For any driver, a win in their hometown can be the sweetest victory of their career. Hamlin has experienced that in the past - twice - at Richmond International Raceway. Now the Virginia native hopes to repeat that success on Saturday night.
There aren't many tracks on the NASCAR circuit that you can say that Jimmie Johnson isn't good at - however, Richmond is one of those. In 24 career starts at Richmond, Johnson only has eight top-10 finishes. In the last three years, Johnson has only two top-10s in those races with two of those finishes being outside of the top 30.
Dominance. Its what Kevin Harvick has been doing best this season. It started in the Sprint Cup Series where he has scored two victories in the first eight races of the season. Now it has made its way to the Nationwide Series as he picked up his first victory early Saturday morning.
Dylan Lupton was inducted into the 2014-2015 NASCAR NEXT class at Richmond International Raceway on Friday afternoon after a successful rookie season in the K&N West Series last year which included one victory and 14 top-10 finishes.
A persistent rain shower would result in NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying for the ToyotaCare 250 being rained out. As a result, the starting line-up would be set based on Thursday's practice session.
Rain throughout the day would result in a soaked track and therefore resulting in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying being rained out. As a result, the starting line-up for the Toyota Owners 400 was set based on first practice speeds.
In 26 starts at Richmond International Raceway, Kevin Harvick has scored three wins and 16 top-10s. Needless to say coming off of the win at Darlington Raceway, this is the perfect track for 'Happy' to head to.
Parker Kligerman said on his podcast Thursday, that he can "absolutely, 100 percent say I will be racing," after losing his ride in Swan Racing's restructuring. Kligerman said on his podcast "Kickin' it with Kligerman" that he remains under contract with Swan Racing
Logano cut the deficit down to just over a second with 15 laps to go, but ultimately took the checkered flag third to secure his second top-five finish of the season.
Daniel Suárez, driver of the No. 7 Group1001 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports, finished 20th in Sunday's 400-lap race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway
Josh Berry and the No. 21 DEX team continued to build momentum Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, delivering a 10th-place finish in the Cook Out 400 to back up last week’s encouraging run at Darlington Raceway.
