2010 AAA Texas 500
Race details[1][2] | |||||
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Race 34 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||||
Date | November 7, 2010 | ||||
Location | Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas | ||||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||||
Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.3 km) | ||||
Weather | A high temperature of 71.6 °F (22.0 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 17.26 miles per hour (27.78 km/h).[3] | ||||
Average speed | 140.456 miles per hour (226.042 km/h) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Richard Petty Motorsports | ||||
Time | 27.636 | ||||
Most laps led | |||||
Driver | Greg Biffle |
Roush Fenway Racing | |||
Laps | 223 | ||||
Winner | |||||
No. 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Network | ESPN | ||
Announcers | Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree |
The 2010 AAA Texas 500 was a
There were nine cautions and thirty-five lead changes among fourteen different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Hamlin's eighth win in the 2010 season, and his second at Texas Motor Speedway. The result moved him to first in the
Report
Background
Before the race,
Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions will be held before the Sunday race — one on Friday, and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, while the second session lasted 45 minutes. The third and final practice session lasted 60 minutes.
Forty-nine cars were entered for qualifying,
On the next morning, Kyle Busch was quickest in the second practice session, ahead of Edwards and Truex in second and third.[14] Ryan Newman was fourth quickest, and Burton took fifth.[14] Stewart, Montoya, Kurt Busch, Bowyer, and Biffle followed in the top-ten.[14] Other drivers in the chase, such as Hamlin, was eighteenth, and Harvick, who was thirty-first.[14] During the third, and final practice session, Kyle Busch, with a fastest time of 28.696, was quickest.[15] Ragan and Truex followed in second and third with times of 28.765 and 28.884 seconds.[15] Kurt Busch managed to be fourth fastest, ahead of Smith and Sam Hornish Jr.[15] Sadler was scored seventh, Menard took eighth, Gordon was ninth, and Johnson took tenth.[15]
Race
The race, the thirty-fourth out of a total of thirty-six in the
At the start, Sadler maintained his lead ahead of Biffle. On the following lap, Biffle took the first position away from Sadler, as Montoya maintained fourth. Hamlin, who started the race twenty-eighth, had fallen to thirtieth by the fifth lap. Ragan took over the third position, while his teammate Edwards claimed second on the sixth and eighth laps respectively. On the twelfth lap, the first caution was given because Joe Nemechek's car was putting oil and debris on the track after the engine in his car failed and he slid into the wall. All the front runners made pit stops during the caution. At the lap 17 restart, Biffle remained the leader, ahead of Sadler and Edwards in second and third. Within four laps, Johnson had moved to ninth. On lap 23, Sadler lost third to Mark Martin. The next lap, Dave Blaney's car began smoking, though the caution did not come out; Blaney would take his car to the garage five laps later.[16]
Kurt Busch hit the wall on lap 25, falling to 36th. Johnson continued moving up the field, having advanced to fifth by lap 42. On lap 43, the second caution was given for debris. Martin came off of pit road the leader, followed by Edwards, Kyle Busch, and Biffle. The green flag came back out on lap 47; two laps later, Biffle claimed the lead from Martin. Newman made an unscheduled pit stop on lap 55 as his seatbelt had come undone. The third caution was given three laps later when Hornish hit the turn 3 and 4 wall. Biffle maintained the lead on the restart, followed by Martin, Sadler, Bowyer, and Johnson. Kyle Busch both passed Sadler on lap 65, then passed Bowyer for third four laps later while his teammate Johnson moved into fourth. By lap 74, Sadler had fallen to eighth. Kyle Busch was passed by Johnson and Bowyer on laps 77 and 80 respectively.[16]
Martin, meanwhile, began to close on Biffle, trimming his lead to 0.6 seconds on lap 91. On lap 97, Martin made the pass for the lead. Green flag pit stops began eight laps later when Martin made a pit stop, handing the lead back to Biffle. The lead changed hands a few times while pit stops were being made, with Martin cycling back to the lead on lap 113. About 20 laps after Martin reclaimed the lead, Truex spun into the infield, bringing out the fourth caution. Joey Logano was first off of pit road and led the field on the restart. Biffle took the lead from Logano two laps after the restart. Between laps 144 and 148, Johnson moved from ninth to sixth, passing Bowyer, Harvick, and Kyle Busch. Truex brought out the fifth caution on lap 151, this time for cutting a right-front tire.[16]
Joey Logano won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart. Logano and Biffle raced side by side for the race lead for the next 2 laps with Biffle beating out Logano to the finish line both times. On lap 159, the 6th caution flew when Kyle Busch spun in turns 1 and 2. Busch came down pit road to get new tires and he got back out onto the racetrack and beat the pace car to stay on the lead lap. Unfortunately for Busch, he got caught for going too fast on pit road and Busch had to be held on pit road for 1 lap. Frustrated with NASCAR's decision, Busch gave the NASCAR Official who was holding him on pit road the finger. The race restarted on lap 163 and NASCAR penalized Busch again for flipping the NASCAR Official and had to come to pit road to be held for 2 laps. Busch pleaded his case even going as far as saying about the freedom of speech which made his crew chief, Dave Rogers, even more irate with Busch and Rogers yelled at Busch to stop and bring his car to pit road and park it for 2 laps which Busch would do on lap 164.[16]
