The weekend’s almost here, and with that comes some fantastic races. NASCAR’s coming back to the Richmond International Raceway with the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 and the Federated Auto Parts 400 tonight and tomorrow at 7PM respectively. Today’s weather is looking good with a high of 90° and only a20% chance of rain. Tomorrow there may be isolated thunderstorms and a 30% chance of rain.
But enough about the weather, let’s discuss the track. The Richmond International Raceway opened in 1946. It can hold 97,912 fans and is quite famous for being the location of the battle between Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip in 1986. Earnhardt tapped Waltrip, sending them both into the wall and handing Kyle Petty the win instead.
The asphalt track is D-shaped and .75 miles long. It banks 14° at the turns, 8° on the frontstretch, and 2° on the backstretch. The current lap record is held by Brian Vickers from 2004 at 0:20:772 seconds. That’s an average of 129.983mph.
Enough about the track, though. Here are the racers competing this weekend!
Virginia 529 College Savings 250: September 7 at 7PM
- Car 01, Mike Wallace
- Car 2, Elliott Sadler
- Car 3, Austin Dillon
- Car 4, Jeremy Clements
- Car 6, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Car 7, Danica Patrick
- Car 10, Jeff Green
- Car 11, Brian Scott
- Car 12, Sam Hornish Jr.
- Car 14, Eric McClure
- Car 15, Matthew Carter
- Car 18, Denny Hamlin
- Car 19, Tayler Malsam
- Car 20, Darell Wallace Jr.
- Car 22, Ryan blaney
- Car 23, Robert Richardson Jr.
- Car 30, James Buescher
- Car 31, Justin Allgaier
- Car 33, Kevin Harvick
- Car 38, Brad Sweet
- Car 39, Dexter Stacey
- Car 40, Erik Darnell
- Car 41, Timmy Hill
- Car 42, Josh Wise
- Car 43, Michael Annett
- Car 44, Mike Bliss
- Car 46, Chase Miller
- Car 47, Stephen Leicht
- Car 50, David Starr
- Car 51, Ty Dillon
- Car 52, Joey Gase
- Car 54, Kurt Busch
- Car 60, Travis Bastrana
- Car 70, Johanna Long
- Car 81, Jason Bowles
- Car 86, Kevin Lepage
- Car 87, Joe Nemechek
- Car 88, Cole Whitt
- Car 89, Morgan Shepherd
- Car 100, Blake Koch
- Car 109, Paulle Harraka
- Car 117, Tanner Berryhill
- Car 124, Derek White
- Car 171, Carl Long
- Car 174, Mike Harmon
- Car 175, Scott Riggs
- Car 199, Ryan Truex
