VIRGINIA 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS 250 - RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Nationwide Series Race #27 of 34 for the 2011 season
Last Race - Atlanta
Next Race - Chicago
Busch wins at Richmond: #18-Kyle Busch won the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway for his 8th win of the season and the 51st of his Nationwide career. #60-Carl Edwards finished second, followed by #6-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #20-Ryan Truex, #09-Kenny Wallace, #2-Elliott Sadler, #88-Aric Almirola, #32-Reed Sorenson, #31-Justin Allgaier, and #87-Joe Nemechek. There were 6 cautions for 48 laps and 10 lead changes among 4 leaders. The estimated attendance was 38,000. (9-9-2011)
Richmond Race Fast Facts:
Kyle Busch won the 31st Annual Virginia 529 College Savings 250, his 51st victory in 221 NASCAR Nationwide Series races. He is the all-time wins leader in the series.
This is his series-leading eighth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2011.
This is his fourth victory and 12th top-10 finish in 15 races at Richmond International Raceway.
Carl Edwards (second) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 14 races at Richmond International Raceway. It is his 20th top-10 finish in 2011.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Richmond International Raceway.
Stenhouse was also tonight's NASCAR Nationwide Series Dash 4 Cash winner.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. leads the point standings by 16 points over Elliott Sadler.
(NASCAR Statistics)(9-9-2011)
Lucky Dogs - Who got a lap back on each caution at Richmond and their finish
Caution 1: #14-McClure, 30th
Caution 2: #15-Hill, 17th
Caution 3: none, #22-Keselowski was involved in the caution
Caution 4: #15-Hill (2), 17th
Caution 5: #01-Wallace, 15th
Caution 6: #01-Wallace (2), 15th
(NASCAR PR)(9-9-2011)
Driver standings following Richmond:
1) #6-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 950
2) #2-Elliott Sadler 934 -16
3) #32-Reed Sorenson 905 -45
4) #88-Aric Almirola 882 -68
5) #31-Justin Allgaier 875 -75
6) #38-Jason Leffler 826 -124
7) #09-Kenny Wallace 786 -164
8) #66-Steve Wallace 765 -185
9) #62-Michael Annett 744 -206
10) #11-Brian Scott 736 -214
Complete standings are posted on the driver standings page.(9-9-2011)
Owner Standings following Richmond are posted. The top 30 in owners points who have attempted all races are locked in at Chicago.(9-9-2011)
Keselowski on pole at Richmond: #22-Brad Keselowski won the Coors Light Pole for the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway with a speed of 123.757mph. #60-Carl Edwards will start second. The rest of the top 10: #18-Kyle Busch, #16-Trevor Bayne, #09-Kenny Wallace, #6-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #66-Steve Wallace, #2-Elliott Sadler, #1-Jamie McMurray, and #20-Ryan Truex. Did Not Qualify: #04-Fain Skinner, #50-T.J. Bell, #08-Casey Roderick, #74-Jake Crum, #72-John Jackson, #13-Jennifer Jo Cobb. The starting lineup is posted on the Richmond starting lineup page.(9-9-2011)
Richmond Qualifying Notes:
Brad Keselowski won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 31st Annual Virginia 529 College Savings 250 with a lap of 21.817 seconds, 123.757 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 161 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
This is his third pole and 16th top-10 start in 2011.
This is his first pole in 11 races at Richmond International Raceway.
Carl Edwards (second) posted his 24th top-10 start of 2011 and his 10th in 14 races at Richmond International Raceway.
Kyle Busch (third) posted his eighth top-10 start at Richmond International Raceway. It is his 14th in 19 races this season.
