In typical Saturday night racing fashion, it was a wild 400 laps of action at Richmond International Raceway for the Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event, Round 9 on the 2011 tour.
CARL EDWARDS - No. 99 Scotts Ford Fusion (Finished 5th) "That was a lot of work. I really appreciate the fans coming out here. It is neat to look up in the grandstands and see them packed with NASCAR fans."
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET, involved in a multi-car accident on lap 302: WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE: "It knocked the wind out of me. I just saw the corner through my mirror, a car come into my left rear, and around I went in a hurry."
Robert Richardson, Jr. and the No. 23 North Texas Pipe Dodge of R3 Motorsports enjoyed a solid run at Richmond International Raceway in Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race.
4th, KASEY KAHNE 9th, JOEY LOGANO 11th, DENNY HAMLIN 14th, BOBBY LABONTE 15th, CASEY MEARS 19th, DAVID REUTIMANN 20th, KYLE BUSCH 21st, MARTIN TRUEX JR. 22nd, MICHAEL MCDOWELL 26th, JOE NEMECHEK 32nd, MIKE SKINNER 37th, BRIAN VICKERS
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET, POLE WINNER: HOW ABOUT YOUR LAP? "It was good and I am really happy. We were faster in the second practice and we matched it in qualifying and I am pretty excited about it to be honest."
The reigning O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Menlo Park, California, clocked in a single-qualifying lap at 182.313 mph in 52.525 seconds for his first pole position of the 2026 season at 'Dega.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Taylor Gray was made available to the media on Friday prior to the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race from Talladega Superspeedway.
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing joins the 50th anniversary celebration of Roush, the engineering and technology company founded by Jack Roush in 1976.
