[align=center]NASCAR Revises Richmond Race Schedules[/align][align=center]Posted by: Kerry Murphey in News[/align][align=center]
NASCAR on Friday has cancelled both qualifying sessions for the Nationwide Series and the Cup Series, so drivers will lineup by owners points standings. NASCAR officials have also postponed both races for this weekend
due to the rains from Tropical Storm Hanna[X(].
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All on track activity for the remainder of Friday, and all of Saturday has been postponed until Sunday. Its a NASCAR double header [8D]and here is the revised racing schedule.

CUP SERIES RACING @ 1PM SUNDAY ON ESPN

NATIONWIDE SERIES RACING @ 6:30PM SUNDAY ON ESPN2
All times are eastern
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QUALIFYING LINEUPS [/align][align=center][:-][/align]Qualifying
QUALIFYING FOR THE NATIONWIDE SERIES AND CUP SERIES WAS RAINED OUT AT RICHMOND. BOTH WILL LINEUP BY OWNERS POINTS. HERE’S HOW THEY’LL LINE UP ON SUNDAY.
CUP SERIES
1 18 Kyle Busch
2 99 Carl Edwards
3 48 Jimmie Johnson
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5 31 Jeff Burton
6 16 Greg Biffle
7 29 Kevin Harvick
8 20 Tony Stewart
9 17 Matt Kenseth
10 24 Jeff Gordon
11 11 Denny Hamlin
12 07 Clint Bowyer
13 6 David Ragan
14 9 Kasey Kahne
15 83 Brian Vickers
16 12 Ryan Newman
17 8 Mark Martin
18 1 Martin Truex Jr.
19 26 Jamie McMurray
20 2 Kurt Busch
21 19 Elliott Sadler
22 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
23 43 Bobby Labonte
24 28 Travis Kvapil
25 5 Casey Mears
26 38 David Gilliland
27 44 David Reutimann
28 15 Paul Menard
29 01 Regan Smith
30 41 Reed Sorenson
31 84 AJ Allmendinger
32 22 Dave Blaney
33 66 Scott Riggs
34 55 Michael Waltrip
35 7 Robby Gordon
36 21 * Bill Elliott
37 77 * Sam Hornish Jr.
38 00 * Michael McDowell
39 10 * Patrick Carpentier
40 96 * Ken Schrader
41 45 * Kyle Petty
42 78 * Joe Nemechek
43 70 * Johnny Sauter
Did Not Qualify: 34 Tony Raines; 09 Sterling Marlin; 02 Joey Logano.
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NATIONWIDE SERIES
1 20 Joey Logano
2 2 Clint Bowyer
3 88 Brad Keselowski
4 29 Scott Wimmer
5 60 Carl Edwards
6 99 David Reutimann
7 33 Kevin Harvick
8 6 David Ragan
9 64 David Stremme
10 1 Mike Bliss
11 5 Landon Cassill
12 7 Mike Wallace
13 38 Jason Leffler
14 9 Elliott Sadler
15 32 Kyle Busch
16 59 Marcos Ambrose
17 11 Jason Keller
18 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr.
19 40 Bryan Clauson
20 66 Steve Wallace
21 47 Kelly Bires
22 22 Andrew Ranger
23 16 * Greg Biffle
24 27 Casey Atwood
25 28 Kenny Wallace
26 81 D.J. Kennington
27 18 * Denny Hamlin
28 24 Eric McClure
29 61 Brandon Whitt
30 4 Derrike Cope
31 21 * Austin Dillon
32 01 Danny Efland
33 52 Tony Raines
34 89 * Morgan Shepherd
35 05 * Burney Lamar
36 90 * Johnny Chapman
37 91 * Justin Hobgood
38 30 * Stanton Barrett
39 70 * Mark Green
40 31 * Kenny Hendrick
41 49 * Kertus Davis
42 56 * Danny OQuinn Jr.
43 00 * Josh Wise

 

[align=center]Members, Post your Top (3) Drivers in each Race[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Kid Picks[/align][align=center][:-][/align][align=center]1.Dale `Jr[/align][align=center]2. Denny Hamlin[/align][align=center]3. Carl Edwards[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Maybe `Jeff Gordon as a longshot : )[/align][align=center]EnJoy the Double Header [/align][align=center][/align]

