Six days after Joey Logano led all 300 laps in a NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Bristol, Denny Hamlin led 248 of 250 circuits in winning Friday night’s ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway.
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 2nd - How was your qualifying effort? "Initially, I didn't think that our car after the first round was going to be capable for a pole position, but after the second it looked like our car was pretty good and we just lost a little bit too much grip that final run and came up a little bit short."
Defending TOYOTA OWNERS 400 champion Joey Logano leads the pack in Crispy M&M’s Pole Qualifying and now tastes the sweet reward of sitting on the pole for tomorrow night’s TOYOTA OWNERS 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Logano laid down a lap of 127.071 mph.
Kurt Busch led the way for Team Chevy in his No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) during qualifying for Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race. His lap of 21.326 seconds (126.606 mph) was fast enough to earn him the third starting spot for the Toyota Owners 400, round 9 on the NSCS 2015 circuit. This is Busch’s third top-three start of the season.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion (Qualified 1st) “We have a fast Shell Pennzoil Ford. I thought we had a shot at the pole all along but after the first run it wasn’t very good and I started second guessing. We made some adjustments and didn’t make much ground on it the second round. Then we swung for the fence. "
Denny Hamlin laid down a hot lap in NASCAR XFINITY Series Pole Qualifying for tonight’s ToyotaCare 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series at Richmond International Raceway. Hamlin led the way with a speed of 124.069 mph.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion, kicked off a sweep of Richmond a year ago for Team Penske with his victory at the spring race. Logano discussed being the defending race winner, his team’s prospects for the weekend and more with media members Friday afternoon.
Elliott Sadler, driver of the No. 1 OneMain Financial Ford Mustang, returns to his home track this weekend looking for his first win in 2015. Sadler spoke about coming home, the season to date and more with members of the media Friday afternoon at Richmond International Raceway.
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How does it feel to come to Richmond after a win? "Yeah, it was good to get that win, obviously. It's been a long time, so that was I think great for everybody at JGR (Joe Gibbs Racing) and everybody on our team."
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Richmond International Raceway and discussed his outlook for this weekend at Richmond, the tire test he participated in a few weeks ago, getting his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win and many other topics.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 93 of 200 laps and fended off teammate Justin Allgaier through a 17-lap shootout to notch his second O'Reilly victory of 2026 at the Lone Star state.
Brent Crews was the top-finishing Toyota driver in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, winning the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus with a fourth-place result on Saturday afternoon.
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, clocked in a single qualifying lap at 191.340 mph in 28.222 seconds to claim his second consecutive Cup pole at the Lone Star state by 0.003 seconds over teammate Daniel Suarez.
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB driver John Hunter Nemechek was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Texas Motor Speedway.
