Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Virginia529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway on September 11, 2015 Photo – Ranier Ehrhardt/Getty Images
Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Virginia529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway on September 11, 2015 Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Virginia529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway on September 11, 2015 Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
Reigning NASCAR XFINITY Series champion Chase Elliott was first off pit road under caution on lap 218 of 250 and held the top spot the rest of the way in breaking a 39-race winless streak on Friday night at Richmond International Raceway.
Elliott’s victory in the Virginia529 College Savings 250 trimmed his deficit to 21 points behind series leader Chris Buescher, who finished tenth. Elliott’s first victory of the season was also the first in 24 races for an XFINITY Series regular at Richmond. Continue reading →
Buescher Commands Championship Lead with Nine Races Remaining
After watching his point lead dwindle for three consecutive weeks in August, Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher needed to turn up the heat at Darlington.
And he succeeded.
Buescher placed fifth for his 11th top-five this season, while his closest championship contender – Ty Dillon – finished 15th. He now leads second-place Dillon by 29 points and third-place Chase Elliott by 35 points.
On Friday, the 22-year-old Texan returns to the site of his worst finish of the 2015 season – Richmond International Raceway where he finished 20th in April – for the Virginia529 College Savings 250. In four career starts at Richmond, Buescher has two top-ten finishes with a best result of seventh last spring.
Meet Virginia: Sadler, McClure Right at Home at RIR
Local fans will likely cheer for two drivers entered in the Virginia529 College Savings 250 who have their home state recorded as Virginia – Elliott Sadler and Eric McClure.
Sadler, currently fifth in the XFINITY Series standings, hails just down the road from Richmond International Raceway in Emporia, Virginia. He is searching for his first win this season, but has four top-five and 12 top-ten finishes in 24 starts. Sadler has never won a national series race in his home state. In 24 XFINITY Series starts at Richmond, he claims two top-five and ten top-ten finishes.
McClure calls Chilhowie, Virginia home. He has competed in all 24 XFINITY Series races this season with a highest finish of 17th at Daytona. Continue reading →
Grant Enfinger at 9 pm ET on Thursday, September 10, 2015. Photo – GMS Racing facebook page
Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk with Hot Topic Sound Off Every Monday night.
Apologies to all!
Due to technical issues at Blog Talk Radio, we are cancelling tonight’s show.
Grant Enfinger’s interview is now scheduled for Monday, September 14th at 8:40 pm ET
We will return for next week’s NASCAR Weekend Preview show on WEDNESDAY, September 16th at 8:30 pm ET.
Hey race fans, catch ourNASCAR Weekend Preview with host Sharon Burton from Fan4Racing, along with our Fan4Racing writer, Steve Dando. Co-host Chris Knight is at Richmond covering the K&N East race.
We’re chatting about all the hottest topics and what fans can expect at the track over the upcoming weekend of racing at Richmond International Raceway with NASCAR Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series, and the K&N Pro Series East. The Camping World Truck Series returns to action at Chicagoland Speedway on September 18th and the ARCA Racing Series is at Salem Speedway on September 19th. The K&N West teams return to action in October.
When possible, we’ll bring guests from around the NASCAR world to give their perspective too.
This week ARCA Racing Series driver, Grant Enfinger, with GMS Racing talks about his win at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds last Monday and his lead in the series’ point standings.
This is an interactive show, so give us a call at 929-477-1790 to join the conversation or tweet us your questions/comments during the LIVE broadcast @Fan4RacingSite or @SteveOnTheGrid.
Patrick Staropoli at 9 pm ET on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Photo – PS facebook page
Noah Gragson at 9:30 pm ET Monday, September 8, 2015. Photo – Getty Images
NASCAR Hot Topic Sound Off 10 to 10:30 pm ET Every Monday
Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk with Hot Topic Sound Off Every Monday night.
Guests include, NASCAR driver, Patrick Staropoli, talks about racing this weekend and breaking news about the rest of his 2015 season.
K&N West driver, Noah Gragson, with Jefferson Pitts Racing talks about his win at Meridian Speedway and return to the top-spot in the series point standings.
Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala every Monday night 8:30 to 10 pm ET as we bring fans the smartest racing talk around on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk!Joining us is Fan4Racing writer, Brian Eberly.
NASCAR Hot Topic Sound Off is 10 to 10:30 pm ET with Sharon Burton hosting an interactive discussion with co-host Chris Knight and Fan4Racing writer Brian Eberly. We’re chatting about the hottest topics from the weekend of NASCAR racing at Darlington Raceway, with the NASCAR Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series, and Meridian Speedway with the K&N Pro Series West. as well as the ARCA Racing Series at DuQuoin Fairgrounds.. The K&N East teams return to the track at Richmond on Sept 10th with the Camping World Truck Series teams returning to action on Sept 18th at Chicagoland Speedway.
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