Joey Logano continues his short track dominance in Richmond win

RICHMOND, Va. — Joey Logano continues to dominate short tracks in the NASCAR Cup Series as he wins the Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway.

This is his second win of the season and his 39th career victory overall.

Logano qualified tenth and made his way into the top five by the end of the opening stage. From there, he utilized his newfound track position to contend for the lead — he never dropped out of the top five from there.

He festered race leader Chase Briscoe in the second stage. A precursor battle that would go onto define the rest of the night.

He took his first lead of the night from Briscoe on lap 172. Logano led 63 of the final 68 laps of the stage for his second stage win of the season.

After his stage win, the parallels of his North Wilkesboro win lined up. But, the final stage saw differing tire strategies that put his win in question.

Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick settled for the suboptimal two stop strategy while the remainder of the leaders opted for three stops.

In the end a 20, let alone five, lap tire deficit was too hard to hold off the charging Logano and Briscoe for the duo.

In the closing laps, Joey Logano fended off advances by Chase Briscoe for his third Richmond Raceway victory of his Cup Series career.

“Don’t let the boys get hot! We’re pretty strong right now” said an emphatic Logano. “It’s awesome to see the speed in the 22 right now.”

The winner led 95 circuits and made another massive jump in the regular season standings. Another four spots from 13th to ninth where he can still reach the top five after Daytona.

He and Team Penske can continue to flex their muscle at the track type as soon as next weekend. The NASCAR Cup Series will head to the Northeast for the penultimate race of the regular season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The Top Ten

Chase Briscoe led the most laps, 171, but ran out of laps in the end.

“It’s weird to be mad running second here” said Briscoe after his first career top ten at the track from second. His sentiment was sound. Before his 17 stage points today, he had a combined four from his previous Richmond starts.

Even with the disappointment of second, he and the No. 19 team leaves Richmond locked into the Chase and crucially still in fifth place.

Austin Cindric finished third for his best result of 2026. He gained 20 positions from where he started for his best result since Darlington.

Denny Hamlin has one hand on the regular season title after he finished fourth tonight. His team suffered multiple pit stop mistakes but the veteran driver utilized his suburb tire management skills to nab a top five in the closing laps.

Chase Elliott rounded out the top five in fifth. This is his first top ten since Nashville and his first top five since his Texas win earlier in the year.

Kyle Larson started in 30th and finished sixth in what was a busy night for he and crew chief Cliff Daniels.

Then, Christopher Bell’s strategy netted him a top ten from seventh. Josh Berry continues to impress at short tracks as he earned his second top ten in a row from eight.

Finally, Hendrick Motorsports put all four drivers into the top ten for the first time this year. William Byron hung around the top ten all evening to finish ninth and Alex Bowman fought from 25th on the starting grid to round out the top ten.

Below is the full results of the Cook Out 400 from Richmond Raceway.

Full Results