Cole Custer took the lead from Austin Cindric with 20 laps to go and won Friday nights NASCAR Xfinity (NXS) Toyota Care 250 at Richmond Raceway. Custer led 122 laps in route to his fourth career series win and second win of the season.
Austin Cindric equaled his career-best NASCAR Xfinity Series career finish Friday night at Richmond Raceway. Cindric scored a second-place finish, his second top-10 in three races at Richmond and his sixth top-10 finish in 2019. The second-place finish also qualifies Cindric and the No. 22 LTi Printing team for the third Dash-4-Cash race at Talladega Superspeedway and the opportunity to collect at $100,000 bonus.
"Wow, what a battle by my No. 2 Anderson's Maple Syrup team today to claim our fifth-consecutive top-five finish at one of my most challenging tracks. Our car was ok in practice this morning, but we lacked what we normally have for speed and handling. Part of that is also Richmond Raceway just being such a challenge for me to drive."
COLE CUSTER: “Yeah, we have always had speed everywhere we have gone so far. I think we get better as the race goes on and we make adjustments and then when we come back to some of these tracks a second time we will be even better. We have the speed right now and I think we can get even better but we are definitely doing things right at this moment.”
Supra driver Riley Herbst was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Friday night’s NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) event at Richmond Raceway as he finished ninth in his 2019 NXS debut.
Cole Custer set a dominating pace earning the victory in Friday night’s ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway.
COLE CUSTER, No. 00 Haas Automation Ford Mustang (Finished 1st) -- THAT LAST RESTART, YOU WERE ABLE TO GET AROUND AUSTIN CINDRIC AND DRIVE TO THE WIN: “I tried something different on that last restart and it didn’t work out. It just stacked everybody up so much and I got hit in the back and it spun the tires. We just had a great car. When I got the restarts right it was good. I don't know. It is a great race for us. Our first short track win and second win of the year. It means a ton.”
RICHMOND, Va. – Cole Custer said on Friday afternoon that his No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing NASCAR Xfinity Series team might be ready to peak in time for the Playoffs.
KURT BUSCH, NO. 1 GLOBAL POKER CAMARO ZL1 – Qualified 3rd: “I thought it was three good runs. The car had a good bit of rear grip to it, which has been our struggle, so I’m really happy that today’s practice run and the qualifying runs today showed us that the car’s got the grip level. Now we just need to make sure the balance stays with it.
On Friday afternoon at Richmond Raceway, Harvick got through the corners better than everyone else in winning the unofficial pole position for Saturday’s Toyota Owners 400 at the .75-mile track.
LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME YOU WERE THE BIGGEST OF THE BIG THREE. DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT TO GET BACK IN VICTORY LANE? “Not sure. We are doing all we can.”
“You probably have it right there, see what happens in two weeks. Short tracks, I think it’s fine. It’s a little hectic in the first round and even in the second round, but it’s easy for me to say. We had a great pit stall being first out. I could just roll out and here it doesn’t benefit you to wait so you just roll out and get your lap in. Other than that, I don’t know. I don’t think it’s going to solve any mile-and-a-half issues having a short round for sure.”
MATT TIFFT, No. 36 The Pete Store Ford Mustang (Qualified 20th)“That is our first time this year we have made the second round. That was big for us. We feel like we unloaded decent today. We got to loose in the second round to get the time we needed there."
WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY CAMARO ZL1 met with media in a breakout session at Richmond Raceway. Select Highlights:
CHRIS BUESCHER, NO. 47 SCOTT COMFORT PLUS CAMARO ZL1 met with media in a breakout session at Richmond Raceway. Select Highlights:
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 MoneyLion Ford Mustang -- WHAT IS THIS ABOUT YOU BEING TOO NICE? “Who has been saying that? I didn’t see that. I don't know. What am I too nice about? I don't think you can be too nice.”
“I don’t know that there’s any advantage for sure, but I certainly feel like I know what I need out of the car to be successful here I’d say. Just searching for that feel is really what you do every time you come here. Especially the races that we’ve dominated here, that’s a special type of feel that you have to have in the race car. Getting it out of the car especially through all the rule changes and balance changes is the biggest task. This is kind of our wheelhouse of tracks you could say for... Читать дальше...
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch was made available to the media in Richmond: KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Has anything exciting happened in the past week and how do you feel rolling into the Richmond race weekend?
DANIEL HEMRIC, NO. 8 BASS PRO SHOPS/TRACKER BOATS CAMARO ZL1, met media and discussed the season thus far, making his second Cup start at Richmond Raceway and more. Full transcript:
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. was made available to the media in Richmond: MARTIN TRUEX JR, No. 19 Auto Owners Insurance Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How would you evaluate this season so far?
Five individuals with mobility challenges, including three U.S. Paralympians were on the fast track Wednesday (April 10), riding and driving the adaptive Bass Pro Shops/Toyota Camry at Richmond Raceway. The event served as a prelude to this weekend’s Toyota Owners 400 and ToyotaCare 250 NASCAR races at the historic .75-mile short track.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell was made available to the media in Richmond: CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 Ruud Toyota Supra, Joe Gibbs Racing - Talk about being back at Richmond Raceway this weekend.