David Starr, Chevrolet; 126.648 mph; Sept. 8, 2005 (Trucks)
History Racing began in Richmond in 1946, when Ted Horn drove a champ car to victory over a half-mile dirt track at "Strawberry Hill Speedway." Five years after NASCAR was founded in 1948, the sanctioning body staged a race in its Grand National Division at "Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds" on April 19, 1953.
Since that first NASCAR race in Richmond in 1953, the track has undergone three name changes, four configuration changes and one surface change, from dirt to asphalt. Richmond is the only track remaining on the NASCAR circuit measuring 3/4-mile in length.
Lights were also added to the facility in 1991. Richmond International Raceway is the only track to hold all of its major events "under the lights." The track hosts both NASCAR weekends under the lights and its 100,000 permanent seats are always completely sold out for the Cup Series events.
Richmond has seen second- and third-generation NASCAR drivers celebrate in Victory Circle. The families with such a distinct honor include the Pettys, Allisons, Jarretts and Earnhardts.
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