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2010 Finish
Finish	Driver	Start	Finish	Driver	Start
1	Denny Hamlin	14	6	Clint Bowyer	4
2	Kyle Busch	32	7	Juan Pablo Montoya	2
3	Jimmie Johnson	11	8	AJ Allmendinger	3
4	Joey Logano	6	9	Kevin Harvick	20
5	Marcos Ambrose	13	10	Carl Edwards	1

2010 Wonderful Pistachios 400 Facts and Figures
AVERAGE SPEED: 104.096 m.p.h.
TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 52 minutes, 55 seconds
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.537 second
CAUTION FLAGS: 3 for 28 laps
LEAD CHANGES: 14 among 6 drivers
POLE WINNER: Carl Edwards (127.762 m.p.h.)

Past Wonderful Pistachios 400 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed

2010 -- Denny Hamlin (14th) -- Toyota -- 104.096 m.p.h.

2009 -- Denny Hamlin (3rd) -- Toyota -- 96.601 m.p.h.

2008 -- Jimmie Johnson (5th) -- Chevrolet -- 92.680 m.p.h.

2007 -- Jimmie Johnson (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 91.813 m.p.h.

2006 -- Kevin Harvick (5th) -- Chevrolet -- 101.342 m.p.h.

2005 -- Kurt Busch (4th) -- Ford -- 98.567 m.p.h.

2004 -- Jeremy Mayfield (7th) -- Dodge -- 98.946 m.p.h.

2003 -- Ryan Newman (4th) -- Dodge -- 94.945 m.p.h.

2002 -- Matt Kenseth (25th) -- Ford -- 94.787 m.p.h.

2001 -- Ricky Rudd (9th) -- Ford -- 95.146 m.p.h.

2000 -- Jeff Gordon (13th) -- Chevrolet -- 99.871 m.p.h.

1999 -- Tony Stewart (2nd) -- Pontiac -- 104.006 m.p.h.

1998 -- Jeff Burton (3rd) -- Ford -- 91.985 m.p.h.

1997 -- Dale Jarrett (23rd) -- Ford -- 109.047 m.p.h. (race record)

1996 -- Ernie Irvan (16th) -- Ford -- 105.469 m.p.h.

1995 -- Rusty Wallace (7th) -- Ford -- 104.459 m.p.h.

1994 -- Terry Labonte (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 104.156 m.p.h.

1993 -- Rusty Wallace (3rd) -- Pontiac -- 99.917 m.p.h.

1992 -- Rusty Wallace (3rd) -- Pontiac -- 104.661 m.p.h.

1991 -- Harry Gant (13th) -- Oldsmobile -- 101.361 m.p.h.

1990 -- Dale Earnhardt (6th) -- Chevrolet -- 95.567 m.p.h.

1989 -- Rusty Wallace (6th) -- Pontiac -- 88.380 m.p.h.

1988 -- Davey Allison (1st) -- Ford -- 95.770 m.p.h.

1987 -- Dale Earnhardt (8th) -- Chevrolet -- 67.074 m.p.h.

1986 -- Tim Richmond (4th) -- Chevrolet -- 70.161 m.p.h.

1985 -- Darrell Waltrip (22nd) -- Chevrolet -- 72.508 m.p.h.

1984 -- Darrell Waltrip (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 74.780 m.p.h.

1983 -- Bobby Allison (6th) -- Buick -- 79.381 m.p.h.

1982 -- Bobby Allison (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 82.800 m.p.h.

1981 -- Benny Parsons (4th) -- Ford -- 69.998 m.p.h.

1980 -- Bobby Allison (2nd) -- Ford -- 79.722 m.p.h.

1979 -- Bobby Allison (2nd) -- Ford -- 80.604 m.p.h.

1978 -- Darrell Waltrip (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 79.568 m.p.h.

1977 -- Neil Bonnett (2nd) -- Dodge -- 80.644 m.p.h.

1976 -- Cale Yarborough (6th) -- Chevrolet -- 77.993 m.p.h.

1975 -- Darrell Waltrip (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 81.886 m.p.h.

1974 -- Richard Petty (1st) -- Dodge -- 64.430 m.p.h.

1973 -- Richard Petty (5th) -- Dodge -- 63.198 m.p.h.

1972 -- Richard Petty (3rd) -- Plymouth -- 75.899 m.p.h.

1971 -- Richard Petty (11th) -- Plymouth -- 80.025 m.p.h.

1970 -- Richard Petty (1st) -- Plymouth -- 81.476 m.p.h.

1969 -- Bobby Allison (26th) -- Dodge -- 76.388 m.p.h.

1968 -- Richard Petty (1st) -- Plymouth -- 85.659 m.p.h.

1967 -- Richard Petty (2nd) -- Plymouth -- 57.631 m.p.h.

