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2010 Finish
Finish	Driver	Start	Finish	Driver	Start
1	Kyle Busch	1	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	19
2	Jeff Gordon	4	7	Martin Truex Jr	26
3	Kevin Harvick	7	8	Ryan Newman	5
4	Jeff Burton	17	9	Marcos Ambrose	20
5	Carl Edwards	28	10	Jimmie Johnson	3

2010 Crown Royal 400 Facts and Figures
AVERAGE SPEED: 99.567 m.p.h.
TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 47 seconds
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.755 second
CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 37 laps
LEAD CHANGES: 12 among 8 drivers
POLE WINNER: Kyle Busch (127.077 m.p.h.)

Past Crown Royal 400 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed

2010 -- Kyle Busch (1st) -- Toyota -- 99.567 m.p.h.

2009 -- Kyle Busch (14th) -- Toyota -- 90.627 m.p.h.

2008 -- Clint Bowyer (31st) -- Chevrolet -- 95.786 m.p.h.

2007 -- Jimmie Johnson (4th) -- Chevrolet -- 91.270 m.p.h.

2006 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr (10th) -- Chevrolet -- 97.061 m.p.h.

2005 -- Kasey Kahne (1st) -- Dodge -- 100.316 m.p.h.

2004 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr (4th) -- (Chevrolet -- 98.253 m.p.h.

2003 -- Joe Nemechek (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 86.783 m.p.h.

2002 -- Tony Stewart (3rd) -- Pontiac -- 86.824 m.p.h.

2001 -- Tony Stewart (7th) -- Pontiac -- 95.872 m.p.h.

2000 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr (5th) -- Chevrolet -- 99.374 m.p.h.

1999 -- Dale Jarrett (21st) -- Ford -- 100.102 m.p.h.

1998 -- Terry Labonte (16th) -- Chevrolet -- 97.044 m.p.h.

1997 -- Rusty Wallace (7th) -- Ford -- 108.499 m.p.h.

1996 -- Jeff Gordon (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 102.750 m.p.h.

1995 -- Terry Labonte (24th) -- Chevrolet -- 106.425 m.p.h.

1994 -- Ernie Irvan (7th) -- Ford -- 98.334 m.p.h.

1993 -- Davey Allison (14th) -- Ford -- 107.709 m.p.h.

1992 -- Bill Elliott (1st) -- Ford -- 104.378 m.p.h.

1991 -- Dale Earnhardt (19th) -- Chevrolet -- 105.397 m.p.h.

1990 -- Mark Martin (6th) -- Ford -- 92.158 m.p.h.

1989 -- Rusty Wallace (2nd) -- Pontiac -- 89.619 m.p.h.

1988 -- Neil Bonnett (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 66.401 m.p.h.

1987 -- Dale Earnhardt (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 81.520 m.p.h.

1986 -- Kyle Petty (12th) -- Ford -- 71.078 m.p.h.

1985 -- Dale Earnhardt (4th) -- Chevrolet -- 67.945 m.p.h.

1984 -- Ricky Rudd (4th) -- Ford -- 76.736 m.p.h.

1983 -- Bobby Allison (6th) -- Buick -- 79.584 m.p.h.

1982 -- Dave Marcis (6th) -- Chevrolet -- 72.914 m.p.h.

1981 -- Darrell Waltrip (7th) -- Buick -- 76.570 m.p.h.

1980 -- Darrell Waltrip (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 67.703 m.p.h.

1979 -- Cale Yarborough (9th) -- Oldsmobile -- 83.608 m.p.h.

1978 -- Benny Parsons (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 80.304 m.p.h.

1977 -- Cale Yarborough (7th) -- Chevrolet -- 73.084 m.p.h.

1976 -- Dave Marcis (2nd) -- Dodge -- 72.792 m.p.h.

1975 -- Richard Petty (1st) -- Dodge -- 74.913 m.p.h.

1974 -- Bobby Allison (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 80.095 m.p.h.

1973 -- Richard Petty (8th) -- Dodge -- 74.764 m.p.h.

1972 -- Richard Petty (3rd) -- Plymouth -- 76.258 m.p.h.

1971 -- Richard Petty (28th) -- Plymouth -- 79.836 m.p.h.

1970 -- James Hylton (3rd) -- Ford -- 82.044 m.p.h.

1969 -- David Pearson (1st) -- Ford -- 73.752 m.p.h.

1968 -- David Pearson (16th) -- Ford -- 65.217 m.p.h.

