360 OTC Racing Event Preview
Richmond International Raceway
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Richmond International Raceway News and Notes
Richmond’s Ride…The No. 36 360 OTC Toyota Camry Jeremy Mayfield is scheduled to drive this weekend in the event at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway is COT 09. The team spent Tuesday testing this car at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway in preparation for this event. It is also the same car the team ran in the event at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in April.
Mayfield’s Career Stats…Mayfield will make his 407th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series start when he takes the green flag Saturday afternoon. He made his first career Cup Series start in October 1993 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway and finished 27th (qualified 18th) in his first Cup Series start in Richmond in 1994.
Mayfield in Richmond…Mayfield has made 25 starts on the .75-mile oval during his Cup Series career and has started inside the top 10 twice. He has also earned seven top-10 finishes in competition at the track, including a win in 2004 and a runner-up finish in 2003.
A New Addition…Rear tire carrier Alex (a.k.a. “Animal”) Yonchuk became a proud papa this week after his wife gave birth to a seven pound, nine ounce baby boy Sunday evening. Keaton Alexander Yonchuk and mom Tracie are both at home and doing fine.
BDR at RIR…Competitors driving Bill Davis Racing-owned cars have been racing at the Richmond area track since 1993 and have made 37 starts. Those drivers have posted one top five finish, six top-10 finishes and have completed 14,451 of 14,786 possible laps (97.7 percent). A BDR entry has also sat on the pole in Richmond twice.
Richmond Broadcast Schedule…Qualifying for Saturday’s event is scheduled to start at 6:10 pm. ET Friday, May 4. The 400-lap event is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday, May 5, and will broadcast LIVE on FOX (TV), MRN (radio) and Sirius Satellite Radio.
Jeremy Mayfield on Richmond International Speedway…“We didn’t have the results we were looking for in Phoenix, so we spent some extra time testing this week in Florida. We think we learned some things that will help us when we get to Richmond. This 360 OTC team is improving and getting stronger every day. We qualified solidly in the field last weekend in Talladega, had a really good Toyota Camry and were competitive all day long. We’re excited about going to Richmond as a team, and obviously I’m really looking forward to racing there since I’ve had a lot of success there in the past. It’s a great racetrack, and we think it’s going to be a good weekend for this Bill Davis Racing team.”
