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Date: Friday, September 11th

Start Time: 8 p.m. (et)

Site: Richmond International Raceway (1946) -- Richmond, Virginia

Track: .75-mile oval

Laps: 250

Miles: 187.5

Capacity:

Total purse: $1,159,182 (2008 figures)

Payouts: 1st Place - $45,770; 2nd Place - $37,943; 3rd Place - $26,300

Year: 28th

On TV: ESPN 2

Announcers: Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree

On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio

Race record: Dale Jarrett, 1995 (104.928 m.p.h.)

Qualifying record: Kyle Busch, 2004 (129.348 m.p.h.)

2008 Finish

Defending champion: Carl Edwards

Runner up: Scott Wimmer

Pole winner: Joey Logano (2008 owner points)

Top 10:

1. Carl Edwards (Start: 5)

2. Scott Wimmer (4)

3. Clint Bowyer (2)

4. Denny Hamlin (27)

5. David Ragan (8)

6. Greg Biffle (23)

7. Joey Logano (1)

8. Kevin Harvick (7)

9. David Stremme (9)

10. Kyle Busch (15)

Average speed: 90.787 m.p.h.

Time of race: 2 hours, 3 minutes, 55 seconds

Margin of victory: 1.552 seconds

Caution flags: 9 for 50 laps

Lead changes: 7 among 5 drivers

Past winners

2008 Carl Edwards, Ford, 90.787 m.p.h.

2007 Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 93.913 m.p.h.

2006 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 85.627 m.p.h.

2005 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 88.634 m.p.h.

2004 Robby Gordon, Chevrolet, 86.372 m.p.h.

2003 Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 99.543 m.p.h.

2002 Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 78.089 m.p.h.

2001 Jimmy Spencer, Chevrolet, 90.156 m.p.h.

2000 Jeff Burton, Ford, 89.203 m.p.h.

1999 Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 87.754 m.p.h.

1998 Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 82.067 m.p.h.

1997 Steve Park, Chevrolet, 77.774 m.p.h.

1996 Kenny Wallace, Ford, 100.987 m.p.h.

1995 Dale Jarrett, Ford, 104.928 m.p.h. (race record)

1994 Kenny Wallace, Ford, 97.487 m.p.h.

1993 Mark Martin, Ford, 98.511 m.p.h.

1992 Robert Pressley, Oldsmobile, 95.373 m.p.h.

1991 Harry Gant, Buick, 86.719 m.p.h.

1990 Rick Mast, Buick, 99.759 m.p.h.

1989 Bobby Hamilton, Oldsmobile, 92.071 m.p.h.

1988 Harry Gant, Buick, 89.434 m.p.h.

1987 Mark Martin, Ford, 66.180 m.p.h.

1986 Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 76.174 m.p.h.

1985 Tommy Ellis, Pontiac, 80.539 m.p.h.

1984 Tommy Ellis, Pontiac, 65.199 m.p.h.

1983 Morgan Shepherd, Oldsmobile, 63.848 m.p.h.

1982 Butch Lindley, Pontiac, 59.894 m.p.h.

Last race

Race: Degree V12 300 (September 5th)

Site: Atlanta Motor Speedway -- Hampton, Georgia

Miles: 300.3

Laps: 195

Finish line order: Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Brad Keselowski, Jeff Burton

Time of Race: 2 hours, 4 minutes, 4 seconds

Average speed: 145.228 m.p.h.

Margin of victory: 1.138 seconds

Caution flags: 3 for 14 laps

Lead changes: 13 among 5 drivers

Lap leaders: D. Earnhardt Jr. 1-5; K. Harvick 6-27; K. Busch 28-46; K. HarvickD. Earnhardt Jr. 1-5; K. Harvick 6-27; K. Busch 28-46; K. Harvick47-49; K. Busch 50-52; K. Harvick 53-85; K. Busch 86-87; BradKeselowski 88; R. Sorenson 89-90; K. Harvick 91-125; K. Busch126-146; K. Harvick 147-182; D. Earnhardt Jr. 183-193; K. Harvick194-195.

Entry list

#0 Kertus Davis (Gaffney, SC) Chevrolet/sponsordavis.com

#01 Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/sponsordavis.com

#1 Martin Truex Jr (Mayetta, NJ) Chevrolet/Miccosukee Gaming Resort

#5 Scott Wimmer (Wausau, WI) Chevrolet/Fastenal

#05 Casey Atwood (Antioch, TN) Chevrolet/31W Insulation

#6 Erik Darnell (Beach Park, FL) Ford/Northern Tool/Discount Tire

#07 To Be Announced Chevrolet/TBA

#09 Travis Kvapil (Janesville, WI) Ford/Zaxby's

#10 Justin Marks (Rocklin, CA) Toyota/TBA

#11 Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) Toyota/Ridemakerz

#12 Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) Dodge/Verizon Wireless

#15 Michael Annett (Des Moines, IA) Toyota/Pilot Travel Centers

#16 Greg Biffle (Vancouver, WA) Ford/CitiFinancial

#18 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Z-Line

#20 Denny Hamlin (Chesterfield, VA) Toyota/TBA

#23 Robert Richardson Jr (McKinney, TX) Chevrolet/Mahindra

#24 Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) Ford/Hefty

#26 Brian Keselowski (Rochestr Hls, MI) Dodge/Fischer Honda

#27 Jason Keller (Greenville, SC) Ford/Depends-Family Dollar

#28 Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/U.S. Border Patrol

#29 Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS) Chevrolet/Holiday Inn

