FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Best Eager for Short and Low Richmond Track

Richmond International Raceway isn’t the lowest nor the shortest racetrack of the 23 venues that NASCAR Sprint Cup Series utilizes for its 36-race season. But RIR, with its 75-mile D-shaped oval, is one of three tracks that are less than a mile long. It also has much lower banking at 14 degrees than the .533-mile, 30-degree track at Bristol. The NSCS is rolling out of the bumping and banging at Bristol last week into RIR short-track territory this week, which may be less demanding physically but is certainly not easy mental turf. Drivers will test their short-track skills during the Toyota Owners 400 in Richmond, Virginia, on April 25. Short tracks are usually extensive training grounds for most NSCS drivers, so the configuration isn&...

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