Thursday, April 24, 2014

Richmond Chassis Selections: 2014 Toyota Owners 400

Earnhardt Jr. using runner-up Phoenix chassis this week at Richomnd
#2-Brad Keselowski: Primary Chassis: PRS-906. Last Raced: New Chassis. Backup Chassis: PRS-853. Last Raced: Backup at multiple races.

#3-Austin Dillon: will pilot Chassis No. 433 in the Richmond 400 at Richmond International Raceway. The Gil Martin-led team raced this chassis to a 20th-place finish with driver Kevin Harvick at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September 2013.

#4-Kevin Harvick: will pilot Chassis No. 4-868 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway. Built new for 2014, Chassis 4-868 will see its first laps of competition this weekend.

#5-Kasey Kahne: Crew chief Kenny Francis will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 5-815 for Saturday night's event at Richmond. Kahne has driven this chassis four times -- thrice in 2013 and once so far in 2014. Notably, Kahne has raced this car in his last two outings at Phoenix International Raceway's one-mile oval. There, he recorded an average finish of 6.5.

#41-Kurt Busch: will pilot Chassis No. 826 in Saturday's Richmond 400 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, a former No. 39 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing. Built new for 2013, Chassis 826 started 17th and finished 10th last November in the Advocare 500k at Phoenix International Raceway. Busch also drove No. 826 at Phoenix in March, when he started 10th and finished 39th due to a mechanical issue.

#48-Jimmie Johnson: Crew chief Chad Knaus has selected Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 48-832 for this weekend at Richmond. Johnson most recently drove this car to a sixth-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway in March. The backup car is Chassis No. 48-806, which Johnson most recently raced to a fourth-place result at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September 2013.

#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.: This weekend, crew chief Steve Letarte will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 88-857. Earnhardt most recently raced this chassis to a second-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway in March.

#99-Carl Edwards: Primary chassis RK- was last run in 2014 at Bristol, finishing first. Backup chassis RK-874 was last run in 2014 at Phoenix as a primary, finishing eighth.

- COMPILED BY JAYSKI.COM

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