NASCAR Richmond 2018: Time, TV/live stream info, and starting grid for Toyota Owners 400

Kyle Busch will try for a fourth straight NASCAR win on Saturday night at the Toyota Owners 400 in Richmond, Virginia (6:30 p.m., Fox), a race he has won four times in his career.

We have already had one driver win three straight races in 2018, with Kevin Harvick taking the checkered flag in Atlanta, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Now Busch followed up four straight top-three finishes with wins at Texas and Bristol, and leads the NASCAR points race eight races into the season.

“He won the mile-and-a-half race at Texas. He won at Bristol,” Fox analyst Michael Waltrip said of Busch this week. “But at Texas, Harvick was better, so I’ll probably rank Harvick and Busch about even with Truex right behind them.”

Busch is a four-time champion of this race, winning in Virginia every year from 2009-12.

Joey Logano, a two-time winner of the Toyota Owners 400 and the defending champ in Richmond, will start third on Saturday night. Martin Truex Jr. won the pole with a qualifying speed of 123.859 mph on Friday.

Busch will start 32nd, and his brother Kurt Busch starts sixth.

Fox will televise Saturday night’s race beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET, with Mike Joy on play-by-play and joined by analysts Jeff Gordon, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip. Online streaming is available through Fox Sports Go.

Toyota Owners 400 info

Location: Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia

Race coverage: 6:30 p.m. ET

Green flag: 6:44 p.m.

TV: Fox

Radio: SiriusXM channel 90, and Motor Racing Network

Online streaming: Fox Sports Go

NASCAR news & notes

Busch has two wins, three second-place finishes and a third-place finish in his last six races, putting himself in prime position to be one of the final four at the NASCAR championship in Homestead in November. From our Jordan Bianchi:

In addition to owning a pair of wins that have virtually secured him a postseason berth, Busch has already accumulated 12 playoff points — tied with Kevin Harvick for series-best — and is well on his way to building up a cushion similar to what Martin Truex Jr. achieved during the regular season a year ago. Those bonus points proved critical as it propelled Truex into the Final Four where he then won the championship by outdueling Busch in a hotly contested battle.

Look for the Ford Mustang to be a part of NASCAR starting in 2019:

Ford engineers in conjunction with its primary NASCAR teams, Roush Fenway Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing, and Team Penske, are still in the initial testing phase of designing the Mustang for the Cup Series. The manufacturer must formally submit the car to NASCAR for final approval this summer, then Ford will unveil the car publicly.