2010 Price Chopper 400
| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||||
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| Race 29 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||||
 The 2010 Price Chopper 400 program cover. | |||||
| Date | October 3, 2010 | ||||
| Location | Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas | ||||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.414 km) | ||||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny with a high of 60; wind out of the East at 8 mph. | ||||
| Average speed | 138.077 miles per hour (222.213 km/h) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Richard Petty Motorsports | ||||
| Time | 30.920 | ||||
| Most laps led | |||||
| Driver | Tony Stewart |
Stewart Haas Racing | |||
| Laps | 76 | ||||
| Winner | |||||
| No. 16 | Greg Biffle |
Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||||
The 2010 Price Chopper 400 was a
There were five cautions and twenty lead changes among twelve different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Greg Biffle's second win in the 2010 season, and the sixteenth of his career. The result moved Biffle up to eighth in the
Report
Background
Kansas Speedway is one of ten intermediate to hold NASCAR races.[5] The standard track at Kansas Speedway is a four-turn D-shaped oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long.[6] The track's turns are banked at fifteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is 10.4 degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, is at only five degrees.[6] The racetrack has seats for 82,000 spectators.[6]
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 second session lasted 45 minutes, and the final session lasted 60 minutes.
During qualifying, forty-six cars were entered, but only forty-three were able because of NASCAR's
On the next morning, Kurt Busch was quickest in the second practice session, ahead of Gordon and Matt Kenseth in second and third.[15] Reutimann was fourth quickest, and Greg Biffle took fifth.[15] Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kahne, David Ragan, and Edwards followed in the top-ten.[15] Other drivers in the chase, such as Kyle Busch, was twenty-first, and Kevin Harvick, who was twenty-second.[15] Also in the second practice session, Biffle, who was scored fifth, spun sideways coming to the finish line, but received minor damage.[16] During the third, and final practice session, Mark Martin, with a fastest time of 31.574, was quickest.[17] Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle followed in second and third with times of 31.596 and 31.609 seconds.[17] Logano managed to be fourth fastest, ahead of Jeff Gordon and Paul Menard.[17] Edwards was scored seventh, McMurray took eighth, Bowyer was ninth, and Ragan took tenth.[17] In this practice, both Martin and Johnson spun sideways at different times. Neither, Martin or Johnson sustained major damages to their race cars during the accidents.[16]
Race
The race, the twenty-ninth out of a total of thirty-six in the
On lap 29, Gordon was the leader, ahead of Kahne in second,
On lap 49, Kurt Busch passed Kahne for the third position. Three laps later, the second caution was given because Kyle Busch crashed into David Reutimann, causing him to spin into the SAFER barrier. Most drivers stayed on the race track, but some exceptions were Jamie McMurray, Jimmie Johnson, and Clint Bowyer. One lap after the restart, Kenseth became the leader, after passing Gordon. After the collision, Reutimann was several laps behind the leader. After restarting second, Newman had fallen to sixth, while Tony Stewart moved into third. Seven laps later, Stewart claimed second from Gordon. Gordon was passed by Biffle on lap 72, as Stewart was catching Kenseth. Newman fell to eighth on lap 77, after Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick passed him.[18]
Two laps later, Harvick claimed the sixth position from Kyle Busch. Afterwards, Stewart became the leader, passing Kenseth on lap 81. By lap 86, Stewart had a 1.4 second lead over Kenseth. Less than five laps later, Biffle passed Kenseth for the second position. On lap 93, green flag pit stops began. Stewart, followed by Biffle came to pit road, giving the lead back to Matt Kenseth two laps later. When Kenseth made his pit stop, he gave the lead to Jeff Gordon. Allmendinger became the leader, after Gordon, Jeff Burton, Johnson, Mark Martin, and Kurt Busch made pit stops. Once most of the drivers completed their pit stops, Patrick Carpentier was the leader. On lap 99, Sam Hornish Jr. drove to the garage because of drive shaft problems. Four laps later, Travis Kvapil, who was running third, made his pit stop. Kvapil was followed by the second running car, David Gilliland. On lap 108, Carpentier drove to pit road for his pit stop, giving the lead to Stewart.[18]
