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.jpg) Track craziness carries on into post race By Charlie Leffler cleffler@mechlocal.com Saturday night’s Wonderful Pistachios 400 brought one of the wildest and exciting NASCAR races Richmond International Raceway has seen in recent years. A record tying 15 cautions brought on by a multitude of accidents added all of the thrills, tension and taunt nerves NASCAR fans enjoy so much. But what many NASCAR fans missed out on the frayed nerves and run-ins that followed the race on into a media center. When Kurt Busch stepped into the room, the real show began. Busch’s night was highlighted by a pair of on track… Read more...  Drivers get personal time with the President By Charlie Leffler cleffler@mechlocal.com Eight of NASCAR’s top drivers visited the White House last Wednesday at a special invitation from President Barack Obama. Denny Hamlin, Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Bush, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Clint Bowyer met with the nation’s leader and took part in a ceremony honoring Johnson for his fifth straight Sprint Cup championship. “We get to see a few rooms that’s got like George Washington’s sword and things like that, just amazing memorabilia that you wouldn’t think still existed,”… Read more...  Newman soldiering on By Dave Lawrence sports@mechlocal.com While drivers and crews at Richmond International Raceway this weekend were primarily focused on winning, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks was also on their minds. For some crews, like that of Ryan Newman, remembrances of 9/11 were also on their cars. Neman, driver of the U.S. Army-sponsored No. 39 Chevrolet, is one of nearly a dozen Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series drivers commemorating the anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers and Pentagon with “Honoring Our Heroes,” paint jobs on their cars. Newman’s car sported… Read more...  Harvick takes Wonderful Pistachios 400 By DAVE LAWRENCE sports@mechlocal.com Some NASCAR fans might call Saturday’s Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond International Raceway ugly. Others may call it exciting – the end certainly was. Kevin Harvick – who led for half the race – took the lead for the final time after the track’s record-tying 15th caution and fought off a furious charge by Carl Edwards in the final 15 laps to claim his fourth Sprint Cup victory of the season and the 18th of his career. Harvick credited his pit crew for giving him the chance to win. “Everybody did a great job,”… Read more...  Excitement leads to nothing new By Charlie Leffler cleffler@mechlocal.com There was much anticipation coming into the Last Race to Make the Chase at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday night. Even though there was a record 14 drivers that had a mathematical possibility of obtaining one of the two Wild Card slots, there was little optimism that they could realistically be obtained by more than a handful. At least that was the thinking process before the Wonderful Pistachios 400 began. With 16 cars involved in accidents in the first 28 laps, many of them Chase contenders, long shot mathematics and reality seemed to be on a collision… Read more... |
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