RACE RECAP | RICHMOND | CUP SERIES

This was the final race for drivers to get themselves into The NASCAR Chase for the Championship. Here’s how the top 10 stacked up…
10 Ryan Newman
9 Kevin Harvick
8 Sam Hornish
7 Brian Vickers makes the Chase
6 Clint Bowyer
5 Kyle Busch misses the chase by 8 points
4 Mark Martin
3 Jeff Gordon
2 Kurt Busch

VICTORY LANE

1 Denny Hamlin takes home the win, at his home race track. Hamlin dominated this race leading 297 laps. It’s Denny’s first career Cup win at Richmond.

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Scott Speed wrecked for caution #1

-Reed Sorenson and Tony Stewart got together with Tony taking the blame

-Matt Kenseth missed his pit stall, adding to his bad handling race car

-Carl Edwards reports that the motor “missed” around lap 180

-Brad Keselowski did a pit stop backwards thanks to a nudge from David Ragan

-Martin Truex Jr. blew a tire and headed to the garage

-Brad Keselowski blows an engine to bring out a caution for the last pit stop of the night

-Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch are out of The Chase, Brian Vickers raced his way in

-In the past some of the best in the business haven’t made the Chase, like Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Jeff Gordon