RICHMOND, VA - SEPTEMBER 09: Casey Mears, driver of the #13 GEICO Chevrolet, looks on from the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 9, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

RICHMOND, VA - SEPTEMBER 09: Casey Mears, driver of the #13 GEICO Chevrolet, looks on from the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 9, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

RICHMOND, VA - SEPTEMBER 09: Casey Mears, driver of the #13 GEICO Chevrolet, stands in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 9, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

RICHMOND, VA - SEPTEMBER 09: Casey Mears, driver of the #13 GEICO Chevrolet, stands in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 9, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

RICHMOND, VA - SEPTEMBER 09: Casey Mears, driver of the #13 GEICO Chevrolet, looks on from the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 9, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

RICHMOND, VA - SEPTEMBER 09: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 Nature's Bakery Chevrolet, and Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Chevrolet, practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 9, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)

RICHMOND, VA - SEPTEMBER 09: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 Nature's Bakery Chevrolet, practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 9, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)

RICHMOND, VA - SEPTEMBER 09: Jamie McMurray, driver of the #1 Sherwin Williams Emerald Chevrolet, and Carl Edwards, driver of the #19 ARRIS Surfboard Toyota, practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 9, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)