Richmond Recap

Hello everyone and welcome back to Captain Josh's Pit Stop. Tonight I recap the weekends action from Richmond. The Truck Series had an off weekend along with Formula One. Brad Keselowski won the Xfinity race on Friday night. Now onto the Cup race. Photo courtesy of Google images.

 The Federated Auto Parts 400 ran on Saturday night with Matt Kenseth earning the pole with teammate Denny Hamlin alongside. The first and second stages consisted of 100 laps. The final stage made up the final 200 laps. The race was 400 laps. The drivers also did a 4-wide salute to the fans in honor of fan appreciation weekend. Photos courtesy of Google images.

The race went green until 66 to go in the first stage, when Landon Cassill cut a tire in turn 2 and hit the outside wall. Cassill would have an end to his night. Photo courtesy of Google images.

Matt Kenseth had a scare with 14 to go in stage 1. Kenseth came up on a lap car going into turn 3 and locked up his brakes, causing smoke to billow out of his car. Nascar immediately threw the caution thinking there was oil or fluid on the track. There was not any reports of fluid out of Kenseth's car. Photo courtesy of Google images.

And your winner for stage 1, Kyle Busch. Busch held off Kyle Larson after taking the lead on the wild restart after the Kenseth incident. Photo courtesy of Google images.

Martin Truex Jr once again takes home a stage win to win stage 2. There wasn't much going on in the second stage.

The final stage began to heat up. Danica Patrick went for a spin in turn 2 after contact from behind from Austin Dillon. The incident occurred at lap 255 in the final stage. Photo courtesy of Google images.

During the caution for Danica Patrick's spin, the drivers hit pit road for pit stops. While entering the pits, there was a miscommunication between NASCAR and the track ambulance as the ambulance was caught sitting at the entrance to the pits. Multiple drivers suffered damage to their cars, including Matt Kenseth, who ended up out of the race due to radiator damage. Photo courtesy of Google images.

Martin Truex Jr was looking to win his first short track race of his career, once again he got the unlucky caution with 4 to go. Derikke Cope hit the wall off turn 4 and created the overtime restart. Kyle Larson passed Truex to win his first short track win of his career. Truex then crashed into turn 1 after contact from behind from Denny Hamlin. Well that's it for now. Next week, the playoffs begin. I will post a blog later naming the 16 drivers who will fight for the 2017 Monster Energy Cup Series championship. Who's your pick? Mine is definitely Martin Truex Jr. See ya next week for Chicagoland. Photos courtesy of Google images.