Background

Richmond Raceway (RR), formerly known as Richmond International Raceway (RIR), is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia, in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the IndyCar series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted two USAC sprint car races. Chase Young, the 2020 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, was the honorary pace car driver.^[8]

Practice results

Qualifying results

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 70

Stage Two Laps: 160

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 170

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 16 among 9 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 28
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 3 minutes and 27 seconds
• Average speed: 98.11 miles per hour (157.89 km/h)

Television

USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and three-time Richmond winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle called the race from the broadcast booth for MRN when the field races through the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race from a platform when the field races down the backstraightaway. Winston Kelley, Glenn Jarrett and Kim Coon called the action for MRN from pit lane.