Busch comes into Richmond race nearly perfect

Race No. 27 -- Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway (7 p.m. ET Friday, ESPN2). Green flag set for 7:43 p.m. ET.

2 -- Carl Edwards has won the past two fall Nationwide events at Richmond. In 11 starts at Richmond, Edwards has three wins, six top-fives and nine top-10s. Edwards has finished sixth or better in his past six starts at the track.

2 -- The driver that led the most laps has only won two of the past five Nationwide races at Richmond.

2.2 -- Kyle Busch has been nearly perfect in his past 11 races. In those, his average finish is 2.2 with seven victories. If Busch posts a top-10 at Richmond, it will be his 125th in the Nationwide Series.

4 -- Parker Kligerman has finished 13th or better in his past four Nationwide starts this season.

5 -- Trevor Bayne has finished in the top 10 in five of his past eight starts this season.

6 -- Brad Keselowski is looking to become just the sixth driver to sweep both Richmond races in a season. The last driver to accomplish the feat was Kevin Harvick in 2006.

7 -- Kyle Busch has finished in the top 10 at Richmond in his past seven starts, the longest active streak. In those seven races, Busch has two wins and six top-fives.

7 -- Richmond is one of seven active tracks that was raced in the Nationwide Series' inaugural season in 1982 (Daytona, Bristol, Darlington, Dover, Charlotte and ORP).

8.3 -- Average starting position of the Nationwide race winners at Richmond. Nine of the 53 races have been won from the pole, with the most recent being Kyle Busch in 2007. Twelve of the past 13 races have been won from a top-10 starting position with five of the past six coming from inside the top five.

10 -- The leader with 10 laps to go has gone on to win the past 10 Nationwide races at Richmond. Interestingly, Brad Keselowski did it last year, but he had to pass Kyle Busch on the final lap to secure the win.

11 -- Eleven of the 26 Nationwide races this season have been won from a front-row starting position. Six have come from the pole with five coming from the second position. The past 13 races have been won from a starting position of eighth or better.

15 -- Joe Gibbs Racing and Penske Racing have won 15 of the past 21 Nationwide races this season. Kyle Busch has nine wins for JGR with Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano each adding one. Brad Keselowski has four wins for Penske.

16 -- In the past 16 Nationwide races at Richmond, the final green-flag run has been less than 25 laps. Five of those races have ended with a green-white-checkered finish. In the past six races at RIR, the final green-flag run has been less than 10 laps.

19 -- In 19 Nationwide starts at Richmond, Kevin Harvick has never posted a DNF. Harvick has four wins, 12 top-fives and 15 top-10s.

900 -- This race is the 900th in Nationwide Series history.

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