| Race details | |||
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| Race 21 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
| Date | August 1, 2010 | ||
| Location | Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.500 mi (4.023 km) |
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| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.67 km) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Tony Stewart | Stewart Haas Racing | |
| Time | 52.511 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 96 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 16 |
Greg Biffle |
Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Television | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||
The 2010 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 1, 2010 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 200 laps, it was the twenty-first race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Greg Biffle for the Roush Fenway Racing team.[1] Tony Stewart finished second, and Carl Edwards, who started twenty-fifth, clinched third.
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Prior to the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Kevin Harvick led the Drivers' Championship with 2,920 points, and Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon was second with 2,736 points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, Denny Hamlin was third with 2,660 points, and Jimmie Johnson was fourth with 2,659 points. Kurt Busch was fifth with 2,658 points.[2] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 143 points, twenty points ahead of their rival Toyota. In the battle for third place, Ford had 90 points, six ahead of Dodge.[3]
Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, one on Friday and two on Saturday.[4] The first practice session will last 90 minutes, while the Saturday morning will last 50 minutes.[4] The third and final practice session will last 60 minutes.[4] During the first practice session, Jimmie Johnson was quickest, ahead of Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman in second and third.[5] Kyle Busch followed in the fourth position, while Tony Stewart was scored fifth.[5] During the first Saturday practice session, Jeff Gordon was scored first fastest, ahead of his teammate Johnson and Kevin Harvick in second and third.[6] Jeff Burton followed in the fourth position, ahead of Greg Biffle in fifth.[6] In the third and final practice session, Burton was quickest with a speed of 166.936 miles per hour (268.657 km/h).[7] Joey Logano and Johnson followed in the second and third positions.[7] Reed Sorenson scored fourth, ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in fifth.[7]
During qualifying, forty-five drivers were entered, but only the fastest forty-three raced because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure.[8] Stewart clinched the pole position, with a time of 52.511.[9] He will be joined on the front row of the grid by Juan Pablo Montoya.[9] Hamlin only managed to qualify third, and Gordon qualified fourth.[9] Newman qualified fifth with a time of 52.961.[9] Johnson, A. J. Allmendinger, Burton, Jamie McMurray and Mark Martin rounded off the top ten.[9] The two drivers that did not qualify were David Stremme and Max Papis.[9]
The race is best known for the hardest recorded crash in NASCAR history. As Elliott Sadler spun and crashed into the barrier, however it is also known for the lack of coverage of the wreck. Prior to the wreck, Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson collided and resulted Busch to spin and thus as the main focus of the caution.
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