2010 Kobalt Tools 500 (Atlanta)

the fall race held at Phoenix International Raceway 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 (Phoenix) March 2012 March 2026 NAS Kobalt Tools 500 http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2010-03-05-atlanta-qualifying_N.htm Dale Earnhardt Wins Pole March 5, 2010 April 17, 2010 USA Today Gannett Companyhttp://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nascar-20100308,0,4742484.story Kurt Busch Wins 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 March 7, 2010 Associated Press Associated Press June 23, 2012 Los Angeles Times Tribune Company https://web.archive.org/web/20100326184551/http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nascar-20100308%2C0%2C4742484.story March 26, 2010 dead http://racing-reference.info/race/2010_Kobalt_Tools_500/W 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 Racing-reference Yardbarker August 8, 2014 2010 03 7 2010 4 36 Atlanta Motor Speedway.svg Atlanta Motor Speedway Kobalt Tools 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia 1.54 2.48 341 525.14 845.13 325 500.5 805.476 Temperatures reaching up to 62.1 F C; wind speeds around 8.9 mph km/h.http://m.almanac.com/weather/history/GA/Hampton/2010-03-07 Weather information for the 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 (Atlanta) The Old Farmer's Almanac August 6, 2014August 2026 InternetArchiveBot 131.297 mi/h Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports 28.761 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports 143 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Fox Broadcasting Company Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds The 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia on March 7, 2010. The race had 13 different leaders, 33 lead changes, and 10 cautions.http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/raceTrax?gameId=20100307029&state=RACE Race Information Fox Sports March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329062528/http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/raceTrax?gameId=20100307029&state=RACE March 29, 2010 live During the race, Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski collided, sending Keselowski airborne, subsequently crashing on his side door. Following his collision with Keselowski, Edwards was put under a three-race probation beginning in the 2010 Food City 500. Kurt Busch won the race, finishing ahead of Matt Kenseth and Juan Pablo Montoya, who finished second and third respectively. Race report Background thumb|200px|left|Atlanta Motor Speedway, the race track where the race was held. Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR-sanctioned races.NASCAR Race Tracks http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ August 26, 2010 NASCAR https://web.archive.org/web/20100815005030/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ August 15, 2010 dead The standard track at Atlanta Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.54 mi km long.NASCAR Tracks—The Atlanta Motor Speedway http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/media/facts/ Atlanta Motor Speedway August 26, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100903133543/http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/media/facts/ September 3, 2010 dead The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at five. Practices and qualifying thumb|left|250 px|Polesitter Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2008. In the first round of practice, the five fastest drivers were Mark Martin, Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman, and Juan Pablo Montoya.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/4/data/practice1_speeds.html Practice 1 Results NASCAR March 5, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100307175645/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/4/data/practice1_speeds.html March 7, 2010 live During qualifying, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole with a lap of 28.761 seconds while Kyle Busch, Montoya, Mark Martin, and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top five.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/4/data/lineup.html Qualifying Results March 5, 2010 NASCAR March 6, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100307050031/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/4/data/lineup.html March 7, 2010 There were only three drivers, Aric Almirola, Casey Mears, and Terry Cook, who failed to qualify. In the second practice session, Jimmie Johnson, Martin, Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch, and Kahne were the fastest.http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/4/data/practice2_speeds.html Practice 2 Results March 6, 2010 NASCAR March 6, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100326034413/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/4/data/practice2_speeds.html March 26, 2010 live During Happy Hour (final practice), the five fastest cars were driven by Martin, Earnhardt Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Paul Menard, and David Ragan;http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/4/data/practice3_speeds.html Happy Hour Results NASCAR March 6, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100307221328/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2010/4/data/practice3_speeds.html March 7, 2010 live the session had one red flag when Greg Biffle collided with the wall.http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2010/preview/practice/03/06/cup_atl_high_prac_one.nascar/index.html Greg Biffle Hits the Wall (video) NASCAR March 6, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100408030145/http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2010/preview/practice/03/06/cup_atl_high_prac_one.nascar/index.html April 8, 2010 live Race summary During prerace events, Elliot Yancey gave the invocation and country singer and Tenacity recording artist Mark Wills performed the national anthem. David Vaughn Jr. gave the command to start engines.http://www.nascar.com/2010/races/lapbylap/03/07/lap.by.lap.atlanta/index.html Race Summary (lap-by-lap) NASCAR March 7, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100310032247/http://www.nascar.com/2010/races/lapbylap/03/07/lap.by.lap.atlanta/index.html March 10, 2010 live The race began at 1:18 pm EST with Earnhardt Jr. leading the field to the green flag. After the start, Kyle Busch passed Earnhardt Jr. to take the lead. The first yellow flag came out on lap 4 due to the explosion of Robby Gordon's tire, leading Gordon to hit the wall. Gordon walked away uninjured. Kyle Busch led the field back to the green flag on the restart, but was passed by Kasey Kahne on lap 14. On lap 34, another caution was given as David Ragan's right front tire was deflating. On lap 40, Kahne led the field to the green flag; on the same lap, the third caution came out when Carl Edwards was clipped by Brad Keselowski and ran up the track to bump into Joey Logano. Also on the same lap, Kyle Busch passed Kahne to steal the lead. Busch then led the field until lap 48, when he was passed again by Kahne. Kahne led for an additional 30 laps until the fourth yellow flag was brought out because of debris in turn four. On pit road, Kurt Busch passed Kasey Kahne by beating everyone to the line, which meant Busch would lead the field to the green flag. After