Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway

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Saturday, September 21, 2019
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 7:44pm/et
Laps/Stages: 400 laps total. Stages end on laps: 100/200/400

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Television Coverage: Time 7:30pm/et, NBCSN and streamed at NBC Sports Live (available with participating TV provider login)
Radio Coverage (over the air and streaming): Motor Racing Network (MRN) / SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR (available with subscription)

Cars 43 of Bubba Wallace and 52 of J.J. Yeley failed post qualifying/pre race inspection their first time through and their qualifying times were disqualified. They will start in the rear.

Richmond Goodyear Tire Notes

Set limits: Cup: 3 sets for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 10 sets for the race (9 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying or practice);

Tire Codes: Left-side - D-4874; Right-side - D-4876

Tire Circumference: Left-side - 2,214 mm (87.17 in.); Right-side - 2,244 mm (88.35 in.)

Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front - 12 psi; Left Rear - 12 psi; Right Front - 30 psi; Right Rear - 27 psi

Storyline - Cup playoffs continue at high-wear Richmond: Richmond Raceway is a high tire wear track, so Goodyear puts a premium on selecting tread compounds that rubber-in the track surface to address that and create multiple racing grooves. Tire management always comes into play, meaning a good amount of passing throughout the field as a run progresses. Richmond has traditionally lined up with a couple other tracks of similar length - New Hampshire and Phoenix - but its "racy" configuration requires more stagger (difference in height between the shorter left-side tire and the taller right-side tire) be built into the tire set-up.

"Richmond is simply one of the more high-wear tracks on the NASCAR circuit," said Greg Stucker, Goodyear's director of racing. "What we've seen this year with this higher downforce package, with the cars more ‘in the track' and with less lateral slip, wear is down a bit compared to 2018. Saying that, tires are still very important at Richmond. The tread compounds we bring do a good job rubbering in the track, creating multiple racing grooves throughout the race."

Notes - Cup and Xfinity cars return to Richmond on spring tire set-up: Teams in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will run the same tire set-up at Richmond this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires these teams ran at Richmond in April . . . this is the only track at which Cup or Xfinity teams will run either of these two Goodyear tire codes . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run liners in their tires at Richmond.

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Agree … Nice car … just hope he does not catch a pebble with that front dam …
 
I have to say with the current aero package, from certain angles the Cup cars look more like Super Late Models, and that is a good thing.
 
Stage 1 top 10:

1. Truex Jr
2. Kyle Busch
3. Keselowski
4. Hamlin
5. Harvick
6. Bowyer
7. DiBenedetto
8. Elliott
9. Jones
10. Johnson
 
Caution Lap 111. 88 car got loose into the 3 who then dumped the 88. Lucky break for the 24 who had a tire rub. Free pass to the 22 car.
 
This is one pathetic show Chevrolet is putting on I'd be embarrassed.
 
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Stage 2 top 10:

1. Kyle Busch
2. Truex Jr
3. Hamlin
4. Jones
5. Keselowski
6. Newman
7. Harvick
8. Elliott
9. Bowyer
10. Johnson

Free pass to the 43.
 
Unofficial Top 10:

1. Truex Jr
2. Kyle Busch
3. Hamlin
4. Jones
5. Keselowski
6. Newman
7. Larson
8. Harvick
9. Bowyer
10. Suarez

Off to the Roval!!
 
Love it, they are busting those Toyotas all the time. I'd bet the others were cheating as well but NASCAR couldn't take out the top 4 at once, TRD and Gibbs line too many pockets...
 
Originally Posted by racin4ds
Love it, they are busting those Toyotas all the time. I'd bet the others were cheating as well but NASCAR couldn't take out the top 4 at once, TRD and Gibbs line too many pockets...


All of the playoff cars go through the post-race inspection unlike during the regular season when the first place, second place, and a random go through.
 
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