#31 Travis Kittleson (Merritt Isld, FL) Chevrolet/TBA

#32 David Reutimann (Zephyrhills, FL) Toyota/Dollar General Stores

#33 Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA) Chevrolet/Jimmy John's

#34 Tony Raines (LaPorte, IN) Chevrolet/Long John Silver's

#38 Jason Leffler (Long Beach, CA) Toyota/Great Clips

#40 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Chevrolet/TBA

#47 Coleman Pressley (Asheville, NC) Toyota/TBA

#49 Mark Green (Owensboro, KY) Chevrolet/GetMoreVacations.com

#52 Chris Lawson (Troutman, NC) Chevrolet/TBA

#60 * Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO) Ford/Scott's Wild Bird Food

#61 Matthew Carter (Denver, NC) Ford/Specialty Racing

#62 Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV) Chevrolet/U.S. Fidelis

#66 Steve Wallace (Charlotte, NC) Chevrolet/5 Hour Energy

#70 Shelby Howard (Greenwood, IN) Chevrolet/ForeTravel Motorcoach

#72 Benny Gordon (DuBois, PA) Ford/VSI and Samuel & Sons

#73 Derrike Cope (Spanaway, WA) Dodge/TBA

#78 Kevin Lepage (Shelburne, VT) Dodge/TBA

#81 Bobby Hamilton Jr (Nashville, TN) Dodge/D.H. Griffin Companies

#87 Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) Chevrolet/NEMCO Motorsports

#88 Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hls, MI) Chevrolet/Lipton

#89 Morgan Shepherd (Conover, NC) Chevrolet/Lagina Plumbing Eldora

#90 Johnny Chapman (Stony Point, NC) Chevrolet/MSRP Motorsports

#91 Justin Hobgood (Winnsboro, SC) Chevrolet/TBA

#96 Dennis Setzer (Newton, NC) Dodge/ConelyAuto.com

#98 Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI) Ford/Menards/Richmond

#99 Scott Speed (Manteca, CA) Toyota/Red Bull

Leading contenders

Name	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Carl Edwards					28th	9th	2nd	Won
Scott Wimmer	15th	9th	16th			8th	8th	2nd
Clint Bowyer					11th	37th	33rd	3rd
Denny Hamlin					34th	6th	7th	4th
Greg Biffle	35th	6th	28th	11th	10th	2nd	13th	6th
Kevin Harvick	27th		2nd	7th	Won	Won	24th	8th
Kyle Busch				5th	14th	12th	Won	10th
Brad Keselowski						38th	38th	21st
Jason Leffler				4th	5th	20th	11th	30th
David Reutimann						39th	23rd	34th
Martin Truex Jr.				3rd	27th

Notes

After placing second in 2007, Carl Edwards rebounded with a victorylast year, as he defeated Scott Wimmer by 1.552 seconds for his 17th careerNationwide Series title. Edwards, currently second on the points list, hasincreased his victory output to 23, including three wins in 2009. Edwardsreclaimed the lead with 28 laps remaining and held on for the win. ClintBowyer led most of the way, leading for a race-high 195 laps, but he faded tothird. Pole sitter Joey Logano led the first seven laps and placed seventh.Domination was the word in 2007, as pole sitter Kyle Busch led for227 of the 252 laps, as he recorded his ninth career Nationwide Seriesvictory. Busch led the first 27 laps and the final 93, in all he was the frontrunner four times during the race, defeating Carl Edwards by 0.868 of asecond. With the win, Busch became the first pole sitter to take the checkeredflag since Dale Earnhardt Jr in 2002.Back in 2006, Kevin Harvick became the first back-to-back winner of this racesince Dale Earnhardt Jr in 1998-99, as he crossed the finish line 0.925 of asecond ahead of Greg Biffle. The win, his sixth of the 2006 season and 23rd ofhis Nationwide career, was a dominating one, as he led five times for a race-high 154 laps. Pole sitter Jeff Burton failed to finish the race due to brakeproblems and placed 40th. Burton led three times for a total of 39 laps.In 2005, Harvick clipped Paul Menard by less than a second for his 16th careerNationwide title and third of that season. Harvick, who started eighth on thegrid, reclaimed the lead on lap 215 and held on the rest of the way in frontof a crowd of 70,000. Harvick led for a total of 149 laps while Menard led for66. Pole sitter Mark Martin, who led for 10 laps, finished fourth.Richmond International Raceway had been a flat, one-half mile track since itwas built in 1946, but the old speedway was changed in 1988 when a majormakeover took place. Richmond was lengthened to its current three-quarter miledistance with new 14 degree turns and the original oval shape was transformedinto a tri-oval.Earnhardt Jr is the only three-time winner of this race. Other multiplechampions include, Tommy Ellis, Mark Martin, Harry Gant, Kenny Wallace andHarvick.Currently 18th on the points list, Eric McClure will make his 100th NationwideSeries start this week. McClure made his debut on the Nationwide circuit in2003.The next race on the Nationwide Series schedule is September 26 at DoverInternational Speedway. Kyle Busch won last year's Dover 200.09/08 20:32:23 ET

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