2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400

February 2025 NAS Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400 https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2010 Sprint Cup Series Schedule ESPN August 14, 2010http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/raceTrax?gameId=20100501005&state=RACE Race Information May 1, 2010 August 16, 2010 Fox Sports.comhttps://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2010-05-01-kyle-busch-crown-royal-400_N.htm Kyle Busch Earns Victory May 2, 2010 Rusty Jarrett May 3, 2010 USA Today Nate Ryan 2010 05 1 2010 10 36 10HeathCalhoun400.jpg Crown Royal 400 Richmond International Raceway Richmond, Virginia 0.75 1.20 400 300 483 Partly cloudy and mild 111 mi/h Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 21.247 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 226 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Fox Broadcasting Company Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds The 2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on May 1, 2010, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps, it was the tenth race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Kyle Busch for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Jeff Gordon finished second, and Kevin Harvick, who started seventh, clinched third. Pole position driver Kyle Busch maintained the lead after the start of the race. Kyle Busch would eventually lead to the race high of 226 laps. Afterward, Gordon became the leader during the final laps. He remained the leader until Kyle Busch passed him with four laps remaining. Kyle Busch crossed the finish line first to clinch his first win of the season, and his third at Richmond International Raceway. There were six caution flags and twelve lead changes among eight different drivers throughout the course of the race. The result moved Kyle Busch up two spots to third in the Drivers' Championship, 109 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and ten ahead of Matt Kenseth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, eighteen points ahead of Toyota and thirty ahead of Ford, with twenty-six races remaining in the season. Race report Background thumb|left|Richmond International Raceway, the race track where the race was held. Richmond International Raceway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races.NASCAR Race Tracks http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ August 15, 2010 nascar.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100815005030/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ 15 August 2010 dead The NASCAR race makes use of the track's standard configuration, a four-turn short track oval that is 0.75 mi km long.NASCAR Tracks—The Richmond International Raceway http://www.rir.com/About-The-Track/Track-Facts.aspx Richmond International Raceway August 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120805011402/http://www.rir.com/About-The-Track/Track-Facts.aspx August 5, 2012 dead mdy-all 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. The racetrack has seats for 97,912 spectators. Before the race, Jimmie Johnson led the Drivers' Championship with 1,323 points, while Kevin Harvick stood in second with 1,297 points. Greg Biffle was third in the Drivers' Championship with 1,237 points, Matt Kenseth was fourth with 1,224 points, and Kyle Busch was in fifth with 1,163 points.Driver's Championship Classification http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/9/data/standings_official.html nascar.com August 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100807232641/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/9/data/standings_official.html 7 August 2010 live In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with seventy points, twenty-one points ahead of their rival Toyota. Ford, with forty-two points, was four points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third.Manufacturers' Championship Classification http://www.jayski.com/stats/2010/manu2010.htm Jayski.com August 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100813071907/http://jayski.com/stats/2010/manu2010.htm 13 August 2010 dead Practices and qualifying Two practice sessions were held on Friday before the Saturday race.Race Review http://jayski.com/next/2010/10rir2010.htm#prac Jaski.com September 20, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101010023925/http://jayski.com/next/2010/10rir2010.htm 10 October 2010 live In the first session, the fastest drivers were Jamie McMurray, Clint Bowyer, Joey Logano, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Kyle Busch.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/practice1_speeds.html Practice 1 Results April 30, 2010 April 30, 2010 nascar.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100502171631/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/practice1_speeds.html 2 May 2010 live During the second practice session, Kyle Busch, David Reutimann, Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Jeff Gordon had the quickest times.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/practice2_speeds.html Practice 2 Results April 30, 2010 April 30, 2010 nascar.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100501225539/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/practice2_speeds.html 1 May 2010 live During qualifying, forty-six cars were entered, but Michael McDowell, Max Papis, and Dave Blaney did not qualify; NASCAR's qualifying procedure only allow forty-three cars to make the race.Qualifying Order http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/qual_order.html August 16, 2010 nascar.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100825012623/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/qual_order.html 25 August 2010 live Kyle Busch clinched the pole position with a fastest lap time of 21.247 seconds.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/lineup.html Qualifying Results April 30, 2010 May 1, 2010 nascar.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100503105447/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/lineup.html 3 May 2010 live He was joined on the front row of the grid by Reutimann. Johnson qualified third, Gordon took fourth, and Newman started fifth. Race summary thumb|left|Polesitter and race winner Kyle Busch in 2008 The race, the tenth 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 Fox. Conditions were clear with a high of 88 °F °C.http://www.nascar.com/2010/races/lapbylap/05/01/lap.by.lap.richmond/index.html Race Summary May 1, 2010 May 2, 2010 nascar.