Toyota Owners 400

This article is about the spring Cup Series race at Richmond. For the fall race between 1976 and 1980, see Federated Auto Parts 400.

Toyota Owners 400

Venue	Richmond International Raceway
Sponsor	Toyota
First race	1953
Distance	300 miles (482.803 km)
Laps	400
Previous names	Richmond 200 (1953, 1955–1957, 1960–1961) Richmond 100 (1959) Richmond 250 (1962–1968) Richmond 500 (1969–1975) Richmond 400 (1976–1983) Miller High Life 400 (1984–1987) Pontiac Excitement 400 (1988–2003) Chevy American Revolution 400 (2004–2005) Crown Royal 400 (2006) Crown Royal presents the Your Name Here 400 (2007–2011) Capital City 400 presented by Virginia is for Lovers (2012)

The Toyota Owners 400 is a 300-mile-long (483 km) annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. From 2007 to 2011, former race title sponsor Crown Royal named the race after the winner of an essay contest during Daytona Speedweeks. The winner of the first essay contest was Jim Stewart from Houma, Louisiana, with subsequent contests won by Dan Lowry of Columbiana, Ohio and Russ Friedman of Huntington, New York, with the 2010 race being named for Army veteran Heath Calhoun of Clarksville, Tennessee. Since 2010 only military service members have been eligible to win the contest. Crown Royal moved the "Your Name Here" sponsorship to the Brickyard 400 beginning in 2012.

The race is currently held as a Sunday afternoon event in late April. For several years, it was held as a daytime event the weekend after the Daytona 500 in February. Lights were installed at the facility in 1991, but the spring race remained during the day. Consistent cold weather, and even a snow delay in 1989, prompted track officials to move the race later in the spring. The race was moved around to May or June, and permanently moved from Sunday afternoons to Saturday nights. After a few years, the race eventually fixed as a May race date by 1999. Starting in 2012, the race was held on the last Saturday in April, after the race switched dates with the spring Talladega race. The race will return to Sunday afternoon starting in 2016.

Kurt Busch is the defending winner of the race.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
					Laps	Miles (km)
1953	April 19	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	100 (160.934)	2:11:48	45.535	Report
1954	Not held
1955	May 22	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	Chrysler	200	100 (160.934)	1:50:30	54.298	Report
1956	April 29	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	Dodge	200	100 (160.934)	1:46:42	56.232	Report
1957	May 5	Paul Goldsmith	Pete DePaolo	Ford	200	100 (160.934)	1:36:05	62.445	Report
1958	Not held
1959	June 21	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert	T-Bird	200	100 (160.934)	1:45:29	56.881	Report
1960	June 5	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	100 (160.934)	1:36:23	62.251	Report
1961	April 23	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	100 (160.934)	1:36:04	62.456	Report
1962	April 1	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	180*	90 (144.84)	1:45:08	51.363	Report
1963	April 7	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	250	125 (201.168)	2:06:16	58.624	Report
1964	March 10	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Dodge	250	125 (201.168)	2:07:51	60.233	Report
1965	March 7	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	250	125 (201.168)	2:02:07	61.416	Report
1966	May 15	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Dodge	250	125 (201.168)	1:52:43	66.539	Report
1967	April 30	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	250	125 (201.168)	1:53:40	65.982	Report
1968	March 24	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	250	125 (201.168)	1:55:55	65.217	Report
1969	April 13	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:23:23	73.752	Report
1970	March 1	James Hylton	James Hylton	Ford	500	271 (436.132)	3:18:11	82.044	Report
1971	March 7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:23:20	79.836	Report
1972	Feb 27	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:32:12	76.258	Report
1973	Feb 25	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	271 (436.132)	3:37:29	74.764	Report
1974	Feb 24	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison	Chevrolet	450*	243.9 (392.519)	3:02:02	80.095	Report
1975	Feb 23	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	271 (436.132)	3:37:03	74.913	Report
1976	March 7	Dave Marcis	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:58:44	72.792	Report
1977	Feb 27	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	245*	132.79 (213.704)	1:49:01	73.084	Report
1978	Feb 26	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:41:59	80.304	Report
1979	March 11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:35:34	83.608	Report
1980	Feb 24	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:12:08	67.703	Report
1981	Feb 22	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:49:53	76.57	Report
1982	Feb 21	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	250*	135.5 (218.066)	1:51:30	72.914	Report
1983	Feb 27	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:43:45	79.584	Report
1984	Feb 26	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:09:31	76.736	Report
1985	Feb 24	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:11:27	67.945	Report
1986*	Feb 23	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:02:54	71.078	Report
1987	March 8	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:39:34	81.52	Report
1988*	Feb 21	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:15:54	66.401	Report
1989	Mar 26*	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:20:51	89.619	Report
1990	Feb 25	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:15:18	92.158	Report
1991	Feb 24	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:50:47	105.937	Report
1992	March 8	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:52:27	104.378	Report
1993	March 7	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:47:07	107.709	Report
1994	March 6	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:03:03	98.334	Report
1995	March 5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:49:08	106.425	Report
1996	March 3	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:55:11	102.75	Report
1997	March 2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:45:54	108.499	Report
1998*	June 6	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:05:29	97.044	Report
1999	May 15	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:59:49	100.102	Report
2000	May 6	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:01:08	99.374	Report
2001	May 5	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:07:45	95.872	Report
2002	May 4/5*	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:27:19	86.824	Report
2003	May 3	Joe Nemechek	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	393*	294.75 (474.354)	3:23:47	86.783	Report
2004	May 15	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:03:12	98.253	Report
2005	May 14	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	400	300 (482.803)	2:59:26	100.316	Report
2006	May 6	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:05:27	97.061	Report
2007	May 6*	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:17:53	91.27	Report
2008	May 3	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	410*	307.5 (494.873)	3:12:37	95.786	Report
2009	May 2	Kyle Busch*	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:18:37	90.627	Report
2010	May 1	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:00:47	99.567	Report
2011	April 30	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:08:55	95.28	Report
2012	April 28	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	2:51:06	105.202	Report
2013	April 27	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	406*	304.5 (490.045)	3:18:17	92.141	Report
2014	April 26	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:20:47	91.369	Report
2015	April 26*	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:05:16	97.157	Report