1966 -- David Pearson (1st) -- Dodge -- 62.886 m.p.h.

1965 -- David Pearson (2nd) -- Dodge -- 60.983 m.p.h.

1964 -- Cotton Owens (3rd) -- Dodge -- 61.955 m.p.h.

1963 -- Ned Jarrett (7th) -- Ford -- 66.339 m.p.h.

1962 -- Joe Weatherly (2nd) -- Pontiac -- 64.980 m.p.h.

1961 -- Joe Weatherly (7th) -- Pontiac -- 61.680 m.p.h.

1960 -- Speedy Thompson (3rd) -- Ford -- 63.740 m.p.h.

1959 -- Cotton Owens (1st) -- Thunderbird -- 60.380 m.p.h.

NOTE: Formerly called Capital City 200 (1959-60), Capital City 250 (1961),

Capital City 300 (1962-1968), Capital City 500 (1969-1975), Capital City

400 (1976-1980), Wrangler SanForest 400 (1981-85), Wrangler Jeans Indigo

400 (1986-87), Miller High Life 400 (1988-89), Miller 400 (1990-96),

Exide Select Batteries 400 (1997-99), Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400

(2000-02), Chevy Rock & Roll 400 (2003-09), Air Guard 400 (2010).

Past Wonderful Pistachios 400 Pole Winners (Finish)

2010 -- Carl Edwards -- 10th

2009 -- Mark Martin -- 4th

2008 -- None -- Weather

2007 -- Jimmie Johnson -- 1st

2006 -- Denny Hamlin -- 15th

2005 -- Kevin Harvick -- 10th

2004 -- Ryan Newman -- 20th

2003 -- Mike Skinner -- 18th

2002 -- Jimmie Johnson -- 13th

2001 -- Jeff Gordon -- 36th

2000 -- Jeff Burton -- 5th

1999 -- Mike Skinner -- 11th

1998 -- Rusty Wallace -- 7th

1997 -- Bill Elliott -- 30th

1996 -- Mark Martin -- 9th

1995 -- Dale Earnhardt -- 3rd

1994 -- Ted Musgrave -- 17th

1993 -- Bobby Labonte -- 13th

1992 -- Ernie Irvan -- 11th

1991 -- Rusty Wallace -- 3rd

1990 -- Ernie Irvan -- 12th

1989 -- Bill Elliott -- 18th

1988 -- Davey Allison -- 1st

1987 -- Alan Kulwicki -- 23rd

1986 -- Harry Gant -- 7th

1985 -- Geoffrey Bodine -- 7th

1984 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 1st

1983 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 3rd

1982 -- Bobby Allison -- 1st

1981 -- Mark Martin -- 7th

1980 -- Cale Yarborough -- 26th

1979 -- Dale Earnhardt -- 4th

1978 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 1st

1977 -- Benny Parsons -- 3rd

1976 -- Benny Parsons -- 29th

1975 -- Benny Parsons -- 18th

1974 -- Richard Petty -- 1st

1973 -- Bobby Allison -- 3rd

1972 -- Bobby Allison -- 2nd

1971 -- Bill Dennis -- 14th

1970 -- Richard Petty -- 1st

1969 -- Richard Petty -- 19th

1968 -- Richard Petty -- 1st

1967 -- None -- Weather

1966 -- David Pearson -- 1st

1965 -- Dick Hutcherson -- 25th

1964 -- Ned Jarrett -- 5th

1963 -- Joe Weatherly -- 21st

1962 -- Rex White -- 5th

1961 -- Junior Johnson -- 2nd

1960 -- Ned Jarrett -- 3rd

1959 -- Cotton Owens -- 1st

Last Race Results
RACE: Advocare 500 (September 6th)
SITE: Atlanta Motor Speedway -- Hampton, Georgia
MILES: 500.5
LAPS: 325
WINNER: Jeff Gordon
RUNNER-UP: Jimmie Johnson
THIRD: Tony Stewart
FOURTH: Kurt Busch
FIFTH: Carl Edwards
POLE WINNER: Kasey Kahne (Finished 34th)
TIME OF RACE: 4 hours, 58 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 124.623 m.p.h.
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.598 second
CAUTION FLAGS: 9 for 64 laps
LEAD CHANGES: 35 among 14 drivers
LAP LEADERS: K. Kahne - pole; C. Bowyer 1; K. Kahne 2-16; C. Bowyer 17-23; D.
	Hamlin 24-25; Kyle Busch 26-31; D. Hamlin 32; A. Lally 33; Kyle
	Busch 34-45; J. Gordon 46-77; C. Edwards 78-79; J. Gordon 80-94;
	D. Hamlin 95; J. Gordon 96-98; Kyle Busch 99; J. Gordon 100-130;
	D. Hamlin 131; M. Kenseth 132-145; J. Gordon 146-164; M. Kenseth
	165-174; D. Hamlin 175; C. Edwards 176-185; M. Kenseth 186-201;
	C. Edwards 202; J. Yeley 203-217; M. Kenseth 218-240; J. Johnson
	241; M. Kenseth 242; C. Edwards 243; L. Cassill 244; M. Truex Jr.
	245-247; J. Johnson 248-275; J. Gordon 276-283; B. Keselowski
	284-285; M. Skinner 286-287; J. Gordon 288-325.

