2010 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5] | |||
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Race 15 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Date | June 13, 2010 | ||
Official name | Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 | ||
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 | Scattered thunderstorms with a high around 82; wind out of the West at 7 mph. Chance of precipitation, 40%. | ||
Average speed | 156.386 miles per hour (251.679 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver |
Penske Racing | ||
Time | 37.90 seconds | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
Laps | 123 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network |
Turner Network Television | ||
Announcers | Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Kyle Petty |
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Background
Before the race,
Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were scheduled before the race — one on Friday, June 11, 2010, and two on Saturday, June 12, 2010. The first practice session lasted only 70 minutes, but was scheduled to be 90 minutes. The Saturday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted sixty minutes.[12] In the first practice session, which was held under mostly cloudy conditions, Juan Pablo Montoya was fastest, ahead of Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch in second and third. Greg Biffle and Jeff Gordon followed in fourth and fifth.[13] In the morning practice session, Paul Menard was the quickest, with a time of 38.824 seconds while Carl Edwards, Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson, and Jeff Gordon followed in second, third, fourth and fifth.[14] During the third practice session, Jimmie Johnson, was the fastest, ahead of Paul Menard in second, Denny Hamlin in third, Jeff Gordon in fourth, and Kevin Harvick in fifth.[15]
During Friday afternoon's qualifying session, forty-six cars were entered, but only the fastest forty-three were able to enter the race.[16] Kurt Busch clinched his second pole position of 2010, with a time of 37.898 seconds.[17] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Jamie McMurray. Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne shared the second row in the third and fourth position, while Jeff Burton, with a time of 38.00 seconds, qualified fifth. The three drivers that failed to qualify were Dave Blaney, Michael Waltrip and Johnny Sauter.[16]
Race summary
The race, the fifteenth out of a total of thirty-six in the
On lap 22, the green flag waved, as Tony Stewart led Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Kasey Kahne on the restart. Stewart dropped to third after being passed by Kurt Busch and Montoya. Two laps later, Joe Nemechek went to garage with electrical problems. On lap 26, Jimmie Johnson moved into the third position after passing Montoya. By lap 27, Kurt Busch had a two-second lead over Tony Stewart. Johnson, Stewart and Kahne were battling three-wide for the second position on lap 30. One lap later, Nemechek returned to the track after having electrical problems. On lap 33, the top-five positions were single file with Kurt Busch in first, Kahne in second, Johnson in third, Denny Hamlin in fourth and Stewart in fifth. A lap later, Bobby Labonte went to garage because of overheating problems. On lap 37, Landon Cassill went to the garage with rear gear problems. Afterward, on lap 41, J. J. Yeley drove to the garage because of overheating problems, but he returned to the track four laps later.[18]
On the forty-eighth lap, debris in turn two brought out the second caution. Robby Gordon and David Gilliland stayed out while the other teams made pit stops. Gordon and Gilliand made pit stops the next lap and gave the lead to Kurt Busch. Kurt Busch brought the field to the green flag with Hamlin in second, Montoya in third, Johnson in fourth, and Kahne in fifth on lap 51. After Hamlin made a good restart he passed Kurt Busch on lap 52. Afterward, on lap 54, Landon Cassill returned to the track while J. J. Yeley returned to the garage. Kahne passed Montoya for the third position. After 67 laps, Hamlin had a 2.4 second lead over Kurt Busch in the second position. On lap 87, green flag pit stops began. One lap later, most drivers in the first ten positions made pit stops. Denny Hamlin, who was in the first position, came to pit road on lap 92, but had problems leaving which gave Kurt Busch the lead.[18]
On laps 94–95, Kurt Busch in first, and Kahne in second were battling for the lead, but Kahne did not pass Kurt Busch until one lap later. After the green flag pit stops, Kahne was first, Kurt Busch in second, Hamlin in third, Montoya in fourth and Jeff Gordon in fifth. On lap 99, Scott Speed spun after contact with his teammate Casey Mears, and brought out the third caution. One lap later, Sam Hornish Jr. stayed out as other teams made pit stops. On lap 101, Casey Mears collided with David Ragan while on pit road. Mears drove to the garage the following lap. On lap 103, Hornish Jr. led Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Hamlin and Kahne on the restart. Three laps later, Kurt Busch passed teammate Hornish Jr. Afterward, Hornish Jr. dropped to fourth. On lap 113, Hamlin passed Kurt Busch for the lead in turn three. On lap 119, Kahne passed Kurt Busch for the second position.[18]
On lap 126, Hamlin had a 2.8 second lead over Kahne. Seven laps later, Stewart passed Jeff Burton for the fifth position. By lap 134, the green flag pit stops began. Hamlin, Kahne, and Stewart made pit stops, as
The fourth caution came out on lap 181 because of debris on the back straightaway. The first nine positions stayed off of pit road while the rest made pit stops. On lap 186, Hamlin made a good start and maintained the first position. On lap 188, Jimmie Johnson, who restarted twelfth, had moved up to the sixth position. On lap 193, Hamlin had a growing lead over Kahne. Denny Hamlin crossed the line to win the race, a second ahead of second place Kasey Kahne. Kurt Busch maintained third while Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart finished fourth and fifth.[18][20]
Post-race
We're constantly trying to make our car better. We're not going to get complacent. Even though it looked strong, it's not as easy as it looked today. Friday and Saturday were somewhat of a struggle for us. We got lucky, qualified seventh simply because we went out early. [We] probably would have qualified about 15th or 20th in my opinion if we had went out any later.We just capitalized and did everything we were supposed to do.
