There aren't many tracks as dynamic as Richmond International Raceway. The .75-mile oval has everything a race fan wants. Whether it's short-track bumping and banging, or high-speed, side-by-side racing, Richmond has it all. It's no wonder that fans and drivers alike look forward to racing at the .75-mile oval.
After a week off from Nationwide Series competition, Blake Koch is ready to go racing. He's pumped to get behind the wheel of his No. 24 Toyota and test his skills at Richmond International Raceway. Known as the "Action Track," the .75-mile oval has characteristics of a short track and a superspeedway. Koch loves the combination and looks forward to seeing the sparks fly in Friday night's ToyotaCare 250.
The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) returns to action this weekend at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) after a one week break. The 250-lap race will be the second consecutive night race of the season for the series. With just seven races into the 2013 season, it is the third time that the NNS teams will visit a track that is less than a mile in distance.
Marcos Ambrose hopes to best his career-best finish of fifth at the Richmond (Va.) International Raceway and collect the team's first top-five of the season. He will wheel the No. 9 DEWALT Ford in his ninth start at the .75-mile track this weekend
Heading to sponsor Smithfield's home track, Aric Almirola looks to tally his third consecutive top-10 finish for the first time in his Sprint Cup career. The No. 43 Smithfield Ford team comes off a seventh and eighth-place finish in the last two races and sit a mere 18 points outside of a coveted Chase position in the championship standings.
Richmond International Raceway has been the site of two of Jeff Gordon's 87 career NASCAR Sprint Cup victories. And one very memorable runner-up finish.
Roush Fenway Racing (RFR) development driver, Ryan Reed will make his first career NASCAR Nationwide Series start this weekend. Due to running a partial schedule, the No. 16 Ford Mustang must qualify for the race based on time.
For the first time this season, Travis Pastrana heads to a track that he has competed at before in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Pastrana made two starts at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) last year, including his first overall NNS start last April and his first start for Roush Fenway Racing (RFR), last September. Pastrana finished 25th and 17th in those races, respectively.
Like every other driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, David Ragan is used to signing autographs for fans. But during the race weekend at Richmond International Raceway, the driver of the No. 34 Ford will be collecting signatures for the hood of his race car as a pledge to exercise safety around railways as part of the CSX "Play it Safe" campaign.
Nelson Piquet Jr. will be making his first career NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Richmond International Raceway on Friday night, having only previously raced at the 0.75-mile short track in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race last fall where he finished 17th.
