2010 Kobalt Tools 500 (Phoenix)

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2010 Kobalt Tools 500
Race details [1] [2] [3] [4]
Race 35 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2010 kobalt tools 500.jpg
Date November 14, 2010 (2010-November-14)
Location Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 312 laps, 312 mi (502 km)
Weather Sunny with a high around 72; wind out of the NNE at 6 mph.
Average speed 116 miles per hour (187 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Roush Fenway Racing
Time 26.395
Most laps led
Driver Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 190
Winner
No. 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 14, 2010, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps, it was the thirty-fifth, and the ninth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Carl Edwards, for the Roush Fenway Racing team. Ryan Newman finished second, and Joey Logano clinched third.

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Pole position driver Edwards maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Newman, who started in the second position on the grid, remained behind him. On the seventh lap, Kurt Busch became the leader of the race. Hamlin, the points leader before the race, led the most laps with a total of 190. On lap 298, Hamlin made a pit stop and became a lap behind. He didn't return to the first ten positions afterward. Edwards maintained the lead to win the race.

There were five cautions and 14 lead changes among six different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Edwards' first win in the 2010 season, and the 18th of his career. The result kept Edwards in fourth in the Drivers' Championship, 264 points behind Denny Hamlin and 47 ahead of Matt Kenseth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 42 points ahead of Toyota and 88 ahead of Ford, with one race remaining in the season. A total of 75,000 people attended the race, while 4.201 million watched it on television.

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Background

Phoenix International Raceway, the race track where the race was held. Phoenix-international-raceway.svg
Phoenix International Raceway, the race track where the race was held.

Phoenix International Raceway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Richmond International Raceway, Dover International Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, and Martinsville Speedway. [5] The standard track at Phoenix International Raceway is a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. [6] The track's turns were banked at 11 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at three degrees. The back stretch, which has a dogleg shape instead of a straight, has 9 degrees of banking. [6] The racetrack has seats for 76,800 spectators. [6]

Before the race, Denny Hamlin led the Drivers' Championship with 6,325 points, and Jimmie Johnson stood in second with 6,292 points. Kevin Harvick followed in third with 6,266 points, 258 ahead of Carl Edwards and 266 ahead of Matt Kenseth in fourth and fifth. Jeff Gordon with 5,994 was eight points ahead of Kyle Busch, as Tony Stewart with 5,962 points, was nine ahead of Greg Biffle, and thirty-four in front of Clint Bowyer. [7] Kurt Busch and Jeff Burton were eleventh and twelfth with 5,890 and 5,852 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 249 points, forty points ahead of their rival Toyota. Ford, with 158 points, was twenty-six points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third. [8] Johnson was the race's defending champion. [9]

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, while the second session lasted 45 minutes. The third and final practice session lasted 60 minutes. [10] During the first practice session, Edwards, for the Roush Fenway Racing team, was quickest ahead of Regan Smith in second and Stewart in the third position. [11] Kyle Busch was scored fourth, and Brad Keselowski managed fifth. [11] Juan Pablo Montoya, Kurt Busch, A. J. Allmendinger, Ryan Newman, and Harvick rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. [11]

Afterward, during qualifying, forty-six cars were entered, but only forty-three were able to race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure. [12] Edwards clinched his seventh pole position during his career, with a time of 26.395, which made a new track record. [3] [13] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Allmendinger. [13] Kurt Busch qualified third, Biffle took fourth, and Jamie McMurray started fifth. [13] Hamlin, one of the drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, qualified seventeenth, while Johnson was scored twenty-first. [13] The three drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Joe Nemechek, Michael McDowell, and Jason Leffler. [13] Once the qualifying session completed, Edwards commented, "The first thing that we’re going to have an advantage Sunday is with our pit stall, that’s going to help us a lot. I think we have an advantage because [the title rivals] have to be a little bit conservative. Guys like myself we’re really battling for fourth in points and battling for wins. We can go out and be a little more aggressive and maybe take advantage of that." [3]

