Harvick wins 5th Richmond Race: The Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Review

Richmond is a track with more multi time winners then single winners. If you have success at Richmond, you probably will again the next time you drive there. Kevin Harvick won his 5th Nationwide race at Richmond. And that only ties him with the record, Mark Martin has won at Richmond 5 times in a Nationwide car. Of course, we are talking just Nationwide wins here. Harvick only has one Richmond win in a Cup car, Martin also has one.

No one has come close to the 12 victories that Richard Petty has had at Richmond. 12. He actually won 7 in a row at one time. That’s someone who can call themselves a master at one track.

I was a bit disapointed to not be able to break out the headline “Busch rides pink baby seals to victory”. Kyle finished 9th in the best paint scheme we’ve seen all year. Harvick was driving a car with hot dogs on the hood though so I guess that counts for something.

Results and more after the JUMP!

The new car is supposed to be a bit of an equalizer for struggling teams. Since it’s brand new, everyone has to build a brand new racecar. Most teams that are cash strapped drive 2 to 3 year old cars, and sometimes even older equipment. We’ve seen it in other races, just not this one, he big name guys ran up front and the lesser teams ran in the back. It was a bit dissapointing that we didn’t see another surprise top 10. Erik Darnell’s first race in the 16 didn’t fare too well as he was involved in an earlier wreck that put him behind and wound up one lap down.

The race for the top 30 looks about the same as last week:

Not much of a change. Nationwide has off this week. We return to Saturday Afternoon racing in two weeks as the Nationwide Boys head to Dover Downs, Deleware for the Dover 200. Join us in two weeks for the Preview article. Enjoy!