April 21, 2018
- Kyle Busch wins third straight race with late charge at Richmond:Busch streaked away from the rest of the field on a series of late restarts, ultimately beating Chase Elliott to the checkered flag in overtime to record his fifth victory at the .75-mile short track and the 46th of his career.[More](4-21-2018)
- Kyle Busch won the Toyota Owners 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. The win is his 3rd win of 2018, 5th win at Richmond and 46th career win.
#9-Elliott finished 2nd (his 8th career 2nd place finish) followed by #11-Hamlin, #22-Logano, #4-Harvick, #48-Johnson, #42-Larson, #2-Keselowski, #14-Bowyer, and #19-Suarez.
Pole winner #78-Truex, Jr. lead 121 laps, but had a slow pit stop near the end of the race and finished 14th.
The race ended after the first attempt at NASCAR overtime, set up by a caution when #17-Stenhouse, Jr. hit the wall.
Stages 1 and 2 were both won by #22-Logano. He finished 4th.
There were 16 lead changes among 7 drivers and 6 cautions for 46 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 96.215mph.
See unofficial race results, awards, laps led, cautions and more at:
Unofficial Race Results (pdf)
Cumulative Report (pdf)
Penalty Report (pdf) - Race Fast Facts – Richmond
– Kyle Busch: 3rd straight win; 2nd career 3-race win streak – 2nd driver with 3 race win streak this season (Kevin Harvick)
– Busch: started 32nd, his worst starting position in 45 career Cup Series wins (previous worst was 30th at Sonoma in 2008)
– Busch: 1st driver to win race starting outside top 30 since Jimmie Johnson at Atlanta in March 2015 (started 37th)
– Busch: 3rd driver to win at Richmond starting 30th or worse; others are Clint Bowyer (31st) and Richard Petty (30th)
– Chase Elliott: finished 2nd, 8th career runner-up finishes (0 wins); only 4 drivers in series history have had at least 8 runner-up finishes before 1st win, including his father Bill
– Denny Hamlin: finished 3rd, finished 6th or better in last 6 Richmond races (18th or worse in previous 5)
– Joey Logano: finished 4th, 3rd top 5 this season (had 4 in 27 races after encumbered Richmond win last year)
– Jimmie Johnson: finished 6th (was 3rd last week), first time finishing 6th or better in consecutive races since last April (won Texas and Bristol)
(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(4-21-2018) - 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Driver Chase Standings:
[after Richmond, race 9 of 36]
#18-Kyle Busch [3 wins], 415
#4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins – 2 can be used for playoffs], 324
#14-Clint Bowyer [1 win], 329
#78-Martin Truex Jr. [1 win], 284
#3-Austin Dillon [1 win], 208
#22-Joey Logano, 359, -56
#2-Brad Keselowski, 303, -112
#11-Denny Hamlin, 286, -129
#12-Ryan Blaney, 282, -133
#41-Kurt Busch, 282, -133
#42-Kyle Larson, 279, -136
#10-Aric Almirola, 248, -167
#20-Erik Jones, 233, -182
#88-Alex Bowman, 209, -206
#48-Jimmie Johnson, 200, -215
#24-William Byron, 192, -223
See the Unofficial Drivers Points Standings page (pdf) and Unofficial Owners Points Standings page (pdf) - Top-Ten Stage 2 Results (lap 200) of the Toyota Owners 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway (lap 200/400):
#22-Logano, 10pts, 1 playoff point
#14-Bowyer, 9pts
#10-Almriola, 8pts
#41-Busch, 7pts
#24-Byron, 6pts
#18-Busch, 5pts
#31-Newman, 4pts
#2-Keselowski, 3pts
#78-Truex, Jr., 2pts
#4-Harvick, 1pt - Top-Ten Stage 1 Results (lap 100) of the Toyota Owners 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway (lap 100/400):
#22-Logano, 10pts, 1 playoff point
#10-Almirola, 9pts
#41-Busch, 8pts
#24-Byron, 7pts
#14-Bowyer, 6pts
#18-Busch, 5pts
#9-Elliott, 4pts
#3-Dillon, 3pts
#78-Truex, Jr., 2pts
#4-Harvick, 1pt - Lucky Dogs, drivers that got a lap back during the cautions (and their finish):
Caution 1: #43-Wallace, 25th
Caution 2: #38-Ragan, 33rd
Caution 3: #31-Newman, 37th
Caution 4: #42-Larson, 7th
Caution 5: #42-Larson (2), 7th
Caution 6: #6-Bayne, 21st - Saturday Richmond Notebook: Chase Elliott tries for two important milestones at Richmond; Austin Cindric enjoys career-best NASCAR Xfinity Series finish; Daniel Hemric feels ready for giant step in racing career.[More](4-21-2018)
- Is NASCAR considering composite bodies for Cup? Following a successful rollout of flange-fit bodies in the Xfinity Series, NASCAR is considering a similar path for the Monster Energy Cup Series as well. Although there has been discussion of implementing composite Cup pieces as early as 2019 on short tracks, a 2020 launch is more likely.[More](4-21-2018)
- Bristol TV ratings UPDATE: Fox earned a 1.4 overnight rating for the Monday portion of the Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway.(4-17-2018)
UPDATE: Last Monday’s rescheduled NASCAR Cup Series Bristol 500 earned 2.0 million viewers on FOX, down 12% from last year’s race.[More](4-21-2018) - Delmarva Dog highlights new food selections at Dover International Speedway: Combining a traditional concession stand staple with a Delmarva Peninsula foodie favorite, Dover’s Delmarva Dog is just one of the many great food offerings NASCAR fans can expect when they visit the track for our May 4-6 tripleheader weekend.[More](4-21-2018)
- Talladega Superspeedway’s College Student Program returns April 27-29: Get ready for Talladega Superspeedway to teach you a thing or two about college with the $24 student ticket offer, returning April 27-29! The program offers an array of benefits, including a college party with an appearance by Erik Jones, driver of the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.[More](4-21-2018)
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