NASCAR Cup Series

“I don’t know; I’ll have to go back and watch TV and see how it worked. We had a pretty decent car tonight. I don’t think we were the fastest, but we had a decent Dodge, just needed a little bit more."

Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet, continued his strong start to the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season with another solid run on Saturday night in the Capital City 400 Presented By Virginia is For Lovers at Richmond International Raceway.

Kyle Busch held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final restart, ending his 20 race winless streak on Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.

CARL EDWARDS, No. 99 Ford EcoBoost Ford (Finished 10th) “I am trying to not be too frustrated and say something stupid. So right before that start my spotter Jason Hedleskey was told by NASCAR officials that the 99 was the leader, the 99 is the leader. Jason told me and I had a split second to decide what I was going to do."

Friday night in Richmond he found out there was. Winning with family. Older brother Kurt delivered KBM their first Nationwide Series win in its seventh race. It was the fourth career win for Kurt, who beat Denny Hamlin by 0.062 seconds, the closest in NNS history at Richmond.

Today marks the third anniversary of the death of David Poole. For you younger fans, David was the NASCAR reporter for the Charlotte Observer, as well as one of the hosts of SiriusXM’s morning show.

A total of 17 Team Chevy drivers will start the Capital City 400 Presented by Virginia is for Lovers NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Richmond International Raceway

1st, MARK MARTIN 23rd, CLINT BOWYER 5th, KYLE BUSCH 29th, TRAVIS KVAPIL 7th, DENNY HAMLIN 34th, DAVID STREMME 8th, MARTIN TRUEX JR. 35th, JOE NEMECHEK 18th, JOEY LOGANO 39th, MIKE BLISS 19th, BOBBY LABONTE 21st, LANSON CASSILL

The beating and banging of Martinsville Speedway and Richmond International Raceway mirror the short-track action Friday and Saturday nights that we all grew up on, and really take me back to some of my best times as a race fanatic.

Kevin Harvick led the way for Team Chevy in today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying session at Richmond International Raceway by putting his No. 29 Jimmy John’s Chevrolet on the on the inside of row two, in third place, with a time of 21.067 seconds and 128.041 mph for Saturday’s Capital City 400 Presented by Virginia is for Lovers.