Getting Ready For Aggressive Competition at Richmond

NASCAR XFINITY Series – ToyotaCare 250
April 29, 2017 – Richmond International Raceway-Richmond, VA

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Austin Dillon has made nine NASCAR XFINITY Series appearances at Richmond International Raceway, earning six top-10 finishes, one pole award and leading 65 laps.

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By the Numbers
According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics, Dillon ranks second in the Closers category in the XFINITY Series at Richmond International Raceway.

Richmond International Raceway is a short track but it seems like it has more of an intermediate-track type of feel. Can you describe the racing there. Does it feel like a short track to you?

“It’s probably one of the biggest short tracks we go to because the restarts are so intense and you can really mess up a guy getting into the corner there if you duck under him and put him into a bad spot. It’s a place where you have to be aggressive and then have a car that holds on late because that guy that you were aggressive to at the beginning, will come back and get you later in the run. A fast car makes everything easier for sure, and if you’ve got that you don’t have to worry much about Richmond. It’s a place that brings the competition really tight together.”

NASCAR XFINITY Series Results at Richmond International Raceway

• Starts: 9
• Wins: 0
• Poles: 1
• Top 5 : 1
• Top 10: 6
• Average Start: 8.6
• Average Finish: 13.0