1967 -- Richard Petty (1st) -- Plymouth -- 65.982 m.p.h.

1966 -- David Pearson (4th) -- Dodge -- 66.539 m.p.h.

1965 -- Junior Johnson (1st) -- Ford -- 61.416 m.p.h.

1964 -- David Pearson (10th) -- Dodge -- 58.660 m.p.h.

1963 -- Joe Weatherly (3rd) -- Pontiac -- 58.624 m.p.h.

1962 -- Rex White (20th) -- Chevrolet -- 51.360 m.p.h.

1961 -- Richard Petty (1st) -- Plymouth -- 62.460 m.p.h.

1960 -- Lee Petty (10th) -- Plymouth -- 62.250 m.p.h.

1959 -- Tom Pistone (12th) -- Ford -- 56.860 m.p.h.

1958 -- Not held

1957 -- Paul Goldsmith (7th) -- Ford -- 62.445 m.p.h.

1956 -- Buck Baker (1st) -- Dodge -- 56.232 m.p.h.

1955 -- Tim Flock (22nd) -- Chrysler -- 54.298 m.p.h.

1954 -- Not held

1953 -- Lee Petty (2nd) -- Dodge -- 45.535 m.p.h.

NOTE: Formerly called Richmond 200 (1953-75), Richmond 400 (1976-83), Miller

High Life 400 (1984-87), Pontiac Excitement 400 (1988-2003), Chevy

American Revolution 400 (2004-05), Crown Royal 400 (2006), Crown Royal

Presents the Jim Stewart 400 (2007), Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry

400 (2008), Crown Royal presents the Russ Friedman 400 (2009), Crown

Royal presents the Heath Calhoun 400 (2010). Race changed from 500 to

400 laps in 1976.

Past Crown Royal 400 Pole Winners (Finish)

