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Smith and John Hunter Nemechek fought for the win, and Smith won the battle, earning his first-career NXS win.

Chris Buescher’s afternoon at Richmond Raceway started well as the Castrol Ford began the day inside the top-10, but troubles throughout the 400-lap race put him 30th at the checkered flag.

Brad Keselowski put the Solomon Plumbing Ford inside the top-10 for nearly all 400 laps of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond, ultimately driving to a 10th-place finish, his third top-10 of the young season.

Chevrolet and Kyle Larson drove to victory Sunday in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway as the manufacturer continued its strong early-season run in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Menards/Dutch Boy team fought their way forward in the second half of the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway and scored a 19th-place finish on Wood Brothers Racing Day in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Kevin Harvick (Started 10th, Finished 5th / Running, completed 400 of 400 laps)

With the benefit of a fast final pit stop, Kyle Larson was able to put his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet out front at Richmond (Va.) Raceway and then hold off the field in the last 25 laps of Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 to earn his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the 2023 season.

“It's really cool. We've been close to winning a couple. William has been extremely good this year. It was going to be between probably him, the 19, us, and the 20 was really good."

KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 GEARWRENCH Ford Mustang – “We didn’t have a very smooth day and the car didn’t really do anything that I wanted it to do to have a shot at winning, but we fought hard all day. We were definitely expecting to be a little bit better, but that’s the way it goes.”

Christopher Bell (fourth) led Toyota with a top-five finish in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway. For Bell, it was his series-leading fourth top-five finish in the first seven races this season.