On lap 177, Joey Logano passed Greg Biffle and took the lead. On lap 191, one of the strangest wrecks in NASCAR history occurred. For the third time in the race, Martin Truex Jr. brought out a caution this time for blowing a right front tire and hitting the wall in turn 3. Meanwhile, Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton were racing each other for a position when the caution flew in turn 1. Burton went down as if to follow Gordon in turn 2 but instead Burton hooked Gordon and the two hit the outside wall ending their races. Gordon got out of his car and walked halfway down the apron of the backstretch towards Burton's car. Burton got out of his car and walked towards Gordon as if to apologize for what happened. But before words were exchanged, Gordon shoved Burton and the two got into a little bit of a fight on the backstretch with Officials separating both drivers. Both drivers walked into the same ambulance to the infield care center. After Jimmie Johnson had two bad pitstops, Johnson's crew chief Chad Knaus decided to switch pit crew members. He decided to switch Johnson's crew with Jeff Gordon's crew.[16]
The race restarted on lap 201 with Logano leading the field but Greg Biffle passed Logano and took the lead. With 91 laps to go, green flag pit stops began on the race track. Biffle got his lead back after the lead was shared by Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth. With 49 laps to go, the second cycle of green flag pit stops began with Joey Logano leading for 2 laps while Biffle pitted and Biffle took the lead back after everything cycled through. After 100 green flag laps, the 8th caution flew with 35 laps to go for debris. Kevin Harvick won the race off of pit road but Mark Martin and Tony Stewart stayed out of pit road and Martin led the field to the restart with 30 laps to go.[16]
With 29 laps to go, Denny Hamlin passed Mark Martin and Hamlin took the lead. Hamlin had built a large lead over Matt Kenseth but with 7 laps to go, the 9th and final caution flew when Patrick Carpentier spun in turn 2. Some went onto pit road while others stayed out including Hamlin and Kenseth. The race restarted with 3 laps to go. Hamlin and Kenseth raced side by side for the lead with Hamlin beating Kenseth to the line with 3 laps to go. With 2 laps to go, Kenseth passed Hamlin in turn 2 but Hamlin pulled the cross-over move on Kenseth and Kenseth got loose out of turn 2 and Hamlin passed Kenseth for the lead. Kenseth tried to catch Hamlin but Hamlin pulled away from Kenseth and Denny Hamlin won his 8th and final race of the 2010 season and Kenseth finished in 2nd. The win would boost Hamlin to the points lead. Mark Martin, Joey Logano, and Greg Biffle rounded out the top 5 while Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, David Ragan, Jimmie Johnson, and Paul Menard rounded out the top 10.[16]
Results
Qualifying
Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed | |
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1 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 27.636 | 195.397 | |
2 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 27.885 | 193.652 | |
3 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 27.886 | 193.646 | |
4 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing |
Chevrolet | 27.910 | 193.479 | |
5 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 27.918 | 193.424 | |
6 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing |
Dodge | 27.925 | 193.375 | |
7 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 27.933 | 193.320 | |
8 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 27.948 | 193.216 | |
9 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27.954 | 193.174 | |
10 | 43 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 27.966 | 193.092 | |
11 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing |
Chevrolet | 27.968 | 193.078 | |
12 | 98 | Paul Menard | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 28.012 | 192.775 | |
13 | 9 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 28.037 | 192.603 | |
14 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 28.071 | 192.369 | |
15 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.126 | 191.993 | |
16 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.127 | 191.986 | |
17 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.134 | 191.939 | |
18 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 28.141 | 191.891 | |
19 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.142 | 191.884 | |
20 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.159 | 191.768 | |
21 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 28.162 | 191.748 | |
22 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.163 | 191.741 | |
23 | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 28.173 | 191.673 | |
24 | 83 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 28.184 | 191.598 | |
25 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 28.189 | 191.564 | |
26 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.190 | 191.557 | |
