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I didn’t see the kicking and screaming at Richmond after the Nationwide Series race because I was at work, or on my way home from work but I heard all about it. I think this year is all about drivers “not taking it anymore,” like, everyone suddenly remembered NASCAR saying “Boys have at it” but it didn’t sink in until this year.
Kevin Harvick won the Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond and that was awesome. Although I was super sad for Juan Pablo Montoya because he was SO close to winning on an oval. Fox showed his crew chief, Chris Heroy, and talked about how it would have been his first win ever as a chief and that made me want them to win all the more because I’m a sucker for a 1st time winner.
Brian Scott, driver of the #2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet, stands in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Nationwide Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway on April 25, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Credit: Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images)
Nelson Piquet Jr., driver of the #30 Delavaco Chevrolet, prepares to drive during practice for the NASCAR Nationwide Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway on April 25, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Credit: Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images)
Jeffrey Earnhardt, driver of the #5 CorvetteParts.net Chevrolet, sits in his car during practice for the NASCAR Nationwide Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway on April 26, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
Johanna Long, driver of the #70 ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevrolet, stands in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Nationwide Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway on April 26, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, poses next to a sticker of Stephen Colbert on her car during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 26, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo byTodd Warshaw/Getty Images)
Crews crowd around the Nelson Piquet Jr., driver of the #30 Delavaco Chevrolet, and Brian Scott, driver of the #2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet, cars after the two drivers argued after the NASCAR Nationwide Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond International Raceway on April 26, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
(L-R) Brian Vickers, driver of the #11 FedEx Delivery Manager Toyota, and injured driver Denny Hamlin during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 27, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Matt Kenseth before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 27, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/NASCAR via Getty Images)
Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 Bell Helicopter Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 27, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Kevin Harvick, driver of the NASCAR Sprint Cup #29 Bell Helicopter Chevrolet SS celebrates his win with a burnout at the Toyota Owners 400 Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Harold Hinson for Chevrolet)