Wonderful Pistachios 400 Entry List
Car	Driver, Hometown	Car/Name
00	David Reutimann (Zephyrhills, FL)	Toyota/Aaron's Dream Machine
1	Jamie McMurray (Joplin, MO)	Chevrolet/McDonald's
2	Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI)	Dodge/Miller Lite
4	Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, WA)	Toyota/Red Bull
5	Mark Martin (Batesville, AR)	Chevrolet/GoDaddy.com
6	David Ragan (Unadilla, GA)	Ford/UPS
7	Robby Gordon (Orange, CA)	Dodge/Speed Energy
9	Marcos Ambrose (Launceston, Australia)	Ford/Stanley
11 *	Denny Hamlin (Chesterfield, VA)	Toyota/FedEx Express
13	Casey Mears (Bakersfield, CA)	Toyota/GEICO
14	Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN)	Chevrolet/Office Depot/Mobil 1
16	Greg Biffle (Vancouver, WA)	Ford/3M Honoring Our Heroes
17	Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI)	Ford/Ollie's
18	Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV)	Toyota/M&M's
20	Joey Logano (Middletown, CT)	Toyota/Home Depot
22	Kurt Busch (Las Vegas, NV)	Dodge/Shell/Pennzoil
24	Jeff Gordon (Vallejo, CA)	Chevrolet/Drive to End Hunger
27	Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI)	Chevrolet/Menards/Moen
29	Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA)	Chevrolet/Budweiser
30	David Stremme (South Bend, IN)	Chevrolet/TBA
31	Jeff Burton (South Boston, VA)	Chevrolet/Caterpillar
32	Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR)	Ford/U.S. Chrome
33	Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS)	Chevrolet/Cheerios/Hamb. Helper
34	David Gilliland (Riverside, CA)	Ford/Honoring Our Heroes
35	Stephen Leicht (Asheville, NC)	Chevrolet/Pepsi Max
36	Dave Blaney (Hartford, OH)	Chevrolet/Golden Corral
37	To Be Announced	Toyota/TBA
38	Travis Kvapil (Janesville, WI)	Ford/Long John Silver's
39	Ryan Newman (South Bend, IN)	Chevrolet/U.S. Army
42	Juan Pablo Montoya (Bogota, Colombia)	Chevrolet/Target
43	A.J. Allmendinger (Los Gatos, CA)	Ford/Best Buy
46	Scott Speed (Manteca, CA)	Ford/Green Stuff
47	Bobby Labonte (Corpus Christi, TX)	Toyota/Scott Brand
48	Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, CA)	Chevrolet/Lowe's Power of Pride
50	T.J. Bell (Reno, VA)	Chevrolet/Green Smoke
51	Landon Cassill (Cedar Rapids, IA)	Chevrolet/Phoenix Construction
55	J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ)	Ford/TBA
56	Martin Truex Jr. (Mayetta, NJ)	Toyota/NAPA Brakes
60	Mike Skinner (Susanville, CA)	Chevrolet/Big Red
66	Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ)	Toyota/HP Racing
71	Andy Lally (Northport, NY)	Ford/Interstate Moving Services
78	Regan Smith (Cato, NY)	Chevrolet/Furniture Row Racing
83	Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC)	Toyota/Red Bull
87	Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL)	Toyota/TBA
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Kannapolis, NC)	Chevrolet/Amp Energy/Nat'l Guard
99	Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO)	Ford/Kellogg's

