Richmond seems to have been unusually hot so far this race weekend. Not sure if that will affect this night race. The cars are doing parade laps four wide as a salute to the fans. It’s reportedly Fan Appreciation Week in Richmond. Denny Hamlin will lead the field to the green flag. For some reason, pre-race Dave Moody of MRN said the track was a mile and a half making it technically an intermediate track. How strange is that? Joe Moore opened the segment talking about the three-quarter mile Richmond International track. Once the corner guys finished their spiels, Joe repeated that the track is three-quarters of a mile. Seems like Moody got lost there.
Caution on lap 11 of 400 for Ryan Blaney hitting the wall. Reportedly a left rear tire rub did its job and took out the tire.
Caution on lap 84 of 400 for a spin by AJ Allmendinger.
Caution on lap 94 of 400 for Chase Elliott in the wall after a left tire rub took out his tire.
Green flag pit stops are underway on lap 187 of 400.
Caution on lap 201 of 400 for Jimmie Johnson hitting the wall due to a flat left front tire.
Caution on lap 221 of 400 for debris.
Caution is out on lap 244 of 400 for a right front issue for David ‘Thrilla from Unadilla’ Ragan.
Caution on lap 265 of 400 for Paul Menard slamming the outside wall.
Caution on lap 278 of 400 for a spin by Casey Mears.
Caution on lap 290 of 400 for Michael Annett into the wall. Looks like a left front tire issue.
Caution on lap 321 of 400 for a spin by Carl Edwards.
Caution on lap 327 of 400 for AJ Allmendinger in the wall, also a left front tire issue.
Caution on lap 335 of 400 for Matt Kenseth hitting the outside wall hard. Kenseth says the 2 car is the reason for his issue. ‘It’ strikes again. He says ‘It’ missed a shift and his 20 got into
Caution on lap 345 of 400 for AJ Allmendinger going around.
Caution on lap 353 of 400 as Matt ‘Matti Di’ DiBenedetto hits the outside wall.
Caution for a big wreck on lap 362 of 400. David Ragan’s car is on fire. Tony Stewart hit the inside wall. He and Ryan Newman had contact. Smoke’s car is on fire. Chris Buescher got a piece of that as did Newman. Brian Scott was involved. Dylan Lupton’s car is in it. Carl Edwards was also involved. AJ Allmendinger also got some of it. Dylan Lupton’s 83 car is sitting on the hood of the 31 of Ryan Newman.
The race has been red flagged.
Newman just went off on Smoke during the interviews after his visit to the care center including calling him bi-polar and saying he has anger management issues – saying you can look it up on the internet, on youtube all the things he’s done. Newman also said Smoke should be retired with the way he drives.
The yellow flag is now out after a 23 minute red flag.
Reagan Smith is in the wall and the caution flag is out on lap 398 of 400.
Biffle spun then slid, no caution. The white flag comes out as Biffle gets it straightened out
Hamlin wins
Congrats to Martin Truex on leading the most laps and his third place finish.
Chris Buescher is in! Congrats rookie!!
Smoke has won a Winston Cup Championship, a Nextel Cup Championship and a Sprint Cup Championship.
The 2016 Chase Field:
- Kyle Busch
- Brad Keselowski
- Denny Hamlin
- Kevin Harvick
- Carl Edwards
- Martin Truex Jr
- Matt Kenseth
- Jimmie Johnson
- Joey Logano
- Kyle Larson
- Tony Stewart
- Kurt Busch
- Chris Buescher
- Chase Elliott
- Austin Dillon
- Jamie McMurray
In NASCAR news this week:
- Chase Field Set.
- Truex Jr.’s Car Fails Post-Race Inspection.
- Newman Blasts Stewart.
- Home Win for Hamlin.
- Hamlin Wins First Pole of Season.
- ISC Names New Michigan President.
- Chase Clinch Scenarios .
- Richmond Return for Gordon.
- Gayle to Crew Chief for Jones at FRR.
- Biffle, McMurray to Make 500th Start.
- Larson, Newman Docked 15 Points.
- NASCAR Fines Blaney.
- Cars of Newman, Larson Fail Inspection.
- Busch Dominates at Richmond.
- Phoenix Signs XFINITY Race Sponsor.
- Opinion: Respect In Short Supply.
- Bitter Ryan Newman takes shot at Tony Stewart’s ‘anger issues’ after crash.
- Matt Tifft set to return to racing after recovery from brain surgery.
- Driver dies after multi-car wreck at Tony Stewart’s Ohio dirt track.
- NASCAR officials to talk with Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart after ‘disappointing’ comments.