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Wild Regular Season Finale at Richmond

RICHMOND, VA – The 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular season went out with a bang on Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.

Actually, bang might be an understatement. The Federated Auto Parts 400 was quite simply, insane.

Pre-race festivities. Photo by Christian Espinoza.

Denny Hamlin led the field to the green flag for Saturday night’s event in front of a large crowd at the Virginia-based track. The first part of the race played out with a normal tone – a couple long green flag runs with a few cautions sprinkled in here and there.