2010 Aaron's 312

2010 Aaron's 312 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2010_Aaron%27s_312/B/ 2010 Aaron's 312 April 25, 2010 8 35 Talladega Superspeedway.svg Map of Speedway 2010 04 25 2010 Aaron's 312 Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama Permanent racing facility 2.66 4.28 120 319 513.381 117 311.2 500.83 Partly Cloudy 157.630 mph km/h on 71,500 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. 51.106 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. 51 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing ESPN2 Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree The 2010 Aaron's 312 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. The race was a double-header to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that took place earlier on the same day due to rain that occurred the day before. The race was the 8th of the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. Kevin Harvick won the pole and led the most laps but the race was won by Brad Keselowski who made a last lap pass after a spectacular last lap crash.https://www.spokesman.com/blogs/keepingpace/2010/apr/26/keselowski-wins-nationwide-race-talladega/ Keselowski wins Nationwide race at Talladega April 26, 2010 Background thumb|left|Talladega Superspeedway, the race track where the race was held. The track, Talladega Superspeedway, is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Daytona International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Michigan International Speedway.NASCAR Race Tracks http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ April 29, 2012 NASCAR dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110207161158/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ February 7, 2011 The standard track at the speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.66 mi km long.NASCAR Tracks — The Talladega Superspeedway http://www.talladegasuperspeedway.com/This-Is-Talladega/Track-Facts.aspx Talladega Superspeedway May 6, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090827144403/http://www.talladegasuperspeedway.com/This-Is-Talladega/Track-Facts.aspx August 27, 2009 The track's turns are banked at thirty-three degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch has a two-degree banking. Talladega Superspeedway can seat up to 143,231 people.Talladega http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/tal/ April 29, 2012 NASCAR dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101115200255/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/tal/ November 15, 2010 Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver #DriverTeamMake 0 Chrissy Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1 James Buescher (R) Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 04 Jeremy Clements JD Motorsports Chevrolet 05 Willie Allen Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 7 Steve Arpin JR Motorsports Chevrolet 09 Patrick Sheltra RAB Racing Ford 10 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota 11 Brian Scott (R) Braun Racing Toyota 12 Justin Allgaier Penske Racing Dodge 15 Michael Annett Germain Racing Toyota 16 Colin Braun (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 23 Robert Richardson Jr. R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 24 Eric McClure Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 26 Brian Keselowski K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 27 Scott Wimmer Baker Curb Racing Ford 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 32 Brian Vickers Braun Racing Toyota 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 34 Tony Raines TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 35 Jason Keller TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 40 Jeff Green Key Motorsports Chevrolet 42 Parker Kligerman Team 42 Racing Dodge 43 Scott Lagasse Jr. Baker Curb Racing Ford 49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 52 Donnie Neuenberger Means Racing Chevrolet 56 Kevin Lepage Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 61 Josh Wise Specialty Racing Ford 62 Brendan Gaughan Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet 73 Derrike Cope Stratus Racing Group Inc. Dodge 75 Bobby Gerhart Bob Schacht Motorsports Chevrolet 81 Michael McDowell MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 83 Johnny Borneman III Borneman Motorsports Dodge 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Jamie McMurray JR Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 92 Dennis Setzer K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 98 Paul Menard Roush Fenway Racing Ford 99 Trevor Bayne Diamond-Waltrip