Days after the new of Dale Earnhardt Jr’s impending retirement, both the NASCAR Monster Energy and Xfinity Series head to a fan favorite track in Richmond International Raceway. On track activity begins Friday with practicing and Cup Series qualifying. On Saturday the Xfinity Series hits the track for the ToyotaCare 250 while the Cup Series runs the Toyota Owners 400 the following day.
Fans can check out the full schedule of NASCAR at Richmond activity for the Spring 2017 events below.
NASCAR at Richmond Spring 2017 Weekend Schedule
FRIDAY, APRIL 28:
11:30 a.m.-12:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
1-1:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, FS1
3-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, FS1
4:45 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FS1
SATURDAY, APRIL 29:
9-9:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
10:05 a.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FS1
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1
1 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series ToyotaCare 250 (250 laps, 187.5 miles), FS1
SUNDAY, APRIL 30:
2 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 (400 laps, 300 miles), FOX
Previous Winners
Cup Series: Carl Edwards won this event a year ago. Denny Hamlin is the most recent winner at Richmond
Xfinity Series: Dale Earnhardt Jr. won this event last year with Kyle Busch winning the fall event.
Weather for Richmond NASCAR
While there could be some clouds in the sky rain does not figure to be a problem this weekend for the NASCAR teams. Temperatures will be in the upper 80’s on Friday and peak at 94 on Saturday. Sunday will be a high of 89. If these numbers hold then this should be one of the more exciting events of the season.
