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The 2018 Daytona 500 champion from Welcome, North Carolina, remains in a "must-win" situation to make the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs after the National Motorsports Appeals Panel upholds the penalties levied to Dillon and Richard Childress Racing at Richmond.