Dale Earnhardt Jr. won at Richmond, scoring his third victory on the season and the 12th of his career. Pit strategy helped him get the win by not stopping for a late race stop with the rest of the field. His car wasn't too good on new tires so he and the team decided that he would be better off staying out, knowing they had enough gas to make it to the end. It's abut time the Eury's made a correct decision....
The tentative 2005 schedule has been released to the media. There's a lot of controversy surrounding the movement of an extra race to the Texas facility and another race moved to the Phoenix facility. Darlington lost one race because of this move, and Rockingham lost its one and only race, which will close the facility down.
Also different for 2005 is the Mother's Day weekend Cup race on a Saturday night, something new and outlandish on the circuit. The last ten races, making up the Chase for the Championship consists of only one short track race at Martinsville, along with a restrictor plate race a Talladega.
Feb. 12 -- Budweiser Shootout -- Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 20 -- Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 27 -- California Speedway
March 13 -- Las Vegas Motor Speedway
March 20 -- Atlanta Motor Speedway
April 3 -- Bristol Motor Speedway
April 10 -- Martinsville Speedway
April 17 -- Texas Motor Speedway
April 23 -- Phoenix International Raceway
May 1 -- Talladega Superspeedway
May 7 -- Darlington Raceway
May 14 -- Richmond International Raceway
May 21 -- NASCAR All-Star Challenge -- Charlotte Motor Speedway
May 29 -- Charlotte Motor Speedway
June 5 -- Dover International Speedway
June 12 -- Pocono Raceway
June 19 -- Michigan International Speedway
June 26 -- Infineon Raceway
July 2 -- Daytona International Speedway
July 10 -- Chicagoland Speedway
July 17 -- New Hampshire International Speedway
July 24 -- Pocono Raceway
Aug. 7 -- Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Aug. 14 -- Watkins Glen International
Aug. 21 -- Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 27 -- Bristol Motor Speedway
Sept. 4 -- California Speedway
Sept. 10 -- Richmond International Raceway
Sept. 18 -- New Hampshire International Speedway
Sept. 25 -- Dover International Speedway
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