Joey Logano holds off Chase Briscoe to win NASCAR race at Richmond
- On Saturday night, Joey Logano won at Richmond Raceway with a late-race charge on fresh tires, securing his 39th career Cup Series victory and third win at the 0.75-mile oval.
- Chase Briscoe led a race-high 171 of 400 laps but finished second, 0.392 seconds behind Logano, losing the lead with 24 laps remaining after pitting 20 laps earlier.
- Richmond Raceway announced grandstands were full for the second consecutive year, marking the 11th sellout in 24 Cup Series races this season, though track capacity is roughly half its 112,000-seat peak.
- During an emotional ceremony Friday, the track dedicated grandstand seats to Denny Hamlin's family, while Hamlin finished fourth in the race behind Austin Cindric and Chase Elliott.
- The NASCAR Cup Series heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for a 301-lap race on Aug. 23, while Gibbs lobbied to remove the digital rearview camera NASCAR implemented four years ago.
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NASCAR Cup Series: Richmond Raceway Post-Race Inspection Adds a Frustrating Final Twist
Joey Logano’s NASCAR Cup Series win at Richmond Raceway is official, but the Cook Out 400 ended with another layer of inspection. NASCAR completed its primary post-race inspection late Saturday night and found no issues with the cars. That confirmed Logano as the winner after a hard-fought race at the 0.75-mile track.However, NASCAR still selected four cars for additional checks at its Research and Development Center. The No. 9 and No. 20 cars w…
“Typical Late Summer Joey Logano”: Chase Briscoe Unmasks Richmond Heartbreak in Lone Fight Against Ford Heavyweights
Chase Briscoe had never finished top 10 at Richmond in nine starts. Saturday night, he qualified second, led more laps than anyone, and had a three-second cushion with 39 laps left. The race was sitting right there in his hands. Then his brakes started fading, the car got loose, and Joey Logano did what Joey Logano does in late summer. That’s what Chase Briscoe recalled in his interview with Eddie Kalegi post-race. “And yeah, it showed,” he said…
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thesportsleader.comJoey Logano wins Richmond for 2nd victory in 4 starts
Ford driver Joey Logano stayed hot in Virginia's capital on Saturday night and won for the second time in four starts, taking the checkers in the Cook Out 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at the Richmond Raceway short track in Richmond, Va. The No. 22 Team Penske driver ran down Christopher Bell's No. 20 Toyota
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