Kevin Harvick celebrates his win at Richmond

With a late caution sets up restart for  Ol' Happy Harvick at Richmond, he was the only driver with smile on his face after that race was done.

Kevin Harvick plowed through the traffic on the final restart like it was snow, driving from seventh to Victory Lane with just two-lap overtime.


''Just shifted gears, hit the pedal and hoped for the best,'' Harvick said. ''They all went high and I went low. The seas kind of parted there. They didn't get a very good restart, and my car launched.

''I was able to take it three-wide, those guys all drove it in hard, and I was able to get by the next two. I only had one to go by the time I got to the backstretch.''

Montoya was holding off Harvck until that last caution. He wasn't looking for caution that late in the race.

''I was like, `Really? Really?''' Montoya said about the caution. He pounded his fist on the steering wheel when the yellow flag waved.

Tony Stewart restarted in fifth, but was bumped out of the grove by Kurt Busch and faded all the way back to 18th. Stewart angrily traded bumps with Busch on the cool-down lap, even trying to force him into the wall, before the two drivers headed to the garage. Once back at their haulers Stewart and Busch shouted at each other over crew members, with Busch claiming the final two laps ''were a free-for-all.''

Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown Entry List

GREG FERNANDEZ  -  Toyota Camry - YMCA Richmond
BUGS HAIRFIELD   -  Chevrolet Impala - Denny Hamlin Foundation/RJ Roberts
DOUG GODSEY   - Chevrolet Impala - Godsey and Sons, Inc.
CLINT KING - Ford Fusion - Lucas Oil Products
LIN O'NEILL  -  Chevrolet Impala - Decals Unlimited/96.5 The Planet
WAYNE RAMSEY -  Ford Fusion -  Romeo Guest Construction
BURT MYERS/TY DILLON -  Chevrolet Impala  - Eagle Carports
CURTIS MARKHAM  -  Toyota Camry - FedEx
FRANK DEINY JR.   -  Toyota Camry   - Kiker Tree Service
SHANNON MARANO  - Chevrolet Impala  -  Virginia Motor Speedway
DUDE GIBBS  - Chevrolet Impala - C&F Bank
DERRICK LANCASTER  -  Chevrolet Impala  -  Total Car Care and Towing
GEORGE MIEDECKE   -  Ford Fusion  - Jel Wen Windows and Doors
DENNY HAMLIN -  Toyota Camry - FedEx Express/ Denny Hamlin Foundation
NICK SMITH   -  Chevrolet Impala  - Sketchers, Kool Looks, Creative Surfaces
GREG PURSLEY  - Ford Fusion
TONY STEWART  - Chevrolet Impala  - Prelude to the Dream
MICHAEL WALTRIP  - Toyota Camry
JEFF OAKLEY  - Chevrolet Impala - Oakley Tank Lines/Rock Island Whitetail
BECCA KASTEN  - Chevrolet Impala
JOEY LOGANO  - Toyota Camry  - The Home Depot
TREVOR BAYNE   -  Ford Fusion  - Trevor Bayne Foundation
ADAM BRENNER  - Ford Fusion  - NHSS RACING.com
JASON WHITE  -  Chevrolet Impala  - Gun Broker.com
MATT WALTZ  - Chevrolet Impala  -Waltz Engineered Sales, Inc.
HERMIE SADLER  - Chevrolet Impala  - Hermie and Elliott Sadler Foundation
PHILLIP MORRIS   - Chevrolet Impala  - Dean Mechanical
TOMMY LEMONS JR.  -  Chevrolet Impala  - Lemmon's Backhoe
BRANDON McREYNOLDS  - Dodge Charger  -Jesse Jones Hot Dogs
BRANDON BUTLER  - Chevrolet Impala  - National Guard/Tire-X
RYAN ROBERTSON  -  Chevrolet Impala - Sheetz Convenience Stores
KYLE GRISSOM  - Chevrolet Impala
C E FALK, III   - Toyota Camry  - Hampton Roads Toyota Dealers
JUSTIN JOHNSON  - Chevrolet Impala
CHRIS HOYLMAN   - Chevrolet Impala - David's Towing / Kim Motors.com
MIKE LOONEY  - Chevrolet Impala
SCOTT TURLINGTON  -  Chevrolet Impala  - Mid-Atlantic Controls Corp.
KYLE BUSCH  - Toyota Camry - Kyle Busch Foundation
BRANDON DEAN  - Ford Fusion  -  Mullis Motorsports
CLAY CAMPBELL  - Chevrolet Impala  - Total Car Care and Towing
EDDIE JOHNSON  - Chevrolet Impala - Filtrona Porous Technologies
COLEMAN PRESSLEY  - Toyota Camry  - Celebrity Hot Dogs
BRANDON BROWN   - Chevrolet Impala
MATT McCALL  -  Chevrolet Impala  - Denver Marine Ranger Boats
MAX GRESHAM  -  Toyota Camry  -   Fedex
DARRELL WALLACE JR.  - Toyota Camry  - FedEx / Wallace Industries
CLINT MILLS    -  Dodge Charger
WESLEY FALK  - Ford Fusion  - Avalon Fishing Pier
PADDY RODENBECK  - Chevrolet Impala  - Green Hills Software
PEYTON SELLERS  -  Ford Fusion  - Southern States
ARIC ALMIROLA  - Chevrolet Impala  -  Tax Slayer
TERRY CARROLL  -  Chevrolet Impala  -  Carroll's Automotive
NATALIE SATHER  -  Chevrolet Impala  - K&N Filters
SHAYNE LOCKHART  -  Chevrolet Impala  - Williamsburg Honda-Hyundai
MARTY WARD  -  Chevrolet Impala  - Bryan Ramey and Associates
TRAVIS PASTRANA  -  Toyota Camry  -  Boost Mobile / Samsung

