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NASCAR comes to Richmond Raceway But fans will have to settle for watching all four races on television
Group to bring CP soccer to RVA By Dave Lawrence Sports Editor
By Nick Vandeloecht Richmond Suburban News NASCAR will run four races across its three top national touring series at Richmond Raceway from Sept. 10 to Sept. 12 without fans in attendance. “This was a difficult decision, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic we believe at this time it is in the best interests of the local community to host races without fans,” said Richmond President Dennis Bickmeier in a Richmond Raceway release. “We are grateful for the patience and support of our long-time loyal fans in this unprecedented season, but we will unite over race weekend as we tune in to the national broadcasts on NBCSN, FS1, and MRN to watch NASCAR’s best compete in four races over three days at America’s Premier Short Track.” The 0.75-mile short track will open its three days of racing with the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series’ regu-
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Martin Truex Jr. would love a repeat performance of last year’s Federated Auto Parts 400 win in the second round of the Monster Energy Cup playoffs Saturday night at Richmond Raceway. Saturday night’s race will cap a series of four races in three days.
lar season finale on Thursday, race in Richmond. The truck race will be folSept. 10, 8 p.m., on FS1. This is the first time since lowed by consecutive NASCAR 2005 that the Truck Series will Xfinity Series races, with the Go
Bowling 250 running on Friday, Both races will air on NBCSN. The nightcap on Saturday Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m. and the Racing Lovers 250 to be held Saturday, Sept. 12, at 2:30 p.m. see NASCAR, pg. 22
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MECHANICSVILLE – Not that long ago, kids with disabilities such as severe brain injuries had few opportunities to participate in athletics. Fortunately, that is changing, and Sportable is working to bring another option to the area. The group has been working with CP Soccer US – CP stands for cerebral palsy – to introduce youths suffering from brain injuries to the sport. “We think that this sport is particular particularly unique in the adaptive sports world because it’s specifically for these athletes with disabilities like cerebral palsy, [traumatic brain injury] and stroke,” said Forrest Lodge, prosee CP SOCCER, pg. 22
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