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2010 LifeLock.com 400
Race details[1][2][3]
Race 19 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date July 10, 2010 (2010-07-10)
Location Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois
Course Permanent racing facility
1.500 mi (2.414 km)
Distance 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.5 km)
Weather Sunny with a high around 84; wind out of the NNE at 8 mph.
Average speed 145.138 miles per hour (233.577 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
Time 29.421
Most laps led
Driver Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 92
Winner
No. 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing
Television in the United States
Network Turner Network Television
Announcers Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Kyle Petty

The 2010 LifeLock.com 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on July 10, 2010, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. It was the nineteenth race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The event began at 7:30 p.m. Local Time on TNT. It was broadcast on the radio station Motor Racing Network at 6:30 p.m. EDT.

Contested over 267 laps, the race had a total of four cautions and ten lead changes among seven different drivers. David Reutimann clinched his first and only cup victory of the season (along with his second and final career NASCAR Cup Series win) driving for Michael Waltrip Racing after starting seventh. Carl Edwards finished second and Jeff Gordon finished third.

Race report

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Background

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Chicagoland Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Chicagoland Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Atlanta Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead Miami Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway.[4] The standard track at Chicagoland Speedway is a four-turn tri-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. The track's turns are each banked at 18 degrees and have a turn width of 55 feet. The racetrack has a grandstand capacity of 75,000.[5]

Prior to the race, Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing led the Drivers' Championship with 2,684 points, 212 points ahead of Jeff Gordon in second. Behind them, Jimmie Johnson was third with 2,459 points, and Kurt Busch was fourth with 2,439 points, Denny Hamlin was fifth with 2,400 points. Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Burton, Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle rounded out the top ten in the Championship.[6] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 130 points, twenty points ahead of their rival Toyota. In the battle for third place, Dodge and Ford were tied with 78 points each.[7]

Practice and qualifying

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Jamie McMurray won the pole position with a time of 29.421.

Two practice sessions were held before the Saturday race—both on Friday. The first session lasted 105 minutes, and the evening session completed after 45 minutes. In the first practice session, Joe Nemechek was the quickest, ahead of the Chevrolet of Casey Mears and the Ford of David Stremme in second and third.[8] Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson followed in fourth and fifth.[8] In the second practice session, Juan Pablo Montoya was quickest, while Jamie McMurray and Greg Biffle followed in second and third.[9] Johnson and Carl Edwards rounded out the top five.[9]

During qualifying, forty-seven drivers were entered, but only the fastest forty-three raced because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure.[10] McMurray clinched his sixth pole position, with a time of 29.421.[11] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Johnson. Tony Stewart managed to qualify third, and Biffle qualified fourth. Sam Hornish Jr. qualified fifth and Gordon, David Reutimann, Paul Menard, Martin Truex Jr. and Montoya rounded off the top ten. The four drivers that failed to qualify for the race were J. J. Yeley, Dave Blaney, Michael McDowell, and Todd Bodine.[11]

Race

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The race, the nineteenth 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 TNT.[1] Conditions were sunny with a high 88 °F (31 °C), but there was a fifty percent chance of scattered thunderstorms in the area which could make the track potentially slippery later in the race.[12] Co-director of Raceway Windy City Ministries Glenn Spoolstra[13] began the pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation. Afterward, Jim Cornelison, the Chicago Blackhawks national anthem singer, performed the United States National Anthem while Duncan Keith gave the command to start engines.[12]

Jamie McMurray maintained the first position going through turns one and two, but Johnson, who had started second passed McMurray to lead the first lap. Two laps later, David Reutimann moved into sixth, after passing Sam Hornish Jr. After three laps, McMurray fell to fourth because of car handling problems. On lap 7, Tony Stewart passed Greg Biffle for the second position. Hornish Jr., who started fifth, had fallen seven positions to twelfth by lap 11. Carl Edwards, after starting eleventh, moved into eighth on lap 15. By lap 20, Johnson had a one-second lead over Stewart in second. Seven laps later, McMurray moved into third by passing Biffle.[12]