On the next evening, Edwards remained quickest, ahead of Kurt Busch and Gordon in second and third. [14] Kenseth was fourth quickest, and Burton took fifth. [14] Montoya, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Joey Logano, Biffle, and Harvick followed in the top-ten. [14] Other drivers in the chase, such as Hamlin, was fifteenth, and Johnson, who was seventeenth. [14] During the third, and final practice session, Edwards, with a fastest time of 27.202, was quickest. [15] Earnhardt Jr. and Gordon followed in second and third with times of 27.328 and 27.337 seconds. [15] Hamlin managed to be fourth fastest, ahead of Harvick and Logano. [15] Johnson was scored seventh, Mark Martin took eighth, David Reutimann was ninth, and Biffle took tenth. [15]

Race

The race, the thirty-fifth out of a total of thirty-six in the season, began at 3:00 p.m. EST and was televised live in the United States on ESPN. [1] Prior to the race, weather conditions were dry with the air temperature around 63 °F (17 °C). [16] Ken Bowers, chaplain of the race track, began pre-race ceremonies with the invocation. Dr. Jesse McGuire performed the national anthem on his trumpet, and Steve Schultz, regional vice-president of Lowe's, gave the command for drivers to start their engines. [16]

Carl Edwards won the pole position and the race. Carl Edwards.jpg
Carl Edwards won the pole position and the race.

Edwards retained the lead from the pole position throughout the beginning lap. On the second lap, Brendan Gaughan collided into the wall, prompting the first caution to be given. On the lap six restart, Edwards remained the leader. On the following lap, Kurt Busch passed Edwards to become the leader. On lap 7, Biffle had fallen two positions as David Reutimann overtook him. Three laps later, Johnson moved up to the 13th position. By the fourteenth lap, Harvick had moved up eight positions since the beginning of the race. Harvick continued to move forward while Busch maintained the lead. On lap 28, Edwards claimed the first position from Busch. By the 30th lap, Hamlin moved up to fifth on the grid after passing Reutimann. The next lap, Kyle Busch, Kurt's younger brother, hit the wall, but sustained minor damages. On lap 41, Hamlin moved up to third as Edwards maintained a 1.5-second lead. Three laps later, Hamlin passed Kurt Busch to claim second. [16]

Kyle Busch moved up to fourth after passing Allmendinger on lap 54. After 55 laps, Stewart had moved up to eighth while Johnson had moved up to 12th. Three laps later, the second caution was given, after Keselowski developed a flat tire and crashed into the wall. All the front-runners made pit stops during the caution, with most asking for tires and adjustments. At the lap 65 restart, Edwards remained the leader before Hamlin moved past him on the following lap. On the 67th lap, Kurt Busch passed Edwards, moving him down to third. During lap 69, Kenseth passed Busch to move to fifth. Two laps later, Johnson was scored ninth, while Harvick was 12th. Afterward, Kyle Busch fell to the eighth position by the 73rd lap. Stewart moved up to the eighth position three laps later while Hamlin had a lead of 1.3 seconds. [16]

On lap 80, McMurray scraped the wall, sustaining damage to the rear spoiler, which came loose from the rest of the car. Two laps later, McMurray's teammate Montoya moved up to the 14th position after starting 35th. On the 86th lap, Johnson passed Kenseth to move up to the eighth position. Kenseth fell two positions after being passed by Allmendinger and Harvick. By lap 90, Hamlin extended his lead to 2.3 seconds ahead of Kurt Busch. One lap later, Gordon passed Kenseth to move to the 12th position. During the 96th lap, Stewart moved up to fourth after passing Martin Truex Jr. Montoya moved up to 13th on the following lap after passing Biffle. On lap 101, the third caution was given for debris. One lap later, the front runners made pit stops, giving the lead to Bobby Labonte, who didn't come in until the next lap. At the lap 105 restart, Edwards was the leader before Hamlin reclaimed the first position a lap later. [16]

