Federated Auto Parts 400 - Richmond

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Federated Auto Parts 400

NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #26 of 36 for the 2012 season
Race Analysis
Track Length: 0.75 mile oval
Race Length: 300 miles /400 laps
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
May 2012 Pole Sitter: #55-Mark Martin, 128.327mph, finished 8th
April 2012 Race Winner: #18-Kyle Busch, 105.202mph, started 5th

TV Team:
In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace, Ray Evernham

2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Atlanta, race 25 of 36]
1) #16-Greg Biffle [2 wins], 879, +128 over 11th
2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 871, -8, +120
3) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 858, -21, +107
4) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 848, -31, +97
5) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 838, -41, +87
6) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 831, -48, +80
7) #11-Denny Hamlin [4 wins], 822, -57, +71
8) #15-Clint Bowyer [1 wins], 811, -68, +60
9) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 807, -72, +56
all drivers 9th and above have clinched a spot in the Chase; #14 clinched at least a wildcard
10) #14-Tony Stewart [3 wins], 769, -110, +18 over 11th
Current wild card Chase drivers:
WC1) #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins, 11th in points]
WC2) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win, 12th in points]
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings (pdf).(9-2-2012)



Richmond Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Clinch Scenarios (corrected): Below are the 2012 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup clinch scenarios for Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway, the final race before the Chase field is set. Nine drivers have clinch top-10 spots in the Chase: Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick. Tony Stewart, currently 10th, has clinched at least a Wild Card spot.
Tony Stewart, on the strength of three wins, has already clinched at least a Wild Card Chase spot. Regardless of where any other driver finishes, he will clinch a top-10 position with a finish of 14th or better, 15th and at least one lap led or 16th and the most laps led. Only three drivers can supplant Stewart in the top 10: Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon.
Kasey Kahne is the only driver outside the top 10 with two wins. He has yet to clinch a Chase spot. Kahne currently sits in the No. 1 Wild Card spot. A win would clinch a Chase berth. If Stewart stays in the top 10, Kahne clinches a Chase spot. If Stewart falls out of the top 10, Kahne will clinch a spot if a one-win driver outside the top 10 does not win. If Kyle Busch supplants Stewart in the top 10, and Jeff Gordon wins, Kahne clinches a spot by finishing 13th or better, 14th with at least one lap led or 15th with the most laps led.
There are six drivers outside the top 10 with one win: Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Marcos Ambrose, Ryan Newman and Joey Logano. If one of those one-win drivers wins at Richmond AND Stewart remains in the top 10 (or Kasey Kahne supplants Stewart in the top 10), that one-win driver would have two wins, and clinch a Chase spot.
The following scenarios are if a one-win driver DOES NOT win at Richmond&
Kyle Busch: If Stewart remains in the top 10 or if Kahne supplants Stewart in the top 10, Busch will clinch a Chase spot by losing 12 or fewer points to Jeff Gordon AND by losing 40 or fewer points to Marcos Ambrose. A win would guarantee Busch a Chase berth.
Jeff Gordon: If Stewart remains in the top 10 or if Kahne supplants Stewart in the top 10, Gordon will clinch by finishing 13 points ahead of Busch at Richmond AND by losing 28 or fewer points to Ambrose AND by losing 37 or fewer points to Ryan Newman. If Busch supplants Stewart in the top 10, Gordon would clinch a Chase berth with a win AND finishing 18 points ahead of Kahne at Richmond.
Marcos Ambrose: If Stewart remains in the top 10 or if Kahne supplants Stewart in the top 10, Ambrose will clinch by finishing 41 points ahead of Busch AND 29 points ahead of Gordon.
Ryan Newman: Newman can only clinch a Chase berth with a win. If either Busch or Gordon supplant Stewart in the top 10, Newman will be eliminated.
Joey Logano: Logano can only clinch a Chase berth with a win. If either Busch or Gordon supplant Stewart in the top 10, Logano will be eliminated.
Two winless drivers outside the top 10 can clinch: Carl Edwards and Paul Menard.
Carl Edwards: Edwards needs to win (47-point win) AND Busch has to finish 24th or worse (with no laps led) at Richmond AND Gordon has to finish 12th or worse at Richmond. If Busch or Gordon supplant Tony Stewart in the top 10, Edwards will be eliminated.
Paul Menard: Menard needs to win (47-point win) AND Kyle Busch has to finish 34th or worse (with no laps led) AND Gordon has to finish 22nd or worst (with no laps led) at Richmond. If Busch or Gordon supplant Tony Stewart in the top 10, Menard will be eliminated.All other drivers have been mathematically eliminated from Chase contention.(NASCAR)

