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Richmond International Raceway
Crown Royal Presents The Heath Calhoun 400
May 1, 2010
Kyle Busch wins at Richmond: #18-Kyle Busch led the most laps [226] and made a late race pass of #24-Gordon on a restart and won the Crown Royal Presents The Heath Calhoun 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway for his 1st race of 2010, his first win in 21 races and 17th of his career. It was the first Sprint Cup Series win for crew chief Dave Rogers. Busch is the first pole sitter to win a race in 2010. #24-Gordon hel on to 2nd, followed by #29-Harvick, #31-Burton, #99-Edwards, #42-Montoya, #56-Truex Jr., #39-Newman, #47-Ambrose and #48-Johnson. Harvick takes the points lead by 10 points over Johnson. There were 12 lead changes among 8 drivers and 6 cautions for 37 yellow flag laps.
See race results, awards, laps led and more on Jayski's Richmond Race Results/Awards page.(5-1-2010)
2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Richmond, race 10 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #29-Kevin Harvick [1 win], 1467
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins] 1457, -10
3) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 1358, -109
4) #17-Matt Kenseth, 1348, -119
5) #16-Greg Biffle, 1334, -133
6) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1305, -162
7) #11-Denny Hamlin [2 wins], 1268, -199
8) #2-Kurt Busch [1 win], 1255, -212
9) #31-Jeff Burton, 1247, -220
10) #5-Mark Martin, 1242, -225
11) #99-Carl Edwards, 1227, -240
12) #33-Clint Bowyer, 1213, -254
Chase for the Sprint Cup - Contenders:
13) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1209, 4 points out of the chase
14) #56-Martin Truex Jr, 1196, -17
15) #14-Tony Stewart, 1160, -53
2009 Chase Drivers not in top 15
16) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 1142, 71 points out of the chase
18) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 1109, -104
22) #9-Kasey Kahne, 1026, -187
24) #83-Brian Vickers, 1019, -194
See standings on Jayski's Drivers Points Standings page.(5-1-2010)
Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Darlington:
Changes: #38-Conway drops out of the top35 and #37-Gilliland moves back in and has a guaranteed spot at Darlington. so do the drivers swap rides again to make sure Conway will run the race?
32) #78-Smith/Furniture Row: 807, +85
33) #7-Gordon/RGM/BAM: 800, +47
34) #34-Kvapil/Front Row: 792, +39
35) #37-Gilliland/Front Row: 769, 16 points ahead of 36th
these teams/ drivers must qualify by speed:
36) #38-Conway/Front Row: 753, 16 points out of 35th
37) #26-Stremme/Latitude43: 615, -154
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
For the owner points standings, see my Owners Points Standings page.(5-1-2010)
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP
SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 10 CROWN ROYAL PRESENTS THE HEATH CALHOUN 400 .750-Mile Oval 400 L – 300 M – Purse: $5,034,763 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Fin. Str. Car NSCS Bonus Driver Pos Pos No. Driver Team Laps Points Points Rating Winnings Status___ 1 1 18 Kyle Busch M&M's
2 4 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 400 175 *5 134.6 198,151 Running 3 7 29 Kevin Harvick Reese's Chevrolet 400 170 *5 118.0 171,676 Running 4 17 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar
Chevrolet 400 165 *5 114.7 146,340 Running 5 28 99 Carl Edwards Scotts
EZ Seed Ford 400 160 *5 96.6 145,373 Running 6 19 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 400 150 105.5 135,231 Running 7 26 56 Martin Truex Jr. 8 5 39 Ryan Newman 9 20 47 Marcos Ambrose Bush's
Best Baked Beans/Kingsford 10 3 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools
Chevrolet 400 134 100.9 131,578 Running 11 30 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Ground 12 10 33 Clint
Bowyer BB&T Chevrolet 400 127 105.1 84,975 Running 13 21 17 Matt
Kenseth Crown
Royal Ford 400 124 78.7 121,201 Running 14 6 12 Brad
Keselowski Penske
Dodge 400 121 82.6 102,210 Running 15 2 00 David
Reutimann Aaron's
Dream Machine 16 23 20 Joey
Logano The Home Depot 17 15 43 AJ Allmendinger Valvoline Ford 400 112 74.8 109,676 Running 18 16 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 400 109 79.8 114,673 Running 19 8 1 Jamie
McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker
Boats Chevrolet 399 106 90.4 106,054 Running 20 9 83 Brian
Vickers Red Bull 21 22 9 Kasey
Kahne Budweiser
25th Anniversary Ford 399 100 75.2 112,365 Running 22 33 16 Greg
Biffle 3M
Ford 399 97 57.7 79,800 Running 23 18 14 Tony
Stewart Office Depot/Old
Spice Chevrolet 399 99 *5 58.9 108,623 Running 24 35 6 David
Ragan UPS Ford 399 91 56.9 79,350 Running 25 14 5 Mark
Martin Hendrickcars.com/GoDaddy.com
Chevrolet 399 88 71.8 87,450 Running 26 13 36 Casey
Mears H.D. Segar Inc.