On lap 39, the first caution was brought out because David Stremme collided with the wall. Afterward, teams made their first pit stop. Johnson remained the leader, as Martin Truex Jr. moved to second for the restart. One lap later, McMurray moved into the second position. On lap 48, Jeff Gordon moved into the seventh position, after passing Juan Pablo Montoya and A. J. Allmendinger. On lap 60, Johnson had led more laps at the beginning of this race than any other in the season. Eight laps later, Truex Jr. and his teammate Reutimann were in the third and fourth positions. On lap 70, Stewart moved into the eight position, as Biffle moved into the top-ten. After seventy-two laps, Kyle Busch, who began in the thirty-third position, had moved to twenty-fifth. On lap 80, Montoya moved into seventh, by passing Biffle. By lap 88, five cars had gone to the garage area of the track, they were Landon Cassill, Casey Mears, Mike Bliss, Max Papis and Joe Nemechek.[12]

Two laps later, Johnson had a two-second lead over McMurray, as pit stops began. On lap 96, McMurray became the leader as Johnson came to pit road. After missing pit lane the first time, Johnson was scored in the third position two laps later. On lap 108, Johnson passed Truex Jr. for second, but he was still scored 1.1 seconds behind McMurray. Eight laps later, Reutimann passed Truex Jr. for the third position. Afterward on lap 120, Martin Truex Jr. continued to lose positions, as he fell to fourth after being passed by Jeff Gordon. Nine laps later, the second caution came out because of debris. The green flag waved for the restart on lap 136, with McMurray and Johnson in first and second. One lap later, Johnson got loose and spun sideways through the grass to bring out the third caution, but he retained no major damage. Johnson fell to the twenty-fourth position after having to make a pit stop under this caution.[12]

David Reutimann clinched his second career victory after the race.

On lap 140, McMurray restarted in the first position. Four laps later, Reutimann moved forward one position into third, after passing Truex Jr. Afterward, on lap 147, Truex Jr. lost two positions after being passed by Clint Bowyer and Jeff Burton. On lap 166, McMurray was passed by Gordon for the lead . Three laps later, Reutimann passed McMurray for the second position. On lap 174, Johnson came to pit lane after colliding with the wall. Four laps later, Stewart claimed the eighth position after passing Truex Jr. On lap 180, the fourth caution came out because Bill Elliott collided with the wall, as Robby Gordon careened into Elliott. Nine laps later, the green flag waved as Gordon led. On lap 192, Biffle began losing positions because of an engine failure.[12]

Two laps later, Kevin Harvick drove his race car to the garage area. On lap 197, it was said that Harvick's crew members were changing a fuel pump. On lap 212, Edwards passed McMurray for fourth. One lap later, Reutimann passed Gordon for the lead. Fifteen laps later, Biffle's engine failed. One lap later, Johnson made a scheduled green flag pit stop. On lap 233 Bowyer claimed the lead as Reutimann came to pit lane for a stop. Afterward, Edwards and Montoya led as green flag pit stops continued. Green flag pit stops finished on lap 236, after Reutimann reclaimed the lead. On lap 242 Edwards claimed the second position from Gordon. Reutimann remained the leader, and crossed the finish line first to clinch his second career victory in the Sprint Cup Series. Edwards finished second ahead of Gordon, Bowyer and McMurray.[12]