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Virginia 529 College Savings 250

NASCAR Nationwide Series Race #25 of 33 for the 2012 season
Race Analysis
Track Length: 0.75 mile oval
Race Length: 187.5 miles /250 laps
Pit Road Speed: 45mph


2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Atlanta, race 25 of 33]


www.jayski.com/nationwide/2012/pdfs/nns-24atlanta2012driver.pdf

Race News:
Entry List: There are 46 cars on the preliminary entry list for Friday's Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway. A few notes:
Jeremy Clements will be in the JD Motorsports #4 while Ty Dillon drives the #51;
Paulie Harraka will drive the Go Green #08;
Tanner Berryhill in the #17 will make another attempt;
Darrell Wallace returns to the Joe Gibbs #20;
Ryan Blaney will drive the #22 for Penske Racing;
Derek White will drive the #24;
Dexter Stacey will drive the Go Green #39;
David Starr remains in the MAKE Motorsports #50;
Travis Pastrana drives the Roush Fenway #60;
Kevin Lepage and the #86 team return;
Ryan Truex will drive the #99 for RAB Racing.(9-3-2012)
UPDATE: Blake Koch will drive the #00.(9-6-2012)
See the complete list on the Richmond International Raceway entry list page.

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Earnhardt Jr. wins pole at Richmond: #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Coors Light pole for the Federated Auto Parts 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway with a speed of 127.023mph for his 1st pole of 2012 and 11th career pole. Earnhardt Jr. has never won from the pole in 10 previous tries.
#24-Gordon will start 2nd followed by #78-Smith, #15-Bowyer, #48-Johnson, #55-Martin, #11-Hamlin, #20-Logano, #56-Truex, Jr. and #2-Keselwoski
The go-or-go homers who made the race (8): #98-McDowell, #30-Stremme, #87-Nemechek, #33-Leicht, #23-Riggs, #19-Bliss, #26-Wise, #91-Sorenson.
The go-or-go homers who failed to qualify for the race (2): #37-Yeley and #0-Green.
See qualifying results, starting lineup, pole progression and more on the Richmond Qualifying Page.(9-7-2012)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Richmond:
#88- Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 55th Annual Federated Auto Parts 400 with a lap of 21.256 seconds, 127.023 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 461 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and ninth top-10 start in 2012. His last pole came at the 2011 Daytona 500, 60 races ago.
This is his first pole in 27 races at Richmond International Raceway.
#24-Jeff Gordon (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2012 and his 30th in 40 races at Richmond International Raceway.
#78-Regan Smith (third) posted his second top-10 start at Richmond International Raceway. It is his seventh in 26 races this season.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Qualifying Results
Federated Auto Parts 400
Richmond International Raceway

