Here's the live race updates page for Saturday's Cook Out 400 at Richmond. This post will be updated with key moments, video highlights, results, and more.

Austin Dillon became the 14th driver to clinch a berth in the 16-driver NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with his win at Richmond Raceway on Aug. 16.

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The NASCAR Cup Series has a rare Sunday off this weekend after the Aug. 16 race at Richmond Raceway. The Richmond race is the first of three Saturday night races over the next month, including Aug. 23 at Daytona. The business end of the Cup Series season begins next weekend with the regular-season finale, the Coke Zero 400.

The Cup Series will practice and qualify from 4:30-6:30 p.m. ET, setting the field for Saturday night’s 400-lap race. Denny Hamlin, a native of nearby Chesterfield, Virginia, won the Cup pole last August at Richmond Raceway.

For just the second time in 2025, the NASCAR Cup Series will race on a Saturday night with their annual stop in Richmond for the Cook Out 400, a highly anticipated event given Richmond's move from two race dates annually to just one.

Chase Elliott's first DNF of the season means he's out of the running for Regular Season Champion. After a clean first stage of racing in the penultimate race of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season at Richmond Raceway, three close cautions snowballed into a crash that collected 13 drivers.

Get up to speed with details for what to watch in Sunday's race at Richmond Raceway, the 25th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.