Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion, heads into Saturday nights race at RIR locked into the Chase field and standing third in points. Biffle talked with media members after the second practice session Friday afternoon.
JR Motorsports and its competition director of five years, Tony Eury Sr., announced today the decision to amicably part ways, effective today. Eury is a winner of 55 NASCAR races in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series as a crew chief. He has 28 years in the NASCAR industry, the last five of which were served as competition director and crew chief for JR Motorsports
Roush Fenway Flashback – RFR followed up its back-to-back championships and the inaugural “Chase” for the Sprint Cup win in 2004, by placing all five of its Sprint Cup teams in the 2005 Chase. RFR occupied 50 percent of the 10 Chase slots for the season; a feat almost certain to never be replicated.
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Richmond International Raceway and discussed heading into the Chase, his success in last year’s Chase and other topics
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Richmond International Raceway and discussed the importance of winning this weekend at Richmond, Kasey Kahne’s championship chances, his hope at earning a sixth championship title and other topics.
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 DIET MOUNTAIN/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Richmond International Raceway and discussed racing at Richmond, his and the team’s mindset heading into the Chase and Jeff Gordon’s status going into Saturday night’s race.
Points leader Greg Biffle and third-place Matt Kenseth are the only Ford drivers locked into the Chase for the Sprint Cup, heading into this weekends race at Richmond.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing What is your outlook for this weekend at Richmond? "This has always been a really good place for us. We like coming to Richmond. It's always one of those places that I've looked forward to coming to whether it's been in April or May or September that you get an opportunity to race at a short track similar to Bristol, similar to Martinsville and come out of here with a strong run. We've been good here and I just kind of hope to keep the trend going and not mess up."
Marcos Ambrose, driver of the No. 9 Stanley Ford Fusion, and Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion, both have a chance to qualify for next week’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup if they can win and have luck fall their way in terms of the point standings. Both participated in a media session to discuss their chances.
Mike Wallace and the No. 01 Chevrolet team of JD Motorsports w/Gary Keller picked up a primary partner for this Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway.
