NASCAR Sprint Cup Capital City 400 at Richmond Sat. Night 4/28 7pm ET on FoX

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NASCAR Sprint Cup and The Capital City 400 at Richmond International Raceway

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BROADCAST DATE TIME EVENT

04|27|12 9 a.m. Virginia 529 College Savings 250 final practice

04|27|12 Noon Capital City 400 practice

04|27|12 2:30 p.m. Capital City 400 final practice

04|27|12 4 p.m. Virginia 529 College Savings 250 qualifying

04|27|12 5:30 p.m. Capital City 400 qualifying

04|27|12 7 p.m. Virginia 529 College Savings 250

04|28|12 7 p.m. Capital City 400

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Richmond International Raceway

Racing actually began in Richmond in 1946, when Ted Horn drove a Champ Car to victory over a .5-mile dirt track at Strawberry Hill Speedway.

NASCAR was founded in 1948, and five years later the sanctioning body staged a race in its Grand National Division at Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds on April 19, 1953.

Since that first race in Richmond in 1953, the track has undergone three name changes, four configuration changes and one surface change, from dirt to asphalt.

Lights were also added to the facility in 1991. RIR is the only track to hold all of its major events under the lights.

Richmond's unique, .75-mile layout produces tremendous side-by-side racing, yet drivers obtain high enough speeds to give it a superspeedway feel. That rare combination still allows for the beating and banging that fans love, with the drivers' skill playing a major role.

The track's fall date is now the final race leading up to the Chase.

Track Facts
Track Details Completed : 1946
Distance : .750 miles
Shape : D-shaped oval
Banking : 14° turns
8° frontstretch
2° backstretch
Frontstretch : 1,290 feet
Backstretch : 860 feet
Seating : 112,029

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The FR Canteen

FRFL'ers - Deadline to select your drivers is Apr 27 2:00am PDT .

1 posted on 04/26/2012 10:55:35 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

To: NormsRevenge; glock rocks; Pete-R-Bilt; NYTexan; WestCoastGal; tubebender; A Cyrenian; ...

Richmond Saturday Night race thread Ping!

2 posted on 04/26/2012 10:56:43 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)

To: NormsRevenge

3 posted on 04/26/2012 11:01:55 AM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)

To: NormsRevenge

4 posted on 04/26/2012 11:38:56 AM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)

To: NormsRevenge

Im in! Thanks Norm.

Working on a barbecue menu for Saturday Night Racing. It won’t be any part of a dog..

5 posted on 04/26/2012 12:12:17 PM PDT by happydogx2 (How about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac who stays up all night wonders if there really is a dog...)

6 posted on 04/26/2012 1:40:15 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Run Spot, run! Here comes Zer0!)

To: NormsRevenge

I don’t think I will be there this year. Will go in the fall. I bet attendance will be down to 70000. Hope I’m wrong. HD TV is helping to kill racing. Lots of people would rather watch at home, which is what I will do.

7 posted on 04/26/2012 1:44:53 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)

To: Captain Jack Aubrey

Over 250,000 new people weekly apply for unemployment. (288,000 last week alone)
That has a lot to do with it.

8 posted on 04/26/2012 3:20:20 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Any Republican. Just NO Obama.)

Opps correction, just saw the number on tv, its 388,000 people.

9 posted on 04/26/2012 4:24:27 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Any Republican. Just NO Obama.)

To: NormsRevenge

10 posted on 04/26/2012 6:28:19 PM PDT by tubebender (I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.)

To: Captain Jack Aubrey

If an HDTV can ever emit a burnt Sunoco fuel smell it’ll be game over for us ever going to another race - even with 1/3rd of the televised event dedicated to commercials. A good surround-sound system can raise the roof of the house on those ‘crank it up” moments.

11 posted on 04/27/2012 5:06:55 AM PDT by happydogx2 (How about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac who stays up all night wonders if there really is a dog...)

To: tubebender; WestCoastGal; All

Could this be the race? Shazammmm!

He's fast so far.. and smoooooth. Hope the weather plays nice.. Qualifying coming up ..

12 posted on 04/27/2012 2:30:09 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)

To: NormsRevenge

13 posted on 04/27/2012 4:27:51 PM PDT by NYTexan

Danica prepares to buckle up:

14 posted on 04/27/2012 4:36:22 PM PDT by NYTexan

WTH is your point Dog???

15 posted on 04/27/2012 5:22:41 PM PDT by tubebender (I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.)

To: NormsRevenge

HOW DID YOU KNOW HE IS ONE OF MY TEAM MEMBERS????

16 posted on 04/27/2012 5:25:33 PM PDT by tubebender (I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.)

lol.. he ain’t one of mine.. darn. but Mark Martin is.. whew!

17 posted on 04/27/2012 6:20:12 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)

To: NormsRevenge

50’s and rain for Saturday night. Not looking good.

18 posted on 04/27/2012 7:04:03 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Any Republican. Just NO Obama.)

Yuck. fingers crossed

Forecast

Richmond, VA
http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:23173.1.99999

19 posted on 04/27/2012 10:08:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)

Which point?

Luck - Been lucky this year, so far. Wasn’t last year.

Dog? Political - We’re having Tri-Tip tonight.

Burnt Sunoco fuel? I love the aroma of burnt race car fuel. The only thing I like more at the track is the fly-over.

20 posted on 04/28/2012 6:02:18 AM PDT by happydogx2 (How about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac who stays up all night wonders if there really is a dog...)

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