The 2023 Worldwide Express 250 at Richmond Raceway will take place on Saturday, July 29th, 2023. The race will be 250 laps around Richmond’s 0.75-mile track. Stage breaks will be at laps 70 and 140, and the race end at 250 laps.<\/p>\n
38 drivers will attempt to make one of 36 spots in the race. Practice and qualifying will take place at 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, July 29th.<\/p>\n
A tight battle between Corey<\/strong> Heim<\/strong> and Zane<\/strong> Smith<\/strong> is brewing. Corey Heim needs just 19 points to secure the regular season points championship over Zane Smith.<\/p>\n Smith is 42 points back from Heim’s lead, needing to win one or both stages, and the race to overcome the difference and win the championship.<\/p>\n Winning the title awards 15 playoff points for the playoffs, giving a big advantage to its winner.<\/p>\n Richmond, Virginia has a long history of racing dating back to the 1800s. The current configuration of Richmond Raceway, its 0.75 mile, D-shaped oval, was built in 1988.<\/p>\n It has eight degrees of banking on the front stretch, 14 through the turns, and two degrees on the back straightaway.<\/p>\n Austin Hill\u00a0<\/strong>holds the lap record in a NASCAR Truck, with a time of 22.774 seconds set in 2020.<\/p>\n Richmond has hosted the Truck Series 14 times. The first race<\/a>, in 1995, was won by\u00a0Terry Labonte<\/strong>, driving for Rick Hendrick.\u00a0Tony Stewart\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jack Sprague<\/strong> are tied for Truck Series wins at the track, both with two.<\/p>\n In 2005, the Truck Series left Richmond, not returning for another fifteen years until 2020. Since 2020, Richmond has had one Truck Series race.<\/p>\n Last year’s race, the Toyota Care 250<\/a>, was won by\u00a0Chandler Smith<\/strong>. It was Smith’s second win of the year and the fifth of his career. Kyle Busch Motorsports was dominant, with all three trucks finishing in the top ten.<\/p>\n Ty Majeski<\/strong> won the stage won, with Chandler Smith finishing second. Smith would win stage two, followed by his teammate\u00a0John Hunter Nemechek<\/strong>. The top-ten finishers were:<\/p>\nRichmond Raceway<\/h3>\n
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