Racing ToyotaOfficial Entry List Qualifying Kevin Harvick won the pole with a time of 51.106 and a speed of 187.375.https://www.al.com/blogoftomorrow/2010/04/kevin_harvick_wins_the_pole_fo_1.html Kevin Harvick wins the pole for Aaron's 312 Nationwide race April 23, 2010 Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed 1 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 51.106 187.375 2 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 51.552 185.754 3 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 51.713 185.176 4 7 Steve Arpin JR Motorsports Chevrolet 51.723 185.140 5 70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet 51.730 185.115 6 10 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota 51.765 184.990 7 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 51.811 184.826 8 98 Paul Menard Roush Fenway Racing Ford 51.845 184.704 9 42 Parker Kligerman Team 42 Racing Dodge 51.847 184.697 10 26 Brian Keselowski** K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 51.856 184.665 11 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 51.901 184.505 12 1 James Buescher (R) Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 51.962 184.289 13 16 Colin Braun (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 51.965 184.278 14 21 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 51.969 184.264 15 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 51.980 184.225 16 75 Bobby Gerhart Bob Schacht Motorsports Chevrolet 51.984 184.211 17 11 Brian Scott (R) Braun Racing Toyota 52.000 184.154 18 0 Chrissy Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 52.000 184.154 19 12 Justin Allgaier Penske Racing Dodge 52.058 183.949 20 43 Scott Lagasse Jr.** Baker Curb Racing Ford 52.083 183.860 21 92 Dennis Setzer K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 52.112 183.758 22 09 Patrick Sheltra RAB Racing Ford 52.126 183.709 23 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 52.142 183.652 24 52 Donnie Neuenberger Means Racing Chevrolet 52.156 183.603 25 32 Brian Vickers Braun Racing Toyota 52.202 183.441 26 88 Jamie McMurray JR Motorsports Chevrolet 52.228 183.350 27 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 52.252 183.266 28 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 52.267 183.213 29 15 Michael Annett Germain Racing Toyota 52.279 183.171 30 35 Jason Keller TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 52.286 183.147 31 83 Johnny Borneman III Borneman Motorsports Dodge 52.324 183.014 32 81 Michael McDowell MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 52.335 182.975 33 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 52.372 182.846 34 27 Scott Wimmer Baker Curb Racing Ford 52.426 182.657 35 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 52.443 182.598 36 62 Brendan Gaughan Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 52.498 182.407 37 34 Tony Raines TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 52.580 182.122 38 28 Kenny Wallace* Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 52.697 181.718 39 99 Trevor Bayne* Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota 52.884 181.076 40 24 Eric McClure* Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 52.926 180.932 41 23 Robert Richardson Jr.* R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 53.170 180.102 42 40 Jeff Green* ** Key Motorsports Chevrolet 53.173 180.091 43 49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 52.327 183.003Failed to Qualify, driver changes, or withdrew 44 56 Kevin Lepage Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 52.471 182.501 45 05 Willie Allen Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet 52.502 182.393 46 04 Jeremy Clements JD Motorsports Chevrolet 52.522 182.324 47 61 Josh Wise Specialty Racing Ford 52.562 182.185 48 73 Derrike Cope Straus Racing Group Inc. Dodge 52.677 181.787Official Starting Lineup * - Made the field via owner's points ** - Brian Keselowski, Jeff Green, and Scott Lagasse Jr. had to start at the rear of the field. Keselowski and Lagasse Jr. pitted before the green flag and Green had an engine change. Race Pole sitter Kevin Harvick led the first lap of the race. On lap 8, Carl Edwards took the lead but Harvick took it back on the next lap. Edwards would take the lead on lap 12 with a push from Jamie McMurray. But on the next lap, McMurray took the lead from Edwards with a push from Harvick. On lap 20, the first of three big ones in the race would occur in the tri-oval that collected 13 cars. It started when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was pushing Carl Edwards and Stenhouse hit Edwards at the wrong angle turning Edwards