Cook Out 400

This article is about the spring Cup Series race at Richmond. For the fall race between 1976 and 1980, see Federated Auto Parts 400.

Federated Auto Parts 400
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs
Venue	Richmond International Raceway
Location	Richmond, Virginia
Sponsor	Federated Auto Parts
First race	1958
Distance	300 miles (480 km)
Stage 1	100
Stage 2	100
Stage 3	200
Laps	400
Previous names	Richmond 200 (1958) Capital City 200 (1959–1961) Capital City 300 (1962–1968) Capital City 250 (1969) Capital City 500 (1970–1975) Capital City 400 (1976–1980) Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 (1981–1985) Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400 (1986–1987) Miller High Life 400 (1988–1989) Miller Genuine Draft 400 (1990–1995) Miller 400 (1996) Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 (1997–1999) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 (2000) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 with the Looney Tunes (2001–2002) Chevy Rock & Roll 400 (2003–2009) Air Guard 400 (2010) Wonderful Pistachios 400 (2011)

2008 Rock & Roll 400 Logo

The Federated Auto Parts 400 is an annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia, being the second of two races with the first one being the Toyota Owners 400 in the spring. From 2004 to 2017, the race has served as the last race in NASCAR's "regular season" for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Following the race, the top sixteen drivers in points standings advance to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, Starting in 2018, As part of schedule realignment, the Federated Auto Parts 400 will become the second race in the Round of 16 of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, The Brickyard 400 will be the final race of the regular season.

Starting in 1991, the race was moved from Sunday afternoon to Saturday night. It became the second night race on the NASCAR schedule, following Bristol which takes place a few weeks earlier.

From 2000–2009, the race was sponsored in some form by Chevrolet. For 2001 and 2002, the race sponsorship was in conjunction with Warner Bros., with Looney Tunes characters featured in several cars' paint jobs. For the 2003–2009 races the race was known as the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 and various cars were painted to promote various rock music acts. The 2010 race saw the sponsorship move from Chevrolet to the Air National Guard, a branch of the United States Air Force. The race was sponsored by Roll Global through its Wonderful Pistachios brand, a division of Roll Global subsidiary Paramount Nuts in 2011. On May 2, 2012, Federated Auto Parts and Richmond International Raceway announced that Federated Auto Parts will be the race's sponsor starting in 2012.

Because of its proximity to (and its occasionally being run on) Patriot Day, the Pledge of Allegiance is included as part of the opening ceremony.

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
						Laps	Miles (km)
1958	September 14	46	Speedy Thompson	Speedy Thompson	Chevrolet	200	100 (160.934)	1:43:40	57.878	Report
1959	September 13	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson	T-Bird	200	100 (160.934)	1:39:22	60.362	Report
1960	October 23	21	Speedy Thompson	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	200	100 (160.934)	1:34:08	63.739	Report
1961	September 10	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	200	100 (160.934)	2:01:36	61.677	Report
1962	September 9	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	300	150 (241.401)	2:18:30	64.981	Report
1963	September 8	11	Ned Jarrett	Charles Robinson	Ford	300	150 (241.401)	2:15:04	66.339	Report
1964	September 14	5	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	Dodge	300	150 (241.401)	2:25:16	61.955	Report
1965	September 18	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Dodge	300	150 (241.401)	2:27:35	60.983	Report
1966	September 11	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Dodge	300	150 (241.401)	2:23:07	62.886	Report
1967	September 10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	300	150 (241.401)	2:36:10	57.631	Report
1968	September 8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	300	187.5 (301.752)	2:11:20	85.659	Report
1969	September 7	22	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi	Dodge	462*	250.404 (402.986)	3:16:32	76.388	Report
1970	September 13	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:19:34	81.476	Report
1971	November 14	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:23:11	80.025	Report
1972	September 10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:34:14	75.899	Report
1973	September 9	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	271 (436.132)	4:13:17	63.215	Report
1974	September 8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	271 (436.132)	4:12:22	64.43	Report
1975	October 12	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	271 (436.132)	3:18:34	81.886	Report
1976	September 12	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:46:47	77.993	Report
1977	September 11	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Dodge	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:41:18	80.644	Report
1978	September 10	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:43:19	79.568	Report
1979	September 9	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:41:23	80.604	Report
1980	September 7	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:43:10	79.722	Report
1981	September 13	15	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:05:50	69.998	Report
1982	September 12	88	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:37:06	82.8	Report
1983	September 11	22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:43:08	79.381	Report
1984	September 9	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:53:57	74.78	Report
1985	September 8	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:58:54	72.508	Report
1986	September 7	25	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:05:24	70.161	Report
1987	September 13	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:03:56	67.074	Report
1988*	September 11	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:07:57	95.77	Report
1989	September 10	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:23:40	88.38	Report
1990	September 9	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:08:21	95.567	Report
1991*	September 7	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Racing	Oldsmobile	400	300 (482.803)	2:57:35	101.361	Report
1992	September 12	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	2:51:59	104.661	Report
1993	September 11	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:00:09	99.917	Report
1994	September 10	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:52:59	104.156	Report
1995	September 9	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:52:19	104.459	Report
1996	September 7	28	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:50:40	105.469	Report
1997	September 6	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:45:04	109.047	Report
1998	September 12	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:15:41	91.985	Report
1999	September 11	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	2:53:04	104.006	Report
2000	September 9	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:00:14	99.871	Report
2001	September 8	28	Ricky Rudd	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:09:11	95.146	Report
2002	September 7	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:09:54	94.787	Report
2003	September 6	12	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Dodge	393*	294.75 (474.356)	3:09:35	94.945	Report
2004	September 11	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	400	300 (482.803)	3:01:55	98.946	Report
2005	September 10	97	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:02:37	98.567	Report
2006	September 9	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:57:37	101.342	Report
2007	September 8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:16:03	91.813	Report
2008	September 7*	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:14:13	92.68	Report
2009	September 12	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:06:20	96.601	Report
2010	September 11	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	2:52:55	104.096	Report
2011	September 10	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:20:12	89.91	Report
2012	September 8/9*	15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	2:59:58	100.019	Report
2013	September 7	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:51:23	105.028	Report
2014	September 6	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:51:55	104.702	Report
2015	September 12	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	2:59:22	100.353	Report
2016	September 10	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	407*	305.25 (491.252)	3:31:33	85.778	Report
2017	September 9	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	404*	303 (487.631)	3:02:52	99.417	Report

