By Jared Turner The regular-season finale at Richmond International Raceway typically offers a lot of suspense as it’s the race where the 16-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup field is locked in. But, barring an unforeseen set of circumstances, Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at RIR is going to be little more than a formality in terms of its impact on setting the championship field. With 25 of 26 regular-season races in the books, the only current Chase driver in any real danger of falling out is 16th-place Clint Bowyer. But with a healthy 29-point buffer on Aric Almirola, his closest…

By Jerry Bonkowski It’s come down to this: win and you’re in. Anything less and you’re done. That’s the scenario for Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway, the final qualifying race for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Fourteen drivers are left with one last chance to make the Chase: Aric Almirola, Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle, Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon, AJ Allmendinger, Casey Mears, Danica Patrick, Tony Stewart, David Ragan, Sam Hornish Jr., Trevor Bayne, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Justin Allgaier. Given the hard-luck season most of them have had in 2015, it’s hard to envision them winning in the season’s most…