stock car race held august brooklyn michigan contested laps race sprint cup series season race won richard racing team finished second started fourth clinched pole position driver maintained lead corner begin race started second position grid took lead lap afterward leader eventually lead race high laps led final pit stops ahead helped leader laps left gained claimed position lap remaining maintained position claim sprint cup victory michigan international nineteen lead changes different drivers course race win season result maintained position drivers championship clinched position chase remained points ahead second place driver ahead chevrolet maintained lead manufacturers championship thirty points ahead toyota ahead ford thirteen races remaining season total people attended race million watched television race report background hold nascar races standard track michigan international turn miles long track turns banked eighteen degrees stretch location finish line banked degrees stretch degree banking seating capacity people race team chose replace regular driver substitute prior practice session decided cancel sponsorship prompting team replace week leading race gordon wife gave birth son gordon said planning retire son victory lane race led drivers championship points stood second points drivers championship points fourth points fifth points manufacturers championship chevrolet leading points seven points ahead rival toyota ford points points ahead dodge battle race defending champion practice qualifying practice sessions held sunday race friday saturday session lasted minutes saturday morning session lasted minutes final practice session minutes length practice session quickest time ahead second followed fourth position ahead fifth saturday morning session quickest ahead second burton followed fourth fifth positions final practice session race quickest time followed second ahead fourth quickest second practice managed fifth quickest won michigan international spring having difficult time trying improve car handling race car won said going right like june far speed little bit slow speed far qualifying feel like race stuff pretty competitive teammate struggling adding car loose jumped forth practice tight loose picked practice couldn rotate center like wanted qualifying seven cars entered able race nascar qualifying procedure clinched eighteenth career pole position time qualifying run commented turns strong coming green felt like little bit free got good carried lot speed got turn couldn turn kind actually lot went track little bit loose corner definitely didn good liked point thought probably gave pole away able hang speed joined row grid qualified took fourth started fifth scored ninth final practice session drivers qualify race summary race total thirty season began televised live united_states espn conditions partly cloudy high pastor began pre race ceremonies giving invocation recording artists performed national anthem gave command drivers start engines held lead going corner passed second lap passed second position laps later emerged lap johnson built second lead stewart passed second caught johnson lap lead lap lap stewart took second place johnson emerged fourth moved passing johnson lap lap drove garage followed laps later lap began closing pass called engine failed lap led drivers restart moved fifth passing lap johnson reclaimed position lap passed laps lap caught passed stewart second position lap caught laps later light rain falling turn turn following stretch prompted second caution lap teams pit stops fuel tires remained leader green flag lap lap collided sustained minor damage starting thirty sixth moved tenth position lap laps later stewart took lead lap passed claim second position gordon passed johnson seventh began run green flag pit stops lap followed johnson laps later stewart went pit lap leader stewart managed reclaim lead lap seven laps later passed fourth position moved position lap gordon emerged fourth held second lead stewart laps later gordon moved position lap second lead passed stewart second lap green flag pit stops began second time laps later pit stop stayed track lap pitting fast hold remaining leader conclusion pit stops lap collided causing newman car turn sideways causing caution flag lap led drivers green flag laps later fourth caution came sustained damage race cars drivers pit stop fuel stayed track leader race led restart passed following lap position lap passed lead lap stewart emerged position fifth caution came debris track lap stewart stayed track rest field pit stops stewart led restart followed lap passed second position moved fourth helped lead laps later passed lead lap lap second lead passed stewart lap crossed finish line win season followed second ahead edwards fourth fifth race lead changes different drivers post race appeared victory lane victory lap start celebrating win season sprint cup win michigan international crowd people cars run good hadn couple times committed driving different spots race track different things inside car trying manage practice fool said triumph leading race near end passed laps left finished second said catch getting turn pull away bit better kind split pretty obviously fastest car won today good subsequent press conference stated lot places classify places don run good ran good places year short tracks road courses places typically count running good owner expressed enjoyment winning race victories track remember winning proud win days win product lot pride great today win spoke difficulty winning track saying lot years getting beat people running honest figure probably end year went home watched tapes previous races good handle running groove rhythm thing things needed change approach run think biggest change race cars good approach ran race track race making commitment worked today race result left leading driver championship points assuring position chase sprint cup finished seventh second points ahead eighty seven ahead fifth points chevrolet maintained lead manufacturers championship points toyota placed second points ford followed points ahead dodge fourth million people watched race television race took hours minutes thirty seconds complete margin victory seconds results qualifying race results standings race
2010 Carfax 400