2010 Brickyard 400
Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
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Race 20 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Date | July 25, 2010 | ||
Location |
Indianapolis, Indiana | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.500 mi (4.023 km) | ||
Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643.73 km) | ||
Weather | Temperatures up to 93 °F (34 °C); wind speeds up to 16.9 miles per hour (27.2 km/h)[5] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver |
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | ||
Time | 49.375 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | |
Laps | 86 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | ESPN | ||
Announcers | Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree |
The 2010 Brickyard 400, the 17th running of the
There were seven
Report
Background
Prior to the race,
Practice and qualifying
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday and two on Saturday.[8] The practice sessions each lasted 60 minutes.[8] In the first practice session, Juan Pablo Montoya was quickest, ahead of Jimmie Johnson, Max Papis, and Robby Gordon.[9] Bill Elliott was fifth quickest.[9] In the Friday evening practice session, Montoya remained quickest, ahead of Jamie McMurray and Mark Martin in second and third.[10] Clint Bowyer was fourth fastest as Johnson was fifth.[10] In the third practice session, Jeff Burton was quickest, ahead of his teammate Bowyer in second.[11] Kevin Harvick was third quickest, and Kasey Kahne was scored fourth.[11] Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five with a time of 51.425.[11] During the fourth and final practice session for the race, Martin Truex Jr. was quickest, ahead of Burton and Bowyer in the second and third positions.[12] Carl Edwards and Martin followed to round out the top five quickest drivers.[12]
During qualifying, forty-seven drivers were entered, but only the fastest forty-three raced because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure.[13] Montoya clinched the pole position, with a time of 49.375.[14] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Johnson.[14] Mark Martin only managed to qualify third, and McMurray qualified fourth.[14] Ryan Newman qualified fifth with a time of 49.521.[14] Bowyer, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Harvick and Burton rounded off the top ten.[14] The four drivers that did not qualify were David Gilliland, Casey Mears, David Stremme, and J. J. Yeley.[14]
Race
The race, twentieth out of a total of thirty-six in the
On lap 16, the second caution came out because
On lap 49, Biffle became the leader, as Martin began green flag pit stops. One lap later, Tony Stewart move into the first position after Biffle came to pit lane. After the pit stops ended, Montoya retained the first position. On lap 62, Biffle moved into the lead, after passing Montoya. Four laps later, the third caution came out because of debris on the race surface. Four laps later, the green flag waved with Biffle in the lead. On lap 78, Johnson and Scott Speed collided, all with minor damage except Speed had a tire go flat because of the contact. Ten laps later, Stewart moved into the eleventh position after passing Jeff Gordon. By lap 95, Biffle had a six tenths of a second lead over Montoya. Three laps later, green flag pit stops began. On lap 99, Carl Edwards passed Biffle and Montoya, as they drove to pit road. One lap later, Montoya became the leader. By laps 108, Montoya had a one and a half second lead over the second position. On lap 117, debris caused the fourth caution flag to be waved. All drivers drove to pit road to receive new tires and fuel, but Johnson and his crew were changing shocks.[15]
Montoya led the drivers to the restart on lap 122. After seven laps, Montoya had a two-second lead over his teammate McMurray. Montoya's two-second lead reduced to nothing on lap 138 when the safety car was brought on the track because of the fifth caution. During the pit stops, McMurray's team chose to change two tires, while his teammate Montoya chose to change four tires. On the restart, McMurray led the drivers to the green flag, while Montoya was in the sixth position. Three laps later, on lap 146, the sixth caution came out because Montoya collided with the wall, drove toward pit road, as Dale Earnhardt Jr., collided with him. Also on the same lap, Harvick passed McMurray for the lead. On lap 150, Harvick led the drivers to the green flag, but one lap later McMurray passed him. McMurray continued to lead, and crossed the finish line first to win his second race of the season. Harvick finished second, ahead of Biffle and Bowyer in third and fourth. Stewart clinched the fifth position. McMurray's win gave his owner Chip Ganassi the trifecta, or winning the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500, and the Brickyard 400 in the same year.[15]
Post-race
The race result left Kevin Harvick leading the Driver's Championship with 2,920 points.[18] Jeff Gordon was second with 2,736, seventy-six points ahead of Denny Hamlin and seventy-seven ahead of Jimmie Johnson.[18] Kurt Busch was fifth with 2,658 points.[18] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained their lead with 143 points.[18] Toyota remained second with 1123 points.[18] Ford followed with 90 points, six ahead of Dodge in fourth.[18]
Classification
Qualifying
Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed | |
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1 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing |
Chevrolet | 49.375 | 182.253 | |
2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 49.412 | 182.142 | |
3 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 49.504 | 181.803 | |
4 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing |
Chevrolet | 49.519 | 181.748 | |
5 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart Haas Racing |
Chevrolet | 49.521 | 181.741 | |
6 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 49.582 | 181.517 | |
7 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 49.627 | 181.335 | |
8 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 49.655 | 181.251 | |
9 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 49.666 | 181.210 | |
10 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 49.681 | 181.156 | |
11 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing |
Dodge | 49.756 | 180.883 | |
12 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 49.798 | 180.730 | |
13 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 49.842 | 180.571 | |
