2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400
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The 2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car 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 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.
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Race 10 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Date | May 1, 2010 (2010-May-01) | ||
Official name | Crown Royal 400 | ||
Location | Richmond International Raceway Richmond, Virginia | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.20 km) | ||
Distance | 400 laps, 300 mi (483 km) | ||
Weather | Partly cloudy and mild | ||
Average speed | 111 miles per hour (179 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
Time | 21.247 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
Laps | 226 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds |
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.