Denny Hamlin has won the final outing of NASCAR’s regular season as the final 16 drivers who will contest the Chase over the final 10 races for the Sprint Cup has now been set.
In what was a head-to-head fight with Martin Truex Jr. (193 laps led), Hamlin led 189 laps; most importantly the final laps in a ‘Green-White-Chequered’ finish.
“It was great,” said Hamlin.
“I’ll tell you, our cars were really running well. Wheels and the whole group just gave me a great car. Really got it tuned in there the last half of the race. Just good restarts, finally everything just kind of worked well for us all day.”
In what he considers his home track, the Virginian native added his first race win at Richmond since 2010 to his victories at the Daytona 500 and road course race at Watkins Glen.
“Yeah, that’s what’s so special about it so you get to do it at home, and there’s just I see all the extra Denny Hamlin shirts and hats and everything, and fires me up every time I get here. I’ve also got to thank Sport Clips for their support this year, as well. Got all that covered, and man, this is a great car. Hopefully we can use it in the Chase.”
Kyle Larson finished second in a last lap duel for with Truex and Brad Keselowski.
As well as the race for victory, there was also those pushing for the final positions in the top-16. Four drivers Chris Buescher, Chase Elliott, Austin Dillon and Jamie McMurray taking those positions.
In a caution-heavy race, the red flag came out with 37 laps remaining after eight cars were involved in a wreck that eliminated Ryan Newman from the Chase. Also caught up in the wreck were Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards, David Ragan, Matt DiBenedetto and Brian Scott, among others.
The Sprint Cup Series heads to Chicagoland Speedway next weekend for the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
VIDEO: Race recap
RESULTS: Federated Auto Parts 400 – Richmond International Raceway
POS.
CAR #
DRIVER
MAKE
START
LAPS
LAPS LED
STATUS
POINTS
BONUS POINTS
1
11
Denny Hamlin
Toyota
1
407
189
Running
44
4
2
42
Kyle Larson
Chevrolet
2
407
15
Running
40
1
3
78
Martin Truex Jr
Toyota
6
407
193
Running
40
2
4
2
Brad Keselowski
Ford
17
407
0
Running
37
0
5
4
Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet
19
407
0
Running
36
0
6
5
Kasey Kahne
Chevrolet
7
407
0
Running
35
0
7
1
Jamie McMurray
Chevrolet
4
407
0
Running
34
0
8
41
Kurt Busch
Chevrolet
5
407
3
Running
34
1
9
18
Kyle Busch
Toyota
9
407
0
Running
32
0
10
22
Joey Logano
Ford
12
407
0
Running
31
0
11
48
Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet
10
407
0
Running
30
0
12
95
Michael McDowell
Chevrolet
27
407
0
Running
29
0
13
3
Austin Dillon
Chevrolet
8
407
0
Running
28
0
14
6
Trevor Bayne
Ford
18
407
0
Running
27
0
15
10
Danica Patrick
Chevrolet
29
407
0
Running
26
0
16
88
Jeff Gordon
Chevrolet
11
407
0
Running
25
0
17
43
Aric Almirola
Ford
23
407
0
Running
24
0
18
17
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Ford
22
407
0
Running
23
0
19
24
Chase Elliott
Chevrolet
34
407
0
Running
22
0
20
47
AJ Allmendinger
Chevrolet
16
407
0
Running
21
0
21
13
Casey Mears
Chevrolet
26
407
0
Running
20
0
22
15
Clint Bowyer
Chevrolet
33
