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Richmond International Raceway and BUBBA burger® are teaming up once again—this time to make good on the promise of rewarding Trevor Bayne and his team a BUBBA burger® lunch for winning the Signature BUBBA burger® Contest last month. Representatives from America’s Premier Short Track and BUBBA burger® will provide lunch for not only Bayne’s team, but the entire Michael Waltrip Racing organization on Wednesday, June 2.

With the NASCAR world setting its sights on the 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, fans will want to grab their seats for the Saturday, September 11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway—“One Last Race to Make The Chase.” Tickets, which start at $40, for the marquee event are on sale now. To purchase seats, visit www.rir.com, call 866-455-RACE (7223) or visit the ticket office at 600 E. Laburnum Ave., Richmond, VA 23222, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Richmond International Raceway is offering Pace Car rides around America’s Premier Short Track on Friday, May 21 (2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.) to guests who donate $5 for a collectible NASCAR Day lapel pin. NASCAR Day, annually celebrated on the third Friday in May, is a charitable celebration of the NASCAR spirit that enables fans and partners to join together to make a difference in the lives of children.

Kyle Busch snapped a 21-race losing streak -- an eternity by his standards -- with a late-race pass at Richmond International Raceway that denied Jeff Gordon yet another victory. Busch won his second consecutive May NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at America's Premier Short Track.