Federated Auto Parts 400
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| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |
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| Venue | Richmond International Raceway |
| Location | Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| Corporate sponsor | Federated Auto Parts |
| First race | 1958 |
| Distance | 300 miles (480 km) |
| Laps | 400 |
| Previous names | Richmond 200 (1958–1959) Richmond 100 (1960) Richmond 250 (1961) Capital City 300 (1962–1968) Capital City 250 (1969) Capital City 500 (1970–1975) Capital City 400 (1976–1980) Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 (1981–1985) Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400 (1986–1987) Miller High Life 400 (1988–1989) Miller Genuine Draft 400 (1990–1995) Miller 400 (1996) Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 (1997–1999) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 (2000) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 with the Looney Tunes (2001–2002) Chevy Rock & Roll 400 (2003–2009) Air Guard 400 (2010) Wonderful Pistachios 400 (2011) |
| Most wins (driver) | Richard Petty (7) |
| Most wins (team) | Petty Enterprises (7) |
| Most wins (manufacturer) | Chevrolet (16) |
| Circuit information | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 0.75 mi (1.21 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
The Federated Auto Parts 400 is an annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia, the other one being the Toyota Owners 400, Since 2004, the race has served as the last race in NASCAR's "regular season". Following the race, the top sixteen drivers in points standings advance to the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Starting in 1991, the race was moved from Sunday afternoon to Saturday night. It became the second night race on the NASCAR schedule, following Bristol which takes place a few weeks earlier.
From 2000–2009, the race was sponsored in some form by Chevrolet. For 2001 and 2002, the race sponsorship was in conjunction with Warner Bros., with Looney Tunes characters featured in several cars' paint jobs. For the 2003-2009 races the race was known as the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 and various cars were painted to promote various rock music acts. The 2010 race saw the sponsorship move from Chevrolet to the Air National Guard, a branch of the United States Air Force. The race was sponsored by Roll Global through its Wonderful Pistachios brand, a division of Roll Global subsidiary Paramount Nuts in 2011. On May 2, 2012, Federated Auto Parts and Richmond International Raceway announced that Federated Auto Parts will be the race's sponsor starting in 2012 and ending in 2014.[1]
Because of its proximity to (and its occasionally being run on) Patriot Day, the Pledge of Allegiance is included as part of the opening ceremony.
Contents
Past winners
| Year | Date | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race Distance | Race Time | Average Speed (mph) |
Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laps | Miles (km) | ||||||||
| 1958 | September 14 | Speedy Thompson | Speedy Thompson | Chevrolet | 200 | 100 (160.934) | 1:43:40 | 57.878 | Report |
| 1959 | September 13 | Cotton Owens | W.H. Watson | T-Bird | 200 | 100 (160.934) | 1:39:22 | 60.362 | Report |
| 1960 | October 23 | Speedy Thompson | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 200 | 100 (160.934) | 1:34:08 | 63.739 | Report |
| 1961 | September 10 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Pontiac | 250 | 125 (201.168) | 2:01:36 | 61.677 | Report |
| 1962 | September 9 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Pontiac | 300 | 150 (241.401) | 2:18:30 | 64.981 | Report |
| 1963 | September 8 | Ned Jarrett | Charles Robinson | Ford | 300 | 150 (241.401) | 2:15:04 | 66.339 | Report |
| 1964 | September 14 | Cotton Owens | Cotton Owens | Dodge | 300 | 150 (241.401) | 2:25:16 | 61.955 | Report |
| 1965 | September 18 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens | Dodge | 300 | 150 (241.401) | 2:27:35 | 60.983 | Report |
| 1966 | September 11 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens | Dodge | 300 | 150 (241.401) | 2:23:07 | 62.886 | Report |
| 1967 | September 10 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 300 | 150 (241.401) | 2:36:10 | 57.631 | Report |
| 1968 | September 8 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 300 | 187.5 (301.752) | 2:11:20 | 85.659 | Report |
| 1969 | September 7 | Bobby Allison | Mario Rossi | Dodge | 462 | 250.404 (402.986) | 3:16:32 | 76.388 | Report |
| 1970 | September 13 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 500 | 271 (436.132) | 3:19:34 | 81.476 | Report |
| 1971 | November 14 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 500 | 271 (436.132) | 3:23:11 | 80.025 | Report |
| 1972 | September 10 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 500 | 271 (436.132) | 3:34:14 | 75.899 | Report |
| 1973 | September 9 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 500 | 271 (436.132) | 4:13:17 | 63.215 | Report |
| 1974 | September 8 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 500 | 271 (436.132) | 4:12:22 | 64.43 | Report |
| 1975 | October 12 | Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 500 | 271 (436.132) | 3:18:34 | 81.886 | Report |
| 1976 | September 12 | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 2:46:47 | 77.993 | Report |
| 1977 | September 11 | Neil Bonnett | Jim Stacy | Dodge | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 2:41:18 | 80.644 | Report |
| 1978 | September 10 | Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 2:43:19 | 79.568 | Report |
| 1979 | September 9 | Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 2:41:23 | 80.604 | Report |
| 1980 | September 7 | Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 2:43:10 | 79.722 | Report |
| 1981 | September 13 | Benny Parsons | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 3:05:50 | 69.998 | Report |
| 1982 | September 12 | Bobby Allison | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 2:37:06 | 82.8 | Report |
| 1983 | September 11 | Bobby Allison | DiGard Motorsports | Buick | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 2:43:08 | 79.381 | Report |
| 1984 | September 9 | Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 2:53:57 | 74.78 | Report |
| 1985 | September 8 | Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 2:58:54 | 72.508 | Report |
| 1986 | September 7 | Tim Richmond | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 3:05:24 | 70.161 | Report |