407
0
Running
19
0
23
16
Greg Biffle
Ford
28
407
0
Running
18
0
24
34
Chris Buescher
Ford
31
407
0
Running
17
0
25
83
Dylan Lupton
Toyota
39
406
0
Running
0
0
26
55
Reed Sorenson
Chevrolet
38
404
0
Running
15
0
27
32
Jeffrey Earnhardt
Ford
40
403
2
Running
15
1
28
31
Ryan Newman
Chevrolet
15
402
0
Running
13
0
29
7
Regan Smith
Chevrolet
24
397
2
Accident
13
1
30
30
Josh Wise
Chevrolet
36
396
0
Running
11
0
31
46
Michael Annett
Chevrolet
37
390
0
Running
10
0
32
19
Carl Edwards
Toyota
13
366
0
Suspension
9
0
33
14
Tony Stewart
Chevrolet
14
363
0
Accident
8
0
34
23
David Ragan
Toyota
21
362
0
Accident
7
0
35
44
Brian Scott
Ford
35
362
0
Accident
6
0
36
38
Landon Cassill
Ford
32
358
0
Running
5
0
37
93
Matt DiBenedetto
Toyota
25
352
0
Accident
4
0
38
20
Matt Kenseth
Toyota
3
335
3
Accident
4
1
39
21
Ryan Blaney
Ford
20
279
0
Running
2
0
40
27
Paul Menard
Chevrolet
30
264
0
Accident
1
0
STANDINGS
POS
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10
DNF
1
Kyle Busch
2012
Leader
26
4
11
16
5
2
Brad Keselowski
2012
Leader
26
4
12
17
0
3
Denny Hamlin
2009
-3
26
3
10
15
3
4
Kevin Harvick
2006
-6
26
2
13
21
2
5
Carl Edwards
2006
-6
26
2
7
15
5
6
Martin Truex Jr
2006
-6
26
2
5
12
1
7
Matt Kenseth
2006
-6
26
2
4
11
4
8
Jimmie Johnson
2006
-6
26
2
7
10
4
9
Joey Logano
2003
-9
26
1
10
18
3
10
Kyle Larson
2003
-9
26
1
7
10
2
11
Tony Stewart
2003
-9
18
1
5
7
4
12
Kurt Busch
2003
-9
26
1
6
17
2
13
Chris Buescher
2003
-9
26
1
2
2
4
14
Chase Elliott
2000
-12
26
0
7
13
1
15
Austin Dillon
2000
-12
26
0
4
10
1
16
Jamie McMurray
2000
-12
26
0
1
9
1
17
Ryan Newman
633
-1379
26
0
1
8
2
18
Kasey Kahne
633
-1379
26
0
2
8
1
19
Trevor Bayne
586
-1426
26
0
2
5
1
20
AJ Allmendinger
583
-1429
26
0
2
5
3
21
Ryan Blaney
575
-1437
26
0
2
7
2
22
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
574
-1438
26
0
3
5
3
23
Greg Biffle
495
-1517
26
0
1
3
6
24
Danica Patrick
493
-1519
26
0
0
0
3
25
Paul Menard
480
-1532
26
0
0
2
5
26
Dale Earnhardt Jr
461
-1551
18
0
5
6
4
27
Aric Almirola
455
-1557
26
0
0
0
5
28
Clint Bowyer
446
-1566
26
0
0
3
2
29
Casey Mears
430
-1582
26
0
0
0
0
30
Landon Cassill
373
-1639
26
0
0
0
1
31
David Ragan
354
-1658
26
0
0
0
5
32
Regan Smith
343
-1669
26
0
1
2
5
33
Michael McDowell
331
-1681
22
0
0
1
2
34
Brian Scott
312
-1700
26
0
0
0
5
35
Matt DiBenedetto
262
-1750
26
0
0
1
9
36
Cole Whitt
243
-1769
22
0
0
0
5
37
Michael Annett
233
-1779
25
0
0
0
3
38
Jeff Gordon
151
-1861
6
0
0
0
0
39
Josh Wise
146
-1866
22
0
0
0
5
40
Reed Sorenson
138
-1874
18
0
0
0
4
41
Jeffrey Earnhardt
95
-1917
14
0
0
0
2
42
Brian Vickers
86
-1926
5
0
0
1
1
43
Bobby Labonte
51
-1961
3
0
0
0
0
44
David Gilliland
46
-1966
2
0
0
0
0
45
Michael Waltrip
42
-1970
2
0
0
0
0
46
Boris Said
17
-1995
1
0
0
0
0
47
Patrick Carpentier
11
-2001
2
0
0
0
0
48
Eddie MacDonald
5
-2007
1
0
0
0
0
49
Alex Kennedy
5
-2007
1
0
0
0
1
50
Robert Richardson
3
-2009
1
0
0
0
1
51
Ty Dillon
0
-2012
8
0
0
0
0
52
Dylan Lupton
0
-2012
2
0
0
0
0
53
Alex Bowman
0
-2012
2
0
0
0
0
54
Jeb Burton
0
-2012
2
0
0
0
0
55
Joey Gase
0
-2012
3
0
0
0
0
56
Ryan Ellis
0
-2012
3
0
0
0
0
57
Justin Allgaier
0
-2012
1
0
0
0
1
58
Cody Ware
0
-2012
0
0
0
0
0
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