During the 117th lap, Biffle moved up to the eighth position, two laps before Johnson moved up to fifth after overtaking Newman. By lap 123, Hamlin's lead was around eight-tenths of a second ahead of Edwards. Six laps later, Stewart passed his teammate Newman for the sixth position. On the following lap, Hamlin had over a one-second lead over second-placed Edwards. On the 131st lap, Kyle Busch passed his brother Kurt for the second position. Harvick passed Biffle to take over the eighth position six laps later. On lap 140, Kurt Busch fell down to fifth after Johnson passed him. Three laps later, Kurt fell one more position to sixth once Newman overtook him. During lap 147, Truex. passed Biffle for the ninth position. Kenseth passed Biffle four laps later to claim the tenth position. [16]

On lap 156, Truex moved into eighth, after overtaking Kurt Busch. By lap 159, Hamlin had a 2.5-second lead over Edwards in the second position. Three laps later, Kenseth moved up to ninth while Kyle Busch moved to second after passing Edwards. On lap 166, green flag pit stops began as Paul Menard made a pit stop. On the following lap, Elliott Sadler made a pit stop, four laps earlier than Hamlin. During the pit stops, three drivers were able to lead the race, Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Kenseth. Once the pit stops concluded, Hamlin was scored the leader. On lap 180, Kyle Busch moved up to the second position after passing Edwards. Six laps later, Mark Martin passed Kurt Busch to move into 13th. By lap 192, Hamlin had a 1.5 second lead over his teammate Kyle Busch. Six laps later, Harvick overtook Johnson to claim the fourth position. At lap 210, Stewart passed Johnson for the fifth position as Jeff Burton moved up to the seventh. [16]

Afterward, Stewart passed Harvick for the fourth position on the 219th lap. Three laps later, Robby Gordon spun sideways, prompting the fourth caution to be given. All the front runners made pit stops during the caution, and Kyle Busch became the leader. At the lap 228 restart, Kyle Busch was first ahead of Hamlin, Edwards, Johnson, and Burton. On the following lap, Hamlin passed Busch for the first position. During the 231st lap, Edwards passed Busch to take over the second position, making Busch fall to third after two laps. Two laps later, the fifth caution was given because Travis Kvapil spun sideways. During the caution, the first eight cars did not pit, while the others did. Hamlin led on the restart ahead of Carl Edwards in second. At lap 242, Kurt Busch moved up to ninth, after passing Stewart. Three laps later, Stewart fell to 12th, after being passed by Martin and Logano. By lap 249, Hamlin had a 0.75 second lead over second. On lap 252, Jeff Burton moved up to the seventh position. [16]

Fourteen laps later, Edwards reclaimed the lead from Hamlin. On lap 268, Montoya moved up to fourth after passing Johnson. By lap 274, Edwards had a one-second lead over Hamlin in second. On the following lap, Newman passed Johnson for fifth as Harvick moved to twelfth. Edwards continued to expand his lead to two seconds on lap 287. At the 292nd lap, Johnson fell to sixth after being passed by Burton. Six laps later, Hamlin made a pit stop for fuel and two new tires, which caused him to fall to nineteenth. On lap 301, Hamlin moved back on the lead lap, after passing Edwards. Logano passed Johnson for fourth as Burton made a pit stop on lap 303. With six laps remaining, Johnson fell to sixth as Harvick moved to seventh. Edwards maintained the lead to win his first race of the 2010 season. Newman finished second, ahead of Logano in third and Biffle in fourth. Johnson clinched the fifth position, after starting twenty-first. [16] [17]

Post-race

Race winner Carl Edwards appeared in victory lane after his victory lap to start celebrating his first win of the season, in front of a crowd of 75,000 people. [18] After winning the race, he described his happiness saying, "A win is very important to us. It's a very big accomplishment for us." He continued, "I think it's something that we needed for our confidence. We needed it as a payoff for all the hard work the guys have put in at the shop, the engine department." [19]

