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2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
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The 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was the 62nd season of professional stock car racing in the United States. Beginning at Daytona International Speedway, the season included 36 races and two exhibition races. The season concluded with the 2010 Ford 400 at Homestead Miami Speedway. During the 2009 off season, NASCAR announced a few calendar changes, including a standardized start time. Rick Hendrick won the Owners' Championship, while Jimmie Johnson won the Drivers' Championship with a second place finish at the final race of the season. Chevrolet won the Manufacturers' Championship with 261 points.


Results and standings[]

Races[]

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Winning manufacturer Report
Budweiser Shootout Carl Edwards Greg Biffle Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Report
1 Daytona 500 Mark Martin Kevin Harvick Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Report
2 Auto Club 500 Jamie McMurray Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Report
3 Shelby American Kurt Busch Jeff Gordon Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Report
4 Kobalt Tools 500 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Kasey Kahne Kurt Busch Dodge Report
5 Food City 500 Joey Logano Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Report
6 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Kevin Harvick Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin Toyota Report
7 Subway Fresh Fit 600 A. J. Allmendinger Jimmie Johnson / Kyle Busch Ryan Newman Chevrolet Report
8 Samsung Mobile 500 Tony Stewart Jeff Gordon Denny Hamlin Toyota Report
9 Aaron's 499 Jimmie Johnson Jeff Burton Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Report
10 Crown Royal 400 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota Report
11 Showtime Southern 500 Jamie McMurray Jeff Gordon Denny Hamlin Toyota Report
12 Autism Speaks 400 Martin Truex, Jr. Jimmie Johnson Kyle Busch Toyota Report
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Kurt Busch Jimmie Johnson Kurt Busch Dodge Report
13 Coca-Cola 600 Ryan Newman Kurt Busch Kurt Busch Dodge Report
14 Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 Kyle Busch Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin Toyota Report
15 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Kurt Busch Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin Toyota Report
16 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Kasey Kahne Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Report
17 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Juan Pablo Montoya Kasey Kahne Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Report
18 Coke Zero 400 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Report
19 LifeLock.com 400 Jamie McMurray Jimmie Johnson David Reutimann Toyota Report
20 Brickyard 400 Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Report
21 Pennsylvania 500 Tony Stewart Jimmie Johnson Greg Biffle Ford Report
22 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Carl Edwards Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet Report
23 Carfax 400 Kasey Kahne Greg Biffle Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Report
24 Irwin Tools Night Race Jimmie Johnson Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota Report
25 Emory Healthcare 500 Denny Hamlin Tony Stewart Tony Stewart Chevrolet Report
26 Air Guard 400 Carl Edwards Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin Toyota Report
Chase for the Championship
27 Sylvania 300 Brad Keselowski Clint Bowyer Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Report
28 AAA 400 Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Report
29 Price Chopper 400 Kasey Kahne Tony Stewart Greg Biffle Ford Report
30 Pepsi Max 400 Jamie McMurray Mark Martin Tony Stewart Chevrolet Report
31 Bank of America 500 Jeff Gordon Kyle Busch Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Report
32 TUMS Fast Relief 500 Denny Hamlin Jeff Burton Denny Hamlin Toyota Report
33 AMP Energy Juice 500 Juan Pablo Montoya Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Report
34 AAA Texas 500 Elliott Sadler Greg Biffle Denny Hamlin Toyota Report
35 Kobalt Tools 500 Carl Edwards Denny Hamlin Carl Edwards Ford Report
36 Ford 400 Kasey Kahne Carl Edwards Carl Edwards Ford Report

Drivers[]

(key)
Bold - Pole position awarded by time.
Italics - Pole position earned by points standings.
* – Most laps led.

