NASCAR Cup Series

Harvick and Menard are tied for ninth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver championship point standings, trailing leader Jimmie Johnson by 72 markers, while Burton sits 19th.

"We were there, but on the wrong sequence at the end," said Kurt Busch, who saw a race-contending performance drop to a solid ninth-place finish in the closing laps of Saturday night's Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway.

Rocketing ahead of the field on a green-white-checkered finish, Kevin Harvick powered his No. 29 Bell Helicopter Chevrolet SS to victory in the Toyota Owners 400 Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.

As the Toyota Owners 400 was drawing to a close, it looked like Kevin Harvick would catch Juan Pablo Montoya for the lead, making for a thrilling battle between them. However, all heck broke loose when a caution would come out with six laps to go when Brian Vickers would get into the wall.

With late race pit stops and a late green white checkered, Kevin Harvick would go from seventh to first on the final restart to take the victory in the Toyota Owners 400.

MARCOS AMBROSE, No. 9 DeWalt Ford Fusion (Incident Quote) - “This is so disappointing for us. It appears we've blown an engine. We've had fantastic power from Ford Racing and Roush Yates Engines so we can't complain. It's just the racing gods aren't on our side this year. We were fast tonight and ran top 10. We are proud of that and will have to regroup and go to Talladega.”

Clint Bowyer was the first Camry driver to the finish line in the Toyota Owners 400 tonight at Richmond International Raceway with a second-place result.

"That was a heck of a first lap of the restart. I thought that the outside line might have the advantage because it had a couple of guys with new tires in the second row, and lined up on the outside. But the two tires - these cars drive a lot off the left rear - and we only took two tires, and they didn't get that great of restart but my car launched, and I was able to drive it in the first corner and hope for the best down there."

A total of 17 Team Chevy drivers will start the Toyota Owners 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Richmond International Raceway

The story of the week surrounds the team of Matt Kenseth as NASCAR passed down one of its stiffest penalties in history as it slapped the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team with a 50 point penalty, a $200,000 fine, and suspended Crew Chief Jason Ratcliff for the next seven races.