| 1987 | September 13 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 216.8 (348.905) | 3:03:56 | 67.074 | Report |
| 1988* | September 11 | Davey Allison | Ranier-Lundy | Ford | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:07:57 | 95.77 | Report |
| 1989 | September 10 | Rusty Wallace | Blue Max Racing | Pontiac | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:23:40 | 88.38 | Report |
| 1990 | September 9 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:08:21 | 95.567 | Report |
| 1991* | September 7 | Harry Gant | Leo Jackson Racing | Oldsmobile | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:57:35 | 101.361 | Report |
| 1992 | September 12 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing | Pontiac | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:51:59 | 104.661 | Report |
| 1993 | September 11 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing | Pontiac | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:00:09 | 99.917 | Report |
| 1994 | September 10 | Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:52:59 | 104.156 | Report |
| 1995 | September 9 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing | Ford | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:52:19 | 104.459 | Report |
| 1996 | September 7 | Ernie Irvan | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:50:40 | 105.469 | Report |
| 1997 | September 6 | Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:45:04 | 109.047 | Report |
| 1998 | September 12 | Jeff Burton | Roush Racing | Ford | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:15:41 | 91.985 | Report |
| 1999 | September 11 | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs Racing | Pontiac | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:53:04 | 104.006 | Report |
| 2000 | September 9 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:00:14 | 99.871 | Report |
| 2001 | September 8 | Ricky Rudd | Robert Yates Racing | Ford | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:09:11 | 95.146 | Report |
| 2002 | September 7 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Racing | Ford | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:09:54 | 94.787 | Report |
| 2003 | September 6 | Ryan Newman | Penske Racing | Dodge | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:09:35 | 94.945 | Report |
| 2004 | September 11 | Jeremy Mayfield | Evernham Motorsports | Dodge | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:01:55 | 98.946 | Report |
| 2005 | September 10 | Kurt Busch | Roush Racing | Ford | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:02:37 | 98.567 | Report |
| 2006 | September 9 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:57:37 | 101.342 | Report |
| 2007 | September 8 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:16:03 | 91.813 | Report |
| 2008 | September 7* | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:14:13 | 92.68 | Report |
| 2009 | September 12 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:06:20 | 96.601 | Report |
| 2010 | September 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:52:55 | 104.096 | Report |
| 2011 | September 10 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 3:20:12 | 89.91 | Report |
| 2012 | September 8/9* | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:59:58 | 100.019 | Report |
| 2013 | September 7 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:51:23 | 105.028 | Report |
| 2014 | September 6 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:51:55 | 104.702 | Report |
| 2015 | September 12 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 400 | 300 (482.803) | 2:59:22 | 100.353 | Report |
- 1988: Track reconfigured to 0.75 miles.
- 1991: Race moved to a Saturday night event.
- 2008: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to Hurricane Hanna.
- 2012: Race started late due to rain; race finished on Sunday approximately 1:30am.
Multiple winners (drivers)
| # Wins | Driver | Years Won |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Richard Petty | 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 |
| 5 | Bobby Allison | 1969, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983 |
| 4 | Darrell Waltrip | 1975, 1978, 1984, 1985 |
| Rusty Wallace | 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995 | |
| 2 | Speedy Thompson | 1958, 1960 |
| Joe Weatherly | 1961, 1962 | |
| Cotton Owens | 1959, 1964 | |
| David Pearson | 1965, 1966 | |
| Dale Earnhardt | 1987, 1990 | |
| Jimmie Johnson | 2007, 2008 | |
| Denny Hamlin | 2009, 2010 | |
| Kevin Harvick | 2006, 2011 | |
| Matt Kenseth | 2002, 2015 |
Multiple winners (teams)
| # Wins | Team | Years Won |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Petty Enterprises | 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 |
| 5 | Bud Moore Engineering | 1961, 1962, 1979, 1980, 1981 |
| Hendrick Motorsports | 1986, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2008 | |
| Team Penske | 1992, 1993, 1995, 2003, 2014 | |
| 4 | DiGard Motorsports | 1975, 1978, 1982, 1983 |
| Richard Childress Racing | 1987, 1990, 2006, 2011 | |
| Roush Fenway Racing | 1998, 2002, 2005, 2013 | |
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 1999, 2009, 2010, 2015 | |
| 3 | Cotton Owens | 1964, 1965, 1966 |
| Junior Johnson & Associates | 1976, 1984, 1985 | |
| Robert Yates Racing | 1996, 1997, 2001 |
Manufacturer wins
| # Wins | Manufacturer | Years Won |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Chevrolet | 1958, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 |
| 15 | Ford | 1960, 1963, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2013, 2014 |
| 9 | Dodge | 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2003, 2004 |
| 6 | Pontiac | 1961, 1962, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999 |
| 5 | Plymouth | 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972 |
| 4 | Toyota | 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 |
| 1 | T-Bird | 1959 |
| Buick | 1983 | |
| Oldsmobile | 1991 |
Notable moments
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Television broadcasters
Notes
- The Super Chargers chose to tape delay the 1984 race for fourteen days and commentators Jan Gabriel and Darrell Waltrip. Darrell Waltrip did the commentary fourteen days after the race.
- The 2008 race, scheduled for ABC, was rained out and shown on ESPN due to scheduling conflicts with the 2008 Indycar Series Championship race from Chicagoland Speedway.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks
- Sour Sixteen: NASCAR Has 16th Ratings Decline Of Season Entering Chase
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