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Address:

602 E. Laburnum Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 9257
Richmond, VA 23222

Phone Numbers:

Tickets/Administration: 804-345-7223 (RACE)
Information: 804-228-7500
Tickets/Administration Fax: 804-321-3833

E-mail

ririnfo@rir.com



Website:

www.rir.com


Track Map


TRACK SPECS

LENGTH: Three-Quarter Mile, measured 15 feet in from retaining wall.

SHAPE: "D" Shaped Oval

WIDTH: Constant 60-foot width with 10-foot apron.

BANKING: 14 Degrees in turns, 8 degrees at starting line, 2 degrees on 860 foot back stretch, Front Stretch is 1290 feet

PIT ROAD: 64-foot width with 43 pit stalls 28' x 19'

SEATING: 105,000 permanent contoured aluminum grandstand seats with seat backs, 120 club level seats, 40 luxury skybox suites and over 600 acres of parking

MEDIA: Infield media center with two dark rooms. TV/Radio interview facilities & deadline filing room. Press Box for deadline writers located above Veranda grandstand and Dogwood suites at Turn 1. 5 Infield photo towers, 2 photo positions outside of Press Box.

LOCATION: Near intersections of Interstate 95 & 64 in Henrico County, Virginia at Richmond City limits. 600 East Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23222.


TRACK TIMELINE

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October 12, 1946: Ted Horn wins the first race at "Strawberry Hill Speedway" over a ?-mile track.

1953: Property known as "Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds".

April 19, 1953: Lee Petty wins the first NASCAR race with an average of 45.535 mph. Petty led from flag to flag in the two hour, eleven minute, 46-second race. Buck Baker won the pole in an Oldsmobile at a speed of 48.465 mph. Petty collected $1,000 for the win, while last-place finisher Coleman Lawrence collected $25.

1955: Paul Sawyer and the legendary Joe Weatherly buy the property.

June 5, 1960: "The King" Richard Petty competes in his first race at Richmond. He finishes 6th. Included in the group in front of Petty was Ned Jarrett (third), Glen Wood (fifth) and his father, Lee, who finished first.

April 23, 1961: Richard Petty wins the first of a record 13 races at Richmond while his father is recovering from injuries sustained at Daytona.

September 9, 1962: Weatherly wins the first of two consecutive races at Richmond. The box scores indicate he won each race by "1 lap plus". Attendance for the races is estimated at 15,000.

1965: Track becomes known as "Virginia State Fairgrounds Raceway.

September 9, 1968: Track is paved and re-measured at .625-mile.

April 13, 1969: Track is re-measured at .5625-mile.

September 7, 1969: Track is re-measured at ?-mile.

1970: Track becomes known at "Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway."

March 1, 1970: Track is re-measured at .542-mile, a distance that would remain constant until the track was rebuilt to its current .75-mile configuration in 1988.

March 1, 1970: Richard Petty wins the first of seven consecutive and nine out of 10 races at Richmond.

November 13, 1971: Bobby Allison wins the first of six consecutive pole positions at Richmond. Both Allison and Richard Petty would go on to capture an all-time track record of eight poles. Finishing 20th in his first Richmond race was Richard Childress.

February 24, 1980: The purse at Richmond tops $100,000 for the first time. Darrell Waltrip wins the race in his famous Gatorade Chevrolet and collects $17,800. Brett Bodine, who finished last in the 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 with the Looney Tunes, collects nearly twice that amount ($34,349).

February 20, 1982: Tommy Houston wins the inaugural "Late Model Sportsman Division" race at Richmond. The series would become known as the Busch Series, Grand National Division in 1984.

September 12, 1987: Mark Martin wins the first of a record five NASCAR Busch Series races at Richmond.

1988: Track becomes known as "Richmond International Raceway."

February 21, 1988: A massive reconstruction begins, as the track is reconfigured to .75-mile and the seating capacity is expanded to 50,000. Bulldozers, including one driven by Richard Petty, begin work on the project immediately following the completion of the Pontiac Excitement 400.

March 26, 1989: Rusty Wallace wins the first of a record six races at Richmond on the .75-mile configuration.

April 8, 1990: Rick Fuller wins the first NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series race at Richmond.

September 7, 1991: Harry Gant wins the first race "under the lights" at Richmond.

September 7, 1995: Terry Labonte wins the first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Richmond.

September 11, 1999: Tony Stewart wins his first race-"under the lights" at Richmond.

December 1, 1999: International Speedway Corporation purchases Richmond International Raceway and the surrounding 650-acre property from Paul Sawyer.

June 29, 2001: Jacque Lazier wins the pole for the inaugural SunTrust Indy Challenge at a blistering speed of 160.417 mph (16.831 seconds). It is the Indy Racing League's first appearance on a track shorter than one mile.

May 3, 2002: Ward Burton sets new Winston Cup track record - 128.388 mph, 21.194 seconds.

October 2002: Seating capacity is expanded to 105,000.