Denny Hamlin, speaking after the race.[21]
Denny Hamlin appeared in victory lane after his victory lap to start celebrating his fifth win of the season, and his first Sprint Cup win at Michigan International Speedway,[21] in front of a crowd of 95,000 people.[22] "It's so easy to drive cars like this," Hamlin said. He also stated, "We never stop working, regardless of whether we've got a nine-10ths-of-a-second lead or a nine-second lead."[21]
The race left Kevin Harvick leading the Driver's Championship with 2,169 points.[24] Kyle Busch, who finished twentieth, was second on 2,147, twenty-five points ahead of Hamlin in second and ninety-six ahead of Kurt Busch in third.[24] Matt Kenseth was fifth with 2,019 points.[24] Chevrolet maintained their lead in the Manufacturers' Championship with 103 points.[10] Toyota placed second with 97 points, and Dodge followed with 65 points, now even with Ford.[10] 4.3 million people watched the race on television.[25] The race took two hours, thirty-three minutes and twenty-eight seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 1.246 seconds.[20]
Race results
Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Team | Make | |||
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1 | 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota2 | |||
2 | 4 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford1 | |||
3 | 1 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing |
Dodge1 | |||
4 | 6 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | |||
5 | 17 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing |
Chevrolet | |||
6 | 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | |||
7 | 27 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | |||
8 | 5 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | |||
9 | 16 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing |
Ford | |||
10 | 12 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | |||
11 | 26 | 43 | A. J. Allmendinger | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | |||
12 | 19 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | |||
13 | 10 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing |
Chevrolet | |||
14 | 39 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford1 | |||
15 | 24 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | |||
16 | 21 | 5 | Mark Martin | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | |||
17 | 13 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | |||
18 | 9 | 00 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | |||
19 | 31 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | |||
20 | 15 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | |||
21 | 11 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | |||
22 | 25 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | |||
23 | 23 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | |||
24 | 2 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet1 | |||
25 | 22 | 98 | Paul Menard | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | |||
26 | 18 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Penske Racing | Dodge1 | |||
27 | 33 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Dodge | |||
28 | 29 | 82 | Scott Speed | Team Red Bull | Toyota | |||
29 | 28 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | |||
30 | 43 | 26 | David Stremme | Latitude 43 Motorsports | Ford1 | |||
31 | 34 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | |||
32 | 8 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | |||
33 | 20 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Robby Gordon Motorsports | Toyota1 | |||
34 | 14 | 6 | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | |||
35 | 36 | 37 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | |||
36 | 32 | 83 | Casey Mears | Team Red Bull | Toyota | |||
37 | 37 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota1 | |||
38 | 35 | 09 | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | |||
39 | 40 | 46 | J. J. Yeley | Whitney Motorsports | Dodge | |||
40 | 42 | 34 | Kevin Conway | Front Row Mototsports | Ford | |||
41 | 30 | 71 | Bobby Labonte | TRG Motorsports | Chevrolet | |||
42 | 41 | 64 | Todd Bodine | Gunselman Motorsports |
Toyota | |||
43 | 38 | 13 | Max Papis | Germain Racing | Toyota | |||
Source:[20]
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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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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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