 

 

Bowyer Dominates, But Edwards Wins NNS Recap: Late Pass Gives Edwards NASCAR Nationwide Series Win At Richmond

Carl Edwards Wins Richmond NNS - CIA Stock Photo[/align]Carl Edwards celebrates winning the Emerson Radio 250 at Richmond International Raceway, his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series victory of the year.
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(September 7, 2008)
RICHMOND, Va. — Clint Bowyer led 195 of 250 laps in Sunday night’s rain-delayed Emerson Radio 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway, but Carl Edwards led the lap that counted.
Edwards passed Bowyer for the lead through Turns 1 and 2 on Lap 223 at the .75-mile track and retained the top spot through three subsequent cautions to win his fourth NASCAR Nationwide race of the season and the 17th of his career.

With Bowyer’s Chevrolet getting loose in the closing laps, Scott Wimmer passed his Richard Childress Racing teammate for the second position on Lap 225 and trailed Edwards across the finish line.
Bowyer held the third position, and Denny Hamlin and David Ragan ran fourth and fifth, respectively.
“Clint was doing such a good job, but he was just a little free,” said Edwards, who climbed to second in the points standings but trails Bowyer by 207 points. “He wiggled that one time (on Lap 223), and that was all I needed.”
For Bowyer, it was an unwelcome case of deja vu. Two weeks ago at Bristol he dominated the race, only to lose in the closing stages to Brad Keselowski.
“Just got a little loose,” Bowyer said. “Had a good day. That was a bummer, but what can you do?”
Keselowski fought an ill-handling car throughout the race, which was postponed from Friday night because of rain and the threat of Tropical Storm Hanna. Keselowski finished 21st and dropped to third in the standings, 279 points behind Bowyer.
Notes: Austin Dillon, grandson of team owner Richard Childress, finished 26th, two laps down, in his NASCAR Nationwide debut. … Polesitter Joey Logano came home seventh to record his ninth top 10 in 12 NASCAR Nationwide starts. … Wimmer posted his ninth top-10 finish in 12 races at Richmond. … Landon Cassill (12th) was the highest-finishing rookie.[/align]

 

Jimmie Johnson makes it two in a rowPosted by: Kerry Murphey in News

Jimmie Johnson picks up his second win in a row, 4th on the season and heads into the chase 10 more points ahead of leader Kyle Busch.
RACE RECAP | RICHMOND
10 Kurt Busch
9 David Reutimann
8 Jeff Gordon
7 Kevin Harvick
6 Jeff Burton
5 Mark Martin
4 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3 Denny Hamlin
2 Tony Stewart
VICTORY LANE
1 Jimmie Johnson picks up his 4th win this season, and 2nd in a row.
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
-Clint Bowyer ends up making the chase, with David Ragan and Kasey Kahne getting locked out. Ragan actually wrecked early on with his teammate Matt Kenseth, and Kahne had a bad handling race car.
-Kyle Busch was wrecked by Dale Earnhardt Jr. while running first and second…remember what happened between those two in the May race? It did look however that Jr. seemed to be braking hard to try and avoid the 18 car.[/align]

 

Top 12 Drivers for NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint CupPosted by: Kerry Murphey in News

Seed/Driver Starting Chase Points
1. Kyle Busch 5,080
2. Carl Edwards 5,050 * -30
3. Jimmie Johnson 5,040 -40
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5,010 -70
5. Clint Bowyer 5,010 -70
6. Denny Hamlin 5,010 -70
7. Jeff Burton 5,010 -70
8. Tony Stewart 5,000 -80
9. Greg Biffle 5,000 -80
10. Jeff Gordon 5,000 -80
11. Kevin Harvick 5,000 -80
12. Matt Kenseth 5,000 -80
* Carl Edwards was docked 10 bonus points for failing post-race inspection after his win at Las Vegas.
• To start the Chase, all 12 drivers have their point totals reset to 5,000.
• After the reset, Chase drivers get 10 bonus points for each victory thus far this season.
• Those new totals produce the Chase seedings.
• For drivers starting the Chase with identical point totals, their seedings are determined
by the traditional tiebreaker of best finishes beyond race victories.[/align]