After a short Olympic break, NASCAR is cranking up the engines, and this weekend marks the first time in a NASCAR Cup Series points-paying race that the drivers and teams will have multiple options on the type of tire they would like to compete with in Sunday’s Cook Out 400 (6 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
With just one race left in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series regular season, Richmond Raceway has set the stage for some Saturday night short track racing with the Clean Harbors 250 on August 10 at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 Pinnacle Home Improvements Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing (RWR), will make his eighth NASCAR Cup Series start at the .75-mile Richmond (Va.) Raceway. In the series’ last outing at Richmond in March, Haley finished 32nd. He has a best finish of 21st at the short track, earned in August 2022. (more…)
Richmond Notes: Denny Hamlin grew up in nearby Chesterfield, Virginia and attended races at Richmond Raceway as a child. Throughout his racing career, that hometown connection has provided Hamlin plenty of on-track success.
RICHMOND, Va. (August 5, 2024) – After a two-week break during the Olympics, NASCAR is back as the world’s greatest drivers will compete for supremacy at Richmond Raceway in the Cook Out 400 at 6 p.m. on Sunday. And with just four races to go before the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs begin, teams will utilize any advantage they can get to leave Richmond with the checkered flag.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 6, 2024) – Michael McDowell and the No. 34 team return to Richmond Raceway after the two-week Olympic Break. (more…)
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 6, 2024) – NASCAR is back in action this weekend at the Richmond (Va.) Raceway. Todd Gilliland and the No. 38 Ford Mustang Dark Horse team up with The Pete Store for the 400-lap event. (more…)
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 6, 2024) – Layne Riggs is back in action this weekend at the Richmond (Va.) Raceway after NASCAR’s Olympic break and his fifth-place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park. (more…)
After a two-week break from NASCAR Cup Series racing, Josh Berry heads to Richmond (Va.) Raceway, where the 33-year-old rookie is no stranger to speed.
Chris Buescher heads into Richmond this weekend as the defending race winner. In the last six races (dating back to Iowa) Buescher has the fourth-best average finish of any driver – 13.5 – with two top five finishes in that span.