Five laps later, Johnson passed Kahne for the twelfth position. By the 123rd lap, Stewart had a 2.2 second lead over Biffle. Brad Keselowski and Elliott Sadler became a lap behind the leader, after Stewart passed them on lap 135. Nine laps later, green flag pit stops began. Afterward, Stewart gave the lead to Harvick, when he made a pit stop. Once Harvick came to pit road, Burton became the leader. On lap 149, Stewart reclaimed the lead. Three laps later, Reutimann collided with Kyle Busch, prompting the third caution on the race to be given. Most drivers made pit stops during the caution, but Harvick was an exception. Harvick led on the restart, as Stewart moved into second. On lap 163, Biffle passed Mark Martin for fourth, as Newman fell to sixth.[18]
One lap later, Kahne collided into the SAFER barrier to cause the fourth caution. Most drivers after the ninth position made pit stops during the caution. Harvick led during the restart, but Stewart managed to pass Harvick to lead the next lap. Afterward, Harivck fell to third, as Biffle passed him. On lap 175, Burton moved to fifth, while Stewart had a 1.2 second lead over second. Then on lap 186, the fifth caution was given because Conway's engine failed. On the restart, McMurray was the leader, but he fell to second one lap later, after Menard passed him. On lap 202, Harvick passed McMurray for the fifth position. Five laps later, Biffle passed Menard to become the leader.[18]
Afterward, Johnson moved to seventh, after passing Newman and McMurray. Gordon passed McMurray three laps later. By lap 220, Biffle had a 2.1 second lead over Menard, as Harvick passed Edwards for fourth. With 39 laps remaining, Biffle expanded his lead to 3.2 seconds. Four laps later, Johnson moved to sixth, after passing Edwards. On lap 135, the final green flag pit stops began. Once they began, Edwards became the leader, but one lap later, Biffle reclaimed the lead. After the pit stops concluded, Biffle was first, ahead of Stewart, Kenseth, Johnson, and Harvick in the top-five positions. By lap 244, Biffle had a 5.1 second lead over Stewart. One lap later, Johnson passed Kenseth for the third position. With less than ten laps remaining Stewart fell to fourth, after Johnson and Harvick passed him. Greg Biffle maintained the lead to win his second race of the 2010 season. Jimmie Johnson finished second, ahead of Harvick in third and Stewart in fourth. Gordon clinched the fifth position, after starting third.[18][19]
Post-race
"It was a great day for us. The car ran flawless. [Crew chief Greg] Erwin just made great calls in the pits, and the car just kept getting better and better and better. I was too loose for about the first three-quarters of the race. I didn't want to adjust on it, because I was running in the top three, but they tightened it up, and off it went, man. All it needed was a little bit of wedge in it to take off."
Greg Biffle, speaking after the race.[20]
Greg Biffle appeared in victory lane after his victory lap to start celebrating his second win of the season, in front of a crowd of 100,000 people.[20][21] Afterward, he said, "We were kind of down in the dumps about Dover, one of our best race tracks, and we got trapped [when forced to pit off-sequence] – we had a top-10 car there. But we can't go back and do it over again. We'll keep doing the best we can. Everybody asks if we're out of it, and I said, 'We're going to do the best we can. If we win 'em all, we win 'em all."[20]
"We had to change a lot of the race car around to get it right for today. It leads to a sleepless night and a frustrating morning, having anxious moments before the race, said second place finisher, Jimmie Johnson.[22] Then, Denny Hamlin, who finished twelfth, stated, "It's not the kind of run we wanted, but we're not out of this by any means. The good part is we didn't panic."[22]
Following the race, Johnson became the Drivers' Championship point standings leader with 5,503.
Results
Qualifying
Race results
Standings after the race
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