Notes

• 1969: Race shortened from 500 laps due to rain.
• 1988: Track reconfigured to 0.75 miles.
• 1991: Race moved to a Saturday night event.
• 2003: Race shortened from 400 laps due to rain.
• 2008: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to Hurricane Hanna.
• 2012: Race started late due to rain; race finished on Sunday approximately 1:30am.
• 2016 and 2017: Race extended due to an overtime finish.

Track length notes

• 1958–1967: 0.5 mile course
• 1968: 0.625 mile course
• 1969–1987: 0.542 mile course
• 1988–present: 0.75 mile course

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
7	Richard Petty	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
5	Bobby Allison	1969, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983
4	Darrell Waltrip	1975, 1978, 1984, 1985
	Rusty Wallace	1989, 1992, 1993, 1995
3	Denny Hamlin	2009, 2010, 2016
2	Speedy Thompson	1958, 1960
	Joe Weatherly	1961, 1962
	Cotton Owens	1959, 1964
	David Pearson	1965, 1966
	Dale Earnhardt	1987, 1990
	Jimmie Johnson	2007, 2008
	Kevin Harvick	2006, 2011
	Matt Kenseth	2002, 2015

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
7	Petty Enterprises	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
5	Bud Moore Engineering	1961, 1962, 1979, 1980, 1981
	Hendrick Motorsports	1986, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2008
	Team Penske	1992, 1993, 1995, 2003, 2014
	Joe Gibbs Racing	1999, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016
4	DiGard Motorsports	1975, 1978, 1982, 1983
	Richard Childress Racing	1987, 1990, 2006, 2011
	Roush Fenway Racing	1998, 2002, 2005, 2013
3	Cotton Owens	1964, 1965, 1966
	Junior Johnson & Associates	1976, 1984, 1985
	Robert Yates Racing	1996, 1997, 2001

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
17	Chevrolet	1958, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2017
15	Ford	1960, 1963, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2013, 2014
9	Dodge	1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2003, 2004
6	Pontiac	1961, 1962, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999
5	Plymouth	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
	Toyota	2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
1	T-Bird	1959
	Buick	1983
	Oldsmobile	1991

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
1982	ESPN
1983
1985	SETN	Mike Joy	Benny Parsons
1986		Eli Gold
1987
1988	TBS	Ken Squier	Johnny Hayes
1989			Johnny Hayes Phil Parsons
1990			Johnny Hayes Chris Economaki
1991			Neil Bonnett
1992
1993
1994			Chuck Bown
1995			Richard Petty
1996	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001	TNT	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons Wally Dallenbach
2002
2003
2004
2005		Bill Weber
2006
2007	ABC	Jerry Punch	Rusty Wallace Andy Petree
2008	ESPN		Dale Jarrett Andy Petree
2009	ABC
2010		Marty Reid
2011		Allen Bestwick
2012
2013
2014
2015	NBCSN	Rick Allen	Jeff Burton Steve Letarte
2016
2017
2018			Jeff Burton Steve Letarte Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Notes

• The Super Chargers chose to tape delay the 1984 race for fourteen days and commentators Jan Gabriel and Darrell Waltrip. Darrell Waltrip did the commentary fourteen days after the race.
• The 2008 race, scheduled for ABC, was rained out and shown on ESPN due to scheduling conflicts with the 2008 Indycar Series Championship race from Chicagoland Speedway.

External links

• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks
• Sour Sixteen: NASCAR Has 16th Ratings Decline Of Season Entering Chase