Motor Racing Digest

  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 April 27, 2013 Kevin Harvick needed, and received a caution to force a green-white-checkered finish en route to his first victory of 2013. Harvick maneuvered around six cars on the final restart to win the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Juan Pablo Montoya had been holding [...]

Posted: April 27th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Richmond International Raceway, Tony Stewart, Toyota Owners 400
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86 April 24, 2013 After a blazing fast weekend at Kansas Speedway, the NASCAR world sets its sights on Richmond International Raceway and the second night race of the year for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series. As one of the few short [...]

Posted: April 24th, 2013
Categories: Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Austin Dillon, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Justin Allgaier, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Parker Kligerman, Reed Sorenson, Richmond International Raceway, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Trevor Bayne
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    Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 April 3, 2013 Fans Encouraged to Take a Picture & Share on Social Media with #LOVEVA Richmond, VA (April 3, 2013)—Richmond International Raceway and the Virginia Tourism Corporation teamed up to spread the love today at America’s Premier Short Track.  The two organizations unveiled RIR’s LOVEwork. The track [...]

Posted: April 3rd, 2013
Categories: Featured, Track News.
Tags: Elliott Sadler, Jeff Burton, Richmond International Raceway, RIR LOVEWork, Toyota Owners 400, Virginia Tourism
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86  March 6, 2013 After races at a superspeedway in Daytona and a flat track in Phoenix, the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series head to Sin City this weekend to take on the 1.5 mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the first intermediate track both series will visit [...]

Posted: March 6th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Austin Dillion, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Justin Allgaier, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, marcos ambrose, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Sam Hornish Jr., Trevor Bayne
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86 January 16, 2013 Today our 2013 Sprint Cup team preview will cover the 2013 season outlook for Richard Childress Racing, which fields the #27 Chevrolet for Paul Menard, #29 for Kevin Harvick, #31 for Jeff Burton, and the #33 in a part time capacity for Austin Dillon. [...]

Posted: January 16th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Austin Dillion, Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick, Paul Menard, Richard Childress Racing
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 October 26, 2012 Jimmie Johnson will lead the field to the green flag for Sunday afternoon’s Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. By winning the pole, Johnson made a huge step in pursuit of the Sprint Cup championship with four races remaining. Johnson turned in the fastest [...]

Posted: October 26th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Paul Menard, Tony Stewart, Tums Fast Relief 500
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 September 11, 2012 WINNERS Jeff Gordon – After he qualified on the front row for the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond, Gordon dropped like a rock shortly after the green flag waved and at one point found himself a couple of laps down. But the frustrated Gordon [...]

Posted: September 11th, 2012
Categories: Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Richmond International Raceway, Winners and Losers Richmond
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 September 8, 2012 Clint Bowyer overcame an early spin then conserved enough fuel to win Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway. The start of the 400-lap race at Richmond was delayed for 90 minutes due to rain. Another shower moved over the racetrack after [...]

Posted: September 9th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Federated Auto Parts 400, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 September 7, 2012 Jeff Burton was the fastest in first of two Sprint Cup practices at Richmond International Raceway on Friday.  Burton’s lap speed of 125.412 miles per hour to edge Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the top spot. Earnhardt Jr. ran just 48 laps during the nearly two-hour [...]

Posted: September 7th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick, Richmond International Raceway, Sam Hornish Jr., Tony Stewart
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 August 10, 2012 Kurt Busch led the field in first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice on Friday afternoon and Watkins Glen International. In what was originally scheduled for noon on Friday, the first Cup practice was delayed nearly four-hours due to the steady rain at the track. After [...]

Posted: August 10th, 2012
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Watkins Glen International, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, marcos ambrose, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart
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