SPRINT CUP RICHMOND WINNERS 1972-2009

Date   Race Name Pole Winner Race Winner Starting Pos. Make
09/12/09 Chevy Rock & Roll 400Mark MartinDenny Hamlin3Toyota
05/02/09 Russ Friedman 400Brian VickersKyle Busch14Toyota
09/07/08 Chevrolet Rock & Roll 400Rained OutJimmie Johnson3Chevrolet
05/03/08 Dan Lowry 400Denny HamlinClint Bowyer31Chevrolet
09/08/07 Chevy Rock & Roll 400Jimmie JohnsonJimmie Johnson1Chevrolet
05/05/07 Jim Stewart 400Jeff GordonJimmie Johnson4Chevrolet
09/09/06 Chevy Monte Carlo 400Denny HamlinKevin Harvick5Chevrolet
05/06/06 Crown Royal 400Greg BiffleDale Earnhardt Jr.10Chevrolet
09/10/05 Chevy Rock & Roll 400Kevin HarvickKurt Busch5Dodge
05/14/05 Chevrolet American Revolution 400Kasey KahneKasey Kahne1Dodge
09/11/04 Chevrolet Rock & Roll 400Ryan NewmanJeremy Mayfield7Dodge
05/15/04 Chevrolet American Revolution 400Brian VickersDale Earnhardt Jr.4Chevy
09/06/03 Chevy Rock & Roll 400Mike SkinnerRyan Newman4Dodge
05/03/03 Pontiac Excitement 400Terry LabonteJoe Nemechek2Chevrolet
09/07/02 Chevy Monte Carlo 400Jimmie JohnsonMatt Kenseth25Ford
05/05/02 Pontiac Excitement 400Ward BurtonTony Stewart3Pontiac
09/08/01 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400Jeff GordonRicky Rudd9Ford
05/05/01 Pontiac Excitement 400Mark MartinTony Stewart7Pontiac
09/09/00 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400Jeff BurtonJeff Gordon13Chevrolet
05/06/00 Pontiac Excitement 400Rusty WallaceDale Earnhardt Jr.5Chevrolet
09/11/99 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400Mike SkinnerTony Stewart2Pontiac
05/15/99 Pontiac Excitement 400Jeff GordonDale Jarrett21Ford
09/12/98 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400Rusty WallaceJeff Burton3Ford
06/06/98 Pontiac Excitement 400Jeff GordonTerry Labonte16Chevrolet
09/06/97 Exide NASCAR 400Bill ElliottDale Jarrett23Ford
03/02/97 Pontiac Excitement 400Rained OutRusty Wallace7Ford
09/07/96 Miller 400Mark MartinErnie Irvan16Ford
03/03/96 Pontiac Excitement 400Terry LabonteJeff Gordon2Chevrolet
09/09/95 Miller 400Dale EarnhardtRusty Wallace7Ford
03/05/95 Pontiac 400Jeff GordonTerry Labonte24Chevrolet
09/10/94 Miller 400Ted MusgraveTerry Labonte3Chevrolet
03/06/94 Pontiac 400Ted MusgraveErnie Irvan7Ford
09/11/93 Miller 400Bobby LabonteRusty Wallace3Pontiac
03/07/93 Pontiac 400Ken SchraderDavey Allison14Ford
09/12/92 Miller 400Ernie IrvanRusty Wallace3Pontiac
03/08/92 Pontiac 400Bill ElliottBill Elliott1Ford
09/07/91 Miller 400Rusty WallaceHarry Gant13Oldsmobile
02/24/91 Pontiac 400Davey AllisonDale Earnhardt19Chevrolet
09/09/90 Miller High Life 400Ernie IrvanDale Earnhardt6Chevrolet
02/25/90 Pontiac 400Ricky RuddMark Martin6Ford
09/10/89 Miller High Life 400Bill ElliottRusty Wallace6Pontiac
03/26/89 Pontiac 400Geoffrey BodineRusty Wallace2Pontiac
09/11/88 Miller High Life 400Davey AllisonDavey Allison1Ford
09/08/74 Capital City 500Richard PettyRichard Petty1Dodge
02/24/74 Richmond 500Bobby AllisonBobby Allison1Chevrolet
09/09/73 Capital City 500Bobby AllisonRichard Petty5Dodge
02/25/73 Richmond 500Bobby AllisonRichard Petty8Dodge
09/10/72 Capital City 500Bobby AllisonRichard Petty3Plymouth
02/27/72 Richmond 500Bobby AllisonRichard Petty3Plymouth

TRACK RECORDS

Sprint Cup Race Record
Dale Jarrett 108.707 09|06|97

Nationwide Race Record
Dale Jarrett 104.928 07|02|95

Truck Race Record
Bob Keselowski 104.167 09|04|97



Sprint Cup Qualifying Record
Brian Vickers 129.9827 2004

Nationwide Qualifying Record
Kyle Busch 129.3475 2004

Truck Qualifying Record
Jamie McMurray 126.648 2005


2009 Russ Friedman 400 Winner
Kyle Busch		 2009 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Winner
Denny Hamlin

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