Joey Logano gets season on track with runner-up finish at Richmond
By Dustin Albino RICHMOND, Va. — Joey Logano made it clear ahead of practice and qualifying on Saturday at Richmond Raceway: if the No. 22 team didn‘t score its first top-five finish of the season on Sunday evening, he would be disappointed. By all metrics, Logano looked to have among the best cars in the […]
Martin Truex, Jr says Denny Hamlin jumped final restart at Richmond
A dominating night for Martin Truex Jr. at Richmond Raceway turned into frustration and fender slamming over the final lap of the Toyota Owners 400. The final caution with two laps to go set everything in motion. Truex had control of the race and was leading Joey Logano when Kyle Larson spun off Turn 4 […]
Wet weather tires deemed a success at Richmond Raceway
Goodyear‘s wet-weather tires saved a significant delay at Richmond Raceway, an option still new to the NASCAR Cup Series on ovals but welcomed as drizzles hit the Virginia commonwealth shortly before the scheduled green flag. Goodyear‘s wet-weather oval tires first hit the track competitively with Cup Series cars last year at North Wilkesboro Speedway in […]
Commercial breakdown: 2024 Toyota Owners 400
Sunday‘s Cup race in Richmond ran the gamut from Kristin Labonte‘s heartening Invocation, to a rain delay, to wet tires, to slick tires, to competitive pit stops, to controversial restarts, finally winding up with a jubilant driver in Victory Lane, and a few disgusted drivers seething their way off the track. There were commercials in-between […]
Richmond post-race inspection complete
Inspection is complete following the Toyota Owners 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. There were no issues for #11-Denny Hamlin. He is officially the winner. The cars of #5-Kyle Larson. #8-Kyle Busch, #12-Ryan Blaney, and #20-Christopher Bel will be taken to the NASCAR R&D Center for engine Dyno and the Nos. 12 and […]
Martin Truex Jr. sees possible Richmond win slip away in overtime
By Dustin Albino Less than half a mile separated Martin Truex Jr. from cruising to Victory Lane in Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway. Instead the dominant No. 19 car, which easily led the most laps at 228 circuits, was put in a vulnerable position as the race went to overtime. With the white […]
Hamlin holds off Truex in overtime to win at Richmond Raceway
Denny Hamlin‘s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team gave him a clutch pit stop to emerge with the lead out of the pits and then he was able to hold the advantage on a two-lap overtime shootout to claim the Toyota Owners 400 victory Saturday night at his home track, Richmond (Va.) Raceway. It was […]
Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch talk after COTA issues
Kyle Busch and Christopher Bell knew questions about their run-in at Circuit of The Americas were coming after their arrival at Richmond Raceway one week later. Bell lived up to his last name when the question came first in his Saturday morning availability, mimicking a game-show sound: “Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner!” The […]
Denny Hamlin wants to drive for 23XI…..at some point, but expects to finish full-time career at Joe Gibbs Racing
Denny Hamlin is in a very distinct situation among drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. While the career-long member of Joe Gibbs Racing continues to compete as a driver for that team, he’s also part-owner of 23XI Racing along with NBA legend Michael Jordan. … On the latest edition of “Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour,” Hamlin […]
‘Forward momentum’ continues for Sam Hunt Racing at Richmond
By Dustin Albino RICHMOND, Va. — Whenever Sam Hunt Racing shows up to Richmond Raceway, there’s an added incentive to perform well. Team owner Sam Hunt is a Richmond native and attended college four miles down the road at Virginia Commonwealth University. Nearly three years ago, when John Hunter Nemechek scored the team’s first top-five […]
