The 2010 Food City 250 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on August 20, 2010. The race was the 29th iteration of the event and the 24th race of the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Elliott Sadler won the pole but it would be Kyle Busch who would dominate the race, leading the most laps and winning the race after he spun Brad Keselowski for the lead.[2]

2010 Food City 250
Race details[1]
Map of Speedway
Map of Speedway
Date August 20, 2010 (2010-08-20)
Official name 2010 Food City 250
Location Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee
Course Short Track
0.533 mi (0.858 km)
Distance 250 laps, 133.250 mi (214.445 km)
Weather Clear
Average speed 83.166 mph (133.843 km/h)
Attendance 112,000
Pole position
Driver Kevin Harvick Inc.
Time 15.934
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 116
Winner
No. 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree

Background

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The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.

Entry List

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver
# Driver Team Make
0 Brad Teague JD Motorsports Chevrolet
01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet
1 Ryan Newman Phoenix Racing Chevrolet
04 Jeremy Clements JD Motorsports Chevrolet
05 Willie Allen Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet
6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford
7 Josh Wise JR Motorsports Chevrolet
09 John Wes Townley RAB Racing Ford
10 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota
11 Brian Scott (R) Braun Racing Toyota
12 Justin Allgaier Penske Racing Dodge
15 Michael Annett Germain Racing Toyota
16 Brian Ickler Roush Fenway Racing Ford
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
21 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge
23 Robert Richardson Jr. R3 Motorsports Chevrolet
24 Eric McClure Team Rensi Motorsports Ford
26 Dennis Setzer K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge
27 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Baker Curb Racing Ford
28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet
32 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota
33 Elliott Sadler Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet
34 Tony Raines TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet
35 Jason Keller TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet
36 Jeff Green Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet
38 Kasey Kahne Braun Racing Toyota
39 Sean Caisse Go Green Racing Ford
40 Mike Bliss Key Motorsports Chevrolet
42 Parker Kligerman Team 42 Racing Dodge
43 Drew Herring Baker Curb Racing Ford
49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet
52 Chris Lawson Means Racing Chevrolet
56 Kevin Lepage Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet
60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford
61 J. J. Yeley Specialty Racing Ford
62 Brendan Gaughan Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota
66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota
70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet
73 Derrike Cope Stratus Racing Group Dodge
76 Ryan Hackett Ray Hackett Racing Ford
81 Michael McDowell MacDonald Motorsports Dodge
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. JR Motorsports Chevrolet
89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet
90 Chase Miller D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet
91 David Gilliland D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet
98 Paul Menard Roush Fenway Racing Ford
99 Trevor Bayne Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota
Official Entry list

Qualifying

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Elliott Sadler won the pole for the race with a time of 15.934 and a speed of 120.422. The biggest surprise was when Willie Allen qualified the Day Enterprise Racing No. 05 car in 7th on the grid.[3]

Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 33 Elliott Sadler Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 15.934 120.422
2 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.962 120.210
3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.978 120.090
4 12 Justin Allgaier Penske Racing Dodge 15.986 120.030
5 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 15.988 120.015
6 10 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 16.010 119.850
7 05 Willie Allen Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet 16.014 119.820
8 21 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 16.023 119.753
9 1 Ryan Newman Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 16.038 119.641
10 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 16.055 119.514
11 32 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota 16.063 119.455
12 39 Sean Caisse Go Green Racing Ford 16.093 119.232
13 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 16.094 119.225
14 98 Paul Menard Roush Fenway Racing Ford 16.102 119.165
15 81 Michael McDowell MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 16.107 119.128
16 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 16.116 119.062
17 99 Trevor Bayne Diamond Waltrip Racing Toyota 16.119 119.040
18 35 Jason Keller TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 16.119 119.040
19 26 Dennis Setzer K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 16.148 118.826
20 04 Jeremy Clements JD Motorsports Chevrolet 16.149 118.819
21 27 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Baker Curb Racing Ford 16.152 118.796
22 73 Derrike Cope Stratus Racing Group Dodge 16.154 118.782
23 15 Michael Annett Germain Racing Toyota 16.164 118.708
24 90 Chase Miller D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet 16.169 118.672
25 62 Brendan Gaughan Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 16.180 118.591
26 91 David Gilliland D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet 16.182 118.576
27 36 Jeff Green Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 16.191 118.510
28 49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 16.202 118.430
29 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 16.210 118.371
30 11 Brian Scott (R) Braun Racing Toyota 16.213 118.349
31 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 16.216 118.328
32 7 Josh Wise JR Motorsports Chevrolet 16.219 118.306
33 70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet 16.254 118.051
34 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. JR Motorsports Chevrolet 16.269 117.942
35 0 Brad Teague JD Motorsports Chevrolet 16.278 117.877
36 16 Brian Ickler Roush Fenway Racing Ford 16.325 117.538
37 38 Kasey Kahne Braun Racing Toyota 16.358 117.300
38 34 Tony Raines* TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 16.358 117.300
39 09 John Wes Townley* RAB Racing Ford 16.424 116.829
40 23 Robert Richardson Jr.* R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 16.559 115.877
41 40 Mike Bliss* Key Motorsports Chevrolet 16.671 115.098
42 01 Mike Wallace* JD Motorsports Chevrolet
43 42 Parker Kligerman Team 42 Racing Dodge 16.285 117.826
Failed to Qualify, withdrew, or driver changes
44 56 Kevin Lepage Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 16.290 117.790
45 24 Eric McClure Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 16.315 117.610
46 43 Drew Herring Baker Curb Racing Ford 16.326 117.530
47 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 16.354 117.329
48 76 Ryan Hackett Ray Hackett Racing Ford 16.473 116.482
49 61 J. J. Yeley Specialty Racing Ford 16.552 115.926
50 52 Chris Lawson Means Racing Chevrolet 16.655 115.209
Official Starting grid

