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

RICHMOND, Va. — Here’s a look at the winners and losers from Sunday’s Cup race at Richmond. Austin Dillon — He snapped a 37-race winless streak with his second consecutive victory at Richmond — and did it without the controversy of last year’s race.

In his playoff-clinching victory at Richmond Raceway, Austin Dillon shared some NASCAR history on the venerable short track with the most famous driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet.

Ryan Preece is on the pole for the NASCAR race tomorrow at Richmond Raceway. Right behind in the Cook Out 400 is Tyler Reddick, followed by AJ Allmendinger (third), Denny Hamlin (fourth) and Chase Elliott (fifth). Kyle Larson is starting 30th in the NASCAR starting grid on Saturday for the Cook Out 400 at Richmond.

Austin Dillon jumps into the playoffs, Tyler Reddick suddenly has to sweat it out at Daytona, and more from the weekend to Richmond.

RICHMOND, Va. — Ryan Preece, the first driver outside a playoff spot, will start on the pole in Saturday night’s Cup race at Richmond Raceway. It is Preece’s second career Cup pole. He enters the race 34 points behind RFK Racing teammate Chris Buescher for the final playoff spot with two races left in the regular season.

Well, isn’t this just perfect timing? Tyler Reddick, who was probably dreaming of playoff glory just hours earlier, got a harsh wake-up call courtesy of NASCAR’s favorite chaos generator – Richmond Raceway.