Race details | |||
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Race 19 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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Date | July 10, 2010 | ||
Location | Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (2.414 km) |
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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 motor 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 cup victory of the season for Michael Waltrip Racing after starting seventh to Jamie McMurray. Carl Edwards finished second, and Jeff Gordon finished third.
Prior to the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Kevin Harvick led the Drivers' Championship with 2,684 points, and Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon was second with 2,472 points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, 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. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 130 points, twenty points ahead of their rival Toyota. In the battle for third place, Dodge had 78 points, now even with Ford.