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Chris Buescher clinched a berth in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs by winning Sunday’s race at Richmond in Virginia.
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He led 53 of the final 54 laps to win, controlling the front through a final restart with three laps to go and resuming the lead.
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Ford had six drivers finish in the top 10, also including Joey Logano (fourth), Ryan Preece (fifth), Brad Keselowski (sixth), Aric Almirola (eighth) and Kevin Harvick (10th).
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RFK Racing had an impressive showing, with Keselowski winning Stage 2 and leading a race-high 102 laps while Buescher led 88.
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Ford led the most laps in the race.
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Buescher, Logano and Ryan Blaney have now clinched playoff spots.
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Harvick (sixth), Keselowski (11th) and Michael McDowell (16th) are currently in playoff positions with four races remaining in the regular season.
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The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Michigan International Speedway, where Ford has won eight in a row, Sunday.
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Riley Herbst overcame a pair of spins to finish fifth in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and lead Ford in a race that went to double-overtime at Road America in Wisconsin.
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Cole Custer was in position to challenge for the victory, but he got wiped out from behind as part of a multi-car accident in the first overtime while running third and did not finish.
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He is fourth in the standings while Herbst moved up one spot to 10th.
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The NASCAR Xfinity Series will resume at Michigan International Speedway Saturday.
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Ty Majeski led 168 of 250 laps but couldn’t hold off fresher tires in the final laps, finishing second to lead Ford in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Richmond.
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He dominated the weekend, winning the pole and first two stages of the race.
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Ford led the most laps in the race.
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Zane Smith was third and Matt Crafton seventh, as Ford had three top-10 finishers.
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Majeski, Smith, Crafton and Ben Rhodes all qualified for the playoffs for Ford.
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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will take a week off before beginning its postseason Aug. 11.
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Donny Schatz fought inside the top five most of Sunday night’s World of Outlaws series feature and bounced back from a late-race collision to finish inside the top 10.
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He won the night’s third heat to send him to the feature.
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Next up, the series heads to Missouri for the Ironman doubleheader Friday and Saturday.
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Chad Green made it all the way to the finals in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series in Sonoma, narrowly missing the win to finish second.
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Tim Wilkerson and Bob Tasca III both made it to the quarterfinals.
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Tasca qualified on the pole in Sonoma, with Wilkerson fourth.
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Next up on the schedule is Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka Aug. 13.
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Chaz Mostert and Anton De Pasquale each picked up a podium finish in Races 18 and 19 in the Repco Supercars Championship in Sydney.
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The series has not yet provided manufacturer parity adjustments.
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Cam Waters also finished on the podium in Race 18 but was relegated to fifth following an unsafe release penalty.
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Two Fords are top 10 in the standings, with Mostert fifth and Waters seventh.
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The ORT SuperSprint in Tailem Bend is next, Aug. 18-20.