* - Defending champion

Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years)
Driver	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Denny Hamlin	---	---	---	---	15th	6th	3rd	Won	Won
Kyle Busch	---	---	---	4th	2nd	20th	15th	5th	2nd
Jimmie Johnson	13th	11th	36th	25th	23rd	Won	Won	11th	3rd
Joey Logano	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	14th	4th
Marcos Ambrose	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	22nd	5th
Clint Bowyer	---	---	---	---	12th	12th	12th	6th	6th
Juan Pablo Montoya	---	---	---	---	---	41st	30th	19th	7th
Kevin Harvick	18th	16th	12th	10th	Won	7th	7th	9th	9th
Carl Edwards	---	---	6th	21st	35th	42nd	13th	15th	10th
Ryan Newman	2nd	Won	20th	12th	20th	11th	33rd	10th	11th
Jeff Gordon	40th	10th	3rd	30th	31st	4th	8th	3rd	12th
Jeff Burton	39th	4th	23rd	18th	9th	18th	6th	18th	13th
Matt Kenseth	Won	7th	28th	2nd	8th	14th	39th	25th	14th
Brad Keselowski	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	38th	15th
Tony Stewart	30th	27th	19th	7th	18th	2nd	2nd	17th	16th
Jamie McMurray	---	19th	9th	40th	25th	38th	29th	27th	17th
Kurt Busch	19th	24th	15th	Won	27th	9th	10th	2nd	18th
David Reutimann	---	---	---	---	---	13th	9th	20th	19th
Mark Martin	6th	13th	5th	13th	5th	21st	5th	4th	20th
Martin Truex Jr	---	---	---	---	40th	15th	16th	39th	22nd
Regan Smith	---	---	---	---	---	---	23rd	40th	25th
Paul Menard	---	---	---	---	---	26th	34th	28th	26th
Kasey Kahne	---	---	24th	8th	3rd	8th	19th	12th	29th
Greg Biffle	33rd	20th	8th	3rd	6th	39th	15th	13th	32nd
Dale Earnhardt Jr	4th	17th	2nd	20th	17th	30th	4th	21st	34th
Brian Vickers	---	---	37th	37th	24th	24th	36th	7th	---

Mover of the Week

Tony Stewart - Started in the 20th position and finished 3rd

Sports Network Selections

Pick to Win - Tony Stewart

Darkhorse - Greg Biffle

Last Week's Pick to Win (Carl Edwards) - Finished 5th

Last Week's Darkhorse (Dale Earnhardt Jr) - Finished 19th

NOTES:

The great Richard Petty was the last driver to accomplish the feat of winning this race three straight years. Petty, a seven-time winner of this race, won five consecutive seasons at Richmond from 1970-74. This is significant, as Denny Hamlin has a chance to three-peat at RIR this weekend, the final race before the Race for the Chase begins.

Last season, Virginia native Hamlin led 251 of 400 laps, but had to hold off several challenges from his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch during the final 40 laps to capture his sixth of eight wins of 2010 and the 14th of his career. Currently 12th on the points list, Hamlin now owns 17 titles, and is fighting for the final wild-card spot in the Chase.

Hamlin has improved his standing in this race each of the last five seasons, culminating in victory the past two seasons. Hamlin was the dominant driver in 2009, leading a whopping 299 out of 400 laps, as he defeated Kurt Busch for win number six.

The final two positions in the race for the Chase will be determined this weekend. Brad Keselowski and Hamlin currently stand 11th and 12th respectively. AJ Allmendinger, Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle are on the outside looking in and need some help.

In 2008, Jimmie Johnson clipped Tony Stewart by less than a second for his 37th career Sprint Cup title. Johnson started third on the grid and claimed the lead for the first time on lap 367, a spot where he held steady through lap 389. Stewart briefly reclaimed the advantage on lap 390, but Johnson took control on the 392nd lap and held on for a 0.365 of a second victory.

Starting from the pole position, Johnson captured the 2007 race, as he crossed the finish line over three seconds ahead of Stewart. Johnson led three times for 104 laps, including the final 61, as he posted a 3.007 seconds victory. Jeff Gordon, who placed fourth, led four times for a race-high 191 laps.

In 2006, Kevin Harvick captured the fall Richmond race, as he recorded a 0.153 of a second win over Kyle Busch. The victory was Harvick's third of the 2006 season and eighth of his "Cup" career. Harvick, who started fifth on the grid, reclaimed the lead for the fifth and final time on the second to last lap to register the win. Busch dominated most of the race, as he led for a race-high 248 laps.

When Johnson won this race in 2007, he became the first pole sitter to capture the checkered flag since Davey Allison in 1988. The winner of this race will most likely come from the top-10 starting positions on the grid. With 110 races held at RIR, 63 have been captured from the top-5, 87 from the top-10 and 22 from the pole. Only three times since 1992 has the pole sitter won here (2005, 2007, 2010).

Originally known as the Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds, Richmond International Raceway held its first race in 1946 as a .5-mile dirt track. The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held on April 19, 1953. The spring 1964 race was run on a Tuesday night under temporary lighting. The track name changed to Virginia State Fairgrounds in 1967. The track surface was changed from dirt to asphalt between races in 1968 and the name changed to Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway in 1969. The track was re-measured to .500 miles in April 1969, then to .542 miles in September 1969. The first race under permanent lights was Sept. 7, 1991 and the first season with both races at night was 1999.

The 10-race "Chase for the Sprint Cup" championship begins with the September 18th GEICO 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. David Reutimann is the defending race winner.

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