(NASCAR Statistics)(9-9-2011)
Busch fastest in happy hour: #18-Kyle Busch was quickest during happy hour for the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 with a speed of 122.694mph. He was followed by: #16-Trevor Bayne, #31-Justin Allgaier, #66-Steve Wallace, #88-Aric Almirola, #60-Carl Edwards, #20-Ryan Truex, #6-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #19-Mike Bliss, and #32-Reed Sorenson. Complete results are posted on the Richmond practice results page.(9-9-2011)
Stenhouse fastest in first practice: #6-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was fastest during opening practice at Richmond International Raceway with a speed of 123.950mph. #22-Brad Keselowski was second, followed by: #09-Kenny Wallace, #16-Trevor Bayne, #16-Carl Edwards, #18-Kyle Busch, #1-Jamie McMurray, #19-Mike Bliss, #33-Kevin Harvick, and #11-Brian Scott. Complete results are posted on the Richmond practice results page.(9-9-2011)
Entry List: There are 46 cars on the preliminary entry list for Saturday's Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway. Some notes:
Jamie McMurray will drive the #1 for Phoenix Racing;
Scott Riggs is back in the #03 for R3 Motorsports;
Fain Skinner is in the #04 for Go Green;
Louis Martinez will driv ethe #39 for Go Green;
Josh Wise remains in the Key Motorsports #40;
T.J. Bell and MAKE Motorsports return with the #50;
David Stremme will be in the #70 for ML Motorsports.(9-5-2011)
UPDATE: Dennis Setzer has moved from the #49 to the #48, another Jay Robinson car. Mark Green will be in the #49. John Jackson has been added in the #72 and Mike Harmon has been added in the #74.(9-8-2011)
See the complete list on the Richmond entry list page.
Nationwide Series Live in Prime Time from Richmond: The NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series race under the lights in prime time this weekend at Virginia's Richmond International Raceway and ESPN networks will have live telecasts of both events on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9-10. The NASCAR Nationwide Series race telecast on Friday night, Sept. 9, on ESPN2 begins at 7 p.m. with NASCAR Countdown presented by OneMain Financial with the race's green flag at 7:43 p.m. The race is the third in the four-race Nationwide Insurance "Dash 4 Cash," a bonus program designed to reward Nationwide Series championship contenders. Drivers Reed Sorenson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Josh Wise and Elliott Sadler are eligible for a $100,000 bonus to be paid to the highest-finishing of the four in the race. Sorenson, who has won the bonus in the first two Dash 4 Cash race at Daytona and Iowa, has the possibility of winning $1 million over the course of the four select races. The NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Friday night will conclude 10 consecutive hours of NASCAR coverage on ESPN2, which begins with NASCAR Sprint Cup practice at noon and includes NASCAR Sprint Cup final practice at 2:30 p.m. and qualifying at 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 also will air NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying at 4 p.m. and half-hour NASCAR Now programs hosted by Shannon Spake at 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Analysts Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree will join lap-by-lap announcer Allen Bestwick in the booth to call the action for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race, while Marty Reid will anchor the Friday night telecast.Tim Brewer will report from the ESPN Craftsman Tech Garage, while pit reporters will be Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch and Vince Welch. NASCAR Countdown from the ESPN pit studio will be hosted by Nicole Briscoe with analysis by Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty. The studio team will interact with the booth during the race telecasts.(ESPN)(9-5-2011)
Thursday, September 8th
11:30 AM NNS HAULERS ENTER
12:30 PM NNS REGISTRATION OPENS
1:00 PM NNS GARAGE OPENS
5:00 PM NNS REGISTRATION CLOSES
6:00 PM NNS GARAGE CLOSES
Friday, September 9th
7:30 AM NNS GARAGE & REGISTRATION OPENS
8:00 AM NNS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
9:00 AM-10:15 AM NNS PRACTICE
10:30 AM-11:30 AM NNS FINAL PRACTICE
4:05 PM NNS QUALIFYING (TWO LAPS, ALL POSITIONS)
5:20 PM NNS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING (TENT)
7:00 PM NNS DRIVER INTRODUCTION
7:30 PM NNS RACE (250 LAPS, 187.5 MILES)
8:00 PM NNS REGISTRATION CLOSES
8:30 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Intermediate Radials
Number of Tires:
Nationwide: Left-side -- 525, Right-side -- 525
Set limits:
Nationwide: 6 sets for the weekend
Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-4416; Right-side -- D-4432
Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 87.4 in.; Right-side -- 88.6 in.
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 20 psi; Left Rear -- 20 psi;
Right Front -- 30 psi; Right Rear -- 30 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 12 psi; Left Rear -- 12 psi;
Right Front -- 30 psi; Right Rear -- 27 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will run the same tire codes at Richmond this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that teams in both series ran at Richmond in April . . . Sprint Cup and Nationwide teams also ran this same tire set-up at Phoenix in February and New Hampshire in July . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Richmond.