Classification

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Qualifying

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No. Driver Constructor Manufacturer Time (in seconds) Grid
1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.421 1
48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.463 2
14 Tony Stewart Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 29.528 3
16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.561 4
77 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 29.572 5
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.573 6
00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 29.575 7
98 Paul Menard Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 29.598 8
56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 29.598 9
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.630 10
99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.643 11
9 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 29.653 12
43 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 29.664 13
31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.674 14
33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.692 15
19 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 29.702 16
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.703 17
20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.727 18
39 Ryan Newman Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 29.733 19
09 Bobby Labonte Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 29.743 20
5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.766 21
2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 29.777 22
47 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 29.781 23
83 Reed Sorenson Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 29.783 24
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.785 25
6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.818 26
29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.823 27
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 29.846 28
21 Bill Elliott Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.868 29
12 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 29.936 30
13 Max Papis Germain Racing Toyota 29.945 31
71 Landon Cassill TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 29.955 32
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.968 33
17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.975 34
36 Casey Mears Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 29.983 35
26 David Stremme Latitude 43 Motorsports Ford 30.011 36
32 Mike Bliss Braun Racing Toyota 30.052 37
7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota 30.098 38
82 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 30.101 39
37 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.218 40
78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 30.263 41
34 Kevin Conway Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.529 42
38 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.110 43
Did not qualify
55 Michael McDowell Prism Motorsports Toyota 30.151
66 Dave Blaney Prism Motorsports Toyota 30.193
46 J. J. Yeley Whitney Motorsports Dodge 30.338
64 Todd Bodine Gunselman Motorsports Toyota 30.448
Source:[11]

Race results

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Pos Grid Car Driver Constructor Manufacturer Laps Points
1 7 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 267 190
2 11 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 175
3 6 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 170
4 15 33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 165
5 1 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 267 160
6 12 9 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 267 150
7 14 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 146
8 17 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 142
9 3 14 Tony Stewart Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 267 138
10 9 98 Paul Menard Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 267 134
11 8 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 267 130
12 26 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 127
13 34 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 124
14 13 43 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 267 121
15 21 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 118
16 10 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 267 120
17 33 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 112
18 30 12 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 266 109
19 18 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 266 106
20 41 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 266 103
21 16 19 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 266 100
22 19 39 Ryan Newman Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 266 97
23 25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 266 94
24 5 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 266 91
25 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 266 98
26 22 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 265 85
27 24 83 Reed Sorenson Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 265 82
28 23 47 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 265 79
29 20 09 Bobby Labonte Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 265 76
30 39 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 264 73
31 43 38 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 261 70
32 40 37 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 261 67
33 42 34 Kevin Conway Front Row Motorsports Ford 256 64
34 27 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 251 61
35 4 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 225 58
36 36 26 David Stremme Latitude 43 Motorsports Ford 184 55
37 29 21 Bill Elliott Wood Brothers Racing Ford 176 52
38 38 7 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota 174 49
39 32 71 Landon Cassill TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 73 46
40 35 36 Casey Mears Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 49 43
41 37 32 Mike Bliss Braun Racing Toyota 40 40
42 31 13 Max Papis Germain Racing Toyota 40 37
43 28 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 20 34
Sources:[14][15][16]

Standings after the race

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Kevin Harvick led the Driver's championship by 103 points after the race.
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos +/– Driver Points
1 Kevin Harvick 2,745
2 Jeff Gordon 2,642 (–103)
3 Jimmie Johnson 2,557 (–188)
4 1 Denny Hamlin 2,542 (–203)
5 1 Kurt Busch 2,524 (–221)
6 Kyle Busch 2,488 (–257)
7 1 Jeff Burton 2,465 (–280)
8 1 Matt Kenseth 2,446 (–299)
9 Tony Stewart 2,389 (–356)
10 2 Carl Edwards 2,345 (–400)
Sources: [17][18]
  • Note: Only the top twelve positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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  4. ^ "NASCAR Race Tracks". NASCAR. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
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  7. ^ "Manufactures' Championship Classification". Jayski.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  8. ^ a b "First Practice Times". NASCAR.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  9. ^ a b "Practice Two Times". NASCAR.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  10. ^ "Qualifying Order". NASCAR.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  11. ^ a b c "Qualifying Results (Race Lineup)". NASCAR.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g "Race Summary". NASCAR.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  13. ^ "Windy City Raceway Ministries provide for NASCAR fans". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  14. ^ "Race Results From Jayski". Jayski.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
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  16. ^ "Nascar Results". nbcsports.com: NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  17. ^ "Race information at Racing-Reference.info". Retrieved August 24, 2018.
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