Richmond 2025: Austin Dillon Wins the Cook Out 400

Austin Dillon delivered a clean, clutch win in Saturday night’s Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway, leading 107 laps and pulling away late to secure his sixth career Cup victory—and a 2025 Playoff berth. He beat Alex Bowman by 2.471 seconds; Team Penske stacked the rest of the top five with Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, and Austin Cindric.

Top 5: 1) Dillon 2) Bowman 3) Blaney 4) Logano 5) Cindric. Full official order shows Dillon’s 107 laps led and Bowman’s runner-up, confirming Penske’s trio in P3-P5.

Stage winners: Stage 1 – Tyler Reddick; Stage 2 – Bubba Wallace (who also led a race-high 123 laps before trouble shuffled him back).

Race-defining moments

• Strategy call: After passing Blaney on Lap 340, Dillon short-pitted under green and controlled the closing run. Reuters
• Big crash: A multi-car stack-up triggered by contact involving Kyle Busch and Chase Briscoe sidelined Chase Elliott and collected several contenders.

By the numbers

• Average speed: 94.126 mph
• Cautions: 5 for 44 laps
• Lead changes: 24 among 11 drivers
• Margin of victory: 2.471 seconds

(Per NASCAR’s unofficial results sheet.)

Points & Playoffs

• Dillon becomes the season’s 14th different winner and locks into the 16-driver field. Reuters
• William Byron clinched the Regular Season Championship with a P12 finish, banking 15 bonus Playoff points. Official Site Of NASCAR
• With one race left before the cutoff, Fox Sports lists the provisional bubble as Tyler Reddick (+89) and Alex Bowman (+60) above the line. FOX Sports