Pos Driver DAY CAL LSV ATL BRI MAR PHO TEX TAL RIC DAR DOV CHA POC MIC INF NHA DY2 CHI IND PO2 GLN MI2 BR2 AT2 RI2 NH2 DV2 KAN CA2 CH2 MA2 TL2 TX2 PH2 HOM Points
1 Jimmie Johnson 35 1* 1 12 1 9 3* 2 31 10 36 16* 37 5 6 1* 1 31 25* 22 10* 28 12 35 3 3 25 1* 2 3 3 5 7 9 5 2 6,622
2 Denny Hamlin 17 29 19 21 19 1* 30 1 4 11 1 4 18 1* 1* 34 14 24 8 15 5 37 2 34 43 1* 2 9 12 8 4 1 9 1 12* 14 6,583
3 Kevin Harvick 7* 2 2 9 11 35 13 7 1 3 6 7 11 4 19 3 5 1* 34 2 4 11 1 14 33 9 5 15 3 7 8 3 2 6 6 3 6,581
4 Carl Edwards 9 13 12 39 6 8 7 33 11 5 15 8 16 12 12 29 25 6 2 7 3 5 3 12 2 10 11 5 6 34 12 8 17 19 1 1* 6,393
5 Matt Kenseth 8 7 5 2 5 18 6 20 28 13 13 3 10 17 14 30 17 15 13 12 18 13 5 10 11 14 23 18 7 30 6 15 16 2 7 9 6,294
6 Greg Biffle 3 10 10 8 4 10 22 10 17 22 22 6 32 28 9 7 16 20 35 3 1 24 4* 8 36 32 17 19 1 41 5 33 19 5* 4 10 6,247
7 Tony Stewart 22 9 7 13 2 26 23 32 16 23 23 9 15 3 5 9 2 25 9 5 2 7 6 27 1* 16 24 21 4* 1 21 24 31 11 17 8 6,221
8 Kyle Busch 14 14 15 25 9 22 8 3 9 1* 7 1 3 2 20 39 11 40 17 8 23 8 18 1* 5 2 9 6 21 35 2* 4 25 32 13 32 6,182
9 Jeff Gordon 26 20 3* 18 14 3 2 31* 22 2 4* 11 6 32 4 5 4 3 3 23 6 10 27 11 13 12 6 11 5 9 23 20 8 37 11 37 6,176
10 Clint Bowyer 4 8 8 23 40 7 9 36 7 12 32 17 7 9 22 31 7 17 4 4 15 32 13 4 7 6 1* 25 15 2 17 38 1 7 21 12 6,155
11 Kurt Busch 23 6 35 1 3* 23 35 4 8 18 3 19 1* 6 3 32 3 7 26 10 33 2 40 9 6 18 13 4 13 21 30 16 30 24 9 18 6,142
12 Jeff Burton 11 3 11 20 10 20 25 12 32* 4 8 2 25 7 8 27 12 5 7 6 8 9 24 16 4 13 15 2 18 23 20 9* 41 36 19 31 6,033
Chase for the Championship cut-off
13 Mark Martin 12 4 4 33 35 21 4 6 5 25 16 15 4 29 16 14 21 28 15 11 7 19 28 23 21 20 29 12 14 6* 14 2 11 3 8 16 4,364
14 Jamie McMurray 1 17 34 29 8 30 24 30 2 19 2 32 2 36 24 15 18 39 5 1 22 6 20 3 15 17 3 13 11 17 1 11 36 16 10 21 4,325
15 Ryan Newman 34 36 18 17 16 4 1 11 35 8 9 13 9 14 32 16 6 26 22 17 12 12 23 6 8 11 8 8 9 5 36 30 23 20 2 7 4,302
16 Joey Logano 20 5 6 35 27 2 10 28 36 16 27 10 13 13 10 33 9 29 19 9 25 33 10 18 27 4 35 3 17 11 7 6 5 4 3 39 4,185
17 Juan Montoya 10 37 37 3 26 36 5 34 3 6 5 35 38 8 13 10 34 27 16 32* 16 1* 7 7 9 7 16 14 29 14 11 19 3 28 16 35 4,118
18 David Reutimann 5 15 13 40 38 28 20 37 14 15 11 5 5 15 18 20 15 11 1 28 17 23 16 2 16 19 7 35 35 10 9 27 4 15 26 38 4,024
19 A. J. Allmendinger 32 25 25 6 17 38 15 13 19 17 37 14 14 10 11 13 10 36 14 16 24 4 17 31 18 8 12 10 10 19 25 12 32 14 18 5 3,998
20 Kasey Kahne 30 34 9 4* 34 17 39 5 21 21 20 20 12 27 2 4 36* 2 6 13 19 17 14 5 32 29 14 28 37 4 38 14 26 13 30 6 3,961
