Crown Royal Presents the Your Name Here 400

Richmond 400

Venue	Richmond International Raceway
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)

The Richmond 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Since 2007, race title sponsor Crown Royal names 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,^[1] 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.^[2]

The race is currently held as a Saturday night 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.

Contents 1 Past winners 2 Television broadcasters 2.1 Notes 3 External links 4 References

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
					Laps	Miles (km)
1953	April 19	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	100 (160.934)	2:11:48	45.535
1955	May 22	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	Chrysler	200	100 (160.934)	1:50:30	54.298
1956	April 29	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	Dodge	200	100 (160.934)	1:46:42	56.232
1957	May 5	Paul Goldsmith	Pete DePaolo	Ford	200	100 (160.934)	1:36:05	62.445
1959	June 21	Tim Pistone	Carl Rupert	T-Bird	200	100 (160.934)	1:45:29	56.881
1960	June 5	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	100 (160.934)	1:36:23	62.251
1961	April 23	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	100 (160.934)	1:36:04	62.456
1962	April 1	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	180*	90 (144.84)	1:45:08	51.363
1963	April 7	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	250	125 (201.168)	2:06:16	58.624
1964	March 10	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Dodge	250	125 (201.168)	2:07:51	60.233
1965	March 7	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson	Ford	250	125 (201.168)	2:02:07	61.416
1966	May 15	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Dodge	250	125 (201.168)	1:52:43	66.539
1967	April 30	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	250	125 (201.168)	1:53:40	65.982
1968	March 24	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	250	125 (201.168)	1:55:55	65.217
1969	April 13	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:23:23	73.752
1970	March 1	James Hylton	James Hylton	Ford	500	271 (436.132)	3:18:11	82.044
1971	March 7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:23:20	79.836
1972	Feb 27	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:32:12	76.258
1973	Feb 25	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	271 (436.132)	3:37:29	74.764
1974	Feb 24	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison	Chevrolet	450*	243.9 (392.519)	3:02:02	80.095
1975	Feb 23	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	271 (436.132)	3:37:03	74.913
1976	March 7	Dave Marcis	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:58:44	72.792
1977	Feb 27	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	245*	132.79 (213.704)	1:49:01	73.084
1978	Feb 26	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:41:59	80.304
1979	March 11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson	Oldsmobile	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:35:34	83.608
1980	Feb 24	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:12:08	67.703
1981	Feb 22	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson	Buick	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:49:53	76.57
1982	Feb 21	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	250*	135.5 (218.066)	1:51:30	72.914
1983	Feb 27	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:43:45	79.584
1984	Feb 26	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:09:31	76.736
1985	Feb 24	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:11:27	67.945
1986*	Feb 23	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:02:54	71.078
1987	March 8	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:39:34	81.52
1988*	Feb 21	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:15:54	66.401
1989	March 26*	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:20:51	89.619
1990	Feb 25	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:15:18	92.158
1991	Feb 24	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:50:47	105.937
1992	March 8	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:52:27	104.378
1993	March 7	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:47:07	107.709
1994	March 6	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:03:03	98.334
1995	March 5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:49:08	106.425
1996	March 3	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:55:11	102.75
1997	March 2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:45:54	108.499
1998*	June 6	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:05:29	97.044
1999	May 15	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:59:49	100.102
2000	May 6	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:01:08	99.374
2001	May 5	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:07:45	95.872
2002	May 4/5*	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:27:19	86.824
2003	May 3	Joe Nemechek	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	393*	294.75 (474.354)	3:23:47	86.783
2004	May 15	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:03:12	98.253
2005	May 14	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	400	300 (482.803)	2:59:26	100.316
2006	May 6	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:05:27	97.061
2007	May 6*	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:17:53	91.27
2008	May 3	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	410*	307.5 (494.873)	3:12:37	95.786
2009	May 2	Kyle Busch*	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:18:37	90.627
2010	May 1	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:00:47	99.567
2011	April 30	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:08:55	95.28

Crown Royal Your Name Here 400 (2007–present) 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: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain.
• 2008: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish.
• 2009: Kyle Busch won on his 24th birthday.

Television broadcasters

The Crown Royal 400 aired 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)
2011	Fox	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2010	Fox	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2009	Fox	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2008	Fox	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2007	Fox	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2006	FX	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2005	FX	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2004	FX	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2003	FX	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2002	FX	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2001	FX	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds
2000	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1999	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1998	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1997	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1996	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1995	TBS	Ken Squier
1994	TBS	Ken Squier	Dave Marcis and Kenny Wallace
1993	TBS	Ken Squier	Neil Bonnett
1992	TBS	Ken Squier	Neil Bonnett
1991	TBS	Ken Squier	Neil Bonnett
1990	TBS	Ken Squier	Chris Economaki
1989	TBS	Ken Squier	Johnny Hayes
1988	TBS	Ken Squier	Johnny Hayes
1987	TBS	Ken Squier	Lake Speed
1986	TBS	Ken Squier	Benny Parsons
1985	TBS	Ken Squier	Benny Parsons
1984	TBS
1983	TBS
1982	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Larry Nuber

Notes

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

• The 2009 race started on Speed in some areas because of Major League Baseball overrun.

External links

• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks

References

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