2010 Autism Speaks 400

2010 Autism Speaks 400

Race details
Race 12 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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	Martin Truex, Jr.	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 was the twelfth race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. It started at 1 p.m. EST on May 16, 2010. The 2010 Autism Speaks 400 was televised on Fox and was broadcasted on MRN radio at 12 p.m. Martin Truex, Jr. started in the pole position. The race had eight different leaders, twenty lead changes, and five cautions. The winner of the Autism Speaks 400 was Kyle Busch.

Race report

Practices and qualifying

Polesitter Martin Truex, Jr. in 2007.

On May 14, 2010, the quickest drivers in first practice were Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex, Jr., and Kyle Busch. 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. Also in qualifying, two drivers did not qualify; they were Todd Bodine and Max Papis. On May 15, 2010, the quickest in the second practice were Jimmie Johnson, David Ragan, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, and Kasey Kahne. In the final practice the quickest were Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards, A. J. Allmendinger, and Clint Bowyer.

Race summary

To begin the pre-race ceremonies, Reverend Jonathan Falwell of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va., 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!"

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, from starting 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 on pit road for their first pit stops. After finishing the pit stops, Johnson led them to the green flag on lap 59. One lap later, Kyle Busch passed Johnson for the lead.

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 pitted; 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.

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, Jimmie Johnson led the field to the green flag. On lap 234, Kyle Busch passed Johnson, but two laps later, Johnson 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, Matt 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.

On lap 287, the fifth caution came out because Kurt Busch collided with the wall in turn four. All the leaders pitted, 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, Kyle Busch reclaimed the lead. Kyle Busch kept the lead to win his second race of 2010 and his eighteenth win in his Sprint Cup Series career.

Results

Pos	Starting Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
1	4	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	M&M's
2	17	31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Caterpillar
3	21	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Crown Royal Black
4	14	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	FedEx
5	13	00	David Reutimann	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	Aaron's
6	24	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	3M
7	30	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil
8	9	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Aflac
9	16	14	Tony Stewart	Stewart Haas Racing	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Old Spice
10	18	20	Joey Logano	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	The Home Depot
11	15	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	DuPont
12	1	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts
13	6	39	Ryan Newman	Stewart Haas Racing	Chevrolet	U.S. Army
14	8	43	A. J. Allmendinger	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	NASCAR Hall of Fame
15	3	5	Mark Martin	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com
16	5	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Lowe's
17	7	33	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper
18	20	12	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	Penske Racing
19	12	2	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	Miller Lite
20	2	9	Kasey Kahne	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	Budweiser
21	23	98	Paul Menard	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	Zecol / Menards
22	39	83	Casey Mears	Team Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull
23	29	82	Scott Speed	Team Red Bull	Toyota	Red Bull
24	37	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies
25	40	38	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Taco Bell
26	22	6	David Ragan	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	UPS
27	31	26	David Stremme	Latitude 43 Motorsports	Ford	Air National Guard
28	19	19	Elliott Sadler	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	Stanley
29	38	34	Travis Kvapil	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Long John Silver's Baja Fish Tacos
30	27	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Amp Energy / National Guard
31	42	7	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon Motorsports	Toyota	BAMVIP.com / James Otto – Whitney Duncan
32	11	1	Jamie McMurray	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker
33	41	37	Kevin Conway	Front Row Mototsports	Ford	Extenze
34	10	77	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Penske Racing	Dodge	Mobil 1
35	28	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	Target
36	26	47	Marcos Ambrose	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	A&P / MDA
37	25	46	J. J. Yeley	Whitney Motorsports	Dodge	Whitney Motorsports
38	36	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	FrontRowJoe.com
39	33	71	Bobby Labonte	TRG Motorsports	Chevrolet	TRG Motorsports
40	32	09	Mike Bliss	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	Phoenix Construction / Graceway Pharmaceuticals
41	35	66	Dave Blaney	Prism Motorsports	Toyota	Prism Motorsports
42	34	55	Michael McDowell	Prism Motorsports	Toyota	Prism Motorsports
43	43	36	Johnny Sauter	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing