NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Richmond Raceway
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Stock car racing events in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series were held at Richmond Raceway, in Richmond, Virginia during numerous seasons and times of year since 1982.
Current race
The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Richmond Raceway is a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series stock car race that took place at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia in the month of September. It is held the night before the NASCAR Cup Series race, the Cook Out 400. Noah Gragson won is the defending race winner.
In 2018, as part of schedule realignment, the event became the first race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs.
In 2020, as part of schedule realignment, this became the only Xfinity Series race at the track as NASCAR decided to give the track one Truck Series race instead. This schedule change was done in a swap with Martinsville Speedway, which previously had two Truck Series races and zero Xfinity Series races and would now have one Truck Series race and one Xfinity Series race (which replaced the spring race at Richmond).
In 2022, the September Xfinity Series race at Richmond was moved to the spring (in exchange for moving the Truck Series race to the summer race weekend) and there was no September race at the track for the first time in the series' history.
On August 13, 2026, it was announced that the series would return to the track in 2027, as the opening race of The Chase.
Past winners
1987: Race shortened due to rain.
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