Hamlin, who led the most laps, described his frustration: "The strategy and what-not at the end just didn't work our way. That's all I can ask for, is to have the better car than those two guys – and we did. But, unfortunately, the strategy bit us. We're just going to have to go there and do it the old-fashioned way next week and try to beat them on the race track." [20] Afterward, Newman, who finished second, commented, "We were saving fuel the whole time. Made more sense to save fuel. We were two laps short. We just did what I thought we needed to do. If Carl made it, Carl made it." [21] Fifth place finisher Johnson described his happiness by saying: "We're going to go home and we're going to make sure we have the best engines, go through our simulation stuff, make sure our car is as fast as it can be and then race. We were in a good situation and could take the risk, take the chance. It worked out for us. [20]

In the Drivers' Championship, Hamlin remained first with 6,462 points, 15 ahead of Johnson in second. Harvick followed in third with 6,416 points. [22] Edwards and Kenseth rounded out the first five positions with 6,198 and 6,151. [22] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained first place with 255 points, 42 ahead of Toyota and 88 ahead of Ford. Dodge remained fourth with 135 points. [8] 4.201 million people watched the race on television. [23] The race took two hours, forty-nine minutes and one second to complete, and the margin of victory was 4.770 seconds. [17]

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying results
GridCarDriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
199 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.395136.389
243 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 26.422136.250
32 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 26.424136.240
416 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.521135.742
51 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 26.536135.665
600 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 26.559135.547
718 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.563135.527
878 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 26.607135.303
99 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 26.622135.227
1020 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.626135.206
1156 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 26.626135.206
126 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.632135.176
1347 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 26.637135.150
1433 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.649135.089
1517 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.650135.084
1677 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 26.659135.039
1711 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.679134.938
1898 Paul Menard Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 26.683134.917
1939 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 26.683134.917
2014 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 26.702134.821
2148 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.703134.816
2224 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.706134.801
2319 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 26.706134.801
2413 Casey Mears Germain Racing Toyota 26.713134.766
2583 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 26.715134.756
2609 Bobby Labonte Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 26.767134.494
2782 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 26.780134.429
285 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.787134.393
2929 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.795134.353
3012 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 26.811134.273
3188 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.833134.163
3236 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 26.863134.013
3326 J. J. Yeley Latitude 43 Motorsports Ford 26.877133.943
347 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota 26.936133.650
3542 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 26.941133.625
3655 Mike Bliss Prism Motorsports Toyota 26.944133.611
3737 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 26.968133.492
3838 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 26.990133.383
3964 Landon Cassill Max Q Motorsports Toyota 26.998133.343
4031 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.003133.318
4171 Brendan Gaughan TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 27.232132.197
4234 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.494130.938
4381 Terry Labonte Whitney Motorsports Dodge
Champions' Provisional
Failed to Qualify
4466 Jason Leffler Prism Motorsports Toyota 27.008133.294
4587 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 27.022133.225
4646 Michael McDowell Whitney Motorsports Chevrolet 27.046133.107
Source: [13] [24] [25]

Race results

Race results
PosGridCarDriverTeamManufacturerLaps RunPoints
1199 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 3121901
21939 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 312170
31020 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312165
4416 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 312160
52148 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312155
62929 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 312150
71517 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 3121511
8285 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312142
932 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 3121431
1051 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 312134
112224 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312130
121711 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 3121372
13718 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 3121291
143188 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312121
151156 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 312118
163542 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 312115
172014 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 312112
18243 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 312109
194031 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 312106
202609 Bobby Labonte Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 3111081
211433 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 311100
221347 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 31197
23878 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 31194
242413 Casey Mears Germain Racing Toyota 31191
25126 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 31088
26600 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 31085
2799 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 31082
282319 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 31079
291998 Paul Menard Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 31076
302583 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 31073
313326 J. J. Yeley Latitude 43 Motorsports Ford 30970
321677 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 30967
33347 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota 30864
343838 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 30861
352782 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 30758
364234 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford 30655
373236 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 30652
383737 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 27449
393655 Mike Bliss Prism Motorsports Toyota 19346
403964 Landon Cassill Max Q Motorsports Toyota 19143
414381 Terry Labonte Whitney Motorsports Dodge 19040
423012 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 5837
434171 Brendan Gaughan TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 134
Source: [17] [26]
1 Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps

Standings after the race

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