Richmond's future in spotlight as Cup Series action resumes

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For the NASCAR Cup Series, it's time to get back to work.

Following the teams' two-weekend hiatus because of the Olympics, the sport's top stock-car drivers return to action with Sunday night's Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway in Virginia's state capital.

Starting with William Byron's victoryin a Monday-makeup Daytona 500 on Feb. 19, the series got at it for 23 straight weeke