around and Edwards spun up right in front of the pack where he was nearly T-boned by Mike Wallace. The cars involved were Mike Wallace, Patrick Sheltra, James Buescher, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Reed Sorenson, Michael Annett, Colin Braun, Clint Bowyer, Jason Leffler, Mark Green, Carl Edwards, Brendan Gaughan, and Steve Wallace. Kevin Harvick won the race off of pit road making him the new race leader. The race restarted on lap 29. On the restart, Kyle Busch took the lead from Harvick. Harvick would take the lead on lap 30 due to Busch and his drafting partner Brad Keselowski getting too far ahead of the pack and losing the draft causing them to lose momentum. On lap 31, Jamie McMurray took the lead from Harvick. Kyle Busch took the lead on lap 35. McMurray would take it back on the next lap. Brad Keselowski took the lead on lap 39. On lap 41, Joey Logano took the lead. On lap 44, McMurray took the lead but Keselowski would take it on the next lap. On lap 47, the second caution flew when Carl Edwards blew a right rear tire in turn 2 and almost caused another big crash as he spun in front of the pack. Fortunately, it was only Edwards who was involved. During pit stops, Joey Logano dragged his gas can out of his pit box and onto the racetrack which would be a very costly penalty for Logano. Eric McClure stayed out and he led the field to the restart on lap 51. Brad Keselowski would immeadeatly take the lead from McClure. But on that same lap, Patrick Sheltra took the lead from Keselowski. On lap 54, Brian Scott took the lead from Sheltra. On lap 55, Brad Keselowski took the lead. On lap 58, Kevin Harvick took the lead. On lap 59, Jamie McMurray took the lead. On lap 60, Kyle Busch took the lead from McMurray. Final laps With 48 laps to go, Paul Menard took the lead from Busch. With 46 to go, Kyle Busch took the lead from Menard. With 42 to go, Brad Keselowski took the lead. With 40 to go, Paul Menard took the lead from Keselowski. With 37 laps to go, Kevin Harvick took the lead and held onto it. With 30 to go, green flag pitstops began. With 25 to go, Kevin Harvick gave up the lead to Brendan Gaughan to make his pitstop and Gaughan was the new race leader. While they were coming to pit road, Kyle Busch got rear ended by Patrick Sheltra giving Busch rear end damage and ending his chances of winning. Gaughan soon gave it to Robert Richardson Jr. with 24 to go. After everything cycled through, Kevin Harvick retained his lead. Harvick was looking to become the first driver to win a NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series race on the same day since Harvick won the Cup race earlier in the day. With 6 laps to go, Brad Keselowski made an attempt to pass Harvick for the lead but could not get in front of him. But with 4 laps to go, the third caution flew for the second big one on the frontstretch going into turn 1 that collected 7 cars. It started when Colin Braun got hooked by Steve Arpin and Braun turned down into Parker Kligerman in a wreck that also collected Arpin, Kyle Busch, Scott Lagasse Jr., Shelby Howard, and Morgan Shepherd. The wreck would set up a green-white-checkered finish. On the restart Harvick got out in front of Jamie McMurray, who Harvick beat in the earlier Cup race by .011 seconds, with a push from his Cup Series teammate Clint Bowyer. On the final lap, Harvick kept his lead but McMurray was looking for revenge and got a push from Brian Vickers down the backstretch and got side by side with Harvick. Vickers tried to duck below McMurray to pass him but McMurray blocked Vickers. But in turn 3, Brad Keselowski ducked to the outside of McMurray and Harvick with a push by Joey Logano and Keselowski took the lead from Harvick and McMurray. In turn 4, the third big one would occur that brought out the fourth and final caution in a crash that took out 20 cars. It started when Jamie McMurray attempted to get in front of Clint Bowyer but got hooked onto Bowyer's right front and spun in front of the pack. During the wreck, Paul Menard came up in front of Dennis Setzer and Setzer's car ramped onto Menard and the wall and struck the turn 4 catchfence with the front of the car ripping almost the whole front of the car and bursting it into flames. Setzer and everyone were ok. The cars involved were Chrissy Wallace, Steve Arpin, Patrick Sheltra, Brian Scott, Justin Allgaier, Clint Bowyer, Eric McClure, Scott Wimmer, Kenny Wallace, Brian Vickers, Tony Raines, Jeff Green, Scott Lagasse Jr., Brendan Gaughan, Bobby Gerhart, Michael McDowell, Jamie McMurray, Dennis Setzer, Paul Menard, and Trevor Bayne. Brad Keselowski was in front when the caution came out and he was the race winner. The win would be Keselowski's first of 6 wins in 2010 en route to his first Nationwide Series Championship. The top 10 from the race featured some surprises. Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Jason Keller, and Johnny Borneman III rounded out the top 5 while Clint Bowyer, Tony Raines, Paul Menard, Brian Vickers, and Brian Scott rounded out the top 10. This would be Keller's first top 5 finish since 2008 and his final top 5 of his Nationwide Series career after he failed to qualify 3 of the first 7 races of 2010 with a 4th-place finish. Keller's teammate Tony Raines finished 7th giving owner Mark Smith, the owner of TriStar Motorsports, his first top 5 and top 10 finish of the team's Nationwide Series career. Raines would score another top 10 at Gateway later in the year for Smith. This would be Johnny Borneman III's first and only top 5 finish of his Nationwide Series career as he finished in 5th.https://frontstretch.com/2010/04/25/nns-2010-aarons-312-talladega/ Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2010 Aaron’s 312 at Talladega April 25, 2010 Race results Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points 1 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 120 11 running 140 2 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 120 3 running 175 3 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 120 51 running 175 4 35 Jason Keller TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 120 0 running 160 5 83 Johnny Borneman III Borneman Motorsports Dodge 120 0 running 155 6 21 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 120 0 running 150 7 34 Tony Raines TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 120 0 running 146 8 98 Paul Menard Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 120 5 running 147 9 32 Brian Vickers Braun Racing Toyota 120 0 running 138 10 11 Brian Scott (R) Braun Racing Toyota 120 1 running 139 11 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 120 0 running 130 12 27 Scott Wimmer Baker Curb Racing Ford 120 1 running 132 13 99 Trevor Bayne Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota 120 0 running 124 14 88 Jamie McMurray JR Motorsports Chevrolet 119 21 crash 126 15 12 Justin Allgaier Penske Racing Dodge 119 0 crash 118 16 40 Jeff Green Key Motorsports Chevrolet 119 0 crash 115 17 92 Dennis Setzer K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 119 0 crash 112 18 09 Patrick Sheltra RAB Racing Ford 119 3 crash 114 19 70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet 119 0 running 106 20 23 Robert Richardson Jr. R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 119 1 running 108 21 43 Scott Lagasse Jr. Baker Curb Racing Ford 119 0 running 100 22 24 Eric McClure Team Rensi Racing Ford 119 2 running 102 23 81 Michael McDowell MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 119 0 running 94 24 0 Chrissy Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 119 0 running 91 25 75 Bobby Gerhart Bob Schacht Motorsports Chevrolet 118 0 crash 88 26 7 Steve Arpin JR Motorsports Chevrolet 118 0 crash 85 27 62 Brendan Gaughan Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 118 2 crash 87 28 49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 118 0 running 79 29 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 118 0 running 76 30 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 118 0 running 73 31 42 Parker Kligerman Team 42 Racing Dodge 113 0 crash 70 32 16 Colin Braun (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 113 0 crash 67 33 26 Brian Keselowski K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 113 1 running 69 34 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 111 16 crash 66 35 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 110 2 running 63 36 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 overheating 55 37 1 James Buescher (R) Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 45 0 crash 52 38 52 Donnie Neuenberger Means Racing Chevrolet 42 0 engine 49 39 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 23 0 crash 46 40 10 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota 20 0 crash 43 41 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 20 0 crash 40 42 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 20 0 crash 37 43 15 Michael Annett Germain Racing Toyota 20 0 crash 34Official Race results References 2010 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 2010 Bubba Burger 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2010 Category:2010 in sports in Alabama Category:NASCAR races at Talladega Superspeedway Category:May 2010 sports events in the United States