MOTORSPORTS 101

The regular season finale is finally upon us as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Richmond International Raceway for the Federated Auto Parts 400 on Saturday night. Ten of the twelve Chase for the Sprint Cup spots are locked already but there are eight drivers that technically could leave Richmond in the two remaining Chase spots. More on the exact race-in scenarios is coming tomorrow. For now let's focus on the 45-car entry list. 

It will be the 113th race for the series at Richmond. Fifteen different drivers entered for the race have at least one win. That list is led by Kyle Busch, who has won four times. All four wins have been in the last four consecutive Spring races at Richmond and not in the Chase deciding race. Kyle Busch needs a win to clinch his spot and Richmond is the place for him to do it but can he finally win the late summer race at Richmond?

Three of the other seven drivers fighting for a wild card spot have won at Richmond also. Jeff Gordon has two wins but they were in 1996 and 2000. Kasey Kahne won in 2005 and Ryan Newman won in 2003. That leaves Carl Edwards, Marcos Ambrose, Joey Logano, and Paul Menard as the four drivers without a win at Richmond needing one more than ever before. 

Denny Hamlin has won the last two races this season and has won two of the last six races at Richmond. Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have won three times each at PIR and Kevin Harvick has two wins coming in 2006 and last year in this race. 

Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Matt Kenseth, Joe Nemechek, Kurt Busch, and Clint Bowyer all have one win at Richmond. 

Steven Scharr is listed as the owner of a new team to the Sprint Cup Series and Mark Green will pilot the No. 0 Blue Ox Toyota for SS Motorsports. Qualifying to set the 43-car field is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET on Friday. Here is the 45-car entry list:

Car #	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Team	Richmond Wins
0	Mark Green	Toyota	Blue Ox	SS Motorsports	0
1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Allstate	EGR	0
2	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske	0
5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	Quaker State	Hendrick	1
9	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	Mac Tools	RPM	0
10	David Reutimann	Chevrolet	TMone.com	TBR	0
11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	JGR	2
13	Casey Mears	Ford	GEICO	Germain	0
14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Mobile 1	SHR	3
15	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	5-hour Energy	MWR	1
16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M / Owens-Minor	Roush	0
17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Best Buy	Roush	1
18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's	JGR	4
19	Mike Bliss	Toyota	Plinker Tactical	HSR	0
20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	JGR	0
22	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Shell / Pennzoil	Penske	0
23	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	North Texas Pipe	R3	0
24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	Hendrick	2
26	Josh Wise	Ford	MDS Transport	Front Row	0
27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Menards / Moen	RCR	0
29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Budweiser	RCR	2
30	David Stremme	Toyota	Inception Motorsports	IM	0
31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	RCR	1
32	Ken Schrader	Ford	Federated Auto Parts	FAS Lane	0
33	Stephen Leicht	Chevrolet	Little Joes Autos.com	Joe Falk	0
34	David Ragan	Ford	Taco Bell	Front Row	0
36	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	TBR	0
37	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	MaxQworkforce.com	Gunselman	0
38	David Gilliland	Ford	Mossy Oak / Pursuit Channel	Front Row	0
39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Quicken Loans	SHR	1
42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	EGR	0
43	Aric Almirola	Ford	Smithfield	RPM	0
47	Bobby Labonte	Toyota	Bush's Baked Beans	JTG	0
48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	Hendrick	3
51	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	HendrickCars.com	Phoenix	1
55	Mark Martin	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	MWR	1
56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	MWR	0
78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row / Farm American	Furniture Row	0
83	Landon Cassill	Toyota	Burger King	BK Racing	0
87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	AM / FM Wood & Pellet Stoves	NEMCO	1
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard	Hendrick	3
91	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	Plinker Tactical	HSR	0
93	Travis Kvapil	Toyota	Burger King	BK Racing	0
98	Michael McDowell	Ford	Phil Parsons Racing	PPR	0
99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Kellogg's	Roush	0

 

Tags: Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Mark Green, Motorsports, Ryan Newman, Sprint Cup Series, SS Motorsports, Steven Scharr, Tony Stewart

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