NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

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Sprint Cup Series Richmond Fantasy Picks and Preview

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Here is my Fantasy Picks and Preview for the Sprint Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway. FOX is broadcasting the postponed race on Sunday, April 16th at 1 pm ET.

Contenders

Jeff Gordon – The funny thing about Gordon is in both short track races this season he has started off tremendously slow and then slowly inches his way to the front and puts himself in position at the end to win. I suspect he does the same tonight. Continue reading

Fan4Racing with Catchfence NASCAR Weekend Preview – Thursday, April 23, 2015

Hey race fans, catch our NASCAR Weekend Preview with host Sharon Burton from Fan4Racing, co-host Chris Knight from Catchfence and Fan4Racing writer, Zach Roethlisberger.  We’ll bring  guests from around the NASCAR world to give their perspective too.

We’re chatting about all the hottest topics and what fans can expect at the track over the upcoming weekend of NASCAR Xfinity and Sprint Cup Series racing at Richmond International Raceway, Denny Hamlin’s Short Track Showdown at South Boston Speedway, and ARCA Racing Series at Salem Speedway.

This is an interactive show, so give us a call at 714-202-9918 to join the conversation or tweet us your questions/comments during the LIVE broadcast @Fan4RacingSite @Knighter01 @ZRoethlisberger.

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Our show begins at 8:30 pm ET on Thursday, April 23, 2015.

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Throwback Thursday: Richmond’s ‘Perfect’ Evolution

Photo - RIR
Photo – RIR

Richmond International Raceway is often called the “perfect” race track, combining short track excitement with the high-speed thrills of a big track.  But the 0.75-mile oval had to work to become perfection, to the tune of five configurations in its 62-year history.

The track known as Strawberry Hill, Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds and Virginia State Fairgrounds, hosted its first NASCAR race in 1953 as a half-mile dirt track.  NASCAR Hall of Famer Lee Petty won that April afternoon race, and won again in 1960 to become the first two-time Richmond winner.  Continue reading

Erik Jones: The Bearer of Evolution in NASCAR

Photo - Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images

 

Most NASCAR fans were not overly familiar with an 18-year-old kid from Byron, Michigan named Erik Jones before the 2015 NASCAR season, but they are now.

 

Although Jones did post three wins in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series last season and with a recent NASCAR XFINITY Series win at Texas Motor Speedway, I really can’t image that anybody would have seen the tremendous leap he has taken in becoming the potential face of Joe Gibbs Racing’s future

 

Which brings up a question in itself? What does Joe Gibbs Racing/JGR do with a young man as talented as Jones, when the team has four seats filled up with stars in the Sprint Cup Series? Continue reading