* - Made the field via owners points.

Race

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Outside pole sitter Joey Logano took the lead from pole sitter Elliott Sadler and Logano led the first lap of the race. On lap 31, Kyle Busch took the lead from his teammate. The first caution of the race flew on lap 56 for debris in turn 3. Kyle Busch won the race off of pit road but Brad Keselowski did not pit and Keselowski led the field to the restart on lap 62. On the restart, Busch took the lead from Keselowski immeadietly. On lap 82, a big and strange crash would occur in turn 1. It started when Justin Allgaier went to pass a lap car in Robert Richardson Jr. but Allgaier got stuck in the middle in between Trevor Bayne and Kasey Kahne. Allgaier made contact with Bayne which barely shot him up into Kahne and Allgaier squeezed Kahne into the outside wall on the frontstretch to a point where Kahne's right side tires climbed onto the wall and Kahne's car rode the wall all the way through turn 1 bringing out the second caution of the race. The race would restart on lap 91. On lap 117, the third caution would fly when Ryan Newman blew a right front tire and hit the outside wall in turn 2. Kyle Busch won the race off of pit road but Carl Edwards, Elliott Sadler, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Parker Kligerman, and Michael McDowell did not pit and Edwards led the field to the restart on lap 124. On lap 129, Elliott Sadler took the lead from Edwards. On lap 135, Kyle Busch attempted to take the lead from Sadler but failed to get in front of him. Busch tried again on lap 143 but ended up losing second and third in the process.

Final laps

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On lap 155, Clint Bowyer took the lead from Sadler. One lap later, Joe Nemechek hit the wall in turns 1 and 2 after he got bumped by Mike Bliss and had right rear damage and was slow. Two laps later on lap 158, Nemechek got hit in the side off of turn 4 by Sean Caisse and both Nemechek and Caisse crashed on the frontstretch right in front of Bowyer who hit Mike Wallace from behind and turned Wallace towards where Nemechek and Caisse crashed and gave Bowyer right front damage. This also brought out the 4th caution of the race. Bowyer came in and pitted to fix the fender and gave the lead to Brad Keselowski and Keselowski led the field to the restart on lap 166. On lap 187, the 5th caution flew when Justin Allgaier crashed in turns 3 and 4 after he made contact with Jason Keller while also collecting Josh Wise in the process. The race would restart on lap 193. At around 40 laps to go, Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski fought hard for the lead. Busch attempted to pass Keselowski multiple times until with 32 to go when he got in front of Keselowski in turn 2. Busch attempted the slide job which looked like it paid off for him. However, Keselowski did not lift and ran into the rear of Busch and put him in the wall on the backstretch and Keselowski took it back. This flustered Kyle and Busch decided to immediately take out his frustrations on Keselowski and Busch retaliated by hitting Keselowski's left rear corner panel enough that caused Keselowski to spin in turn 4 and slap the left front into the outside wall and bring out the 6th caution of the race. Keselowski was the points leader coming into the race 347 points ahead of Carl Edwards while Busch was in 3rd 503 back. Busch was the new leader and he never gave it up as the race restarted with 26 laps to go. With 25 to go, a stack up occurred on the frontstretch bringing out the 7th caution. It started when Jason Leffler bumped Joey Logano from behind off of turn 4 and caused Logano to spin. Others checked up but ran into each other causing others to crash and spin like Michael Annett, Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski, Reed Sorenson, Brendan Gaughan, Steve Wallace, and Paul Menard. 9 cars were involved in the accident. The race restarted with 17 laps to go. With 16 to go, the 8th and final caution flew when Reed Sorenson and Brian Scott made contact that sent Scott up in front of Brendan Gaughan where Gaughan bumped Scott in turn 2 turning Scott around before Gaughan got spun after he got bumped by Willie Allen. The race would restart with 10 laps to go. Kyle Busch took the lead and held onto it as Busch would win his 10th race of the 2010 season. Jason Leffler, Elliott Sadler, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Carl Edwards rounded out the top 5 while Trevor Bayne, Clint Bowyer, Reed Sorenson, Parker Kligerman, and Joey Logano rounded out the top 10. As soon as Busch got out of his car after doing his burnouts, fans in the stands immeadietly boo'd him and Busch gestured back at them first putting his arms out and then doing a crybaby sign back at the fans before getting the checkered flag. When asked about spinning Keselowski, Busch did admit he dumped him on purpose because Keselowski did not do a "Earnhardt crossover move" and instead ran into the back of him. Busch also quoted "you play that game, I'll play it back. So I dumped him."[4]