21 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2 32 16 15 7 15 12 8 13 32 18 30 22 19 7 11 8 4 23 27 27 26 19 13 22 34 4 23 22 16 29 7 39* 25 14 27 3,953
22 Martin Truex, Jr. 6 39 20 27 12 5 17 9 12 7 19 12 23 25 17 42 22 35 11 26 9 15 8 17 12 22 20 34 20 18 15 29 6 38 15 11 3,916
23 Paul Menard 13 18 17 5 18 14 29 35 25 27 30 21 8 16 25 22 28 18 10 14 13 16 35 21 35 26 28 7 8 22 24 13 13 10 29 19 3,776
24 David Ragan 16 23 23 37 29 16 19 15 6 24 14 26 24 26 34 25 20 38 12 20 14 25 11 32 19 23 22 24 16 32 10 17 21 8 25 20 3,599
25 Brad Keselowski 36 21 26 36 13 12 16 14 34 14 12 18 20 21 27 35 26 30 18 19 20 20 34 19 25 15 18 22 23 26 27 10 10 33 42 13 3,485
26 Marcos Ambrose 41 35 14 11 33 11 11 17 37 9 25 36 36 30 15 6 13 32 28 21 39 3 15 20 10 5 30 20 34 33 16 34 34 12 22 26 3,422
27 Elliott Sadler 24 24 27 19 20 24 31 18 33 38 21 28 21 31 21 17 19 22 21 38 34 29 9 29 41 27 21 17 28 13 26 28 14 23 28 28 3,234
28 Regan Smith 39 19 21 14 36 32 26 21 38 30 17 24 19 18 23 38 33 33 20 33 21 34 21 30 17 25 19 26 26 12 13 31 12 22 23 17 3,229
29 Sam Hornish, Jr. 37 16 28 28 32 13 18 19 24 36 31 34 17 11 26 36 23 21 24 30 11 14 32 25 30 28 10 36 36 15 40 25 15 18 32 24 3,214
30 Scott Speed 19 11 22 10 31 33 21 16 15 35 28 23 30 20 28 18 27 10 30 25 26 43 25 33 34 24 36 32 19 24 19 23 29 27 35 23 3,178
31 Bobby Labonte 21 27 38 22 21 29 27 23 23 33 34 39 31 38 41 23 30 16 29 31 28 35 33 38 31 39 39 27 41 38 22 43 38 30 20 22 2,583
32 David Gilliland DNQ 26 30 26 23 19 32 29 31 35 25 26 33 35 19 35 32 DNQ 30 27 36 26 20 37 33 30 32 20 28 37 33 29 38 25 2,445
33 Travis Kvapil 29 30 24 30 25 27 36 24 18 34 26 29 28 22 31 24 DNQ 34 31 24 29 30 30 22 29 35 32 33 33 28 31 35 DNQ 41 34 34 2,426
34 Robby Gordon 28 33 32 43 22 34 14 26 20 28 38 31 33 33 2 12 38 36 36 39 40 26 33 22 18 35 33 2,028
35 Kevin Conway 31 36 31 28 31 33 27 30 37 33 33 35 35 40 28 32 14 33 34 31 31 36 37 41 37 38 31 DNQ DNS 30 1,830
36 Casey Mears DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 30 DNQ 26 DNQ 22 29 23 36 29 40 DNQ 36 DNQ 39 26 21 38 29 24 25 DNQ 40 24 26 24 33 1,573
37 Dave Blaney DNQ 41 29 41 42 42 42 43 43 DNQ 42 41 43 40 DNQ 37 42 43 DNQ 41 42 DNQ DNQ 24 30 31 43 31 29 32 36 42 42 37 36 1,416
38 Joe Nemechek 43 40 41 38 43 39 38 40 42 43 DNQ 38 39 43 37 40 39 41 43 40 40 39 43 DNQ 38 42 40 41 DNQ 37 DNQ 41 27 43 DNQ 41 1,361
39 Reed Sorenson DNQ 39 41 43 DNQ 24 8 27 35 32 26 15 14 27 16 30 27 18 1,355
40 Brian Vickers 15 12 31 7 15 6 37 38 29 20 10 1,158
