Richmond Raceway, 2026 NASCAR DFS results
Saturday, August 15, 2026 · Winner: Joey Logano · 400 laps
Race report
Joey Logano won the Richmond Raceway from P10 and led 95 laps but had to earn it in a race that stayed up for grabs. Chase Briscoe actually paced the field with 171 laps led but couldn't close it out.
For DFS, Chase Briscoe was the top DraftKings score at 108.2 points. The tournament-defining value came from Kyle Larson, up from P30 to P6 for 80.5 DK off 24 spots of place differential.
The model's pre-race top five (built lookahead-free) was led this week by Denny Hamlin, who finished P4 for 56.6 DK. 4 of the five ran top ten, a clean read on the day.
It was a chalk-friendly day: FanDuel scoring tracked the betting market closely (rank correlation 0.66), so the favorites largely delivered.
Auto-generated from the official results and the model’s pre-race projection.
- 1. Chase Briscoe108.2
- 2. Joey Logano87.7
- 3. Kyle Larson80.5
- 1. Chase Briscoe97.1
- 2. Joey Logano97
- 3. Austin Cindric88
Biggest mover: Kyle Larson started 30, finished 6 (+24 positions).
How the model did
Its projected top 5 for Richmond Raceway and the DraftKings points each actually scored:
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | P13 | 55.3 DK |
| 2 | William Byron | P9 | 32.4 DK |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | P7 | 47.5 DK |
| 4 | Josh Berry | P8 | 42.5 DK |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | P4 | 56.6 DK |
Full results & DFS scoring
| Pos | Driver | Start | Led | Fast | DK | FD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey Logano | 10 | 95 | 22 | 87.7 | 97 |
| 2 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 171 | 52 | 108.2 | 97.1 |
| 3 | Austin Cindric | 23 | 0 | 19 | 69.6 | 88 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 14 | 3 | 13 | 56.6 | 82.3 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 13 | 0 | 7 | 50.2 | 80 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 30 | 2 | 40 | 80.5 | 87.2 |
| 7 | Christopher Bell | 8 | 29 | 5 | 47.5 | 77.4 |
| 8 | Josh Berry | 3 | 1 | 25 | 42.5 | 70.6 |
| 9 | William Byron | 5 | 0 | 3 | 32.4 | 70 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 25 | 0 | 2 | 49.9 | 78.5 |
| 11 | Tyler Reddick | 32 | 7 | 9 | 58.8 | 81.2 |
| 12 | Ross Chastain | 18 | 0 | 2 | 37.9 | 71.9 |
| 13 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 88 | 34 | 55.3 | 70.7 |
| 14 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 31 | 0 | 25 | 57.3 | 75.4 |
| 15 | Ty Gibbs | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 60.5 |
| 16 | Daniel Suárez | 20 | 0 | 8 | 34.6 | 66.9 |
| 17 | Ryan Preece | 6 | 0 | 8 | 18.6 | 58.3 |
| 18 | Noah Gragson | 35 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 71.3 |
| 19 | Austin Dillon | 16 | 0 | 7 | 24.2 | 60.3 |
| 20 | Bubba Wallace | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15.3 | 54.6 |
| 21 | Chris Buescher | 19 | 0 | 3 | 20.4 | 58.8 |
| 22 | John H. Nemechek | 12 | 0 | 3 | 11.4 | 53.8 |
| 23 | Austin Hill | 33 | 0 | 3 | 30.4 | 62.7 |
| 24 | Riley Herbst | 17 | 0 | 2 | 11.9 | 53.2 |
| 25 | Connor Zilisch | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3.9 | 48.7 |
| 26 | Brad Keselowski | 9 | 0 | 10 | 3.5 | 46.2 |
| 27 | Erik Jones | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 50.6 |
| 28 | Michael McDowell | 26 | 0 | 5 | 14.3 | 51.6 |
| 29 | Cole Custer | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 51.6 |
| 30 | Todd Gilliland | 27 | 0 | 1 | 9.5 | 49.1 |
| 31 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 28 | 0 | 5 | 9.3 | 48.1 |
| 32 | Ty Dillon | 34 | 0 | 5 | 13.3 | 49.4 |
| 33 | AJ Allmendinger | 15 | 0 | 7 | -6.8 | 38.4 |
| 34 | Cody Ware | 37 | 0 | 7 | 13.2 | 47.7 |
| 35 | Josh Bilicki | 36 | 0 | 7 | 10.2 | 45.6 |
| 36 | Zane Smith | 24 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 35.6 |
| 37 | Carson HocevarDNF | 22 | 0 | 7 | -7.8 | 24.4 |
Wrecked and DNF tags come from the official finishing status - those drivers fell well below their projection through attrition, not a model miss.
Get the model’s call for the next race
Projections, ownership, leverage, and lineup builds for DraftKings & FanDuel. Free to start.
See the model