2010 -- Kyle Busch -- 1st

2009 -- Brian Vickers -- 15th

2008 -- Denny Hamlin -- 24th

2007 -- Jeff Gordon -- 4th

2006 -- Greg Biffle -- 4th

2005 -- Kasey Kahne -- 1st

2004 -- Brian Vickers -- 8th

2003 -- Terry Labonte -- 21st

2002 -- Ward Burton -- 30th

2001 -- Mark Martin -- 13th

2000 -- Rusty Wallace -- 5th

1999 -- Jeff Gordon -- 31st

1998 -- Jeff Gordon -- 37th

1997 -- None -- Weather

1996 -- Terry Labonte -- 8th

1995 -- Jeff Gordon -- 36th

1994 -- Ted Musgrave -- 13th

1993 -- Ken Schrader -- 20th

1992 -- Bill Elliott -- 1st

1991 -- Davey Allison -- 12th

1990 -- Ricky Rudd -- 3rd

1989 -- Geoffrey Bodine -- 18th

1988 -- Morgan Shepherd -- 16th

1987 -- Alan Kulwicki -- 6th

1986 -- None -- Weather

1985 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 3rd

1984 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 2nd

1983 -- Ricky Rudd -- 28th

1982 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 27th

1981 -- Morgan Shepherd -- 4th

1980 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 1st

1979 -- Bobby Allison -- 2nd

1978 -- Neil Bonnett -- 9th

1977 -- Neil Bonnett -- 7th

1976 -- Bobby Allison -- 3rd

1975 -- Richard Petty -- 1st

1974 -- Bobby Allison -- 1st

1973 -- Bobby Allison -- 15th

1972 -- Bobby Allison -- 2nd

1971 -- Dave Marcis -- 5th

1970 -- Richard Petty -- 2nd

1969 -- David Pearson -- 1st

1968 -- Bobby Isaac -- 13th

1967 -- Richard Petty -- 1st

1966 -- Tom Pistone -- 16th

1965 -- Junior Johnson -- 1st

1964 -- Ned Jarrett -- 13th

1963 -- Rex White -- 3rd

1962 -- None -- Weather

1961 -- Richard Petty -- 1st

1960 -- Ned Jarrett -- 3rd

1959 -- Buck Baker -- 3rd

1958 -- None -- Weather

1957 -- Russ Hepler -- 18th

1956 -- Buck Baker -- 1st

1955 -- Arden Mounts -- 15th

1954 -- None -- Weather

1953 -- Buck Baker -- 3rd

Last Race Results
RACE: Aaron's 499 (April 17th)
SITE: Talladega Superspeedway -- Talladega, Alabama
MILES: 500
LAPS: 188
WINNER: Jimmie Johnson
RUNNER-UP: Clint Bowyer
THIRD: Jeff Gordon
FOURTH: Dale Earnhardt Jr
FIFTH: Kevin Harvick
POLE WINNER: Jeff Gordon (Finished 3rd)
TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 12 minutes, 1 second
AVERAGE SPEED: 156.261 m.p.h.
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.002 second
CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 24 laps
LEAD CHANGES: 88 among 26 drivers
LAP LEADERS: J. Gordon 1-4; C. Bowyer 5; J. Gordon 6-9; R. Newman 10; B.
	Keselowski 11; C. Bowyer 12-13; J. Johnson 14; C. Bowyer 15-18;
	K. Kahne 19; C. Bowyer 20-21; D. Ragan 22; Kurt Busch 23; Kyle
	Busch 24-25; D. Ragan 26; Kyle Busch 27; C. Bowyer 28; C. Edwards
	29; C. Bowyer 30-34; J. Logano 35; C. Bowyer 36; M. Ambrose 37;
	M. Kenseth 38-42; J. Logano 43; R. Smith 44-45; J. Burton 46-47;
	G. Biffle 48; J. Burton 49; M. Kenseth 50-51; B. Keselowski 52;
	D. Earnhardt Jr. 53; M. Kenseth 54; D. Earnhardt Jr. 55-56; G.
	Biffle 57-58; T. Bayne 59; D. Earnhardt Jr. 60-63; T. Bayne
	64-66; D. Earnhardt Jr. 67-70; T. Bayne 71; C. Bowyer 72-75; J.
	Johnson 76-82; R. Newman 83; J. Johnson 84-88; R. Newman 89-92;
	C. Edwards 93; M. Martin 94; P. Menard 95-96; C. Bowyer 97; Kurt
	Busch 98-99; D. Blaney 100; C. Edwards 101-103; Kurt Busch
	104-108; C. Bowyer 109-110; Kurt Busch 111-114; R. Smith 115; C.
	Bowyer 116; R. Smith 117; C. Bowyer 118; D. Blaney 119-121; K.
	Harvick 122; Kurt Busch 123-128; C. Edwards 129; C. Mears 130; P.
	Menard 131-132; R. Smith 133; J. Burton 134; D. Blaney 135-140;
	B. Labonte 141; M. Truex Jr. 142; K. Harvick 143-146; M. Truex
	Jr. 147; Kurt Busch 148; K. Harvick 149; M. Truex Jr. 150; K.
	Harvick 151; J. Burton 152-153; J. McMurray 154; D. Blaney
	155-157; C. Bowyer 158-168; R. Smith 169; C. Bowyer 170; M. Truex
	Jr. 171-173; D. Blaney 174-177; K. Harvick 178-179; D. Blaney
	180-183; C. Edwards 184; C. Bowyer 185; C. Edwards 186; J. Gordon
	187; J. Johnson 188.

