Winner and losers with an action -packed NASCAR Cup race in Richmond

The 400-Lap event had 24 lead changes in Richmond Raceway with a nonstop action. Follows made for an attractive race with several strategies across the region. And finally, the 14th separate winner of the 2025 season in the NASCAR Cup series Austin Dillon Locked himself in the playoffs.

Here is a look at Richmund’s biggest winners and loser:

Winner: Austin Dillon 2024 erases the rich controversy stain

Entry to Richmond at the end of this week, Everyone was talking about the infamous finish a year agoWhere Dillon deliberately ruined two drivers to win, and was later dropped from the playoffs for it. The only way to overcome him was to come back here and win it again, but some thought it was possible. And yet, the driver of number 3 Chevrolet Over 100 laps and captured the checker flag (cleanly)Getting yourself a place in the playoffs. This was the best race for Dillon’s career, managing the tires well and performing completely. And, he did this while recovering from a broken rib!

Lost: RFK Racing faces a strict playoff situation

Richmond had high expectations for RFK. Brad Keselovsky Almost won the final short track race on the schedule, and Ryan Pris Started with poll position, Chris Baschar Also held the 16th and final playoff spots. Unfortunately, after 400 laps of racing, all three RFK drivers are now in a winning winning position entering the end of the regular season in Detona. Buescher 30th, Pras 35th, and while Keselovsky earned a top ten, which does not help in their position. In the best form, they can expect that one of their three cars in Detona will win, or all of them will be abolished.

Winner: Goodyer to bring a tire with significant decline

After a disappointing race in Iowa, the Goodyer stepped into the plate and brought a tire with a significant decline for Richmond. Result? The most exciting short track race of the year, facing many shortcomings of the next gene car and action from beginning to end to fans. The race became a chess match as the teams decided how to use their eight sets of stickers tires, causing a pile of passing and strategies.

Lost: 23xi’s incredible run falls separate

at one point, 23xi racing Was running 1-2 in Richmond. Tyler radic Stage 1 and won Babba Wallace Combined Stage 2, to lead 164 out of 400 laps. But like RFK, whatever is wrong went wrong. The radic race got out in the middle of the race, while Wallace lost a wheel in a late race pit. Finally, Wallace finished a disappointing 28th position and Radic was ranked 34th. Radic is still in a very solid position to create a playoffs on points, but he did not spot it as he expected to do it.

Winner: SVG continues to improve the oval

While NASCAR is a piece of the world that does not want to appreciate the greatness of SVG on road courses, or the incredible work he is doing at the age of 36 to learn oval continues to show incredible improvement. In Richmond, he defeated the team partner Ross chastean And Coming to the 14th position with its best oval outcome of the year, ranked 14th. And with the playoffs around the corner, that kind of speed and its bonus points will be enough to carry it through 16 rounds.

Defeated: Kyle Busch And one night to forget

After topping the speed chart in practice, Richmond had high expectations for Busch. But when his team partner won the race, he was lucky to finish within the top 20. The car was out of control at the beginning of the race, and he was caught rapidly on Pit Road. Later, he was in turn on the sub -center of a major debris, And accidentally transformed Chase Elliot into a wall After the fact that he was trying to drive through smoke.

Winner: William Bayron Receives the title of regular season

With Elliot’s Richmond DNF, which was a front ro seat for Bayran, number 24 Was able to achieve regular season titles with a race for a race. Now he has 15 bonus points in his pocket, which will first lead a long way in his efforts to win the NASCAR Cup title. However, the regular season champion has so far moved forward to win the Big Award in the last three years of the next gene era, but perhaps the byron will break the streak.

Defeated: Alex boman Faces an uncomfortable week in Detona

Watch: Alex Boman ‘Runner-up Finnish found no brakes’

Bowman was disappointed with lapsed traffic in laps closing at RichmondWhere he finished second for dillon. This was a great result, but once you see the playoff photo, you will understand why he was so stressed. Dillon’s victory puts him on the bubble for Detona, so any new winner from under the cut-line will make him out of the championship hunt. And being Detona, this is a very possible result.