Nascar Driver Averages Richmond
You have reached a degraded version of ESPN.com because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer. For a complete ESPN.com experience, please upgrade or use a Jayski.com staff 492d NASCAR National Series News & Notes - Richmond Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Next Race: Federated Auto Parts 400 The Place: Richmond Raceway The Date: Saturday, Sept.
9 The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET TV: NBCSN, 7 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 300 miles (400 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 100), Stage 2 (Ends on lap 200), Final Stage (Ends on lap 400) NASCAR XFINITY Series Next Race: Virginia529 College Savings 250 The Place: Richmond Raceway The Date: Friday, Sept. 8 The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET TV: NBCSN, 7 p.m.
ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 187.5 miles (250 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 75), Stage 2 (Ends on lap 150), Final Stage (Ends on lap 250) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Next Race: Chicagoland 225 The Place: Chicagoland Speedway The Date: Friday, Sept. 15 The Time: 8:30 p.m. ET TV: FS1, 8 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 225 miles (150 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 35), Stage 2 (Ends on lap 70), Final Stage (Ends on lap 150) Three’s A Crowd: A New Winner At Richmond Would Shake Up The Playoff Picture The Playoffs are almost here as NASCAR concludes its regular season with Saturday’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway (7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Plenty of drama can unfold with the potential of a new winner making the Playoffs as just three points separate the trio of drivers currently holding on to the final postseason slots.
If there is no new winner, Chase Elliott, Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray would all make the playoffs on points. But if there’s a fresh face in Victory Lane, all three are in danger of missing the postseason. Elliott sits 14th on the playoff grid, a mere two points ahead of Kenseth and three points ahead of McMurray. Elliott has struggled at Richmond throughout his young career. In four starts, he has a high finish of 12th and an average showing of 17.8.
Kenseth claims two wins, six top fives, 16 top 10s and a 16.1 average finish in 35 career starts at Richmond. He won the September race in 2015. In 29 starts at Richmond, McMurray has posted three top fives, eight top 10s and a 19.2 average finish. He has finished no lower than 16th in his last eight starts there. Included in that stretch are three fourth-place finishes and five top-seven showings.
Truex Captures Regular Season Title At Richmond Following his performance at Darlington, where he won the first two stages and finished eighth, Martin Truex Jr. Captured the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular season championship. He’ll be formally crowned champion following Saturday’s race at Richmond. Truex leads the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in points (107 more than second-place Kyle Busch), wins (4, Kyle Larson and Jimmie Johnson are second with 3), stage wins (17, Kyle Busch is second with 10) top 10s (17, Kevin Harvick is second with 16), playoff points 37 (Kyle Busch is second with 20), average running position (8.0, Kyle Busch is second with 8.7), driver rating (113.9, Kyle Busch is second with 107.3), fastest laps run (892, 15.6%; Busch is second with 727, 12.7%) and laps led (1,448, 20.7%; Busch is second with 1,311, 18.7%). “It’s an honor to win the regular-season championship and a milestone for Martin and Furniture Row Racing,” said Joe Garone, president of Furniture Row Racing.
“At the end of the day, though, our sights are set on the long term-goal which is winning the championship at Homestead. We’ll use this regular season championship, and the bad luck the 78 team had at the end of tonight’s race, as a springboard to take us to that goal.” Logano A Favorite At Richmond? Joey Logano’s lone win this season came at Richmond in April. The victory was encumbered after Logano failed inspection, so he must take the checkered flag in this weekend’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at the Northern Virginia track to make NASCAR’s Playoffs. Logano has placed in the top 10 in his last eight races at Richmond. In 17 starts there, he claims two wins, six top fives, nine top 10s and a 12.5 average finish. 22 Ford driver has struggled since his April Richmond win.
Since then, he’s registered only three top 10s in 16 starts. The last driver to sweep Richmond was Jimmie Johnson in 2007. Must-Win Race For Bowyer At Richmond Clint Bowyer suffered an engine failure early in the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway that’s forced him out of Playoffs contention through points.
He must win this weekend at Richmond to make the postseason. Fortunately for Bowyer, Richmond is one of his top courses.
