Austin Dillon drove to victory lane in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. He held off a late race charge from Ryan Blaney to claim his first win of the 2025 season.
With the win, Dillon is now locked into the 2025 playoffs. The win comes with just one race remaining before the playoffs begin.
And, he did it with a broken rib. Dillon suffered the injury at home and he’s now been racing for three weeks with the broken rib.
He’s been hiding the injury until this point…
“Oh, by the way, I’ve been racing with a broken rib this whole time,” Dillon stated from the front stretch, just after claiming the win.
“I don’t like to talk about it, but I fell off a ladder pulling my bow case off, getting ready for hunting season,” Dillon added in the media center.
“Fell on top of the bow case. It knocked the breath out of me. Knew it was pretty bad. Went ahead and raced Iowa. I got it X-rayed — seventh one on my right (side) is broken.”
“I’ve been racing with it. It’s been pretty painful. I raced Watkins Glen, Iowa, then here. Should be good. It’s made pretty big improvements over the last two weeks.”
The 35-year-old now has six career wins in the NASCAR Cup Series.
