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NASCAR Roars Through Richmond

Three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano led for 95 of the 400 laps at Richmond Raceway this weekend on his way to a narrow victory over Chase Briscoe in the Cook Out 400.

“Kind of a fun, back-and-forth battle. Had some strategy there, too. A typical Richmond race,” Logano said afterward. It’s the third time in his career that Logano has taken the checkered flag at Richmond Raceway.

NASCAR has been racing in the state capital since 1953, when Lee Petty won on a half-mile dirt track. That route was paved in 1968, and the track was reconfigured to its current layout in 1988. “Qualifying here is extremely, extremely technical,” Virginia native Denny Hamlin said this week. “I would say it’s probably the hardest to qualify to hit your marks.”

Yet Saturday night’s event was NASCAR’s only visit to Richmond this season. The city hosted two races every year beginning in 1958 but lost its second race after 2024. That weekend is now used for a race in Mexico City.

Before the schedule change was announced, Hamlin pointed the finger at a lack of fan support at the track. “If the fans turned out here and we sold out every race, then there would be two races,” the........

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