Rank Sched
Qual
Pos Actual
Qual
Pos Car# Driver Manu Qualifying
Speed
(mph) Qualifying
Time
(seconds) First
Practice
Speed Practice
Speed
Rank Difference from
practice speed Owners
Points
Rank
1 44 44 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 127.023 21.256 125.313 2 1.710 2
2 36 36 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 126.981 21.263 124.740 10 2.241 13
3 23 23 78 Regan Smith Chevy 126.910 21.275 123.984 23 2.926 25
4 43 43 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 126.808 21.292 125.232 3 1.576 8
5 28 28 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 126.790 21.295 124.155 18 2.635 4
6 35 35 55 Mark Martin Toyota 126.784 21.296 124.688 11 2.096 17
7 40 40 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 126.671 21.315 124.948 6 1.723 7
8 33 33 20 Joey Logano Toyota 126.600 21.327 124.527 13 2.073 19
9 39 39 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 126.553 21.335 124.821 7 1.732 5
10 34 34 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 126.547 21.336 124.648 12 1.899 6
11 42 42 22 Sam Hornish Jr.(i) Dodge 126.410 21.359 125.110 4 1.300 22
12 27 27 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 126.139 21.405 124.138 19 2.001 32
13 41 41 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy 126.080 21.415 125.041 5 1.039 9
14 32 32 39 Ryan Newman Chevy 126.074 21.416 124.378 14 1.696 18
15 25 25 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 126.033 21.423 124.098 21 1.935 12
16 29 29 99 Carl Edwards Ford 126.033 21.423 124.246 17 1.787 14
17 30 30 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 125.974 21.433 124.252 16 1.722 3
18 9 9 43 Aric Almirola Ford 125.939 21.439 121.726 37 4.213 24
19 17 17 98 Michael McDowell Ford 125.880 21.449 123.153 29 2.727 40-IN
20 45 45 31 Jeff Burton Chevy 125.845 21.455 125.412 1 0.433 21
21 31 31 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy 125.722 21.476 124.275 15 1.447 11
22 37 37 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 125.692 21.481 124.757 9 0.935 16
23 38 38 16 Greg Biffle Ford 125.599 21.497 124.757 8 0.842 1
24 10 10 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy 125.546 21.506 121.913 36 3.633 23
25 26 26 27 Paul Menard Chevy 125.511 21.512 124.115 20 1.396 15
26 21 20 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy 125.389 21.533 123.491 25 1.898 20

[Bundy]

You would have to be happy with those results B05 for Hendrick

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Thank you Marcos Ambrose for passing Kyle Busch!!

Great result even though it wasn't a win - all four Hendrick cars are in the chase!!

[Bundy]

Go jeff gordon!

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Sept 9, 2012 22:17:19 GMT 10 Bundy said:

Go jeff gordon!

Hey, did yah watch the race? Was brilliant!

Up and down race for Jeff, but it was all coming together at the right time.

[Bundy]

Sept 9, 2012 22:21:34 GMT 10 HDT05 said:

Sept 9, 2012 22:17:19 GMT 10 Bundy said:

Go jeff gordon!

Hey, did yah watch the race? Was brilliant!

Up and down race for Jeff, but it was all coming together at the right time.

Saw a few laps of it today...jeff gordon was going alright than he struggled a bit with tyres but still good effort for him to make the chase!

[HDT05]

Yeah he ended up finishing 1.5 seconds or so off the leader who stayed out on fuel strategy...and Gordon finished 2nd. That's all I was hoping for.

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Here's the results and points before the chase (post season)

2012 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings (not chase):
[after Richmond, race 26 of 36]
1) #16-Greg Biffle [2 wins], 914
2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 902, -12
3) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 897, -17
4) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 880, -34
5) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 868, -46
6) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 862, -52
7) #15-Clint Bowyer [2 wins], 858, -56
8) #11-Denny Hamlin [4 wins], 850, -64
9) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 841, -73
10) #14-Tony Stewart [3 wins], 810, -104
11) #5-Kasey Kahne [2 wins], 784, -130
12) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 777, -137
13) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 774, -140
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, 3rd, etc)
See drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Points Standings (pdf).(9-9-2012)

Bowyer wins at Richmond: #15-Clint Bowyer won the Federated Auto Parts 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway for his 2nd win of year and 7th career win.
The race didn't start until 9:30pm/et due to rain and was once delayed for 52 minutes for rain, but all 400 laps were run.
#24-Gordon finished 2nd followed by #55-Martin, #14-Stewart, #17-Kenseth, #31-Burton, #2-Keselowski, #39-Newman, #16-Biffle and #29-Harvick.
The regular season points leader, #16-Biffle, finished 9th and will be seeded 5th in the Chase, 6 points out of the lead.
#24-Gordon finished 2nd beating #18-Busch by 3 points to gain the 2nd wild card spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. #5-Kahne got the 1st wild card spot. #14-Stewart finished 4th and clinched the 10th spot and will be seeded 3rd in the Chase.
#88-Earnhardt Jr., the pole winner, led 69 laps, had to pit late and finished 14th. Earnhardt Jr. has 11 poles and never won a race from the pole.
There were 6 cautions for 41 yellow flag laps and a 52 minutes red flag fro rain. There were 17 lead changes among 10 drivers. The average speed was 100.019mph.
The estimated attendence was 89,000 which is up from last years 87,000.
See race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Richmond Race Results page (pdf).(9-9-2012)



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