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There is no other NASCAR Sprint Cup organization on a faster rise than Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) in the past two seasons. RPM collected their 11th Top-10 finish, and second consecutive, of the season Saturday night at the Richmond International Raceway. Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Gwaltney Ford team finished 10th in Saturday's 400-mile event.

Mike Bliss qualified 18th for the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 on Fridayafternoon. Early into the race, Bliss was quiet on the radio and running in the 21st position. After the first caution, Bliss reported that his Camry was tight in the center and loose off. On lap 60, Bliss was scored in the 21st position and by lap 88, the No. 19 Camry was running 18th. Later in the race Bliss reported that his Camry was rolling through the center better, but he was still having trouble getting on the gas.

After seeing a solid outing spoiled by an accident in his previous event at Mid-Ohio, Jeff Green was eager to get back behind the wheel of the No. 14 car at Richmond Int'l Raceway. The Virginia 529 College Savings 250 was the fourth of five scheduled races in the Reynolds Wrap®/Hefty® Toyota for the former Nationwide Series champion. Qualifying 24th, Green maintained his position for the first 90 laps of the 250-lap event, despite battling a car that was extremely tight in the center of the turns.

Saturday’s running of the Wahta Springs 300 at Barrie Speedway was event number 10 of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil1 2014 tour. Steckly had a strong run going early when during the middle stages of the race they suffered a parts failure that would put them behind the wall for repairs for several laps.

"I'm always proud of the effort of my team," commented Whitt. "Even though we struggled with the balance of our Standard Plumbing Supply Toyota Camry, my BK Racing team never gave up. They continued to search for adjustments that would make us better, and also made sure that we were able to maintain our track position to get the best finish possible.

After leading the Roush Fenway Racing qualifying efforts for the final race to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. battled an ill-handling machine for a majority Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400 forcing him to settle for a 26th- place finish at Richmond International Raceway.

Jeff Gordon powered his No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS to a second-place finish in the 400-lap Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway, the final round of the regular 26-race season. This was Gordon’s 28th top-10 finish in 44 races at Richmond International Raceway and his 17th top-10 finish in 2014.

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 BUDWEISER CHEVROLET SS – Finished 5th - ON THE RACE “We didn’t have the best car tonight but got a Top 5 out of it and that’s what you’re going to have to do over the next 10 weeks to keep yourself in the game. And that’s really what it’s about it keeping yourself in the game. You’ve got to keep doing that and everything else; the race car runs fine and you’ve just got to battle every week.”

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 8TH - TELL US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED? “Just got dehydrated in the car. Not exactly sure what led to it we will have to dig in and see what happened. I started cramping when I got out of the race car. Then when I was cramping I was trying to stand-up because I was fine when I sat down then I would stand-up I would get dizzy.

Clint Bowyer (third) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Richmond International Raceway behind race-winner Brad Keselowski.