2010 Carfax 400
Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||||
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Race 23 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||||
Date | August 15, 2010 | ||||
Location | Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan | ||||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.0 mi (3.2 km) | ||||
Distance | 200 laps, 400 mi (643.7 km) | ||||
Weather | Partly cloudy with a high around 81; wind out of the W at 10 mph. Chance of precipitation: 10. | ||||
Average speed | 144.029 miles per hour (231.792 km/h) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Richard Petty Motorsports | ||||
Time | 38.465 | ||||
Most laps led | |||||
Driver | Greg Biffle |
Roush Fenway Racing | |||
Laps | 66 | ||||
Winner | |||||
No. 29 | Kevin Harvick |
Network | ESPN | ||
Announcers | Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree |
The 2010 Carfax 400 was a
Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead into the first corner to begin the race, but Jimmie Johnson, who started in the second position on the grid, took the lead before the first lap was over. Afterward, Greg Biffle became the leader, and would eventually lead to the race high of 66 laps. Tony Stewart led after the final pit stops, ahead of Hamlin and Harvick. Harvick helped Hamlin to become the leader, but with twelve laps left, Harvick gained on Hamlin and claimed the first position with eleven laps remaining. Harvick maintained his position to claim his first Sprint Cup victory at Michigan International Speedway.
There were five
Race report
Background
One team chose to replace their regular driver with a substitute. Prior to the first practice session,
Before the race,
Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—one on Friday and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes. The Saturday morning session lasted 45 minutes, and the final practice session was 60 minutes in length.[13] During the first practice session, Jeff Burton was quickest with a time of 38.479, ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya and Kevin Harvick in second and third. Carl Edwards followed in the fourth position, ahead of Greg Biffle in fifth.[14] In the Saturday morning session, Biffle was quickest, ahead of Ryan Newman and Kasey Kahne in second and third. Burton and Kurt Busch followed in the fourth and fifth positions.[15] In the final practice session for the race, Jimmie Johnson was quickest with a time of 38.742. David Ragan followed in second, ahead of Jeff Gordon and Harvick in third and fourth. Biffle, who was quickest in second practice, only managed fifth quickest.[16]
During qualifying, forty-seven cars were entered, but only forty-three will be able to race because of NASCAR's
Race summary
The race, the twenty-third out of a total of thirty-six in the
On lap 70, Joey Logano collided with Paul Menard, and both sustained minor damage. After starting thirty-sixth, Jeff Gordon moved into the tenth position by lap 73. Eleven laps later, Stewart took the lead from Biffle. On lap 92, Harvick passed Biffle to claim the second position. Gordon passed Johnson for seventh as Montoya and David Reutimann began a run of green flag pit stops on lap 98. They were followed by Johnson, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin two laps later. When Stewart went to pit the next lap, Harvick became the leader. Stewart reclaimed the lead on lap 103. Seven laps later, Bowyer passed Kahne for the fourth position, and Harvick moved into the first position.[21]
On lap 116, Gordon emerged in fourth while Harvick held a 1.5-second lead over Stewart. Ten laps later, Gordon moved into the third position. By lap 129, Harvick had a 6.45-second lead over Biffle, who had passed Stewart for second. On lap 137, green flag pit stops began for the second time. Two laps later, Biffle made his pit stop. Harvick stayed on the track for another lap before pitting fast enough to hold off Biffle, therefore remaining the leader at the conclusion of the pit stops. On lap 148, Logano and Ryan Newman collided, causing Newman's car to turn sideways, causing the third caution flag to be waved. On lap 152, Harvick led the drivers to the green flag. Two laps later, the fourth caution came out because Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton sustained damage to their race cars. Most drivers made a pit stop for fuel only, but Elliott Sadler stayed on track to lead the race. Sadler led on the restart, but Martin Truex Jr. and David Ragan passed him on the following lap, relegating him to third position.[22]
On lap 166, Ragan passed Truex Jr. for the lead. The next lap, Stewart emerged in the first position as the fifth caution came out because of debris on the track. On lap 169, Stewart, Harvick, Regan Smith, Scott Speed, and Hamlin stayed out on the track while the rest of the field made pit stops. Stewart led on the restart, followed by Harvick. On lap 174, Hamlin passed Harvick for the second position and Biffle moved into fourth. Harvick helped Hamlin into the lead four laps later, but passed him for the lead on lap 189. By lap 193, Harvick had a 1.35-second lead over Hamlin. Carl Edwards passed Stewart for third on the next lap. Kevin Harvick crossed the finish line in first to take his third win of the season. Denny Hamlin followed in second, ahead of Edwards in third, Biffle in fourth, and Matt Kenseth in fifth. The race had five cautions and ten lead changes among five different drivers.
