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Date: Friday, April 26
Start Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Site: Richmond International Raceway -- Richmond, Va.
Track: 0.75-mile oval
Laps: 250
Miles: 187.5
Capacity: 94,063 (Grandstand Seating)
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 26th
On TV: ESPNews
Announcers:
On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
Race record: Denny Hamlin, 2011 (108.415 mph)
Qualifying record: Kyle Busch, 2004 (129.348 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Kurt Busch (not defending)
Runner up: Denny Hamlin
Pole winner: Kevin Harvick (124.625 mph)
Top 10:
1. Kurt Busch (Start: 10)
2. Denny Hamlin (2)
3. Kevin Harvick (1)
4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (6)
5. Sam Hornish Jr. (12)
6. Elliott Sadler (7)
7. Ryan Blaney (8)
8. Michael Annett (19)
9. Austin Dillon (3)
10. Kasey Kahne (5)
Average speed: 104.070 mph
Time of race: 1 hr., 48 mins., 6 secs.
Margin of victory: 0.062 secs.
Caution flags: 3 for 20 laps
Lead changes: 13 among 6 drivers
Past winners
2012 Kurt Busch, Toyota, 104.070 mph
2011 Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 108.415 mph
2010 Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 91.194 mph
2009 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 86.672 mph
2008 Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 96.238 mph
2007 Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 91.899 mph
2006 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 79.068 mph
2005 Carl Edwards, Ford, 85.709 mph
2004 Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 85.023 mph
2003 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 74.652 mph
2002 Jason Keller, Ford, 80.138 mph
2001 Jimmy Spencer, Chevrolet, 84.028 mph
2000 Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 81.023 mph
1999 Mark Martin, Ford, 90.060 mph
1998 Jeff Burton, Ford, 95.799 mph
1997 Mark Martin, Ford, 86.450 mph
1996 Jeff Purvis, Chevrolet, 98.168 mph
1995 Kenny Wallace, Ford, 96.291 mph
1994 Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 91.253 mph
1993 Mark Martin, Ford, 103.766 mph
1992 Harry Gant, Buick, 97.561 mph
1991 Harry Gant, Buick, 92.156 mph
1990 Michael Waltrip, Pontiac, 88.091 mph
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1984 Sam Ard, Oldsmobile, 75.084 mph
1983 Sam Ard, Oldsmobile, 73.639 mph
1982 Tommy Houston, Pontiac, 57.667 mph
Last race
Race: O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (April 12)
Site: Texas Motor Speedway -- Fort Worth, Texas
Miles: 300
Laps: 200
Finish line order: Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Austin Dillon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick
Time of Race: 2 hrs., 25 mins., 20 secs.
Average speed: 123.853 mph
Margin of victory: 2.272 secs.
Caution flags: 8 for 42 laps
Lead changes: 22 among 11 drivers
Lap leaders: Bowman 1-4, Hornish Jr 5-22, Keselowski 23-26, Cassill 27, K. Bowman 1-4, Hornish Jr 5-22, Keselowski 23-26, Cassill 27, K. Busch 28-53, Keselowski 54-65, Clements 66, Wallace 67, Keselowski 68-69, Hornish Jr 70-72, Kahne 73-94, Kenseth 95-106, Hornish Jr 107-110, Kahne 111-114, K. Busch 115-122, Koch 123, Hornish Jr 124-127, Keselowski 128-141, K. Busch 142-148, Keselowski 149, K. Busch 150-168, Earnhardt 169, K. Busch 170-200.
Entry list
#00 Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ) Toyota/Hoovey the Movie
#01 Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) ChevroletTBA
#2 Brian Scott (Boise, ID) Chevrolet/Shore Lodge
#3 Austin Dillon (Welcome, NC) Chevrolet/AdvoCare
#4 Landon Cassill (Fairfax, IA) Chevrolet/TBA
#5 Jeffrey Earnhardt (Mooresville, NC) Chevrolet/corvetteparts.net
#6 Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) Ford/Ford Ecoboost
#7 Regan Smith (Cato, NY) Chevrolet/taxslayer.com
#8 Scott Lagasse Jr. (St. Augustine, FL Chevrolet/Hybrid Light
#10 Jeff Green (Owensboro, KY) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#11 Elliott Sadler (Emporia, VA) Toyota/Sports Clips
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. (Defiance, OH) Ford/Alliance Truck Parts
#14 Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) Toyota/Hefty/Reynolds Wrap
#15 Juan Carlos Blum (Guadalajara, Mex.) Ford/Rick Ware Racing
#16 Ryan Reed (Bakersfield, CA) Ford/American Diabetes Assoc.