14 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing |
Dodge | 49.882 | 180.426 | |
15 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart Haas Racing |
Chevrolet | 49.894 | 180.382 | |
16 | 43 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 49.901 | 180.357 | |
17 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 49.928 | 180.260 | |
18 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 49.931 | 180.249 | |
19 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 49.939 | 180.220 | |
20 | 71 | Landon Cassill | TRG Motorsports |
Chevrolet | 49.941 | 180.213 | |
21 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota | 49.957 | 180.155 | |
22 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 49.987 | 180.047 | |
23 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 50.043 | 179.845 | |
24 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 50.058 | 179.791 | |
25 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Penske Racing |
Dodge | 50.114 | 179.591 | |
26 | 98 | Paul Menard | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 50.140 | 179.497 | |
27 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 50.290 | 178.962 | |
28 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 50.303 | 178.916 | |
29 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 50.310 | 178.891 | |
30 | 82 | Scott Speed | Team Red Bull | Toyota | 50.312 | 178.884 | |
31 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 50.323 | 178.845 | |
32 | 83 | Reed Sorenson | Team Red Bull | Toyota | 50.325 | 178.838 | |
33 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 50.326 | 178.834 | |
34 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 50.341 | 178.781 | |
35 | 13 | Max Papis | Germain Racing | Toyota | 50.386 | 178.621 | |
36 | 09 | Bobby Labonte | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 50.455 | 178.377 | |
37 | 55 | Michael McDowell |
Prism Motorsports |
Toyota | 50.465 | 178.341 | |
38 | 37 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports |
Ford | 50.558 | 178.013 | |
39 | 64 | Todd Bodine | Gunselman Motorsports |
Toyota | 50.593 | 177.890 | |
40 | 66 | Dave Blaney | Prism Motorsports |
Toyota | 50.682 | 175.333 | |
41 | 32 | Jacques Villeneuve | Braun Racing |
Toyota | 50.714 | 175.490 | |
42 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 51.264 | 175.562 | |
43 | 34 | Kevin Conway |
Front Row Motorsports |
Ford | 51.376 | 175.179 | |
38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports |
Ford | 50.910 | 176.783 | ||
36 | Casey Mears | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 50.955 | 176.626 | ||
26 | David Stremme | Latitude 43 Motorsports | Ford | 51.068 | 176.236 | ||
46 | J. J. Yeley | Whitney Motorsports | Dodge | 123.739 | 72.734 | ||
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Race Results
Pos | Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Led | Points |
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1 | 4 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing |
Chevrolet | 160 | 16 | 190 |
2 | 9 | 29 | Kevin Harvick (W) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 5 | 175 |
3 | 7 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 160 | 38 | 170 |
4 | 6 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | 160 |
5 | 15 | 14 | Tony Stewart (W) | Stewart Haas Racing |
Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | 155 |
6 | 10 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | 150 |
7 | 19 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 160 | 1 | 151 |
8 | 23 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 160 | 0 | 142 |
9 | 34 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 160 | 0 | 138 |
10 | 14 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing |
Dodge | 160 | 0 | 134 |
11 | 3 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 10 | 135 |
12 | 13 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 160 | 0 | 127 |
13 | 24 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 160 | 0 | 124 |
14 | 26 | 98 | Paul Menard | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 160 | 0 | 121 |
15 | 18 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 160 | 0 | 118 |
16 | 16 | 43 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 160 | 0 | 115 |
17 | 5 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart Haas Racing |
Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | 112 |
18 | 31 | 21 | Bill Elliott (W) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 160 | 0 | 109 |
19 | 11 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing |
Dodge | 160 | 0 | 106 |
20 | 28 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 160 | 0 | 103 |
21 | 41 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 160 | 0 | 100 |
22 | 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson (W) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 1 | 102 |
23 | 8 | 24 | Jeff Gordon (W) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | 94 |
24 | 38 | 37 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports with Yates Racing |
Ford | 160 | 0 | 91 |
25 | 30 | 82 | Scott Speed | Team Red Bull | Toyota | 160 | 0 | 88 |
26 | 12 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 159 | 0 | 85 |
27 | 17 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 158 | 0 | 82 |
28 | 29 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 157 | 0 | 79 |
29 | 43 | 32 | Jacques Villeneuve | Braun Racing |
Toyota | 157 | 0 | 76 |
30 | 25 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Penske Racing |
Dodge | 157 | 0 | 73 |
31 | 36 | 09 | Bobby Labonte (W) | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | 70 |
32 | 1 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing |
Chevrolet | 145 | 86 | 77 |
33 | 22 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | 64 |
34 | 43 | 34 | Kevin Conway (R) |
Front Row Motorsports with Yates Racing |
Ford | 124 | 1 | 66 |
35 | 32 | 83 | Reed Sorenson | Team Red Bull | Toyota | 89 | 0 | 58 |
36 | 21 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota | 68 | 0 | 55 |
37 | 39 | 64 | Todd Bodine | Gunselman Motorsports |
Toyota | 59 | 0 | 52 |
38 | 27 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 55 | 0 | 49 |
39 | 20 | 71 | Landon Cassill | TRG Motorsports |
Chevrolet | 52 | 1 | 51 |
40 | 33 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 33 | 1 | 48 |
41 | 40 | 66 | Dave Blaney | Prism Motorsports |
Toyota | 20 | 0 | 40 |
42 | 37 | 55 | Michael McDowell |
Prism Motorsports |
Toyota | 19 | 0 | 37 |
43 | 35 | 13 | Max Papis | Germain Racing | Toyota | 15 | 0 | 34 |
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