Post-race
The season has gone so well from last year, but to come to Michigan and be able to run the way we did today, after the way we've run here the past three years, this shows how far the organization has come as a whole,”
Gil Martin, speaking after the race.[23]
Kevin Harvick appeared in victory lane after his victory lap to start celebrating his third win of the season, and his first Sprint Cup win at Michigan International Speedway,[23] in front of a crowd of 105,000 people.[24] "Our cars had run good here before, but I hadn't. The last couple of times we've really committed ourselves to driving in different spots on the race track and doing different things from inside the car and trying to manage the practice as well as we can to not fool ourselves," said Harvick of his triumph.[23]
Although Denny Hamlin was leading the race near the end, Harvick passed him with eleven laps left.[21] Hamlin, who finished second, said, "He would catch me getting into turn three, I would pull away in three and four. He was quite a bit better than me in one and two. So it was kind of split. It's pretty much all we had. Obviously the fastest car won today. So it was at least good to see that."[23] In the subsequent press conference, Harvick stated, "A lot of the places we would classify as places we don't run good, we've ran as good at those places this year as we do at the short tracks, road courses, the places you can typically count on us running good."[23] Richard Childress, the owner of Richard Childress Racing, expressed his enjoyment of winning the race after reminiscing about one of his other victories at the track:
"I remember winning here and how proud we were to win for GM Goodwrench back in those days and to win in a GM product up here. There’s a lot of pride. It’s great to be here today and win."[25]
Harvick spoke about the difficulty of winning at the track, saying "It's just a lot of years of getting beat by people running up there to be honest with you. I never really could figure it out. So probably end of last year ... I went home and watched some tapes of Dale [Earnhardt] Jr., some of his previous races here, because he always seemed to have a good handle on running the top groove. It was just more of a rhythm thing and some things that I needed to change in my approach to run up there. For us, I think the biggest change was not only the race cars being good, but just the approach to where we ran on the race track during the race and making that commitment. It worked out for us today."
Results
Qualifying
Grid | Car | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed | |
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1 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 187.183 | 38.465 | |
2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 187.086 | 38.485 | |
3 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 186.577 | 38.590 | |
4 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing |
Chevrolet | 186.572 | 38.591 | |
5 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing |
Chevrolet | 186.461 | 38.614 | |
6 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | 186.350 | 38.637 | |
7 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 186.268 | 38.654 | |
8 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 186.176 | 38.673 | |
9 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 186.167 | 38.675 | |
10 | 98 | Paul Menard | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 185.912 | 38.728 | |
11 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 185.730 | 38.766 | |
12 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 185.715 | 38.769 | |
13 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing |
Dodge | 185.596 | 38.794 | |
14 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 185.596 | 38.794 | |
15 | 09 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 185.467 | 38.821 | |
16 | 43 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 185.419 | 38.831 | |
17 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 185.333 | 38.849 | |
18 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 185.290 | 38.858 | |
19 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 185.276 | 38.861 | |
20 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 185.071 | 38.904 | |
21 | 13 | Max Papis | Germain Racing | Toyota | 184.952 | 38.929 | |
22 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 184.876 | 38.945 | |
23 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 184.867 | 38.947 | |
24 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 184.776 | 38.966 | |
25 | 26 | Patrick Carpentier | Latitude 43 Motorsports | Ford | 184.729 | 38.976 | |
26 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Dodge | 184.634 | 38.996 | |
27 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 184.615 | 39.000 | |
28 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Penske Racing | Dodge | 184.582 | 39.007 | |
29 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 184.535 | 39.017 | |
30 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 184.431 | 39.039 | |
31 | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 184.417 | 39.042 | |
