Federated Auto Parts 400

Federated Auto Parts 400

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Venue	Richmond International Raceway
Corporate sponsor	Federated Auto Parts
First race	1958
Distance	300 miles (482.803 km)
Laps	400
Previous names	Richmond 200 (1958–1959) Richmond 100 (1960) Richmond 250 (1961) Capital City 300 (1962–1968) Capital City 250 (1969) Capital City 500 (1970–1975) Capital City 400 (1976–1980) Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 (1981–1985) Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400 (1986–1987) Miller High Life 400 (1988–1989) Miller Genuine Draft 400 (1990–1995) Miller 400 (1996) Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 (1997–1999) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 (2000) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 with the Looney Tunes (2001–2002) Chevy Rock & Roll 400 (2003–2009) Air Guard 400 (2010) Wonderful Pistachios 400 (2011)

2008 Rock & Roll 400 Logo

The Federated Auto Parts 400 is an annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia, the other one being the Toyota Owners 400, Since 2004, the race has served as the last race in NASCAR's "regular season". Following the race, the top sixteen drivers in points standings advance to the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Starting in 1991, the race was moved from Sunday afternoon to Saturday night. It became the second night race on the NASCAR schedule, following Bristol which takes place a few weeks earlier.

From 2000–2009, the race was sponsored in some form by Chevrolet. For 2001 and 2002, the race sponsorship was in conjunction with Warner Bros., with Looney Tunes characters featured in several cars' paint jobs. For the 2003-2009 races the race was known as the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 and various cars were painted to promote various rock music acts. The 2010 race saw the sponsorship move from Chevrolet to the Air National Guard, a branch of the United States Air Force. The race was sponsored by Roll Global through its Wonderful Pistachios brand, a division of Roll Global subsidiary Paramount Nuts in 2011. On May 2, 2012, Federated Auto Parts and Richmond International Raceway announced that Federated Auto Parts will be the race's sponsor starting in 2012 and ending in 2014.^[1]

Because of its proximity to (and its occasionally being run on) Patriot Day, the Pledge of Allegiance is included as part of the opening ceremony.

Past winners

• 1988: Track reconfigured to 0.75 miles.
• 1991: Race moved to a Saturday night event.
• 2008: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to Hurricane Hanna.
• 2012: Race started late due to rain; race finished on Sunday approximately 1:30am.

Multiple winners (drivers)

Multiple winners (teams)

Manufacturer wins

Television broadcasters

Notes

• The Super Chargers chose to tape delay the 1984 race for fourteen days and commentators Jan Gabriel and Darrell Waltrip. Darrell Waltrip did the commentary fourteen days after the race.

• The 2008 race, scheduled for ABC, was rained out and shown on ESPN due to scheduling conflicts with the 2008 Indycar Series Championship race from Chicagoland Speedway.

References

External links

• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks
• Sour Sixteen: NASCAR Has 16th Ratings Decline Of Season Entering Chase