Read more about the article Edwards bumps teammate Kyle Busch to win at Richmond
during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series TOYOTA OWNERS 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 24, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia.

Edwards bumps teammate Kyle Busch to win at Richmond

April 24, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va. – The honeymoon at Joe Gibbs Racing may be over. Yes, on Sunday at Richmond International Raceway, Carl Edwards won his second straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in the Toyota Owners 400 and the fourth in a row for JGR, but he did so with a last-lap bump-and-run on teammate Kyle Busch, who was seeking his third victory in four events. “We did everything right – be smart,” Busch was told on his radio, after Edwards moved the No. 18 Toyota up the track in Turns 3 and 4 and…

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Read more about the article Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins Richmond XFINITY race in overtime
during the NASCAR XFINITY Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway on April 23, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins Richmond XFINITY race in overtime

April 23, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va. – After a massive late-race wreck scrambled the running order in Saturday’s ToyotaCare 250, Dale Earnhardt Jr. survived a two-lap dash in overtime to win his first NASCAR XFINITY Series race since 2010 and the first in his own JR Motorsports equipment. Earnhardt held off Ty Dillon by .266 seconds in a main event that ran nine laps past its scheduled distance of 140 laps, but Dillon collected the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus available to the two highest finishes among XFINITY Series regulars from each of the two heats that…

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Richmond Preview: Joe Gibbs Racing Is Dominating

By Jared Turner As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Richmond International Raceway for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400, there’s one lingering question on just about everybody’s mind: Can Joe Gibbs Racing be stopped? With Carl Edwards’ dominant victory last Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, JGR drivers have reeled off three consecutive wins and gone to Victory Lane in four of the season’s first eight Sprint Cup races. In addition, JGR drivers have won four of the season’s eight poles and hold down three of the top nine positions in the standings. RIR, a three-quarter mile D-shaped facility, is arguably JGR’s best…

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I’m Just Sayin’: Richmond Should Scrap Night Racing

By Jared Turner Although Richmond’s spring race was pushed back from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon last year because of rain, this weekend will mark the first time in many years that the three-quarter mile short track is scheduled to host a Sprint Cup event on a Sunday afternoon. So is the change in schedule a good one or a bad one? Fans and drivers love Saturday night racing because it harkens back to NASCAR’s short-track roots on bullrings around the Southeast. Drivers also love Saturday night racing because it gives them a rare Sunday at home. Even though naysayers argue that…

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FIve To Watch at Richmond

The most recent winner at Richmond, Matt Kenseth has yet to win in 2016 despite his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota being fast in almost every race. Richmond offers the former champ another good opportunity to break though. Kurt Busch is the defending winner of the Richmond spring race, a race that was run on Sunday instead of Saturday night because of a weather postponement. This time, the race is actually scheduled for Sunday. Dale Earnhardt Jr. comes to Richmond – where he’s a three-time winner but hasn’t prevailed since 2006 – on the heels of a second-place finish at Bristol…

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Road Course Master: Joy Names Gurney His Hero

By Ben White Mike Joy, lead announcer for Fox Sports, has broadcast most major forms of American motorsports for television and radio for decades. Prior to joining FOX in 2001, the Chicago native anchored CBS Sports’ coverage of the Daytona 500 from 1998-2000 after working as an informative pit reporter for 15 years. He also built a successful career with Motor Racing Network (MRN) Radio from 1977-‘83. When asked to name his all-time hero in motorsports, an iconic road racer quickly came to mind. “It would have to be Dan Gurney,” Joy said. “He was the most accomplished, smoothest road racer that…

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