Chris Buescher, the first full-time Sprint Cup driver for Texas since Bobby Labonte stopped racing full time in 2013, enters Richmond on the Chase bubble, with an 11 point cushion. Buescher’s surprise win at a rain-shortened Pocono event last month was the first win for a Texan since Bobby’s last win, the 2003 season finale at Homestead-Miami.
Denny Hamlin captured the pole for the 2016 Federated Auto Parts 400 after turning a lap of 122.344 mph. Hamlin, who was born in nearby Chesterfield, Virginia, took risks by going out first in the final two rounds and ended up beating the more conservative teams that waited until the last few minutes.
Austin Dillon will lead the field to the green flag in tonight's XFINITY race in the capital of Virginia. The driver of the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet scored the pole for the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Richmond International Raceway after posting a time of 22.563 and a speed of 119.665 mph.
When asked to rate his season on a scale of 1 to 10, Austin Dillon gave himself a 6.5/10. Speaking to the media earlier this afternoon at Richmond International Raceway, Dillon was asked to rate his season on a scale of 1 to 10.
Casey Mears topped the chart in final Sprint Cup Series practice at Richmond International Raceway. The driver of the No. 13 Germain Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.396 and a speed of 120.557 mph.
Kyle Busch posted the fastest time in first Sprint Cup Series practice at Richmond International Raceway. The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.318 and a speed of 120.979 mph.
Ty Dillon was the fastest in the only XFINITY Series practice of the weekend at Richmond International Raceway (RIR), after turning a lap at 122.144 mph.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series travel to Richmond International Raceway this weekend while the Camping World Truck Series is off. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Darlington paid tribute to the Timmonsville, South Carolina native, Cale Yarborough, Saturday morning in a special ceremony at the track. In his honor, the Darlington Raceway Sprint Cup Garage was renamed the Cale Yarborough Garage.
Phoenix Raceway announced today that its NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Chase race on Friday, Oct. 16, will be known as the Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 Powered By POET.
Brandon Jones (sixth) battled with an ill-handling race car all night, but was there when it counted to lead Toyota in the rain-delayed NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday evening
With a fourth-place finish in Sunday’s Bank of America 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team delivered the Wood Brothers their best finish at the track in years.
