Who received the NASCAR race yesterday? Full outcomes from Richmond race

The winner of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Collection race at Richmond Raceway got here from behind and closed the cope with just some laps remaining.

Alex Bowman took the lead from Denny Hamlin on the ultimate restart of the race after which rolled to victory on the Toyota Homeowners 400.

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Bowman lined up within the third place on the restart with 10 laps to go, behind Hamlin and Joey Logano. Bowman handed Hamlin on the within for the lead after which constructed a sufficiently big cushion to have the ability to stand up to lapped vehicles on the ultimate lap.

Beneath is extra about Bowman’s win, plus the whole outcomes of the Sunday afternoon race.

Who received the NASCAR race yesterday?

Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman took the checkered flag over Workforce Penske’s Joey Logano and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin after passing each drivers on the ultimate restart. Kevin Harvick introduced out the warning when his automotive reduce a tire after which slid into the skin wall. The ten laps Bowman led to complete the race had been the one laps he led Sunday.

Bowman was shocked he was in a position to get to the entrance due to how his No. 48 automotive drove on brief runs.

“To be sincere with you, we had been horrible on brief runs,” stated Bowman, who needed to overcome a pit street dashing penalty as effectively. “We restarted third and I am like, if we get out of right here with a strong top-five we’ll be good. We overcame rather a lot right this moment.

“I do not know if [crew chief] Greg [Ives] pumped the pressures method up or what he did, however that is extra grip than I’ve ever had in a race automotive at Richmond and it labored out very well.”

NASCAR outcomes from Richmond

Alex Bowman turned the eighth totally different winner in 9 races to begin the 2021 Cup Collection season. The victory at Richmond was the third win of his profession.

Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the highest 5. Hamlin received the primary two levels of the race and led probably the most laps (207 of 400) however needed to accept his eighth top-five end (no wins) this 12 months.

“We simply didn’t take off fairly nearly as good there on the finish,” Hamlin stated. “I attempted to heat it up and do all the things that I may — simply the 48 (Bowman) had a bit extra on these previous couple of laps and I couldn’t maintain the underside.”

The Cup Collection will change from short-track racing to superspeedway racing subsequent weekend with the spring race at Talladega, the GEICO 500 (2 p.m. ET; Fox, TSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). 

Materials from the NASCAR Wire Service was used on this report.