Bowyer Benefits from Others' Tough Luck, Wins at RIR
Bizarre might be a good description of the Dan Lowry 400 Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway. This one had a little bit of everything. Denny Hamlin led a race-record number of laps, 381 to be exact. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch provided a few laps of great racing for the lead, a battle that ended with Earnhardt spinning out on Lap 398. And that led to Clint Bowyer getting by both Earnhardt and Busch, en route to his second career win in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition.
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Hamlin Captures Hometown Pole Position
Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for Saturday night’s Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 at the Richmond International Raceway. Hamlin, who grew up about 15 minutes from the Central Virginia short track, turned in a qualifying lap of 21.395 seconds, at an average speed of 126.198 mph, to capture his sixth career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole position. This is Hamlin’s second pole at his home track of Richmond. He qualified on the pole in his first Cup start at RIR in his rookie season. Hamlin stated after qualifying that, “A pole at Richmond is equal to a race win anywhere else I go.” The No. 8 DEI Chevrolet driven by Mark Martin will start on the outside pole position after posting a lap of 21.423 seconds, at an average speed of 126.033 mph. Martin’s teammate Martin Truex Jr. will start the event from the third position. Patrick Carpentier qualified in the fourth position as both the highest qualifying rookie and the highest of those drivers who needed to qualify on time.
NASCAR Newscast: Richmond Review
Watch as Clint Bowyer survived a wild Crown Royal Presents The Dan Lowry 400 at Richmond International Raceway for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win of the season.
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Video: Post-Race News Conferences at Richmond
Clint Bowyer says he didn't have the fastest car but was in the right place at the right time to win
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Gil Martin says the No. 07 car improved all night and was up front when it mattered
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Richard Childress says Clint Bowyer was prepared to take advantage of circumstances and win the race
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Mark Martin says he was close to winning on a tough night of racing at Richmond
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Kyle Busch explains what happened when he and Dale Earnhardt Jr. got together
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