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Newman makes his 39th Cup start on the Bristol pavement Saturday night, where he has 19 top-10s and a 15.6 average finish.

Almirola currently sits 11th with three points ahead of the cutoff line to advance to the Round of 12. The Smithfield driver was in a similar position heading into last year’s playoff cutoff race at Bristol

Erik Jones and the No. 43 Petty's Garage Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE team finished in the 21st-place in the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders at the Richmond (Va.) Raceway on Saturday, September 11.

In a 400-lap race that featured just two natural cautions, Ryan Newman drove his Oscar Mayer Ford Mustang to a 20th-place finish Saturday night at Richmond Raceway.

It was a mostly uneventful 400 laps for the NASCAR Cup Series Saturday night at Richmond Raceway, where Chris Buescher finished 24th in his Fastenal Ford Mustang.

Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Menards/Dutch Boy team had a fast start to Saturday night’s Salute To First Responders at Richmond Raceway but wound up 18th, two laps down at the finish.

Unfortunately, the 23-year-old racer was unable to overcome the balance issues on his racecar and had to settle for a 22nd-place finish.

Briscoe was the highest finishing NASCAR Cup Series rookie for the 24th time this season.

Almirola earned his eighth top-15 of the season and his eighth top-15 in 19 career starts at Richmond.

Harvick earned his 18th top-10 of the season and his series-leading 27th top-10 in 41 career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Richmond.