In four XFINITY Series starts in 2015, Poole has one top-10 and three top-15 finishes with an average start of 19.0 and average finish of 14.8. This will be Poole’s debut at the 0.75-mile oval this weekend.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS): Camry drivers Matt Kenseth (eighth), Denny Hamlin (11th) and Carl Edwards (15th) currently rank in the top-15 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) point standings.
No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver Brett Moffitt races in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway Saturday night. The .75-mile, D-shaped oval is one of Moffitt’s favorite tracks and the site of his 2012 K&N East Series victory.
Chris Buescher makes his fourth NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Richmond International Raceway on Friday night. In his previous three starts, Buescher has two top-10s, with his best finish of seventh coming in this race last year. He also finished 10th the last time the series visited the .75-mile track. In his three starts, Buescher has completed all but two laps.
When the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) heads to Richmond International Raceway (RIR) this week, 2010 Daytona 500 Champion Jamie McMurray will sport the new colors of Energizer® EcoAdvanced™ Batteries.
JUST THE FACTS: Sorenson has 14 Sprint Cup starts at Richmond International Raceway ... He has two top-10 finishes at the 3/4-mile track ... The race will be the 29-year-old's first with Front Row Motorsports, filling in while David Ragan subs for the injured Kyle Busch in the No. 18 car.
The Pete Store will go racing once again with David Gilliland's No. 38 Ford in 2015. The largest privately owned Peterbilt dealer by sales in the country reached a multi-race agreement with Front Row Motorsports for the current season, starting with Saturday night's race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.
Biffle started the race 26th due to qualifying being rained out and looked to have a Ford capable of a top 10. As the laps dwindled down a tight handling condition developed, and that combined with a few mishaps on pit road resulted in lost track position. Biffle battled back and earned a 15th-place finish.
Richmond Preview: Hamlin will return to the cockpit of the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota in Saturday night’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Following neck spasms that forced him out of the car after 22 laps Sunday at Bristol, Hamlin will compete at his hometown track this weekend.
Heading into Saturday Nights Toyota Owners 400, Gase will be making his first career NSCS start at "America's Premier Short Track". The 21 year old, Gase has a best NSCS finish of 33rd, which came last fall at Phoenix. This weekend's race will additionally be a double duty weekend, as the Iowa native will run for Jimmy Means in the Xfinity Series on Friday Night.
Kyle Larson is back to try to add another O’Reilly Series victory to his resume and will be driving the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet entry when the green flag drops Saturday night at The Last Great Colosseum.
NHRA officials announced today the return of PowerEdge, a line of high-quality, competitively-priced commercial and heavy-duty truck aftermarket products, as the presenting sponsor of the 38th annual DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals at scenic Sonoma Raceway.