Crown Royal Your Name Here 400 (2007–2011) Sweepstakes Winners

Year	Winner
2007	Jim Stewart
2008	Dan Lowry
2009	Russ Friedman
2010	Heath Calhoun
2011	Matthew & Daniel Hansen

• 1962: Race shortened due to darkness.
• 1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis.
• 1977, 1982, & 2003: Race shortened due to rain.
• 1986: This race is largely remembered for its controversy. Dale Earnhardt spun out Darrell Waltrip at the end, and both cars crashed. Petty slipped by to win.
• 1988: Last race on old layout.
• 1989: Race rescheduled one month later due to snow.
• 1998: Race moved to Saturday night event.
• 2002: Race started on Saturday night but was finished on Sunday afternoon due to rain.
• 2007 & 2015: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain.
• 2008 & 2013: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish.
• 2009: Kyle Busch won on his 24th birthday.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
6	Richard Petty	1961, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975
4	David Pearson	1964, 1966, 1968, 1969
	Kyle Busch	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
3	Dale Earnhardt	1985, 1987, 1991
	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2000, 2004, 2006
2	Lee Petty	1953, 1960
	Cale Yarborough	1977, 1979
	Darrell Waltrip	1980, 1981
	Dave Marcis	1976, 1982
	Bobby Allison	1974, 1983
	Rusty Wallace	1989, 1997
	Tony Stewart	2001, 2002

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
8	Petty Enterprises	1953, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975
6	Joe Gibbs Racing	2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
5	Junior Johnson & Associates	1965, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1992
	Richard Childress Racing	1985, 1987, 1991, 2008, 2013
	Hendrick Motorsports	1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007
3	Robert Yates Racing	1993, 1994, 1999
	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	2000, 2004, 2006
2	Carl Kiekhaefer	1955, 1956
	Bud Moore Engineering	1963, 1984
	Cotton Owens	1964, 1966
	Holman-Moody	1968, 1969
	DiGard Motorsports	1980, 1983
	Team Penske	1997, 2014

Manufacturers Wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
21	Chevrolet	1962, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015
14	Ford	1957, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2014
8	Dodge	1953, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1975, 1976, 2005
5	Plymouth	1960, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1972
	Pontiac	1963, 1988, 1989, 2001, 2002
4	Toyota	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
1	Chrysler	1955
	T-Bird	1959
	Buick	1981

Television broadcasters

The Toyota Owners 400 airs on Fox. During the 1980s and early 1990s, TBS covered the race. ESPN took over later in the decade. From 2001-2006, the race was shown on FX. In 2007, for the first time in the track's history, the track's races aired on network television.

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
1982	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Larry Nuber
1983	TBS	Ken Squier	Donnie Allison
1984
1985			Benny Parsons
1986
1987			Lake Speed
1988			Johnny Hayes
1989
1990			Chris Economaki
1991			Neil Bonnett
1992
1993
1994			Dave Marcis Kenny Wallace
1995			Ernie Irvan
1996	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001	FX	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip Larry McReynolds
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007	Fox
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016			Darrell Waltrip Jeff Gordon

Notes

• In 2007, for the first time in the track's history, the track's races aired on network television.

External links

• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks

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