has fallen from fifth to eleventh within the standings. He has given up 25 bonus factors after back-to-back finishes exterior the highest 30. Richmond was particularly irritating as he was working within the 30s as a consequence of a scarcity of tempo, and finally downshifted to 3rd by mistake, ending his evening. Richmond is Hocevar’s first DNF of the whole 2026 season.
WINNER: Austin Cindric together with his greatest run of the season
Watch: Cindric: Logano may end high 5 ‘in my rental automotive’
The Crew Penske driver has jumped off the bubble, gaining numerous floor at Richmond together with his greatest run of the 12 months. As Cindric mentioned, it was the “kick within the ass” the workforce wanted. He completed third (Cindric’s greatest results of the 12 months) and earned a complete of 48 factors. He’s now fifteenth within the standings, 57 factors above the cut-line.
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LOSER: Austin Dillon as he can’t recreate Richmond magic
Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing
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Dillon hoped to develop into the primary driver since 1983 to win three consecutive Richmond Cup races, however they may not recreate the tempo of the final two years. Dillon even reached up inside the highest ten at one level, however merely couldn’t maintain it there. Dillon completed nineteenth, however led the best way for RCR with teammate Austin Hill twenty third.
WINNER: Hendrick Motorsports with all 4 automobiles within the high ten
Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports
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Hendrick has had a dismal 12 months by their very own lofty requirements, however Richmond was an enormous step in the fitting route. For the primary time within the 2026 season, all 4 HMS drivers completed inside the highest ten. Chase Elliott led the best way in fifth, then Kyle Larson sixth, William Byron ninth, and Alex Bowman tenth. Nevertheless, they weren’t actually threats for the win, so there’s clearly nonetheless some work to do. Moreover, Larson flew from Richmond all the best way to Iowa, successful the rain-delayed Knoxville Nationals in beautiful vogue.
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LOSER: Ryan Preece loses floor in Chase battle regardless of excessive hopes
Ryan Preece, RFK Racing
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Richmond was alleged to be an evening of alternative for Preece. He earned pole place there one 12 months in the past, and began sixth this weekend. Sadly, he scored no stage factors and completed sixteenth. The RFK Racing driver had entered the race simply 29pts beneath the cut-line, however leaves it 50 factors behind Shane van Gisbergen with simply two races to go earlier than the Chase.
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