| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 29 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 The 2010 Price Chopper 400 program cover. | |||
| Date | October 3, 2010 | ||
| Location | Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.414 km) | ||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||
| Weather | Sunny with a high of 60; wind out of the East at 8 mph. | ||
| Average speed | 138.077 miles per hour (222.213 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Petty Motorsports | ||
| Time | 30.920 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Tony Stewart | Stewart Haas Racing | |
| Laps | 76 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||
The 2010 Price Chopper 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on October 3, 2010 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. The 300 lap race was the twenty-ninth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The race was also the third event in the ten round Chase for the Sprint Cup competition, which would conclude the 2010 season. Greg Biffle, of the Roush Fenway Racing team, won the race, with Jimmie Johnson finishing second and Kevin Harvick third.
Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Jeff Gordon, who started in the third position on the grid, remained behind him. Twenty-three laps later Jeff Gordon became the leader of the race. After the final pit stops, Paul Menard became the leader of the race, but with less than fifty laps remaining, Biffle passed him. He maintained the first position to lead a total of sixty laps, and to win his second race of the season.
There were five cautions and twenty lead changes among twelve different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Greg Biffle's second win in the 2010 season, and the sixteenth of his career. The result moved Biffle up to eighth in the Drivers' Championship, eighty-five points behind Jimmie Johnson and sixteen ahead of Jeff Burton. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-seven ahead of Toyota and seventy-seven ahead of Ford, with seven races remaining in the season. A total of 100,000 people attended the race, while 5.25 million watched it on television.
- ^ "Sprint Cup Series Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ "Price Chopper 400". rotoworld.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-02. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ^ "Kahne paces RPM sweep of Kansas front row". NASCAR. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ "Race Information". Fox Sports. Retrieved 10 October 2010.