|  |  NASCAR at Richmond International RacewayRichmond International Raceway hosts races each season during the NEXTEL series of NASCAR races. With a seated capacity of 105,000, the oval track opened in 1946, two years before the birth of NASCAR.The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. Of the three race series they sanction, the NEXTEL Cup Series is by far the most popular. Unlike Formula One, races take place on predominantly triangular or oval tracks with banked corners to enable them to be taken at greater speed.
The season is split into two parts, first a 26-race "regular" season, then a ten-race playoff called "race for the cup." In the regular season points are gathered in each race dependent on finishing positions. After the 26 races the ten drivers with the most points (plus any other drivers within 400 points of the leader) progress to the final ten races. The points are divided in five-point increments for each place, the winner receiving 45 more points than the driver in tenth. After all 36 races a NEXTEL champion is declared. |
Event Details:
| Date(s):
Various Dates
May 1, 2010
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May 2, 2010 *
September 11, 2010
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September 12, 2010 *
May 1, 2011
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May 2, 2011 *
September 11, 2011
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September 12, 2011 *
* To Be Confirmed.
Cost:
Various
Location:
Richmond, Virginia, USA |
Venue Details:
| Venue Name:
Richmond International Raceway
Address:
600 East Laburnum Ave 23222
Phone:
+1 866 455 7223
Directions:
On the Virginia State Fairgrounds near the junction of I-95 and I-64. |
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