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*<small>'''Note''': Only the top twelve positions are included for the driver standings. These drivers qualified for the [[Chase for the Sprint Cup]].</small> |
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*<small>'''Note''': Drivers are arranged in order of points after the Chase reset, although their point totals before the Chase are also included. All drivers qualifying for the Chase have their point totals reset to 5,000, with a 10-point bonus for each race won during the season before the Chase. Ties are broken on a countback system, with the first tiebreaker being top-5 finishes, followed by top-10s, races finished, and pole positions.</small> |
*<small>'''Note''': Drivers are arranged in order of points after the Chase reset, although their point totals before the Chase are also included. All drivers qualifying for the Chase have their point totals reset to 5,000, with a 10-point bonus for each race won during the season before the Chase. Ties are broken on a countback system, with the first tiebreaker being top-5 finishes, followed by top-10s, races finished, and pole positions.<ref name="poistchasesystem">{{cite web|title=NASCAR Points system and Chase|url=http://www.nascar.com/guides/about/points/index.html|publisher=NASCAR|accessdate=12 September 2010}}</ref></small> |
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Revision as of 23:11, 12 September 2010
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| Race details[1][2][3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 26 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | September 11, 2010 | ||
| Location | Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.21 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 300 mi (483 km) | ||
| Weather | Mostly sunny with a high around 82; wind out of the NE at 5 mph. Chance of precipitation: 10%. | ||
| Average speed | 104.096 miles per hour (167.526 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Fenway Racing | ||
| Time | 21.133 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 251 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||
The 2010 Air Guard was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 11, 2010 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps, it was the twenty-sixth and final race leading into the Chase for the Sprint Cup in the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Denny Hamlin, for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Kyle Busch finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started eleventh, clinched third.
There were three cautions and fourteen lead changes among six different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Denny Hamlin's sixth win of the season and the fifteenth of his career. The result of having six wins moved him into first in the Drivers' Championship, ten ahead of Jimmie Johson and thirty ahead of Kevin Harvick to begin the 2010 Chase for the Sprint Cup. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, twenty-nine ahead of Toyota and sixty-eight ahead of Ford, with ten races remaining in the season. A total of 95,000 people attended the race.
Report
Background
The track, Richmond International Raceway, is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races, the others being Bristol Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, and Phoenix International Raceway.[4] The NASCAR race makes use of the track's standard configuration, a four-turn short track oval that is 0.75 miles (1.21 km) long.[5] The track's turns are banked at fourteen degrees. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at eight degrees while the back stretch has two degrees of banking.[5] The racetrack has seats for 97,912 spectators.[5]
Before the race, Kevin Harvick led the Drivers' Championship with 3,585 points, and Jeff Gordon stood in second with 3,366 points. Kyle Busch was third in the Drivers' Championship with 3,325 points, Tony Stewart was fourth with 3,302 points, and Carl Edwards was in fifth with 3,288 points. Five additional drivers had clinched spots in the Chase—in order of placement, Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, and Denny Hamlin.[6] Greg Biffle, who was 11th in the standings, needed only a finish of 42nd place in the race to secure his spot in the Chase. Clint Bowyer, in the final Chase spot of 12th in the standings, clinched his spot with a race finish of 28th or better.[7] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 182 points, thirty-two points ahead of their rival Toyota. Ford, with 116 points, was fourteen points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third.[8] Denny Hamlin is the race's defending champion.[9]
Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions was held before the Saturday race—both on Friday. The first session lasted 120 minutes, while the second session lasted 45 minutes.[10] During the first practice session, Clint Bowyer was quickest with a time of 22.007 seconds.[11] Ryan Newman followed ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya, Carl Edwards, and David Reutimann in the third, fourth and fifth positions.[11] In the second and final practice session, Edwards was quickest ahead of Paul Menard and Montoya in second and third.[12] Greg Biffle was scored fourth ahead of Kasey Kahne in fifth.[12]
During qualifying, forty-seven cars were entered, but only forty-three were able because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure.[13] Carl Edwards clinched his sixth career pole position, with a time of 21.133 seconds.[14] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Montoya.[14] A. J. Allmendinger qualified third, Clint Bowyer took fourth, and Reutimann started fifth.[14] The five drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Terry Labonte, Michael McDowell, Todd Bodine, Scott Riggs, and Brian Keselowski.[14] However, Terry Labonte replaced Mike Bliss during the race.
Following the qualifying session, Edwards stated, "There's really no pressure. It's just go out and have fun, try not to run into Clint Bowyer or any of those guys that have a lot on the line. I think the key for us is to just go out and win a race. While the pressure's off, you can go out and you can take risks and race harder and sometimes you get a chance to perform really well. That's just what we need to start the Chase."[3] Then, Burton, who started fourth, said, "I believe it is in our best interest to turn it up and be on kill when this race starts."[3]
Race
The race, the twenty-sixth out of a total of thirty-six in the season, began at 7:30 p.m. EDT and was televised live in the United States on ABC.[1] Before the race, conditions were sunny with a temperature of 82 °F (28 °C).[15] Chaplain Rick Jenkins, began pre-race ceremonies, by giving the invocation. Next, Synthia Seymour performed the national anthem, and Harry Wyatt III gave the command for drivers to start their engines.[15] On the pace laps, Mattias Ekstrom moved to the rear on the grid, after changing his engine. Terry Labonte also had to fall from their original starting position to the rear, after he replace Mike Bliss for the race.[15]
Carl Edwards retained his pole position lead into the first corner, followed by Juan Pablo Montoya in the second position. After two laps of racing, Brad Keselowski had moved up two positions into sixth on the grid. Two laps later, A. J. Allmendinger passed Montoya to claim the second position, but on lap seven, Montoya reclaimed the second position from Allmendinger. Jimmie Johnson, after nine laps, had moved from his starting position of eleventh to seventh. By lap 12, Edwards had a 1.31 second lead over Montoya. Two laps later, Johnson moved into the fifth positon, as he passed David Reutimann.[15]
Results
Qualifying
Race Results
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps Run | Points | |
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| 1 | 14 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 400 | 195 | |
| 2 | 32 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 400 | 170 | |
| 3 | 11 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 170 | |
| 4 | 6 | 20 | Joey Logano | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 400 | 160 | |
| 5 | 13 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 400 | 155 | |
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References
- ^ a b "Sprint Cup Series Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ "Air Guard 400". rotoworld.com. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ a b c Livingstone, Seth (10 Spetember 2010). "Carl Edwards claims pole for 'no pressure' race at Richmond". USA Today. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "NASCAR Race Tracks". NASCAR. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ a b c "NASCAR Tracks—The Richmond International Raceway". Richmond International Raceway. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "Driver's Championship Classification". NASCAR. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ Newton, David (September 10, 2010). "Jeremy Mayfield recounts Chase miracle". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Manufactures' Championship Classification". Jayski.com. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
- ^ "2009 Chevy Rock & Roll 400". racing-reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ "Event Schedule". Motor Racing Network.com. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Practice One Timing an Scoring". NASCAR. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Practice Two Timing an Scoring". NASCAR. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Qualifying Order". NASCAR. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Race Lineup: Richmond". NASCAR. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Race Summary". NASCAR. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ "Drivers standings before Chase reset". Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ^ "NASCAR Points system and Chase". NASCAR. Retrieved 12 September 2010.