2010 Emory Healthcare 500
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The 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 5, 2010, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 325 laps, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Tony Stewart, for the Stewart Haas Racing team. Carl Edwards finished second, and Jimmie Johnson, who started seventh, clinched third.
Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
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Race 25 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Date | September 5, 2010 (2010-09-05) | ||
Location | Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km) | ||
Distance | 325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.5 km) | ||
Weather | Partly cloudy with a high around 84; wind out of the NE at 4 mph. Chance of precipitation: 0%. | ||
Average speed | 129.039 miles per hour (207.668 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
Time | 29.587 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Tony Stewart | Stewart Haas Racing | |
Laps | 175 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart Haas Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | ESPN | ||
Announcers | Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree |
Pole position driver Denny Hamlin maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Ryan Newman, who started in the second position remained behind him. Afterward, Newman became the leader. On lap 128, Hamlin had an engine failure, finishing forty-third. Later in the race, Tony Stewart led a race-high of seventy-five laps. Stewart retained the first position on a final restart to clinch his third win at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
There were eight cautions and twenty-seven lead changes among nine different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Tony Stewart's first win of the season and the thirty-eighth of his career. The result moved him up two spots to fourth in the Drivers' Championship, 283 points behind of leader Kevin Harvick and fourteen ahead of Carl Edwards. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-two ahead of Toyota and sixty-six ahead of Ford, with eleven races remaining in the season. A total of 93,200 people attended the race, while 5.516 million watched it on television.