The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, fended off Kevin Harvick in the final five laps to notch a breakthrough victory at his home track.
This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series and the Xfinity Series head to Richmond Raceway where the Next Gen car will make its debut on the first points-paying short track race of the season.
The Alva, Florida, native bumped AJ Allmendinger and Alex Bowman out of the racing groove on the final lap to earn the first win in NASCAR's premier series for himself and Trackhouse Racing in Austin.
NASCAR travels to Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas this week for the first of six scheduled Cup Series and Xfinity Series road course races.
This weekend all three NASCAR national series head to Atlanta Motor Speedway. The revamped and repaved 1.54-mile asphalt track now includes 28-degrees of banking in every corner, making it the steepest intermediate track on the schedule.