41 Bill Elliott 27 16 25 27 29 37 18 22 23 25 35 40 15 1,107
42 Mike Bliss 42 22 39 24 DNQ 25 DNQ 42 10 40 DNQ 40 DNQ DNQ 9 41 DNQ DNQ 42 DNS 41 40 DNQ DNQ DNQ 39 39 43 1,050
43 Max Papis 40 28 33 34 DNQ 40 40 22 40 DNQ 29 DNQ DNQ 34 43 43 43 42 42 43 DNQ 22 41 907
44 J. J. Yeley 41 37 34 37 39 26 38 19 DNQ DNQ 38 DNQ DNQ DNQ 40 42 42 42 43 39 DNQ 31 42 891
45 Michael McDowell 33 42 42 42 43 43 41 DNQ 40 42 42 39 41 DNQ DNQ 42 43 42 42 43 39 DNQ 43 39 40 39 39 DNQ 35 DNQ DNQ DNQ 879
46 David Stremme 24 37 DNQ DNQ 27 29 24 27 DNQ 24 30 31 37 36 DNQ DNQ 825
47 Landon Cassill 38 39 39 41 38 37 DNQ 33 42 38 43 40 42 42 DNQ 40 40 40 717
48 Aric Almirola DNQ 43 43 DNQ 39 41 DNQ DNQ 21 20 21 27 4 704
49 Tony Raines 42 31 28 38 34 31 39 32 36 534
50 Patrick Carpentier 21 29 28 27 DNQ 37 31 DNQ 474
51 Andy Lally 37 18 37 36 34 34 29 471
52 Boris Said 25 38 40 32 8 38 448
53 Todd Bodine DNQ 39 DNQ 40 42 40 DNQ DNQ 37 37 41 DNQ DNQ 313
54 Robert Richardson 31 26 23 37 301
55 Michael Waltrip 18 41 39 DNQ DNQ 28 284
56 P. J. Jones 41 35 41 37 190
57 Jeff Green 24 36 DNQ DNQ 41 DNQ 186
58 Mattias Ekström 21 31 175
59 Terry Cook DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 37 DNQ 34 DNQ DNQ 39 DNQ DNQ 164
60 Johnny Sauter DNQ DNQ 41 DNQ 41 43 41 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 154
61 Chad McCumbee 42 22 134
62 Steve Park 13 129
63 Jan Magnussen 12 127
64 Scott Riggs 28 DNQ 42 DNQ DNQ DNQ 116
65 Ken Schrader 18 114
66 Trevor Bayne 17 112
67 Hermie Sadler 26 85
68 Terry Labonte 40 41 83
69 Jacques Villeneuve 29 76
70 Jason Leffler DNQ 43 DNQ 43 DNQ DNQ 68
71 John Andretti 38 49
72 Ron Fellows 40 43
73 Geoff Bodine 41 40
74 Jeff Fuller DNQ 43 34
75 Brendan Gaughan 43 34
76 Brandon Ash DNQ DNQ 0
77 Brian Simo DNQ 0
78 Josh Wise DNQ DNQ 0
79 Ted Musgrave DNQ DNQ 0
80 Kevin Lepage DNQ 0
81 Tony Ave DNQ 0
82 Brian Keselowski DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
83 Derrike Cope DNQ 0
84 Mike Wallace DNQ 0
85 Norm Benning DNQ 0
Pos Driver DAY CAL LSV ATL BRI MAR PHO TEX TAL RIC DAR DOV CHA POC MIC INF NHA DY2 CHI IND PO2 GLN MI2 BR2 AT2 RI2 NH2 DV2 KAN CA2 CH2 MA2 TL2 TX2 PH2 HOM Points

Note:This list does not include exhibition races.

Manufacturer[]

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Chevrolet 18 261
2 Toyota 12 217
3 Ford 4 176
4 Dodge 2 138
Source:[1]

References[]

External links[]

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seasons

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