#17 Tanner Berryhill (Bixby, OK) Chevrolet/Keller Williams Realty
#19 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#20 Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) Toyota/Dollar General
#22 Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI Ford/SKF/Discount Tire
#23 Robert Richardson Jr. (McKinney, TX) Chevrolet/North Texas Pipe
#24 Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) Toyota/Compassion International
#29 Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Toyota/Toyota Care
#30 Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brasilia, Brazil) Chevrolet/Delavacco
#31 Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) Chevrolet/Brandt
#32 Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA) Chevrolet/Cessna
#33 Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA) Chevrolet/Hungry Man
#40 Josh Wise (Riverside, CA) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#42 J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#43 Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA) Ford/Pilot Travel Centers/Flying J
#44 Hal Martin (Galliano, LA) Toyota/American Custom Yachts
#46 Chase Miller (Canton, GA) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#47 Scott Riggs (Bahama, NC) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#51 Jeremy Clements (Spartanburg, SC) Chevrolet/TBA
#52 Derek Thorn (Lakeport, CA) Chevrolet/TBA
#54 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Monster Energy
#55 Jamie Dick (Albuquerque, NM) Chevrolet/Viva Auto Group
#60 Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, MD) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#70 Johanna Long (Pensacola, FL) Chevrolet/Foretravel
#74 Mike Harmon (Birmingport, AL) Chevrolet/Stone Bridge Construction
#77 Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) Toyota/Kyle Busch Motorsports
#79 Joey Gase (Cedar Rapids, IA) Ford/Donate Life
#87 Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) Toyota/AM FM Energy Wood & Pellet
#89 Morgan Shepherd (Ferguson, NC) Chevrolet/Hylands
#92 Dexter Stacey (Kahnawake, Canada) Ford/Maddie's Place
#98 Kevin Swindell (Germantown, TN) Ford/Carroll Shelby Motors
#99 Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) Toyota/St. Jude Children's Hospital
Leading contenders
| Name | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Harvick | 3 | 12 | Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | |
| Sam Hornish Jr. | 43 | 15 | 7 | 5 | |||||
| Elliott Sadler | 2nd | 18th | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Austin Dillon | 9 | ||||||||
| Brian Scott | 32 | 28 | 15 | 14 | |||||
| Justin Allgaier | 38 | 15 | 3 | 15 | |||||
| Brad Keselowski | 35 | 11 | 4 | Won | 5 | 16 | |||
| Kyle Busch | Won | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | 4 | ||
| Regan Smith | 40 | 21 | 15 | ||||||
| Trevor Bayne | 21 | ||||||||
| Brian Vickers | |||||||||
| Kyle Larson |
Notes
There have been 58 Nationwide races held at Richmond. This track hosted three events in the series during the 1982 season and then two each year after that.
Tommy Houston won the inaugural Nationwide race at Richmond, the Eastern 150, on Feb. 20, 1982.
Kevin Harvick holds the record for most Nationwide victories at Richmond with six. Harvick won the most recent event there last September. He is entered in this weekend's race.
Roush Fenway Racing has the most car owner wins in Nationwide races at Richmond with nine, followed by Richard Childress Racing with six.
Eleven of 58 Nationwide races at Richmond have been won from the pole position. Harvick most recently did it in September 2010.
Kyle Busch is the only driver on the entry list for this race that scored his first career Nationwide win at Richmond, which came on May 14, 2004. Busch holds the record for most career victories in the series with 55. Four of those wins have come this season.
Four drivers entered in this event made their first career Nationwide starts at Richmond: Jeff Green (Sept. 8, 1990), Austin Dillon (Sept. 7, 2008), Travis Pastrana (April 27, 2012) and Tanner Berryhill (same date as Pastrana).
Since NASCAR began using electronic timing and scoring in 1993, the closest margin of victory in a Nationwide race at Richmond occurred one year ago when Kurt Busch beat Denny Hamlin to the finish line by just 0.062 seconds.
The next race is the May 4 Aaron's 312 at Talladega Superspeedway. Joey Logano won last year's event there.
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