Eventually, the feud between Keselowski and Busch came into the Cup Series race the following night, this time during driver intros where the drivers would introduce themselves to the crowd. Once again, Busch was boo'd by the Bristol crowd and sarcastically stated "all of yall are so loving! Thank you!" before he told the crowd his name, his car, and his slogan which was "ready to win it again," since Busch had won the Truck Series race the night before the Nationwide race, and walked off. Behind Busch was actually Keselowski. Keselowski picked up the microphone and said "Brad Keselowski, driver of the Penske racing Dodge, Kyle Busch is an ass!" and walked off to the cheers of the fans in attendance. The reason Keselowski did it was to express how he felt but also was because of the conversation he had between him and Juan Pablo Montoya about it to which Montoya said "I wouldn't do it." to where Keselowski said "Hell yeah I'll do it!" Keselowski then asked the preacher "would you be offended if I said 'Ass?'" to which the preacher replied "No man! 'Ass' is in the bible." and allowed Keselowski to do it anyway. But Busch would have the last laugh as he made NASCAR history by being the first driver to sweep the whole Bristol event by winning a Truck race, Nationwide series race, and Cup series race on the same weekend at Bristol. When asked about Keselowski's comments Busch replied "Who? I don't know who you're talking about." and then being told Keselowski drives the 12 car which Busch replied "I saw it, but I passed it." after Busch lapped him during the race.[5][6]

Race results

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Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points
1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 250 116 running 195
2 10 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 250 0 running 170
3 33 Elliott Sadler Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 250 26 running 170
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. JR Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 160
5 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 250 9 running 160
6 99 Trevor Bayne Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota 250 0 running 150
7 21 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 250 7 running 151
8 32 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota 250 0 running 142
9 42 Parker Kligerman Team 42 Racing Dodge 250 0 running 138
10 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 250 30 running 139
11 05 Willie Allen Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet 250 0 running 130
12 35 Jason Keller TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 127
13 98 Paul Menard Roush Fenway Racing Ford 250 0 running 124
14 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 250 62 running 126
15 7 Josh Wise JR Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 118
16 27 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Baker Curb Racing Ford 250 0 running 115
17 40 Mike Bliss Key Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 112
18 15 Michael Annett Germain Racing Toyota 250 0 running 109
19 16 Brian Ickler Roush Fenway Racing Ford 250 0 running 106
20 81 Michael McDowell MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 250 0 running 103
21 62 Brendan Gaughan Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 250 0 running 100
22 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 250 0 running 97
23 04 Jeremy Clements JD Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 94
24 70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 91
25 11 Brian Scott (R) Braun Racing Toyota 249 0 running 88
26 34 Tony Raines TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 248 0 running 85
27 09 John Wes Townley RAB Racing Ford 247 0 running 82
28 23 Robert Richardson Jr. R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 247 0 running 79
29 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 245 0 running 76
30 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 244 0 running 73
31 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 226 0 running 70
32 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 204 0 running 67
33 12 Justin Allgaier Penske Racing Dodge 186 0 crash 64
34 39 Sean Caisse Go Green Racing Ford 155 0 crash 61
35 1 Ryan Newman Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 117 0 crash 58
36 49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 84 0 suspension 55
37 38 Kasey Kahne Braun Racing Toyota 81 0 crash 52
38 0 Brad Teague JD Motorsports Chevrolet 42 0 brakes 49
39 73 Derrike Cope Stratus Racing Group Dodge 30 0 brakes 46
40 90 Chase Miller D'Hondt-Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet 25 0 electrical 43
41 91 David Gilliland D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet 22 0 brakes 40
42 26 Dennis Setzer K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 6 0 brakes 37
43 36 Jeff Green Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 4 0 brakes 34
Official Race results

References

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  1. ^ "2010 Food City 250". Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  2. ^ "Kyle Busch wins Food City 250 after wrecking Brad Keselowski". Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  3. ^ "Sadler On NNS Pole at Bristol". Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  4. ^ "Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2010 Food City 250 at Bristol". Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  5. ^ "Brad Keselowski Explains Why He Told Bristol Crowd 'Kyle Busch Is An Ass'". Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  6. ^ "Kyle Busch savors last laugh after completing historic sweep at Bristol". Retrieved August 23, 2010.


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