a 36-lap green flag run, the fifth caution came out when Mark Martin spun out in the grass. Kurt Busch led the drivers to the green flag after the caution. On lap 148, Denny Hamlin passed Kurt Busch for the lead. Ten laps later, the sixth caution was called because Logano had a deflating tire. Hamlin maintained his lead by beating everyone off pit road, and thus led the field to the green flag on lap 164. thumb|right|250px|Race winner Kurt Busch (pictured in 2015) On lap 172, Juan Pablo Montoya passed Hamlin for the lead, but his lead did not last for long as Kahne passed him three laps later. During green flag pit stops from lap 200 to lap 219, Hamlin, Jeff Burton, Bill Elliott, and Kahne all exchanged the lead, with Kahne regaining the lead after the pit stops. On lap 224, the seventh caution came out again because of debris, this time on the front stretch. Kahne again led the field to the green flag on the restart, but his lead was cut short by Kurt Busch who passed him on lap 230. After 14 laps, Kahne again led until his green flag pit stop on lap 277. After the pit stop, the leader was Kahne until lap 288, when the eighth caution came out because Hamlin blew a tire. Kurt Busch led the field to the green flag; on the same lap, the ninth caution came out as Max Papis and Elliott Sadler collided with the wall. Only a few cars pitted, and Kurt Busch led the field to the green flag on the restart. On lap 323, Edwards, who was 150 laps down at the time,http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2010-03-09-carl-edwards-penalty_N.htm Carl Edwards gets three-race probation for Keselowski crash Ryan Nate USA Today Gannett Company March 10, 2010 August 8, 2014 was angered enough with the previous contact with Keselowski to desire revenge. Edwards got retaliation for his incident with Keselowski a lap later by spinning him out on the front stretch. Keselowski turned airborne, barrel-rolled once (despite both roof flaps on his car deploying), and crashed on the driver's side door on the catch-fence. The crash was instantly described by NASCAR on Fox commentators Mike Joy and Darrell Waltrip as being eerily similar to the finish of the 2009 Aaron's 499 at Talladega the year before, when Keselowski turned Edwards into the catch fencing in the tri-oval on the last lap to win the race, causing Edwards to get airborne. Keselowski hurt his leg during the crash and his pain was evident as he limped to the ambulance. After a few caution laps, Edwards was black flagged, parked for the rest of the race and ordered to the NASCAR hauler after NASCAR discovered radio communications from Edwards that he intentionally turned Keselowski. Expressing his anger, he drove backwards down pit road in defiance as he entered the garage.http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2010/post_race/highlights/03/07/cup_atl_high_two.nascar/index.html Brad Keselowski Goes Airborne! (video) NASCAR March 7, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100310025049/http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2010/post_race/highlights/03/07/cup_atl_high_two.nascar/index.html March 10, 2010 live Edwards would later receive a three race probation for his actions.http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/03/09/cedwards.probation.bkeselowski/index.html NASCAR places Edwards on three-race probation NASCAR March 10, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100311193439/http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/03/09/cedwards.probation.bkeselowski/index.html March 11, 2010 dead mdy As the crash happened with 3 laps remaining, the race was extended according to NASCAR's green–white–checkered finish policy. Clint Bowyer led the field to the green flag on lap 331; however, he did not get the white flag under green, as the eleventh caution came out for a six car crash in turn 3, which included Jamie McMurray, Bowyer, Kyle Busch, Martin, Truex Jr., and Hamlin. There was also a lead change on the same lap, with Kurt Busch passing Bowyer and Paul Menard. Kurt Busch continued to hold off Matt Kenseth to win his first race of the year. This race also marked as the longest race in Atlanta Motor Speedway history, as the race was extended to 341 laps total, surpassing the 330 laps of the previous year's Kobalt Tools 500. Race results Pos Car Driver Team Make 12 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 217 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 342 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 49 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 598 Paul Menard Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 643 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 783 Brian Vickers Red Bull Racing Toyota 816 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 929 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1082 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Toyota 1147 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 1248 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1314 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas RacingChevrolet 1478 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 1588 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1621 Bill Elliott Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1739 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 1824 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1919 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 2031 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2111 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2271 Bobby Labonte TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 2333 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2436 Mike Bliss Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 2518 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2638 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 2756 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 2877 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 291 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 3034 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 3137 Kevin ConwayFront Row Motorsports Ford 3226 Boris Said Latitude 43 Motorsports Ford 335 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3413 Max Papis Germain Racing Toyota 3520 Joey LoganoJoe Gibbs Racing Toyota 3612 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 376 David RaganRoush Fenway Racing Ford 3887 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 3999 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 4000 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 4166 Dave Blaney Prism Motorsports Toyota 4255 Michael McDowell Prism Motorsports Toyota 437 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports ToyotaSource:http://www.cbssports.com/nascar/racecenter/CUP/2010/029/kobalt-tools-500-at-atlanta-atlanta-motor-speedway Cup Race Results April 18, 2010 CBS Sportshttp://www.autoweek.com/article/20100307/NASCAR/100309938 Kurt Wins Race Al Pearce April 18, 2010 Autoweek https://web.archive.org/web/20100414005038/http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100307/NASCAR/100309938 April 14, 2010 dead References 2 Sprint Cup Series 2010 2010 Shelby American 2010 Food City 500 collapsed Kobalt Tools 500 (Atlanta) Kobalt Tools 500 (Atlanta) Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Kobalt Tools 500 (Atlanta)