Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway (0.75 miles, short track, D-shaped) in Richmond, Virginia
Since 1953, the Cup moves to Richmond, then still on a half-mile. 1988, was a major conversion, who missed the short track during today's drive length of 0.75 miles (1.21 km) in a D-shape. Finally, 1991 was added to the floodlights, which has been used since 1998, when the spring races. 14 ° the curve superelevation in the four turns and sweeping the start / finish straight has at least another 8 °. The back straight has to do with the other hand, 2 °. An impressive statistic is the number of spectators at the track: Until September 2008, when a hurricane, the race was delayed by one day, the Richmond International Raceway fewer than 32 championship events sold out in one piece.
In the NASCAR Richmond for good short-track action is known, "bumping and banging" as far as the eye. Especially good were the Kyle in the past Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who came here more often in the way. If a driver in the last round the front, that does not automatically mean a victory for him. A close battle can also be done ever heard his shirtsleeves and that depends on the aggressiveness especially here, as well as the call from the driver. Mark Martin runs one behind you, then you can be almost certain that no one gets Schupp, which costs one the bottom line. When Kyle Busch or Tony Stewart should look to better that one keeps his butt as far from the bumper of the pursuer. As always, the old short track and super speedway wisdom: "As one goes around the forest, it echoes back out again!"
Richmond is like any short track to the routes that use the brakes much. The discs can be seen glowing in the night just fantastic. In order to survive the race distance of 300 miles (483 km) and 400 rounds healing, caring must be handled with the material. That means going from the gas too early, to slow and neglected to take the car with the momentum through the turn. In Turn 2 and Turn 3 you get with old tires then quickly problems because the back straight is curved and one quickly arrives at Turn 2 on the outer wall. The corner entry of Turn 3 turns out often a little angular and can be used for overtaking, if one succeeds in "reinzustecken nose down" the. The take away the swing works well at the entrance to Turn 1, here you can let the car roll up wonderfully to the apex. For overtaking, it is important to take out of Turn 4 with as much momentum on the home stretch.
