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Richmond Raceway –

Schedule — all times are Eastern Time (ET)

— Practice 1: Friday, 11:05 AM (NASCAR.com)
— Practice 2: Friday, 1:05 PM (FS1)
— Qualifying: Friday,5:45 PM (FS1)
— Race: Toyota Owners 400, Saturday, 7:30 PM (Fox)

Race Details

— 37 Drivers Entered; 400 Laps, 300 miles
— Stage 1: Lap 1 – 100; Stage 2: Lap 101 – 200; Stage 3: Lap 201 – 400
— Expected Fuel/Pit Window – xx-xx Laps

Note: Fuel Cell capacity is an estimate.

Richmond Raceway –

.75 mile D-shaped asphalt “short track”

Last Five (5) Race Winners

— 09/10/2016: Denny Hamlin
— 04/30/2017: Joey Logano
— 09/09/2017: Kyle Larson
— 04/21/2018: Kyle Busch
— 09/22/2018: Kyle Busch

Last Five (5) DK and FD Fantasy Points Leaders

09/10/2016: Martin Truex, Jr. (136.25 DK FPts) – Denny Hamlin (105.6 FD FPts)
04/30/2017: Brad Keselowski (132.50 DK FPts) – Brad Keselowski (99.5 FD FPts)
09/09/2017: Martin Truex, Jr. (100.50 DK FPts) – Ryan Newman (93.8 FD FPts)
04/21/2018: Kyle Busch (102.50 DK FPts) – Kyle Busch (104.9 FD FPts)
09/22/2018: Martin Truex, Jr. (105.25 DK FPts) – Kyle Busch (100.2 FD FPts)

Data from Last 5 Richmond Races

Driver Rating:

1. Martin Truex, Jr. – 120.2
2. Brad Keselowski – 108.7
3. Kevin Harvick – 107.5
4. Kyle Busch. – 106.5
5. Denny Hamlin – 105.5

Laps Led:

1. Martin Truex, Jr. – 675
2. Denny Hamlin – 254
3. Brad Keselowski – 186
4. Kyle Busch – 163
5. Joey Logano – 117

Fastest Laps:

1. Martin Truex, Jr. – 257
2. Brad Keselowski – 193
3. Denny Hamlin – 142
4. Kevin Harvick – 107
5. Kyle Busch – 94

Race Data, News, and Information

Rotogrinders NASCAR Free tools
Motor Racing Network
Racing Reference

Race Day Breaking News and Weather

Stephen Young – stevietpfl
Bob Pockrass
NASCAR Weather
Scott Page – jayski

Note: As needed information above will be updated

Oftentimes, to get the most speed out of the car you’ve got to be right on the edge of the tolerances. Example: rear camber. The teams would love to run 5 or 6 degrees of rear camber but the rules say +/- 3.5 degrees max. Say you’re just over, by .05. Well, you fail and have to adjust. Now you go through again and before you were just within the limit on your rear toe. Now that’s out of spec because of the tiny camber adjustment you had to make.

Gotcha … so most of it is due to pushing the envelope to the brink and tiny margin for error.

Kyle Busch was about to soak up all those lead laps until speeding pit penalty.

I need a lot more from Almirola …

Tonight was great for 50/50s. Pick all top tier drivers starting below 30th?????? Profit

Easy money … hope you guys had some good ones … my gpp plays fell short. Was good on Newman and A Dillon … Almirola, Ty Dillon and Tifft not so much … on to next week

141st/25K, $11 in and $70 out. That’s what happens when you try large GPPs. I had 5 drivers out of the 6 that made the winning lineup. I guess I should have entered high stakes contest!

I didn’t play this week but I would have probably picked all the guys that had trouble. lol