In 23 starts at the.75-mile short track, he owns two wins, four top fives, 12 top 10s and a 12.9 average finish. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Gets Last Chance To Make Playoffs In Final Season For Dale Earnhardt Jr. To make the Playoffs in his final season, he’ll have to win Saturday Richmond - a feat he’s achieved three times in his career (2000, 2004 and 2006), Still, it’s been 11 years since he last won at the.75-mile short track. In addition to his three wins, Earnhardt has 10 top fives, 14 top 10s and a 13.7 average finish at Richmond. 88 Chevrolet driver enjoys running at Richmond because it has a similar setup to Myrtle Beach Speedway where he raced often growing up.
Denny The Defender: Hamlin Goes For Back-To-Back Wins On Saturday, Denny Hamlin will not only try for his second consecutive win after taking the checkered flag last weekend at Darlington, he’ll attempt to visit Victory Lane in consecutive September Richmond races. A win on Saturday would give Hamlin an extra five playoff points heading into NASCAR’s postseason. Right now, he trails the following drivers in playoff points: Martin Truex Jr.
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(37), Kyle Busch (20), Kyle Larson (18), Jimmie Johnson (16) and Brad Keselowski (18). The Chesterfield, Virginia, native claims three wins, nine top fives, 13 top 10s and a 9.8 average finish at the.75-mile track. He has finished sixth or better in the last four races there. His 110.3 driver rating at Richmond ranks second among active drivers. Hamlin has been one of the top-performing drivers in NASCAR this summer.
Since the June Michigan race, he has finished fourth or better in eight of 11 races. Included in that stretch are two wins. Jones Hits Groove, Will Try To Make Last-Ditch Playoff Push Sunoco Rookie of the Year frontrunner Erik Jones has hit his groove recently. The 21-year-old Michigan native boasts five consecutive top-10 finishes and three straight top-five showings. Jones will try to win his way into the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs at Richmond where he finished 38th due to a wreck in April. In four NASCAR XFINITY Series starts at the Virginia track, he has two top fives, including a runner-up performance this spring. On the season, Jones claims four top fives, 10 top 10s and a 16.3 average finish.
He leads Daniel Suarez by 12 points in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings. NASCAR XFINITY Series Two Races To Go And Plenty Of XFINITY Playoff Spots To Fight For Following the 24th race of the 2017 NASCAR XFINITY Series season at Darlington Raceway, six drivers - William Byron, Justin Allgaier, Ryan Reed, Elliott Sadler, Brennan Poole and Daniel Hemric - have all clinched a spot in the postseason on either wins or points. Though Jeremy Clements has a win, he has not yet clinched a Playoffs spot because he hasn’t clinched a top 20 spot in the standings.
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Clements is currently 18th in the standings, 101 points ahead of 21st, and can still possibly fall out of top 20 in the next two races. If Clements was to fall out of the top 20 in the standings, even though he has a win, he would be ineligible for the postseason. Clements can lock himself into the top 20 and the playoffs with 17 points this weekend. With two races to go and several NASCAR XFINITY Series playoff spots still up for grabs in Friday night’s Virginia529 College Savings 250 at Richmond Raceway (on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio at 7:30 p.m. ET) here are the clinch scenarios for this weekend. Cole Custer (0 Wins, 590 Points, +316 Points Ahead of 21st) - Custer can clinch on points with 11 points and a new winner.
If there is a repeat winner, he would then clinch on points with eight points. He can also clinch a playoff spot with a win. Custer has made two series starts at Richmond, posting one top 10 and an average finish of 9.5.
Matt Tifft (0 Wins, 558 Points, +284 Points Ahead of 21st) - Tifft can clinch on points with 43 points and a new winner. If there is a repeat winner, he would then clinch on points with 40 points.
He can also clinch a playoff spot with a win. Tifft has made two series starts at Richmond, posting a best finish of 14th earlier this season.
His average finish at RIR is 23.5. Blake Koch (0 Wins, 511 Points, +237 Points Ahead of 21st) - Koch can clinch a spot with a win. He could also clinch on points, but would need help. Koch has made 12 career starts at Richmond posting one top 10 and an average finish of 24.2. Michael Annett (0 Wins, 490 Points, +216 Points Ahead of 21st) - Annett can clinch a spot in the playoffs with a win. He can also clinch on points with a repeat winner and help. Annett has made 10 series starts at Richmond posting one top five, three top 10s and an average finish of 16.6.
Brendan Gaughan (0 Wins, 487 Points, +213 Points Ahead of 21st) - Gaughan can only clinch a spot in the playoffs this weekend with a win. Gaughan has made 11 series starts at Richmond posting two top 10s and an average finish of 18.0.