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Kyle Busch, the winner of the last four Spring races at Richmond International Raceway, will be the special guest in the track’s 3-Wide fan hospitality area on Saturday, April 27, prior to the Toyota Owners 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

Tickets for RIR’s April 25-27, 2013, weekend are on sale now. The weekend features the Toyota Owners 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, with tickets (including seats in Turns 1 & 4) starting at only $45!

Richmond International Raceway welcomes its newest partner – Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance – which will help set the field for the April 27, Toyota Owners 400 and September 7, Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at RIR. The inaugural Farm Bureau Insurance Pole Qualifying is scheduled for Friday, April 26.

For the third year in a row, the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown is set to open the Spring race weekend at Richmond International Raceway. The race, which typically features a dozen NASCAR drivers and celebrities battling on the ¾-mile track with some of the best local Late Model Stock Car drivers, will serve as a fundraiser for the Denny Hamlin Cystic Fibrosis Research Lab at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU.

Richmond International Raceway, through RIR Cares, its donor-advised fund at The NASCAR Foundation, has partnered with the Children’s Museum of Richmond on a new interactive display that will teach kids and adults all about the country’s most popular racing series. The four-piece display launches this Thursday, February 7, at the Chesterfield CMoR location (6629 Lake Harbour Dr., Midlothian, VA 23112, in the Winterpock Shopping Center).