Five successes from the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

Saturday night racing at Bristol - one of the most spectacular sights of the NASCAR season. While this year's event ended up running almost 350 of the 500 laps on the Sunday afternoon after heavy rain caused a red flag stoppage; the racing was no less spectacular. Here are our five success from this year's event.

Austin Dillon: With just three races remaining before the Chase begins, Austin Dillon is sitting in a great position. Eleventh in points sees him in a very secure spot with a high chance of making his first Chase. Solid performances is all Dillon needs right now and at Bristol, he achieved exactly that. The night was a quiet one for Dillon but a strong, solid drive saw him finish fourth and score more points that his rivals. Dillon also outclassed his more experienced teammates Ryan Newman and Paul Menard. If Dillon can keep up this sort of performance, he should be a shoo-in to make this year's Chase.

Kevin Harvick: 2016 has been a very strange season for Kevin Harvick, he currently leads the championship but had only one win to his name before Bristol. His team has struggled in the pits and numerous other problems have prevented the 2014 champion from achieving the results he should. At Bristol though it all changed, a great race with no problems saw Harvick take a much needed victory - his first at Bristol since 2005. This win now gives Harvick and his team a momentum boost heading into the final few races before the Chase. Now that the team are on form, his rivals should be very worried.

Front Row Motorsports: When everyone was making their predictions as to which teams would be successful this year, Front Row Motorsports was not a name that came up but with three races remaining before the Chase, Chris Buescher is on the verge of qualifying for it. A surprise win in the Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono means that all Buescher needs to do is be in the top thirty in points and he'll make the chase. This means staying out of trouble and scoring solid results. An incredible and rather surprising fifth position for Buescher now means he's thirtieth in points and he's created a created a gap to David Ragan in thirty first. Landon Cassill in the other Front Row Motorsports car had a solid twentieth place finish as well. With both cars finishing in the top twenty and Chris Buescher in a potential Chase spot, maybe it's time that Front Row Motorsports started to be considered as a genuine challenger.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: The last time a Roush Fenway Racing car finished inside the top three was all the way back at Sonoma in 2014 however it looks like the team are starting to return to their former glory. Or at least Ricky Stenhouse Jr is taking the team there. While Greg Biffle and, to a certain extent, Trevor Bayne had their usual struggles, Stenhouse Jr had a fantastic run to second. Not only is this a great result for the team, it's also the equal best result of his career and it was his sixteenth finish inside the top twenty this season. After two years of struggling, Stenhouse Jr is finally showing that he has the pace and potential to be a future NASCAR champion.

A.J. Allmendinger: Just like Austin Dillon, A.J. Allmendinger is trying to make the Chase in 2016 but unlike Dillon, he currently is not securely in it, he's outside of it. Allmendinger needs strong, high scoring results and at Bristol, he did exactly that. Ninth place meant he out scored all but two of the other drivers trying to make the Chase and that has got to be good confidence boost for him and his team. They know they can run at the front and out score their rivals, now they need to do it for the remaining three races before the Chase.

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