Crown Royal 400 Entry List
Car	Driver, Hometown	Car/Name
00	David Reutimann (Zephyrhills, FL)	Toyota/Aaron's Dream Machine
1	Jamie McMurray (Joplin, MO)	Chevrolet/McDonald's
2	Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI)	Dodge/Miller Lite
4	Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, WA)	Toyota/Red Bull
5	Mark Martin (Batesville, AR)	Chevrolet/GoDaddy.com
6	David Ragan (Unadilla, GA)	Ford/UPS
7	Robby Gordon (Orange, CA)	Dodge/Speed Energy
09	Landon Cassill (Cedar Rapids, IA)	Chevrolet/Security Benefits
9	Marcos Ambrose (Launceston, Australia)	Ford/DeWalt
11	Denny Hamlin (Chesterfield, VA)	Toyota/FedEx Freight
13	Casey Mears (Bakersfield, CA)	Toyota/GEICO
14	Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN)	Chevrolet/Mobil 1/Office Depot
16	Greg Biffle (Vancouver, WA)	Ford/3M
17	Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI)	Ford/Crown Royal
18 *	Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV)	Toyota/M&M's Pretzel
20	Joey Logano (Middletown, CT)	Toyota/Home Depot
22	Kurt Busch (Las Vegas, NV)	Dodge/Shell/Pennzoil
24	Jeff Gordon (Vallejo, CA)	Chevrolet/DuPont
27	Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI)	Chevrolet/Menards
29	Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA)	Chevrolet/Budweiser
30	David Stremme (South Bend, IN)	Chevrolet/TBA
31	Jeff Burton (South Boston, VA)	Chevrolet/Caterpillar
32	Ken Schrader (Fenton, MO)	Ford/FAS Lane Racing
33	Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS)	Chevrolet/BB&T
34	David Gilliland (Riverside, CA)	Ford/Gander Mountain
36	Dave Blaney (Hartford, OH)	Chevrolet
37	Tony Raines (LaPorte, IN)	Ford/TBA
38	Travis Kvapil (Janesville, WI)	Ford/Long John Silver's
39	Ryan Newman (South Bend, IN)	Chevrolet/U.S. Army
42	Juan Pablo Montoya (Bogota, Colombia)	Chevrolet/Target
43	A.J. Allmendinger (Los Gatos, CA)	Ford/Richard Petty Motorsports
46	J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ)	Chevrolet/Red Line Oil
47	Bobby Labonte (Corpus Christi, TX)	Toyota/Kingsford
48	Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, CA)	Chevrolet/Lowe's
56	Martin Truex Jr. (Mayetta, NJ)	Toyota/NAPA
60	Mike Skinner (Susanville, CA)	Toyota/Big Red
66	Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ)	Toyota/racehp.com
71	Andy Lally (Northport, NY)	Ford/Interstate Moving Services
78	Regan Smith (Cato, NY)	Chevrolet/Furniture Row Racing
83	Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC)	Toyota/Red Bull
87	Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL)	Toyota/NEMCO Motorsports
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Kannapolis, NC)	Chevrolet/Amp Energy/Nat'l Guard
92	Brian Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI)	Dodge/K-Automotive Motorsports
99	Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO)	Ford/Scotts

* - Defending champion

Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years)
Driver	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Kyle Busch	---	---	---	4th	5th	2nd	2nd	Won	Won
Jeff Gordon	7th	16th	6th	39th	40th	4th	9th	8th	2nd
Kevin Harvick	40th	6th	25th	5th	3rd	7th	8th	34th	3rd
Jeff Burton	3rd	9th	14th	16th	15th	43rd	11th	3rd	4th
Carl Edwards	---	---	---	21st	7th	12th	7th	26th	5th
Juan Pablo Montoya	---	---	---	---	---	26th	32nd	10th	6th
Martin Truex Jr	---	---	---	---	41st	28th	5th	22nd	7th
Ryan Newman	2nd	39th	9th	3rd	8th	6th	6th	4th	8th
Jimmie Johnson	31st	19th	2nd	40th	12th	Won	30th	36th	10th
Denny Hamlin	---	---	---	---	2nd	3rd	24th	14th	11th
Clint Bowyer	---	---	---	---	10th	9th	Won	18th	12th
Matt Kenseth	6th	7th	5th	12th	38th	10th	38th	13th	13th
Brad Keselowski	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	14th
David Reutimann	---	---	---	---	---	29th	22nd	28th	15th
Joey Logano	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	19th	16th
Kurt Busch	27th	8th	31st	17th	29th	5th	42nd	12th	18th
Jamie McMurray	---	22nd	38th	10th	19th	41st	35th	7th	19th
Brian Vickers	---	---	8th	32nd	37th	24th	28th	15th	20th
Kasey Kahne	---	---	28th	Won	34th	40th	10th	29th	21st
Greg Biffle	---	17th	21st	6th	4th	19th	14th	17th	22nd
Tony Stewart	Won	41st	4th	2nd	6th	8th	4th	2nd	23rd
Mark Martin	4th	5th	7th	15th	11th	17th	3rd	5th	25th
Paul Menard	---	---	---	---	---	16th	31st	30th	27th
Dale Earnhardt Jr	36th	3rd	Won	14th	Won	13th	15th	27th	32nd

Mover of the Week

Kevin Harvick - Started in the 38th position and finished 5th

Sports Network Selections

Pick to Win - Kyle Busch

Darkhorse - Tony Stewart

Last Week's Pick to Win (Kevin Harvick) - Finished 5th

Last Week's Darkhorse (Dave Blaney) - Finished 27th

NOTES:

Could it be possible, someone equaling a feat accomplished by the great Richard Petty? The King captured this race three consecutive years from 1971-73 and Kyle Busch sits on the starting line having won the spring Richmond race the past two years.

Busch will have plenty of competition in his rearview mirror. Carl Edwards, who sits atop the point standings, has three top-10s in this race the past five years, not to mention, Jimmie Johnson, who captured the 2007 running of this race. Dale Earnhardt Jr, a three-time winner here, has recharged his batteries with three straight top-10 finishes, including a fourth two weeks ago.

