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Brad Keselowski wins Federated Auto Parts 400; Newman, Biffle secure final 2 Chase spots

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Brad Keselowski owned the pole at Richmond, he lead for 383 of 400 laps, and stayed in first as the checkered flag was waived at the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday night.

Kewselowski's dominant performance earns him the lead atop the Chase standings, too, in a race that saw the final two Chase berths locked up by Ryan Newman and Greg Biffle. The field of 16 is now set, and Keselowski has to be considered a strong favorite after handling a talent-heavy front of the pack at Richmond.

The leaderboard saw Jeff Gordon, who was atop the Sprint Cup Series standings entering Saturday's run, finish second and Clint Bowyer, who needed a win to earn a Chase berth, finish third. It has to be disappointing for both runners up, as Gordon lost by just 0.8 seconds after fighting close for the entire back half of the race and Bowyer misses out on the Chase by the narrowest of margins (seven points).

Here are how the 16 drivers are seeded for the Chase, according to ABC's broadcast:

Seed Car Racer
1 2 Keselowski
2 24 Gordon
3 88 Earnhardt Jr.
4 22 Logano
5 48 Johnson
6 4 Harvick
7 99 Edwards
8 5 Kahne
9 18 Ky. Busch
10 11 Hamlin
11 41 Ku. Busch
12 43 Almirola
13 47 Allmendinger
14 20 Kenseth
15 31 Newman
16 16 Biffle

Here are the UNOFFICIAL race results from Saturday night:

Pos. No. Driver Pts.
1 2 Brad Keselowski 830
2 24 Jeff Gordon 914
3 15 Clint Bowyer 746
4 1 Jamie McMurray 706
5 4 Kevin Harvick 788
6 22 Joey Logano 829
7 41 Kurt Busch 651
8 48 Jimmie Johnson 802
9 31 Ryan Newman 782
10 43 Aric Almirola 628
11 42 Kyle Larson 737
12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 883
13 55 Brian Vickers 681
14 18 Kyle Busch 687
15 14 Tony Stewart 569
16 10 Danica Patrick 528
17 5 Kasey Kahne 735
18 27 Paul Menard 701
19 16 Greg Biffle 753
20 3 Austin Dillon 698
21 11 Denny Hamlin 659
22 99 Carl Edwards 777
23 47 AJ Allmendinger 611
24 36 Reed Sorenson 355
25 78 Martin Truex Jr. 580
26 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 556
27 9 Marcos Ambrose 645
28 51 Justin Allgaier 459
29 38 David Gilliland 407
30 26 Cole Whitt 367
31 13 Casey Mears 596
32 98 Josh Wise 319
33 34 David Ragan 381
34 40 Landon Cassill
35 37 Mike Bliss
36 90 David Stremme 64
37 7 Michael Annett 400
38 23 Alex Bowman 310
39 32 Travis Kvapil 149
40 66 Joe Nemechek
41 20 Matt Kenseth 797
42 83 Ryan Truex 191
43 93 J.J. Yeley

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