NASCAR 2018 Race 9: Richmond Toyota Owners 400 race thread

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Schedule:

Note: All times are ET

Friday, April 20
8-8:45 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice
9:40-10:25 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1
11:05-11:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, FS1
12:35-1:25 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1
4:05 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Busch Pole Qualifying, FS1
5:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying, FS1
7 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series ToyotaCare 250 (250 laps, 187.5 miles), FS1


Saturday, April 21
6:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 (400 laps, 300 miles), FOX

Track facts:



Distance 300 miles (480 km)
Laps 400
Stage 1: Lap 100
Stage 2: Lap 200
Final: Lap 400

Track Specs:
Short Track: 0.75-mile oval, 60-foot width with 10-foot apron
Banking: turns: 14 degrees; front stretch 8 degrees; backstretch 2 degrees
Straights: Backstretch - 860 feet; Frontstretch - 1290 feet
Seating Capacity: 60,000 [was 71,000, 91,000 and 112,029]

Track Records & Stats

September 2017 Race Winner: #42-Kyle Larson, 99.417mph, started 4th
April 2017 Race Winner: #22-Joey Logano, 93.685mph, started 5th
Track Race Record: Dale Jarrett, Sept 1997, 109.047mph
Slowest Race Record: Tony Stewart, 86.824mph, 5/2002
(since track was reconfigured for the Sept 1988 race)
Oldest Winner: Harry Gant, 51 years, 7 months, 28 days, Sept 1991
Youngest Winner: Richard Petty, 23 years, 9 months, 21 days, April 1961

September 2017 Pole Winner: #20-Matt Kenseth, 122.421mph, finished 38th
April 2017 Pole Winner: #20-Matt Kenseth, 121.076, 23rd
Track Qualifying Record: Jeff Gordon, September 2013, 130.599mph
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Clint Bowyer, May 2008, started 31st
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 53 years, 3 months, 19 days, 4/27/2012
Youngest Pole Winner: Brian Vickers, 20 years, 6 months, 21 days, 5/15/2004

Most Races (all-time): 63 - Richard Petty
Most Wins (all-time): 13 - Richard Petty
Most Wins (active): 4 - Kyle Busch; 3 - Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick
Most Poles (all-time): 8 - Richard Petty, Bobby Allison; 7 - Darrell Waltrip
Most Poles (active): 2 - Joey Logano, Brian Vickers, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson
Most Top 5s (all-time): 34 - Richard Petty
Most Top 5s (active): 15 - Kyle Busch
Most Top 10s (all-time): 41 - Richard Petty
Most Top 10s (active): 21 Kevin Harvick

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Starting Order:

1. Martin Truex Jr.
2. Chase Elliott
3. Joey Logano
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Kyle Larson
6. Kurt Busch
7. Erik Jones
8. Jamie McMurray
9. William Byron
10. Kevin Harvick
11. Alex Bowman
12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
13. Ryan Blaney
14. Ryan Newman
15. David Ragan
16. Clint Bowyer
17. Jimmie Johnson
18. Darrell Wallace Jr.
19. Chris Buescher
20. Paul Menard
21. Trevor Bayne
22. Daniel Hemric
23. Austin Dillon
24. Michael McDowell
25. Aric Almirola
26. Daniel Suarez
27. Matt DiBenedetto
28. Brad Keselowski
29. Kasey Kahne
30. Ross Chastain
31. Ty Dillon
32. Kyle Busch
33. AJ Allmendinger
34. Gray Gaulding
35. Cole Whitt
36. Landon Cassill
37. Reed Sorenson
38. Harrison Rhodes

[82harley]

Kyle Busch***
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin

[4me2c]

(1)... Joey Logano
(2)... Kevin Harvick
(3)... Jimmie Johnson

[Marley]

Martin Truex Jr.
Denny Hamlin *****
Kyle Busch

[crazed 9.6]

Denny Hamlin***
Kyle Larson
Kevin Harvick

[dishuser]

Martin Truex Jr.***
Denny Hamlin
Kyle Busch

[carlosman]

*Kyle Busch
Kyle Larson
Jimmie Johnson

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Denny Hamlin**
Kyle Larson
Joey Logano

[TimeKeeper]

Kurt Busch
Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano*