NASCAR Cup PR

Newman was on his way to a bounce back top-15 finish in Sunday’s postponed race at Martinsville before a cut left rear tire coming to the white flag pushed him to a 19th-place finish.

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Hamlin’s home track of Richmond Raceway for a 300-mile event on Sunday. The Chesterfield, Va., native has three wins at the three-quarter-mile oval, plus 13 top-five and 17 top-10 finishes.

JEREMY BULLINS, Crew Chief, No. 2 Discount Tire Ford Mustang -- WHAT MAKES RICHMOND UNIQUE? “Richmond is just a super technical track.

For Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Menards/Libman team, a third-straight short-track race is just what he says they need to continue climbing up the Cup Series standings.

This weekend marks the return to Richmond Raceway for the Toyota Owners entitlement races at the Virginia short track. The ToyotaCare 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race is up first on Saturday afternoon before the Toyota Owners 400 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) event takes place on Sunday afternoon.

Buescher makes his 10th Cup start at Richmond this weekend where he carries a 26.7 average finish.

Newman makes his 38th Cup start at Richmond this weekend, his best track on the NASCAR circuit statistically with a 12.6 average finish. He has 20 top-10s in 37 starts, eight of which were inside the top five.

Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 14 Global Mustang Week Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Cup Series for Stewart-Haas Racing, is in the midst of his rookie season at NASCAR’s top level.

If winning at Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR’s biggest and baddest race track, isn’t enough, four drivers will have even more incentive – and 100,000 reasons – to claim their first triumph at the 2.66-mile track in the Ag-Pro 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday, April 24.

Richmond Raceway will play host to a pair of NASCAR events this weekend as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Cup Series take to the track on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, respectively.