27 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Penske Racing | Dodge | 28.194 | 191.530 | |
28 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 28.259 | 191.090 | |
29 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.264 | 191.056 | |
30 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.277 | 190.968 | |
31 | 10 | Bobby Labonte | Stavola Labonte Racing |
Chevrolet | 28.295 | 190.846 | |
32 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 28.297 | 190.833 | |
33 | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 28.391 | 190.201 | |
34 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 28.403 | 190.121 | |
35 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Toyota | 28.463 | 189.720 | |
36 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Dodge | 28.476 | 189.633 | |
37 | 26 | Patrick Carpentier | Latitude 43 Motorsports | Ford | 28.533 | 189.255 | |
38 | 66 | Mike Bliss | Prism Motorsports |
Toyota | 28.541 | 189.202 | |
39 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota | 28.594 | 188.851 | |
40 | 71 | Andy Lally | TRG Motorsports |
Chevrolet | 28.628 | 188.626 | |
41 | 34 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 28.825 | 188.626 | |
42 | 37 | Dave Blaney | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 28.825 | 185.663 | |
43 | 09 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 28.572 | 188.996 | |
Failed to Qualify
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44 | 36 | J. J. Yeley | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 28.621 | 188.673 | |
45 | 81 | Scott Riggs | Whitney Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.624 | 188.653 | |
46 | 46 | Michael McDowell | Whitney Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.746 | 187.852 | |
47 | 64 | Jeff Green | Gunselman Motorsports |
Toyota | 28.851 | 187.169 | |
48 | 23 | Josh Wise | R3 Motorsports | Toyota | 29.041 | 185.944 | |
49 | 92 | Brian Keselowski | K-Automotive Motorsports |
Dodge | 29.658 | 182.076 | |
Race results
Pos | Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points | |
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1 | 30 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 190 | |
2 | 19 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 175 | |
3 | 9 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 170 | |
4 | 20 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 165 | |
5 | 2 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 165 | |
6 | 26 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 155 | |
7 | 7 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 146 | |
8 | 5 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 142 | |
9 | 17 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 143 | |
10 | 12 | 98 | Paul Menard | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 334 | 134 | |
11 | 11 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 130 | |
12 | 32 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 334 | 127 | |
13 | 24 | 83 | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 334 | 124 | |
14 | 10 | 43 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 334 | 121 | |
15 | 18 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 334 | 118 | |
16 | 25 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 115 | |
17 | 28 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 334 | 112 | |
18 | 27 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Penske Racing | Dodge | 334 | 109 | |
19 | 3 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 106 | |
20 | 14 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 103 | |
21 | 13 | 9 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 334 | 100 | |
22 | 8 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 97 | |
23 | 1 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 333 | 94 | |
24 | 6 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing | Dodge | 333 | 91 | |
25 | 22 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 333 | 88 | |
26 | 35 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Toyota | 333 | 90 | |
27 | 23 | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 333 | 82 | |
28 | 4 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 333 | 79 | |
29 | 33 | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 333 | 81 | |
30 | 31 | 10 | Bobby Labonte | Stavola-Labonte Racing | Chevrolet | 333 | 73 | |
31 | 37 | 26 | Patrick Carpentier | Latitude 43 Motorsports | Ford | 333 | 75 | |
32 | 29 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 332 | 67 | |
33 | 36 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Dodge | 332 | 64 | |
34 | 40 | 71 | Andy Lally | TRG Motorsports | Chevrolet | 331 | 66 | |
35 | 39 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota | 240 | 63 | |
36 | 16 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 192 | 55 | |
37 | 15 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 190 | 52 | |
38 | 21 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 188 | 49 | |
39 | 38 | 66 | Mike Bliss | Prism Motorsports | Toyota | 45 | 51 | |
40 | 43 | 09 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 35 | 43 | |
41 | 41 | 34 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 25 | 40 | |
42 | 42 | 37 | Dave Blaney | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 23 | 37 | |
43 | 34 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 12 | 34 | |
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Standings after the race
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