Richard Childress Racing drivers Ryan Newman, Paul Menard and Austin Dillon finished 20th, 26th and 27th, respectively, in the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway.
The first 26 regular season NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races are in the books. After 400-laps/300-miles of racing at Richmond International Raceway, the 2015 NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup field has now been set. Chevrolet will have nine drivers, the most of any manufacturer, competing for the championship – Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kurt Busch, Martin Truex, Jr., Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman and Paul Menard – will all vie to be the driver and team hoisting the hardware in the season-finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota, scored his fourth win of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season at the Federated Auto Parts 400 "under the lights" at RIR Saturday.
Greg Biffle battled a loose-handling No. 16 Cheez-It Ford Saturday evening under the lights at Richmond International Raceway to a 31st-place finish. The loose handling condition plagued the team in practice and contributed to a 38th-place qualifying effort.
In the final race to make the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase for the Cup, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gambled at the end to take the wave around to join the other 13 cars on the lead lap but newer tires prevailed forcing Stenhouse to settle for a 16th-place finish in Saturday nights’ Federated Auto Parts 400.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, earned a 23rd-place finish on Saturday night in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Richmond International Raceway.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – Finished 3rd “It was a really great run for us tonight. I thought we were decent in practice but didn’t think we would be that good. We weren’t in the beginning part of the race but then as we kept going I felt like we got our Shell Pennzoil Ford faster and Todd made great adjustments.
Chris Buescher, driver of the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse, will be making the 400th start of his NASCAR Cup Series career this weekend at Martinsville Speedway.
Anthony Alfredo and Parker Retzlaff will continue to pilot the Nos. 96 and 99 Chevrolet entries, respectively, for the 2027 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season amid a breakout year in 2026.
This race marks a significant milestone for Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing as driver Chris Buescher makes his 400th Career Start after leading 53 laps this past weekend in Talladega.
