2010 Showtime Southern 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 11 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | May 8, 2010 | ||
| Official name | Showtime Southern 500 | ||
| Location | Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km) |
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| Distance | 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.800 km) | ||
| Weather | Sunny and warm with temperatures approaching 78 °F (26 °C); wind out of the NNW at 10 miles per hour (16 km/h) Chance of precipitation was zero percent. |
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| Average speed | 126.605 miles per hour (203.751 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | ||
| Time | 27.264 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 111 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2010 Showtime Southern 500, 61st running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race that was held on May 8, 2010 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. It was the eleventh race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The event began at 7:30 p.m. EDT. It was televised live in the United States on Fox and its U.S. radio coverage was broadcast on Motor Racing Network starting at 6 p.m. EDT.
The 367-lap race was won by Denny Hamlin for Joe Gibbs Racing after starting seven positions behind polesitter Jamie McMurray. McMurray finished second in a Chevrolet, and Kurt Busch finished third in a Dodge. The race had a total of 11 cautions and 22 lead changes among 11 different drivers.Kevin Harvick remained the point leader after finishing the race in the sixth position.
Coming into the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Kevin Harvick led the Drivers' Championship with 1,467 points, with Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson trailing by ten points for second. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, Kyle Busch was third with 1,358 points, and Matt Kenseth was fourth with 1,348 points. Greg Biffle rounded out the top five drivers fourteen points behind Kenseth. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 76 points, eighteen points ahead of their rival Toyota. In the battle for third place, Dodge had 4 points, one ahead of Ford.
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