Austin Dillon’s no longer in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
NASCAR said Wednesday that Dillon would be allowed to keep the win from Sunday’s race at Richmond but wouldn’t be able to use that win to qualify for the playoffs. Dillon crashed both Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin on the last lap in his efforts to make the postseason in NASCAR’s win-and-in playoff format.
Dillon entered the race 32nd in the points standings and appeared to have the race won straight up before a late caution for a crash between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Ryan Preece. After pit stops, Logano got the lead on the ensuing overtime restart and was leading into Turns 3 and 4 on the final lap before Dillon dumped him.