Archive for May 1st, 2008

Jeff Burton, No. 31 AT&T Impala SS, leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) point standings after nine (9) races

Team Chevy currently leads the 2008 Manufacturers’ Championship standings
Chevrolet has won a record 31 NSCS Manufacturers’ Cups
Team Chevy drivers have collected the coveted NSCS driver’s championship 24 times
The Bowtie Brigade has won a total of 624 […]

* Lee Petty drove a Dodge to victory in the first NASCAR race at Richmond in 1953; a 200-lap event on what was then a .5-mile dirt track.

* Dodge has 17 wins at Richmond including three since the manufacturer returned to NASCAR’s premier series in 2001.
* Dodge winners at Richmond include Lee Petty, Buck Baker, […]

Friday night’s ESPN production of the NASCAR Nationwide Series race from Richmond International Raceway has been moved to ESPN Classic and also will be simulcast on ESPN360.com and SPEED. The telecast begins at 7 p.m. ET with NASCAR Countdown. The change was made to accommodate NBA playoff game six between Washington and Cleveland.

The toughest, coolest, most ruthlessly ambitious driver in motorsports was born in Richmond, resides in Chicago, doesn’t have a driver’s license and is more familiar with the nuances of Hamlet than those of Denny Hamlin.
Meet Lauren Wallace, the fictitious pre-adolescent pepperpot whose quest to replace distant cousin Mike Wallace behind the wheel of the No.7 […]

Morgan Shepherd’s Faith Motorsports Dodge will hopefully be making a lot more trips around the Richmond International Raceway this weekend, thanks to the generosity of two of the veteran driver’s modern-day heroes. Two-time Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart and broadcaster Matt Yocum will provide tire sponsorship to the #89 team this weekend in an effort […]

ESPN on ABC’s live telecast of Saturday’s Aarons 312 Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway scored big increases in ratings and household impressions over last year’s race, continuing an upward trend to series TV numbers in 2008.

*Kyle Busch Seeks “Series Circuit” At Richmond
*Hamlin A Definite Favorite At His Favorite Track
*Dale Earnhardt Jr. Seeks To End 71-Race Win Drought
*Richmond A Fixture In 60 Years of NASCAR Racing
*There He Goes: Kyle Busch On A Victory Roll