American Diabetes Association® Youth Ambassador Eli Hopkins will ride along with Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed during Friday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Richmond International Raceway (RIR). The West Point, Va. native will have his name featured on a decal above the passenger-side window on the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Ford Mustang for the second time this season.
NASCAR today announced an open call for fans to rally behind their favorite driver “nations” as part of a massive, integrated marketing campaign to promote the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™. New television spots, interactive digital experiences, fan parties and a robust social media push will celebrate The Chase® launch and encourage fans to join the Battle of Nations.
Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Richmond International Raceway ... Richard Childress has nine NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories as a car owner at Richmond International Raceway - five with Dale Earnhardt, three with Kevin Harvick and one with Clint Bowyer.
Anticipation is high for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series night race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway this weekend. Saturday night's short track feature will lock in the 16 drivers who will compete for The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. With it all on the line, Sam Hornish Jr. and the Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) No. 9 team will be ready to do everything possible to win.
With just one race left before the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Aric Almirola is 29 points outside of a transfer spot. Although the team has a shot at getting in on points, the No. 43 Smithfield/Waffle House team knows a win will lock them into the playoffs and are focused on having a good shot to compete for a win this weekend.
This Week's Shore Lodge Chevrolet SS at Richmond International Raceway ... Brian Scott is scheduled to pilot chassis No. 461 in Saturday Night's Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway. This Chevrolet SS is a new chassis to the No. 33 fleet and made its debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July.
Elliott Sadler will make his 25th NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at his home track this Friday night in Richmond, Va. at Richmond International Raceway (RIR). In Sadler’s previous 24 NXS starts at RIR, he’s recorded two top-five and 10 top-10 finishes. Earlier this year, Sadler started 17th and finished 16th.
The 16-driver field in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup will be decided this weekend as Richmond International Raceway hosts the 26th and final race of the regular season on Saturday night. Ford drivers Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski have already clinched spots, but a win by anyone from Roush Fenway Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports or Front Row Motorsports would secure an additional berth.
Richard Childress Racing drivers Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon and Paul Menard finished 13th, 22nd and 26th, respectively, in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Crew chief Patrick Donahue, car chief Dillon Bassett and engineer Morgan Olsen have been barred for the next four O'Reilly events due to fallen ballast from Patrick Staropoli's No. 48 entry during this past weekend's event at Sin City.
Hendrick Motorsports enters this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway as the facility's all-time leader in wins (16), top fives (58), top 10s (97) and laps led (4,269).
As good as a season-opening win in Gainesville felt for Matt Hartford, a repeat of that at his home track during this weekend’s FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs
