NASCAR Cup Series

“Who was that ‘on the fence’ at Richmond?” Keselowski asked. “Was it Clint Bowyer? No. It was just a fan who obviously wasn’t ‘high’ enough.”

Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Chicagoland Speedway ... Richard Childress is tied for second place for number of car owner victories at Chicagoland Speedway with Kevin Harvick's back-to-back wins in 2001 and 2002. In 41 starts at the 1.5-mile suburban Chicago tri-oval, Richard Childress Racing teams have a combined nine top-five, 18 top-10 finishes and one pole award, Jeff Burton in 2006.

Founded in 1894, Eckrich will celebrate its 120th anniversary this weekend in line with the promise on which the brand was built; quality and service. Over the past 120 years, Eckrich has grown as a leader in its industry on the promise of providing quality meat products and giving back to its communities. Eckrich will honor that promise this weekend as it honors and gives back to 120 of America's military families.

David Ragan, driver of the No. 34 Dockside Logistics Ford, comments on racing at Chicagoland Speedway:"The track in Chicago is starting to wear in and be really fun. It reminds me a lot of Atlanta. The surface is really worn out, tires are worn out. You've got fast laps for a few laps, but then the track kind of comes back to you. It's a great area -- there's a lot of race fans in the Chicago area."

You know you have a problem when the most exciting action at the track was the shirtless guy parked upon the top of the fence on turn four. Richmond was to excitement what Rusty Wallace is to broadcasting. In fact, I think I broke my fast forward button.

Many fans seem to be disappointed in what they saw at Richmond over the weekend. Yes, we had two runaway races—Kyle Busch in the Nationwide race and Brad Keselowski in the Cup race, but there is a reason for that and it is something that many fail to understand. There are the haves and the have nots. The haves always win unless you’re at a road course or Daytona.

The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field was officially set following Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesTM regular season finale at Richmond International Raceway®. Now, until 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, Sept. 14, sports fans can log on to NASCAR.com/Grid to predict how they think the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup will transpire by filling out the PERFECT CHASE GRID CHALLENGE.

“We’re heading to Chicago to start the Chase. We had a good test there. We ran fifth in Atlanta a couple weeks ago, so hopefully it’s a good race. It’s gonna be crazy. We’ve got three races to seal our chances to win the Chase.

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.

In a far less dramatic and controversial race than last year, here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 57th Annual Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway.