— The last time Martin Truex Jr. scored a points-paying victory in the NASCAR Cup Series was September of 2021 at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. “Just really proud to be here today, and love this race track,” Truex said. On lap 80, Chastain got into the back of Brennan Poole heading into turn one, sending the No. Chastain surged past Blaney and Bell with five laps to go, but he finished .505 seconds behind Truex. “I think whoever got in the lead was going to have a shot at it,” Chastain said after the race. On lap 285, Chastain would use the outside lane to retake the lead over Byron with Truex Jr. slipping by the No. 19 the advantage over Chastain to take over the lead with 68 laps to go.

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