NASCAR O'Reilly Series

Wallace will pilot RAB Racing chassis No. 44 in Friday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race. This chassis last saw action Bristol Motor Speedway last month, where Wallace recovered from a restart penalty to finish 19th.

Richard Childress has nine NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories as a car owner at Richmond International Raceway - five with Dale Earnhardt, three with Kevin Harvick and one with Clint Bowyer. Most recently, Harvick took the No. 29 Richard Childress Racing entry to Victory Lane in April at the 0.75-mile race track. Additionally, in 138 starts at the Richmond, Va.-based track, RCR drivers have claimed 35 top-five and 64 top-10 finishes. Childress, a former driver on NASCAR's senior circuit, contributed three of those top-10 finishes from 1976-1978. The Welcome, N.C.-based organization holds a 17.3 average starting position, a 14.7 average finishing position, has completed 52,106 of the 55,122 contested laps (94.5 percent) and collectively led 3,249 laps.

Roush Fenway Racing development driver, Ryan Reed will make his third career NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) this Friday. Reed made his NNS debut at RIR earlier this season, finishing 16th after running in the top-10 for the majority of the race.

Ryan Reed is set to return to Richmond International Raceway in the No. 16 Drive to Stop Diabetes℠ Roush Fenway Ford Mustang Friday, September 6, 2013. Reed made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut with Roush Fenway Racing in April posting a solid 16th-place finish on the ¾-mile Richmond, Virginia racetrack. The young driver advanced the No. 16 Drive to Stop Diabetes℠ Ford Mustang to the sixth position and was battling for fifth with just 10-laps remaining when he was involved in an on-track exchange– relegating the team to a 16th-place finish.

For the third week in a row the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will compete under the lights. The night race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway is always a contender for one of the most exciting night races of the season and Michael Annett and the No. 43 Flying J Travel Plaza Ford team are hoping they can make it their best run of the year.

Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial team head to Sadler's home track of Richmond International Raceway this weekend to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Virginia 529 College Savings 250.

Travis Pastrana will make his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Richmond International Raceway this weekend. Pastrana earned his career-best finish in the series’ last visit to the track, crossing the line in ninth. In his two NNS starts in 2012 at the .75-mile track, he finished 25th and 17th.

On February 13, 1982, Dale Earnhardt crossed the finish line first in the Goody’s 300 at Daytona International Speedway to win the inaugural race in what is now known as the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Twenty-three champions and 136 race winners later, NASCAR’s No. 2 series approaches an historic milestone – its 1,000th race, on Sept. 6 at Richmond International Raceway (7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, Motor Racing Network Radio, SiriusXM Satellite Radio).

RAB Racing with Brack Maggard and driver Kenny Wallace are proud to announce that Wallace will be making his 898th NASCAR start at Richmond International Raceway this Friday, September 6th for the Virginia 529 College Savings 250.