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100504052731/http://www.nascar.com/2010/races/lapbylap/05/01/lap.by.lap.richmond/index.html 4 May 2010 live Joe Ellison, from Essex Village Community Church, began pre-race ceremonies, by giving the invocation. Next, the Commandants own United States Marine Drum and Bugle performed the national anthem, and Heath Calhoun gave the command for drivers to start their engines. Kyle Busch held the lead going through the first corner with David Reutimann behind him. One lap later, Jeff Gordon moved into the third position. On lap 6, Gordon emerged in second, after passing Reutimann. Jimmie Johnson, who had started third, fell to fourth by lap 7. By lap 8, Kyle Busch had a lead of 1.5 seconds. One lap later, Kevin Harvick moved into fourth, after passing Johnson. On lap 18, Harvick moved into third, as Jamie McMurray moved to the sixth position. Six laps later, Reutimann had fallen to the fourth position, after starting second. By lap 35, Gordon had caught Kyle Busch for the first position, but after six laps he was two seconds behind Kyle Busch. On lap 42, the first caution came out because Joe Nemechek collided with the wall after suffering a blown tire. During this caution, drivers made there pit stops. On lap 49, Kyle Busch led on the restart. Afterward, Gordon moved into the third position, after passing Jamie McMurray. By lap 55, Juan Pablo Montoya had moved from nineteenth to eighth. On lap 59, Harvick moved into second, but four laps later, Gordon passed him for the second position. By lap 66, Kyle Busch had a 2.3 second lead over Gordon. After starting tenth, Clint Bowyer had moved to the fifth position by lap 68. Kyle Busch remained the leader until green flag pit stops began. On lap 143, Jeff Gordon received the lead, as Kyle Busch made a pit stop. Two laps later, Kyle Busch reclaimed the lead. On lap 153, the second caution came out because of debris. Kyle Busch, again, led the field to the restart. Ten laps later, on lap 170, the third caution came out because of debris. Ryan Newman, because of a two tire change, was in the lead on the restart. On lap 177, one lap after the restart, Kyle Busch took the lead away from Newman. Kyle Busch kept the lead until Jeff Burton passed him on lap 230. Burton led only twenty laps before Jeff Gordon claimed the lead. Jeff Gordon made a pit stop on lap 266, allowing Kevin Harvick to pass him. Green flag pit stops continued, as Carl Edwards received the lead on lap 268. Three laps later Tony Stewart passed Edwards for the lead. On lap 272, Jeff Gordon reclaimed the lead. By this time, the race was under green flag conditions for 102 laps, but the green flag run only continued until lap 367, 265 laps after the last restart, when the fourth caution came out. The cause for the caution was that Elliott Sadler had a tire that blew. On lap 377, Jeff Gordon led the field toward the green flag. Two laps later, though, the fifth caution, caused by a spin from Sam Hornish Jr., came out. On lap 385, Jeff Gordon led the field to the green flag. Four laps later Hornish Jr. spun and collided with the inside wall, to bring out the sixth caution. Jeff Gordon, on lap 395, led toward the restart. With four laps remaining, Kyle Busch passed Gordon for the lead. Busch kept the lead to win his first race in 2010. Post-race "It stinks to not win every single weekend or not every 21 weekends or 21 races. But it certainly feels nice to come out here with another good win and get another good finish." Kyle Busch, speaking after the race.Kyle Busch passes Gordon for Richmond win http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/36892035/ns/sports-motor_sports/ NBC Sports August 17, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100710080631/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/36892035/ns/sports-motor_sports July 10, 2010 dead 29% right Kyle Busch appeared in victory lane after his victory lap to start celebrating his first win of the season, and his third at Richmond International Raceway. Following his win, he added, "I don’t even remember what just happened. I drove it down into Turn 1 and hoped it stuck. I knew I had to baby it into Turn 3 and finally got to clear Jeff. We set sail there from there." After finishing second, Jeff Gordon stated, "A little disappointed again that we are coming up short, but we are getting plenty of practice. It’s a little disappointing we haven’t won some races yet. If we keep doing this, those will come. We’ve got to keep putting ourselves in position." Gordon followed the race by saying, "I’ve been doing this long enough to know that they don’t give out trophies for leading any lap other than the last one." In the subsequent press conference, Kyle Busch said, "I can’t thank Dave enough, it’s unbelievable to be back in victory lane. A lot of people doubted what we were doing, but I never did."Pole Sitter Kyle Busch Wins Nascar Sprint Cup Race at Richmond http://www.autoracingdaily.com/news/nascar-sprint-cup-series/pole-sitter-kyle-busch-wins-nascar-sprint-cup-race-at-richmond/ Auto Racing Daily August 17, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723221052/http://www.autoracingdaily.com/news/nascar-sprint-cup-series/pole-sitter-kyle-busch-wins-nascar-sprint-cup-race-at-richmond/ July 23, 2011 dead mdy-all Gordon stated: "I figured I was going to get the outside [for the last restart]. All I wanted to do was just get into Turn 1 smooth and get a good launch up off Turn 2 down the backstretch—and then make sure I got into [Turn] 3 without over-driving it. ...I knew if I could just get through Turn 3 OK and hammer down off Turn 4 and get him cleared that it would be pretty good—and it worked. That’s what I did. Did I have a plan? Was that exactly my plan? No. I was just going to drive it as hard as I could, and make whatever happened happen. It worked, just off the cuff." Dave Rogers, Kyle Busch's crew chief, stated, "It would have been great to keep that many cars a lap down, but it would have been selfish. Everybody behind us was going to pit. If we stay out, we keep all those guys down. Then the seven guys behind us are going to drive by us, we’re going to lose our track position just to keep cars a lap down. It’s not worth it." The race result moved Kevin Harvick in the lead for the Driver's Championship with 1,467 points.Point Standing http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/standings_official.html nascar.com August 17, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100810012456/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/standings_official.html 10 August 2010 live Jimmie Johnson, who finished tenth, was second on 1,457, ninety-nine points ahead of Kyle Busch and 149 ahead of Matt Kenseth. Greg Biffle was fifth with 1,334 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained their lead with 76 points. Toyota maintained second with 58 points. Ford followed with 46 points, six points ahead of Dodge in fourth. Results Qualifying Grid No Driver Team Manufacturer Time1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.247 2 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.324 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.350 4 