Drivers highlighted in yellow will participate in a Q&A session on Thursday, April 28 at 4:30 p.m. inside Gate 40.

Schedule for Richmond!! April 25th - April 27th

Thursday, April 25:

• 9:00 - 11:50 am NNS Practice
• 8:15 pm Late Model Stock Car Driver Introductions
• 8:30 pm Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown Late Model Stock Car Race

Friday, April 26:

• 9:00 am 11:30 AM NNS Final Practice
• 11:00 am NSCS Rookie & Spotter Meetings & Random Drawing for Qualifying Order
• 12:00 - 2:00 pm NSCS Practice
• 2:45 - 3:30 pm NSCS Final Practice
• 4:05 pm NNS Qualifying
• 5:35 pm NSCS Qualifying
• 7:30 pm NNS Race

Saturday, April 27:

• 5:30 pm NSCS Driver / Crew Chief Meeting
• 7:00 pm NSCS Driver Intorduction
• 7:30 pm NSCS Race

Richmond Entry List For Sprint Cup

PC1 = is the first past champion eligible, PC2 is the 2nd...and so on if more
# Rookie of the Year
(i) = driver not running for 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points

1.) 1 Jamie McMurray
2.) 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1)
3.) 5 Kasey Kahne
4.) 7 Dave Blaney
5.) 9 Marcos Ambrose
6.) 10 Danica Patrick #
7.) 11 Brian Vickers(i)
8.) 13 Casey Mears
9.) 14 Tony Stewart (PC2)
10.) 15 Clint Bowyer
11.) 16 Greg Biffle
12.) 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #
13.) 18 Kyle Busch
14.) 19 Mike Bliss(i)
15.) 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5)
16.) 22 Joey Logano
17.) 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6)
18.) 27 Paul Menard
19.) 29 Kevin Harvick
20.) 30 David Stremme
21.) 31 Jeff Burton
22.) 32 Timmy Hill #
23.) 33 Landon Cassill
24.) 34 David Ragan
25.) 35 Josh Wise(i)
26.) 36 J.J. Yeley
27.) 38 David Gilliland
28.) 39 Ryan Newman
29.) 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
30.) 43 Aric Almirola
31.) 47 Bobby Labonte (PC7)
32.) 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC3)
33.) 51 A.J. Allmendinger
34.) 52 Brian Keselowski
35.) 55 Mark Martin
36.) 56 Martin Truex Jr.
37.) 78 Kurt Busch (PC4)
38.) 83 David Reutimann
39.) 87 Joe Nemechek (i)
40.) 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
41.) 93 Travis Kvapil
42.) 98 Michael McDowell
43.) 99 Carl Edwards

