2010 Autism Speaks 400

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2010 Autism Speaks 400 presented by Hershey's Milk & Milkshakes
Race details [1] [2]
Race 12 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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Layout of Dover International Speedway
Date May 16, 2010 (2010-May-16)
Official name Autism Speaks 400
Location Dover International Speedway Dover, Delaware
Course Permanent racing facility
1.0 mi (1.61 km)
Distance 400 laps, 400 mi (643.74 km)
Weather Partly cloudy with a high of 75; wind out of the NE at 8 mph.
Average speed 126 miles per hour (203 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Michael Waltrip Racing
Time 22.884
Most laps led
Driver Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 225
Winner
No. 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2010 Autism Speaks 400 presented by Hershey's Milk & Milkshakes was the twelfth race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season held at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. The race started at 1 p.m. EST on May 16, 2010, and was broadcast on Fox and MRN radio starting at 12 p.m. [3] Martin Truex Jr. started in the pole position. [4] The race had eight different leaders, twenty lead changes, and five cautions. [5] The winner of the race was Kyle Busch, [2] while Jeff Burton and Matt Kenseth finished second and third respectively.

Contents

Race report

Practices and qualifying

Polesitter Martin Truex Jr. in 2007. MartinTruexJrAugust2007.jpg
Polesitter Martin Truex Jr. in 2007.

In first practice, the quickest drivers were Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex Jr., and Kyle Busch. [6] During qualifying, Martin Truex Jr. won the pole position, while Kasey Kahne, Mark Martin, Kyle Busch, and Jimmie Johnson started in the two rows behind him. [7] Also, two drivers failed to qualify for the race; they were Todd Bodine and Max Papis. [7] In second practice, the quickest drivers were Jimmie Johnson, David Ragan, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, and Kasey Kahne. [8] In the final practice the quickest drivers were Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards, A. J. Allmendinger, and Clint Bowyer. [9]

Race summary

The pre-race ceremonies began with Reverend Jonathan Falwell of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia ., delivered the invocation. Then, country music artist, Joe Nichols performed the national anthem. To start the engines, Richard Petty, part of the inaugural class at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, gave the command, "Gentlemen, start your engines!" [10]

At 1:17 p.m. EDT, the green flag waved with Martin Truex Jr. the leader. On the same lap, though, Kasey Kahne, who started second, passed Truex Jr. to lead the first lap. On lap 26, Jimmie Johnson, who started in the fifth position, passed Kahne for the lead. As Johnson led, Johnny Sauter, on lap 40, went to the garage because of electrical problems. Fourteen laps later, the caution flag waved as Sam Hornish Jr. collided with the wall because of a flat tire. All the lead-lap driver came onto pit road for their first pit stops . After finishing the pit stops, Johnson led the field to the green flag on lap 59. One lap later, Kyle Busch passed Johnson for the lead. [10]

Race winner Kyle Busch in 2007 KyleBuschAugust2007.jpg
Race winner Kyle Busch in 2007

Kyle Busch kept the lead until lap 85 when Jimmie Johnson passed him. On laps 125 through 137, green flag pit stops were occurring. The leaders during the pit stops were Kurt Busch and Jeff Burton. Johnson, then regained the lead from Burton on lap 137; the rest of the top five were Kyle Busch, A. J. Allmendinger, Joey Logano, and Tony Stewart. As Johnson led on lap 157, J. J. Yeley went to the garage due to engine problems. On lap 165, the second caution flag waved because Marcos Ambrose collided with the wall. All lead lap cars made pit stops; Johnson remained the leader. On lap 170, Johnson led the field to the green flag, but one lap later, Kyle Busch passed Johnson for the lead. [10]

Kyle Busch led until Johnson passed him on lap 176. The green flag stayed out until lap 255, when Marcos Ambrose collided with the wall to bring out the third caution. On the restart, on lap 231, Johnson led the field to the green flag. On lap 234, Kyle Busch passed Johnson, but two laps later, he reclaimed the lead. On lap 245, Sam Hornish Jr. collided with the wall, which brought out the fourth caution. All lead lap cars pit, most getting fuel and two tires, but Matt Kenseth stayed out. From staying off pit road, Kenseth led the field to green on lap 250. On lap 261, Johnson reclaimed the lead from Matt Kenseth. Marcos Ambrose, who collided with the wall twice, announced that he was out of the race on lap 279. [10]

On lap 287, the fifth caution came out because Kurt Busch collided with the wall in turn four. All the leaders made pit stops, most getting four tires and fuel. On lap 291, Jimmie Johnson led the field to the green flag. One lap later, Kyle Busch passed Johnson for the lead. Kyle Busch led until lap 353, when Johnson passed him, but for the next two laps Johnson and Busch switched the lead until Johnson claimed it. On lap 364, David Reutimann became the leader, as Johnson and Kyle Busch made their green flag pit stops. On lap 365, Martin Truex Jr. passed Reutimann for the lead. One lap later, it was announced that Jimmie Johnson, who led the most laps, received a penalty for speeding on pit road. On lap 367, Johnson came to pit road to serve his penalty and Kyle Busch reclaimed the lead. He kept the lead to win his second race of 2010 and his eighteenth win in his Sprint Cup Series career. [10]

Results

PosGridNo.DriverTeamManufacturer
1418 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
21731 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
32117 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford
41411 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs RacingToyota
51300 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota
62416 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway RacingFord
73029 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress RacingChevrolet
8999 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway RacingFord
91614 Tony Stewart Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet
101820 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs RacingToyota
111524 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
12156 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip RacingToyota
13639 Ryan Newman Stewart Haas RacingChevrolet
14843 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford
1535 Mark Martin Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
16548 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
17733 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress RacingChevrolet
182012 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge
19122 Kurt Busch Penske RacingDodge
2029 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty MotorsportsFord
212398 Paul Menard Richard Petty MotorsportsFord
223983 Casey Mears Team Red Bull Toyota
232982 Scott Speed Team Red BullToyota
243778 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
254038 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford
26226 David Ragan Roush Fenway RacingFord
273126 David Stremme Latitude 43 Motorsports Ford
281919 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty MotorsportsFord
293834 Travis Kvapil Front Row MotorsportsFord
302788 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
31427 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota
32111 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
334137 Kevin Conway Front Row MototsportsFord
341077 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske RacingDodge
352842 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet
362647 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota
372546 J. J. Yeley Whitney Motorsports Dodge
383687 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota
393371 Bobby Labonte TRG Motorsports Chevrolet
403209 Mike Bliss Phoenix Racing Chevrolet
413566 Dave Blaney Prism Motorsports Toyota
423455 Michael McDowell Prism MotorsportsToyota
434336 Johnny Sauter Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet
Source: [11]

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