With that being said, Busch is the man to beat, as he has six straight top- five finishes at this race, including two runner-up finishes and his two straight wins.

Last season it was a tale of two halves. Busch, the pole sitter, led 221 of the first 229 laps before he experienced an ill-handling car. His team, led by crew chief Dave Rogers, made several key adjustments on the car late in the race to put him back in winning contention.

Jeff Gordon had dominated the second half and appeared to be on the way to ending his 38-race winless streak in the Sprint Cup Series. But an incident involving Sam Hornish Jr set up a five-lap dash to the finish. Gordon led the way, with Busch on the outside of him for the final restart. Busch passed Gordon on the outside and then led the last five laps for his first Sprint Cup win since last August at Bristol -- 21 races ago.

After a stellar start to the 2011 season (six top-10's in 8 starts with 1 win), Busch has struggled in his last two races, placing 16th and 35th respectively.

When he won in 2009, Busch defeated Tony Stewart by almost three seconds for his 15th career Sprint Cup title on his 24th birthday. Celebrating his special day in style, Busch, following a restart, made a daring four-wide pass on the outside to take the second position from Carl Edwards and then moved around Jeff Gordon to grab the lead for good with 49 laps remaining. The win highlighted a weekend sweep at Richmond as he won Friday night's Nationwide Series race. He joined Harry Gant (1991) and Kevin Harvick (2005) as those drivers to win both races on the same weekend at the three-quarter- mile track.

When Clint Bowyer won in 2008, he edged out Kyle Busch by less than a second for his second career Sprint Cup title. Pole sitter Denny Hamlin dominated most of the race, leading a whopping 381 laps, however he faded to finish 24th. Bowyer led the final 13 laps to win for the first time since capturing the Dodge Avenger 500 in 2007.

In 2007, Jimmie Johnson won this race for the first time, as he clipped Kyle Busch by less than a second for his fourth win of that season. Johnson, who now totals 50 Sprint Cup titles, took the checkered flag 0.724 of a second ahead of Busch. Johnson swept both races at Richmond International Raceway in 2007.

Dale Earnhardt Jr reclaimed the lead for the third time on lap 356 and held on the rest of the way to capture this race for the third time in his career in 2006. With the win, his 17th Sprint Cup title at the time, he joined his father as a three-time champion of this race. Earnhardt, who led the race for a total of 47 laps, edged Denny Hamlin by less than a second. Kevin Harvick led four times for a race-high 272 laps, while pole sitter Greg Biffle, who finished fourth, led for 54 laps.

"King" Richard Petty was a six-time winner of this race and had 13 victories at Richmond, the most of all drivers. Petty was also an eight-time pole-winner at Richmond. In 63 races at RIR, Petty posted 34 top-5s and 41 top-10 finishes.

After six straight Chevrolet wins at RIR, Toyota has posted four consecutive wins, Busch winning in the spring and Denny Hamlin in the fall.

Tony Stewart has enjoyed amazing success at Richmond International Raceway. Since he began racing at RIR in 1999 on the Sprint Cup circuit, Stewart owns three wins, four seconds and 15 top-10 finishes in 24 races. Prior to Busch the past two season, Stewart was the last driver to win this race in back-to- back years (2001-02).

Richmond International Raceway has hosted the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series since 1953. Lee Petty won the first race that year. Formerly a half-mile oval, it was redesigned in 1988 between the spring and fall races. Recent renovations have made it one of the most modern speedways on the tour. Richmond offers fans a unique blend of short-track intimacy and superspeedway-style racing. The new Commonwealth Grandstand, located in Turn 1, has 7,843 new seats, bringing the track's capacity to 112,029. It is also 180 feet high - two feet higher than the control tower at Richmond International Airport and the tallest structure in surrounding Henrico County. The track itself is wide and smooth, giving the drivers plenty of room to race. Owned and operated by Paul Sawyer and his family, Richmond International Raceway has received numerous national and local honors, including the prestigious Myers Brothers Award.

A driver has won a race at RIR from the pole 22 times (most recently Kyle Busch in the spring race of 2010) and the deepest in the field that a race winner has started is 31st, a mark set by Clint Bowyer in 2008.

The 2011 Sprint Cup Series season continues with the May 7th running of the Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Denny Hamlin is the defending race winner.

04/26 16:12:54 ET

As of April 26, 2011, at 04:13 PM ET

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