2010 Kobalt Tools 500 (Atlanta)
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| Race 4 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Atlanta Motor Speedway
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| Date | March 7, 2010 | ||
| Official name | Kobalt Tools 500 | ||
| Location | Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km) |
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| Distance | 341 laps, 525.14 mi (845.13 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 62.1 °F (16.7 °C); wind speeds around 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h). | ||
| Average speed | 131.297 miles per hour (211.302 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 28.761 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kasey Kahne | Richard Petty Motorsports | |
| Laps | 143 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 2 | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia on March 7, 2010. The race had 13 different leaders, 33 lead changes, and 10 cautions. During the race, Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski collided, sending Keselowski airborne, subsequently crashing on his side door. Following his collision with Keselowski, Edwards was put under a three-race probation beginning in the 2010 Food City 500. Kurt Busch won the race, finishing ahead of Matt Kenseth and Juan Pablo Montoya, who finished second and third respectively.
Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR-sanctioned races; the others are Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway. The standard track at Atlanta Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at five.
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