Good track for the team: “Richmond International Raceway (RIR) has always been a good racetrack for us,” said Allmendinger, who has three top-10 finishes at RIR. “I think we qualified fourth there in the spring. We had a decent run and it seems like I’ve always had good runs at Richmond.”
Last Race Before the Chase...It's all on the line this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) returns to Richmond International Raceway (RIR) this weekend. This weekend is Justin Allgaier's last chance to qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Saturday's night race will mark Allgaier's fourth start at the 0.75-mile short track.
DARLINGTON SWEEP: Camry drivers swept the NASCAR race weekend at Darlington Raceway with Carl Edwards earning the win in Sunday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race and Denny Hamlin claiming the victory in Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at the 1.366-mile South Carolina track. Edwards’ win marked his second of the season and the 75th victory for Toyota in NSCS competition. Hamlin (third) and Kyle Busch (seventh) also earned top-10 results for Toyota in the NSCS race at the ‘Lady in Black’. Hamlin led Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) teammates Busch (second) and Daniel Suarez (third) to the finish line on Saturday.
This is it. Saturday night under the lights at Richmond International Raceway, the field for the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup will be set. Clint Bowyer and his 5-hour ENERGY team are poised to earn their third berth together in NASCAR’s playoffs.
Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed heads to the site of his first ever NASCAR XFINITY Series start this weekend at Richmond International Raceway (RIR). With five starts under his belt at the track, Reed says it feels like home racing at Richmond.
Martin Truex Jr. has faced the pressure of the final regular season race. The team he drives for -- Furniture Row Racing -- has also been in the same position.
Brennan Poole is set to make his 14th start of 2015 in the No. 42 DC Solar Chevrolet Camaro at Richmond International Raceway (RIR). Through 12 starts, Poole has two top-10 and eight top-15 finishes, with an average start of 16.2 and an average finish of 18.4.
Annett Rolls on to Richmond...Michael Annett and his No. 46 Switch Hitch Chevrolet team travel to Richmond International Raceway (Va.) for Saturday night's 400-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. The event at the 3/4-mile track is the second-to-last short track race of the 2015 season.
Benny Gordon returns to the NASCAR Xfinity Series this weekend to drive the No. 66 SRWR/VSI Toyota Camry at Richmond International Raceway (RIR). The Virginia529 College Savings 250 on September 11, 2015 will mark Gordon’s 4th start in the 2015 season with Performance Energy Group.
The No. 17 Cargill Beef Ford Fusion will feature a special Sam’s Club paint scheme this weekend at Richmond International Raceway. Cargill Beef first featured a Sam’s Club scheme in 2011 during Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s first championship season in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. In 2012, Stenhouse drove the Cargill Beef/Sam’s Club Ford to victory lane in Kansas for his sixth win en route to his second XFINITY Series title. The Sam’s Club scheme will also run on the No. 17 Cargill Beef Ford at Phoenix International Raceway in November.
Much like in Race 2 a few hours earlier, Pato O'Ward benefitted from another driver's misfortune on the final restart to sweep the day at the Milwaukee Mile. Also Alex Palou won his fifth title.
Turner made the first statement of the weekend by pacing each Qualifying session. Her time of 2:18.740 placed her well ahead of Cannon’s 2:21.082, with the title combatants separated by 2.3 seconds.
Don’t tell the principal, but Max Garcia may have earned the right to skip school Monday after his stirring first career INDY NXT by Firestone victory Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile.
