It has happened to most of us: we are driving down the highway and CRACK! A rock flies right into the windshield. It’s a pain and annoyance that once meant you had to replace the entire windshield. Luckily, with new technology, chips and cracks in the glass can be repaired and salvaged, depending on the severity of the damage.
“Hey guys, Elliott Sadler here. (I’m) so excited to be coming back to my hometrack at Richmond Raceway. I can’t thank Matt and everybody enough at Kaulig Racing for giving me this opportunity. A beautiful Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevy, hometrack, Friday night at 7 o’clock (p.m. ET on) FS1. Make sure you guys either come or tune in. It’s going to be a great night for us.”
“We’re going to another short track this weekend in Richmond! We just came out of Bristol with another Top-10 finish. I’ve got Elliott Sadler as my teammate in the No. 10 for Kaulig Racing, so I'm going to use his veteran experience."
Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Richmond Raceway ... Richard Childress has nine Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victories as a car owner at Richmond Raceway - five with Dale Earnhardt, three with Kevin Harvick and one with Clint Bowyer. Additionally, in 171 starts at the Richmond, Va.-based track, RCR drivers have claimed 37 top-five and 70 top-10 finishes. Childress, a former driver on NASCAR's senior circuit, contributed three of those top-10 finishes from 1976-1978.
They say Virginia is for lovers and one thing Kyle Busch would love to do is win his third straight race at Richmond Raceway this Saturday (April 12, 7:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 38 victories at the 0.75-mile, D-shaped Richmond Raceway. Chevrolet has powered 17 different drivers and teams with six different nameplates (Impala, Monte Carlo, Lumina, Monte Carlo SS, Impala SS and Chevy SS) to Victory Lane at the racetrack that hosted its first NASCAR race in 1953.
Talladega Superspeedway is teaming up with the Atlanta Braves to offer a special package that includes both a ticket to the Talladega Superspeedway GEICO 500 on Sunday, April 28, PLUS a ticket to a Braves game in 2019!
Like many a school kid returning to school after spring break, Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards/Maytag team will be hitting the books this week as they prepare for Saturday night’s 400-lapper at Richmond Raceway.
Jimmie Johnson on racing at Richmond before the Boston Marathon:
“I'm looking forward to racing this weekend in Richmond and am ready for Boston. This weekend I will be focusing on nutrition and final preparations for the event Monday. We have had some small victories over the last few weeks on track, and I’m really proud of the effort (No. 48 team crew chief) Kevin (Meendering) and the team have put in."
The 24-year-old Riggs from Bahama, North Carolina, led a race-high 21 of 53 over-scheduled laps and capitalized in overtime to win the Truck Series' inaugural event at San Diego's Naval Coronado Base.
The 22-year-old Honeycutt from Willow Park, Texas, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 90.813 mph in 134.782 seconds to claim the inaugural Truck Series pole position in San Diego, California.
