NASCAR arrived at Richmond Raceway, and no one could have predicted the night’s outcome. Christopher Bell won Stage 1 and had the dominant car, but a speeding penalty in the Final Stage ended his chances. Meanwhile, Daniel Suarez won Stage 2 after gaining track position. However, a Richard Childress Racing driver shocked the NASCAR world.

Austin Dillon won the Cook Out 400 at Richmond, earning his first victory of the 2024 NASCAR season. Dillon was cruising to one of NASCAR’s biggest upsets in recent memory until a caution occurred with two laps to go. Dillon got a bad restart and was passed by Joey Logano. In the final corners, Dillon spun both Logano and Denny Hamlin to secure a shocking victory.

There will be a discussion over whether Dillon intentionally hooked Hamlin, but the replay doesn’t show such a thing. In fact, the driver of the No. 3 car is now locked into the 2024 NASCAR playoffs despite sitting 32nd in the point standings entering the night. Dillon has finally returned to victory lane, and this might be one of his most shocking victories yet.

NASCAR results from Richmond in August 2024:

1. No. 3 Austin Dillon
2. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
3. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
4. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
5. No. 1 Ross Chastain
6. No. 20 Christopher Bell
7. No. 5 Kyle Larson
8. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
9. No. 9 Chase Elliott
10. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
11. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
12. No. 8 Kyle Busch
13. No. 24 William Byron
14. No. 4 Josh Berry
15. No. 34 Michael McDowell
16. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
17. No. 38 Todd Gilliland
18. No. 17 Chris Buescher
19. No. 22 Joey Logano
20. No. 10 Noah Gragson
21. No. 14 Chase Briscoe
22. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
23. No. 71 Zane Smith
24. No. 2 Austin Cindric
25. No. 41 Ryan Preece
26. No. 16 Ty Dillon
27. No. 51 Justin Haley
28. No. 48 Alex Bowman
29. No. 43 Erik Jones
30. No. 31 Daniel Hemric
31. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
32. No. 21 Harrison Burton
33. No. 15 Riley Herbst
34. No. 7 Corey LaJoie
35. No. 66 Parker Retzlaff
36. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
37. No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.