Is Dale Earnhardt Jr. racing in NASCAR Richmond this weekend?
Jack NicoleSeptember 10, 2021
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The NASCAR XFinity Series will have a two-header race this weekend with the Cup Series playoffs. But will Dale Earnhardt Jr be racing XFinity in Richmond?
Earnhardt Jr to attend annual NASCAR XFinity in Richmond
Earnhardt Jr has occasionally appeared in the XFinity series since his retirement from full-time Cup competition in late 2017.
The two-time Daytona 500 champion races for his JR Motorsports team, one event per season.
In 2020, he finished fifth at Homestead, Florida.
In 2021, Earnhardt Jr will race the No. 8 Machine in Richmond.
He last ran a 0.75 mile short track race in 2018, finishing fourth.
Earnhardt Jr’s last victory in the XFinity series came in the spring of 2016 – at Richmond.
Photo by Chris Grayson/Getty Images
Where will Earnhardt Jr start the NASCAR race in Richmond?
Earnhardt Jr will be 30th out of 40 cars in the XFinity series.
The #8 machine will feature a special livery to honor the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Earnhardt Jr won his first NASCAR race since the Dover attack 20 years ago.
Teammate Justin Allgaier, 46, will be fifth, while Penske’s Austin Cindric will start on pole.
Earnhardt Jr will race in Richmond using William Byron’s #24 Cup Series pit crew.
When is the XFinity competition in Richmond?
The game is part of a double-header in the Cup series.
XFinity will be the first to play – the green flag is scheduled for 14:45pm ET. It was 19:45 pm in the UK.
Like the Cup, it will be divided into three stages.
Their lengths are 75-75-100 turns respectively.
Race warnings will be issued on or around lap 35 due to no practice or qualifying.
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Jack usually writes or reads anything related to motorsport – from Formula 1 to NASCAR to British truck racing. His work as a motorsport reporter has been published in prestigious media such as Autosport, Motorsport.com and Motorsport News. In addition to racing, he is an avid amateur astronomer, podcast listener, and enjoys walks in the park with his three dogs.
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