2010 AAA Texas 500

2010 AAA Texas 500
Race details[1][2]
Race 34 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date November 7, 2010 (2010-November-07)
Location Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 334 laps, 501 mi (806.3 km)
Weather A high temperature of 71.6 °F (22.0 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 17.26 miles per hour (27.78 km/h).[3]
Average speed 140.456 miles per hour (226.042 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Richard Petty Motorsports
Time 27.636
Most laps led
Driver Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing
Laps 223
Winner
No. 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2010 AAA Texas 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 7, 2010, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps, it was the thirty-fourth race during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and the eighth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race was won by Denny Hamlin of the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Matt Kenseth finished second, and Mark Martin clinched third.

There were nine cautions and thirty-five lead changes among fourteen different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Hamlin's eighth win in the 2010 season, and his second at Texas Motor Speedway. The result moved him to first in the Drivers' Championship, 33 points ahead Jimmie Johnson in second. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 40 ahead of Toyota and 91 ahead of Ford, with two races remaining in the season. A total of 156,000 people attended the race.

  1. ^ "2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Sadler claims surprise Texas pole". inRacingNews.com. November 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012.
  3. ^ "Weather History for Fort Worth, TX". Old Farmer's Almanac. Yankee Publishing. Retrieved December 17, 2017.