Insurance Chevrolet 399 85 57.6 67,325 Running 27 32 98 Paul
Menard Schrock/Menards
Ford 398 82 60.5 78,475 Running 28 37 7 Robby
Gordon BAMVIP.com/James
Otto/Whitney Duncan Toyota 398 79 54.0 87,323 Running 29 39 26 David
Stremme Air
National Guard Ford 398 76 43.5 79,025 Running 30 29 78 Regan
Smith Furniture Row Racing
Chevrolet 398 73 49.8 77,750 Running 31 40 37 David
Gilliland Taco 32 25 88 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/AMP
Energy Chevrolet 397 67 67.8 76,975 Running 33 31 71 Bobby
Labonte TRG
Motorsports Chevrolet 397 64 43.7 67,300 Running 34 38 34 Travis
Kvapil Long
John Silver's Ford 396 61 37.2 66,225 Running 35 12 82 Scott
Speed Red Bull 36 27 77 Sam
Hornish Jr. Mobil
1 Dodge 387 55 50.2 73,950 Accident 37 42 38 Kevin
Conway # Extenze
Ford 387 52 29.4 86,585 Running 38 24 19 Elliott
Sadler Reynolds Ford 385 49 41.1 73,700 Running 39 41 46 Terry
Cook # The
Atlantic Company Dodge 92 46 31.0 65,550 Rear Gear 40 36 09 Mike
Bliss 41 34 32 Reed
Sorenson Braun Racing 42 43 64 Tony
Raines Gunselman
Motorsports 43 11 87 Joe
Nemechek NEMCO
Motorsports # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (3) #55 Michael
McDowell, #13 Max Papis, #66 Dave Blaney. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 93,000, Busch won the Crown Royal Presents The
Heath Calhoun 400, his 17th NASCAR Sprint Cup victory. TIME
OF RACE:
3 hours, 00 minutes, 47 seconds
AVERAGE
SPEED: 99.567 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.755 seconds COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (127.077 mph. 21.247 secs.) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Dave Rogers (crew chief for Kyle Busch) GOODYEAR GATORBACK BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD: Kyle Busch (124.746 mph, Lap 2) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE
RACE AWARD: Kyle Busch MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: Juan Pablo Montoya MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Frank Kerr (crew chief for Marcos Ambrose) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $110,000 at O’REILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION
IMPROVEMENT AWARD: Carl Edwards (23
places) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Conway SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kyle Busch TISSOT
“ WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kyle Busch (226 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 6 cautions for 37
laps. [Beneficiary] 45-49 (#87-Accident Turn 3 [82]); 155-160 (Debris
Backstretch [48]); 172-176 (Debris Backstretch [56]); 368-377 (#19-Spin Frontstretch [12]); 381-385 (#6 & 77-Accident Turn 1
[20]); 390-395 (#77-Accident Backstretch [2]). LAP LEADERS: 12 lead changes
among 8 drivers. Ky. Busch 1-140, J. Gordon 141-144, Ky. Busch 145-172, Newman
173-176, Ky. Busch 177-229, Burton 230-249, J. Gordon 250-266, Harvick 267, Truex 268, Edwards
269-270, Stewart 271-272, J. Gordon 273-395, Ky. Busch 396-400. ++Rollover
money awarded at year’s end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Kevin Harvick 1,467 (1) 2 –Jimmie Johnson 1,457 (3) 3 –Kyle Busch 1,358 (1) 4 –Matt Kenseth 1,348 (0) 5 –Greg Biffle 1,334 (0) 6 –Jeff Gordon 1,305 (0) 7 –Denny Hamlin 1,268 (2) 8 –Kurt Busch 1,255 (1) 9 –Jeff
Burton 1,247 (0) 10–Mark Martin 1,242 (0) 11–Carl Edwards 1,227 (0) 12–Clint Bowyer 1,213 (0) O’REILLY AUTO PARTS
POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD Car # Pts. Kevin Harvick (#29) 2 Kyle Busch (#18) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER OF RACE AWARD Car
# Pts. Gil Martin (#29) 1 Steve Addington (# 2) 1 Todd Berrier (#31) 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kevin Conway 99 Terry Cook 37 MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (# 2) 4 Juan Pablo Montoya (#42) 2 Jamie McMurray (# 1) 2 Pts Wins Chevrolet 76 6 Ford 46 0 Dodge 41 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Denny Hamlin (#11) 2 Kevin Harvick (#29) 1 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Greg Biffle (#16) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Hendrick (#48) 104 Earnhardt/Childress (#29) 95 Penske (# 2) 71 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Tony Stewart (#14) 2 DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Gil Martin (#29) 3 Dave Rogers (#18) 2 Brian Pattie (#42) 2 TISSOT “ Car # Pts. Martin Truex Jr. (#56) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD Kyle Busch 1 Kurt Busch 1 Mark Martin 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Tony Stewart 1 Joey Logano 1 Jamie McMurray 1 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Number 10
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 93,000, Kyle Busch won the CROWN ROYAL Presents The Heath Calhoun 400, his 17th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. To start the race, no cars dropped to rear of the field. Failed to Qualify: (3) 55 Michael McDowell, 13 Max Papis, 66 Dave Blaney. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 00 Mins, 47 Secs. Caution Flags: 6 for 37 laps: Laps: 45-49 (#87 Accident Turn 3 [82]); 155-160 (Debris Backstretch [48]); 172-176 (Debris Backstretch [56]); 368-377 (#19 Spun Frontstretch [12]); 381-385 (#6, 77 Accident Turn 1 [20]); 390-395 (#77 Accident Backstretch [2]). Lead Changes: 12 among 8 drivers: Kyle Busch 1-140; J. Gordon 141-144; Kyle Busch 145-172; R. Newman 173-176; Kyle Busch 177-229; J. Burton 230-249; J. Gordon 250-266; K. Harvick 267; M. Truex Jr. 268; C. Edwards 269-270; T. Stewart 271-272; J. Gordon 273-395; Kyle Busch 396-400. Coors Light Pole Award : Kyle Busch, #18 127.077 mph NASCAR PR used with permission
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