NASCAR Cup Series

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.

A.J. Allmendinger (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 4th ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT LAP? “Yeah, I’m really happy with that. You know, the lap times here are so close and this place is so tough to get a lap in and be smooth but overall just really happy with it. "

CARL EDWARDS, No. 99 Ford EcoBoost Ford (Qualified 2nd) “We haven’t been very good in qualifying for about the last month and Jack (Roush) said he has quit giving me advice because he thought that was part of it. But he hasn’t said anything in about a month and I asked if he had any advice and he said, ‘No sir, I am not saying anything.’ But he is happy."

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET met with media and discussed racing conditions at Richmond, upcoming track changes at Bristol, the need to improve when qualifying, how warm weather could affect the racing at Talladega, segment times, and more.

Mark Martin qualified late and captured the pole for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series Capital City 400 at Richmond International Raceway with a lap of 128.327 MPH (21.04 secs).