It's short track season for the NASCAR cup series as the next three races come on short tracks and five of the next six on short or intermediate tracks. 

Things start out this weekend when the series heads to Richmond, Virginia for the Toyota Owners 400.

Ross Chastain prevailed in a four lead-change, two-lap final overtime run on the Circuit of the Americas in Texas for his first Cup Series victory.

Chastain became the sixth winner in as many races and they stretch from fourth (Alex Bowman) to 16th (defending champion Kyle Larson) in the point standings. Chastain is fifth in points and leads all drivers with four top-five finishes and shares the series lead with points leader Elliott with four top-10s. 

Perennial contender Denny Hamlin remains mired in 22nd place, has no top-10 finishes and has been running at the finish just three times in six races as the series heads to his home track. Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. is seventh in points and teammate Kyle Busch is 11th.

Chase Elliott won after starting eighth in the spring race last year. 

Practice is at 9 am central time Saturday morning with qualifying at 10:15 am. The green flag waves at 2:30 pm Sunday afternoon.

A.J. Allmendinger won for the 11th time in the series, and the seventh time on a road course, at Circuit of the Americas in Texas as the XFinity Series heads to Richmond this weekend as well. 

Allmendiner moved within a point of leader Gragson in the standings after six races. 

Gragson leads all drivers with five top-five finishes. No one else has more than three. 

Ty Gibbs is third in points, but his only two top-five finishes were his series-best two victories. Cole Custer is not in the championship race, but has top-five finishes in both of his starts in the series.

Noah Gragson won in September from the No. 3 starting spot in the only race at Richmond because of pandemic concerns. 

Practice is at 7:30 am central time Saturday morning with qualifying at 8 am and race time Saturday afternoon at 12:30 pm.

The Camping World Truck Series returns next Friday night at Martinsville.