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Austin Dillon is the 14th different winner this season. Two spots remain available for the playoffs and just one regular-season race left, at Daytona.
The victory marked just his sixth in 433 Cup starts but made Dillon made the first Richard Childress Racing driver to win consecutive Cup races at the 0.75-mile oval in Richmond since the
Austin Dillon jumps into the playoffs, Tyler Reddick suddenly has to sweat it out at Daytona, and more from the weekend to Richmond.
When it comes to Austin Dillon, it’s one task achieved but another task still to accomplish. What that phrase boils down to is two-fold: First is that Dillon qualified for the NASCAR Cup playoffs by virtue of Saturday night’s win at Richmond Raceway.
A veteran NASCAR Cup driver breaks down what makes Austin Dillon so successful at Richmond, despite often being an underdog elsewhere.