32 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 184.341 | 39.058 | |
33 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 183.885 | 39.155 | |
34 | 83 | Reed Sorenson | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 183.870 | 39.158 | |
35 | 07 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota | 183.744 | 39.185 | |
36 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 183.439 | 39.250 | |
37 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 183.388 | 39.261 | |
38 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 183.337 | 39.272 | |
39 | 34 | Tony Raines | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 182.764 | 39.395 | |
40 | 71 | Bobby Labonte | TRG Motorsports |
Chevrolet | 182.454 | 39.462 | |
41 | 7 | P. J. Jones | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota | 180.555 | 39.877 | |
42 | 37 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 179.708 | 40.045 | |
43 | 55 | Michael McDowell |
Prism Motorsports |
Toyota | 183.257 | 39.289 | |
Failed to qualify
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44 | 32 | Mike Bliss | Braun Racing |
Toyota | 183.136 | 39.315 | |
45 | 46 | J. J. Yeley | Whitney Motorsports | Dodge | 183.038 | 39.336 | |
46 | 66 | Scott Riggs | Prism Motorsports | Toyota | 180.959 | 39.788 | |
47 | 36 | Casey Mears | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 180.059 | 39.987 | |
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Race results
Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps Run | Points | |
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1 | 8 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 1901 | |
2 | 33 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | 1751 | |
3 | 24 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 200 | 165 | |
4 | 6 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 200 | 1702 | |
5 | 7 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 200 | 155 | |
6 | 4 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 1551 | |
7 | 5 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 146 | |
8 | 9 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 200 | 1471 | |
9 | 23 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 200 | 1431 | |
10 | 27 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | 134 | |
11 | 29 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 200 | 1351 | |
12 | 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 1321 | |
13 | 3 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 124 | |
14 | 1 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 200 | 121 | |
15 | 37 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 200 | 118 | |
16 | 14 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 200 | 115 | |
17 | 16 | 43 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 200 | 112 | |
18 | 18 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | 109 | |
19 | 38 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 106 | |
20 | 19 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 103 | |
21 | 20 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 100 | |
22 | 30 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 200 | 97 | |
23 | 17 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 94 | |
24 | 11 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 91 | |
25 | 31 | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 200 | 88 | |
26 | 34 | 83 | Reed Sorenson | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 200 | 85 | |
27 | 36 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 82 | |
28 | 12 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 199 | 79 | |
29 | 25 | 26 | Patrick Carpentier | Latitude 43 Motorsports | Ford | 199 | 76 | |
30 | 32 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 199 | 781 | |
31 | 39 | 34 | Tony Raines | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 199 | 70 | |
32 | 28 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Penske Racing | Dodge | 199 | 67 | |
33 | 40 | 71 | Bobby Labonte | TRG Motorsports | Chevrolet | 198 | 64 | |
34 | 26 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Dodge | 197 | 61 | |
35 | 10 | 98 | Paul Menard | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 197 | 58 | |
36 | 42 | 37 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 195 | 55 | |
37 | 41 | 7 | P. J. Jones | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota | 64 | 52 | |
38 | 15 | 09 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 54 | 49 | |
39 | 35 | 07 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota | 34 | 0 | |
40 | 13 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing | Dodge | 30 | 43 | |
41 | 21 | 13 | Max Papis | Germain Racing | Toyota | 27 | 40 | |
42 | 43 | 55 | Michael McDowell | Prism Motorsports | Toyota | 20 | 37 | |
43 | 22 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 14 | 34 | |
1 Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
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2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps
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Standings after the race
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