Richmond Entry List for Nationwide Series

1.) 00 Michael McDowell(i)
2.) 01 Mike Wallace
3.) 2 Brian Scott
4.) 3 Austin Dillon
5.) 4 Landon Cassill(i)
6.) 5 Jeffrey Earnhardt
7.) 6 Trevor Bayne
8.) 7 Regan Smith
9.)    8 Scott Lagasse Jr
10.) 10 Jeff Green [PC1]
11.) 11 Elliott Sadler
12.) 12 Sam Hornish Jr
13.) 14 Eric McClure
14.) 15 Stanton Barrett
15.) 16 Ryan Reed
16.) 17 Tanner Berryhill
17.) 19 Mike Bliss
18.) 20 Brian Vickers
19.) 22 Brad Keselowski(i)
20.) 23 Robert Richardson Jr
21.) 24 Blake Koch
22.) 29 Kenny Wallace
23.) 30 Nelson Piquet Jr
24.) 31 Justin Allgaier
25.) 32 Kyle Larson
26.) 33 Kevin Harvick(i)
27.) 40 Josh Wise
28.) 42 J J Yeley(i)
29.) 43 Reed Sorenson
30.) 44 Hal Martin
31.) 46 Chase Miller
32.) 47 Scott Riggs(i)
33.) 51 Jeremy Clements
34.) 52 Derek Thorn
35.) 54 Kyle Busch(i)
36.) 55 Jamie Dick
37.) 60 Travis Pastrana
38.) 70 Johanna Long Foretravel
39.) 74 Juan Carlos Blum
40.) 77 Parker Kligerman
41.) 79 Joey Gase
42.) 87 Joe Nemechek
43.) 89 Morgan Shepherd
44.) 92 Dexter Stacey
45.) 98 Kevin Swindell
46.) 99 Alex Bowman

Matt Kenseth Penalized After Kansas Win

Matt Kenseth’s and his race team got hit with a very big penalty from NASCAR on Wednesday afternoon, when they checked over his car like every other car for post race inspection. 

• Kenseth was docked 50 points, and lost the three Chase bonus points he would have received for winning last weekend’s event at Kansas Speedway
• Mean while his crew chief Jason Ratcliff has been fined $200,000, suspended for the next six Sprint cup events, including the non-points Sprint All-Star Race. 
• Car owner Joe Gibbs was docked 50 owners’ points and had his license suspended for six races, they will not receive owners’ points. 
• Kenseth’s pole at Kansas will not be allowed for eligibility into the 2014 Sprint Unlimited at Daytona, and in a rare step Toyota was docked five points in the manufacturer standings.

Seen Kenseth got penalty he loss of 50 points would drop him to 14th place in the points.

JGR said it would appeal the penalty.

“It is our understanding that one of the eight connecting rods on the engine was ruled too light,” the statement said. “We are working with our partners at TRD on this issue.”

Lee White, president of TRD, said the connecting road was three grams underweight and JGR had nothing to do with mistake.

Kansas Speedway Schedule for this weekend!!

Friday, April 19:

11 AM                                     NASCAR LIVE (SPEED Stage)
12 – 1:30 PM                           NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice
2 – 3:20 PM                             NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice
2:30 PM                                  Pre-Show Party (SPEED Stage)
3:40 PM                                  NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying



Saturday, April 20

9 – 9:55 AM                            NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice
10:05 AM                                NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Qualifying
11:30 – 12:20 PM                    NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Final practice
12:30 PM                                 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver introductions
1 PM                                       NASCAR Camping World Truck Series SFP 250



Sunday, April 21:

9:30 AM                                  NASCAR RaceDay (SPEED Stage)
11:30 AM                                NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver introductions
NOON                                     NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 400

**times are subject to change**