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Austin Dillon clinches playoff spot in Richmond win after hitting Joey Logano
View Date:2024-12-23 12:06:27
Austin Dillon turned Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin in a chaotic short-track overtime Sunday night, claiming the Cook Out 400 in the NASCAR Cup Series' return to action in Richmond, Virginia.
After losing the lead to Logano to start the two-lap shootout, Dillon hit Logano in Turn 4 at Richmond Raceway coming to the checkered flag, spinning the No. 22 Ford. As Hamlin appeared poised to then pass Dillon and grab the win, Dillon clipped the rear of Hamlin's No. 11 and sent the Toyota into the wall.
The Richard Childress Racing driver then used the No. 3 to hold off Tyler Reddick by 0.117 seconds for his first victory since Aug. 28, 2022 - a 68-race winless stretch - and fifth overall of his career.
By becoming the 13th different winner in 2024, Dillon earned a berth in the championship postseason that begins at Atlanta on Sept. 8.
Bubba Wallace, Ross Chastain and Hamlin rounded out the top five in the wild finish.
The 70-lap Stage 1 to open the race was a Joe Gibbs Racing affair right away. Polesitter Hamlin paced the first 46 laps until Christopher Bell motored past him on the frontstretch's high side. They stayed that way until the greenflag, with Martin Truex Jr. completing the stable's 1-2-3 finish.
Daniel Suarez and Michael McDowell chose to put on the softer option tires, and the decision was beneficial. Suarez's No. 99 Chevrolet roared to the lead on Lap 93, while McDowell sped from 28th to seventh in a major move.
By the halfway point, Suarez held a lead of over one second over Bell's No. 20 and managed to maintain it until he won his first stage since 2022 and fourth of his career at Lap 230 over the Toyota driver.
Almost the entire field took the grippier, shorter-life tire, but Truex, who claimed eight stage points in the event, experienced engine failure on his No. 19 Toyota on Lap 250 and soon retired in last.
After leading 115 laps, Bell's hopes to win were damaged when he was tagged for speeding on pit road with less than 120 circuits remaining. He finished the race in sixth.
Kyle Larson, Carson Hocevar, Chase Elliott and Suarez rounded out the top 10.
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