NASCAR Cup Series

With tributes to the troops, America and to all lost on September 11th, NASCAR’s finest took to the Richmond International Raceway to determine the twelve who will Chase for the Championship.

Eighty-five caution laps in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond International Raceway means a donation of $17,000 to the American Cancer Society, courtesy of Chevrolet.

He still hasn’t won a race but for the first time in three years Dale Earnhardt Jr. has ended a streak, he’s back in the Chase for the Championship.

Kyle Busch (sixth) and Denny Hamlin (ninth) were the highest finishing Toyota drivers in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Richmond International Raceway.

Kevin Harvick won the Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday to earn the second seed in the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Harvick, No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet, leads six Team Chevy drivers in the '11 Chase field.

In the final race before the 12-driver, 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup championship begins, U.S. Army driver Ryan Newman pulled off another solid performance, finishing eighth in Saturday night's Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond International Raceway.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON MAKING THE CHASE AS THE NO. 4 SEED? "If you take tonight out of the equation, tonight was a disaster, but I feel like we have been pretty good lately."

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 BUDWEISER CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER - 2ND SEED IN THE CHASE: ON HIS RACE: "We had a really good Budweiser Chevrolet on the short runs. Just want to thank the fans and all of our troops for everything that they do for us to come out here and race."

Carl Edwards led 112 laps and came just short of victory in the final ‘regular season’ Sprint Cup race before the Chase cutoff point at Richmond International Raceway, finishing second to Kevin Harvick.

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 5th “Really a good, hard fought battle. That debris from that early caution cut our right rear tire and you know, we were lucky to obtain a yellow while we were sitting there limping around."