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.365 5 39 Ryan Newman Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.387 6 12 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 21.388 7 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.406 8 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.408 9 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 21.410 10 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.426 11 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 21.450 12 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 21.451 13 36 Casey Mears Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 21.451 14 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.456 15 43 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.464 16 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 21.468 17 31Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.475 18 14 Tony Stewart Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.480 19 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.487 20 47 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 21.490 21 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.504 22 9 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.523 23 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.533 24 19 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.539 25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.542 26 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.548 27 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 21.552 28 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.559 29 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 21.565 30 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.580 31 71 Bobby Labonte TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 21.584 32 98 Paul Menard Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.591 33 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.607 34 32 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota 21.635 35 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.65536 09 Mike Bliss Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 21.66337 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota 21.66938 34 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.73439 26 David Stremme Latitude 43 Motorsports Ford 21.735 40 37 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.74841 46 Terry Cook Whitney Motorsports Dodge 21.75742 38 Kevin Conway Front Row Motorsports Ford 22.22143 64 Tony Raines Gunselman Motorsports Toyota 21.787 55 Michael McDowell Prism Motorsports Toyota 21.803 13 Max Papis Germain Racing Toyota 21.830 66 Dave Blaney Prism Motorsports Toyota 21.847Source: Race results Pos Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points 11 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 1952 24 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 1751 37 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 1701 417 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 1651 528 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 400 1601 619 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 400 155 726 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 400 1511 85 39 Ryan Newman Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 400 1471 920 47 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 400 138 103 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 134 1130 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 130 1210 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet400 127 1321 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 400 124 146 12 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 400 121 152 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 400 118 1623 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 115 1715 43 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 400 112 1816 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 400 109 198 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 399 106 209 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 399 103 2122 9 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 399 100 2233 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 399 97 2318 14 Tony Stewart Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 399 991 2435 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 399 91 2514 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 399 88 2613 36 Casey Mears Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 399 85 2732 98 Paul Menard Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 398 82 2837 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota398 79 2939 26 David Stremme Latitude 43 Motorsports Ford 398 76 3029 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 398 73 3140 37 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 398 70 3225 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 397 67 3331 71 Bobby Labonte TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 397 64 3438 34 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 396 61 3512 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 393 58 3627 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 387 55 3742 38 Kevin ConwayFront Row Motorsports Ford 387 52 3824 19 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 385 49 3941 46 Terry Cook Whitney Motorsports Dodge 92 46 4036 09 Mike Bliss Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 86 43 4134 32 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota80 40 4243 64 Tony Raines Gunselman Motorsports Toyota 69 37 4311 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 42 34Source:Official Race Results http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2010-05-01/heath-calhoun-400-results https://archive.today/20130202230959/http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2010-05-01/heath-calhoun-400-results dead February 2, 2013 Sporting News August 16, 2010Results (2) http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/results_official.html nascar.com August 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100728121956/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/10/data/results_official.html 28 July 2010 live1 Includes five bonus points for leading a lap2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kevin Harvick 1,467 2 Jimmie Johnson 1,457 3 Kyle Busch 1,358 4 Matt Kenseth 1,348 5 Greg Biffle 1,334 thumb|150px|right|Kevin Harvick became the Drivers' Championship leader after finishing third in the race. Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 76 2 Toyota 58 3 Ford 46 4 Dodge 42 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Sprint Cup Series 2010 2010 Aaron's 499 2010 Showtime Southern 500 collapsed Category:2010 in sports in Virginia Category:2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Category:May 2010 sports events in the United States 2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400