2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
Location Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina
Date May 22, 2010
Laps 100
(One 50-lap segment, two 20 lap segments and ten green flag laps)
Distance 150 miles (240 km)
[Segment 1: 75 miles (121 km); Segments 2 and 3: 30 miles (48 km); Final segment: 15 miles (24 km) – Green Flag Laps only]
Winner Kurt Busch
Showdown Winners Martin Truex Jr.
Greg Biffle
Fan Vote Carl Edwards
Average speed 94.175 miles per hour (151.560 km/h)
Polesitter Kurt Busch
(due to rainout of qualifying)
Most Laps Led Jimmie Johnson (56 laps)
Television
Network Speed
Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2010 NASCAR Sprint Showdown and Sprint All-Star Race was the 26th running of NASCAR's special non-points race involving winners of the 2009 and 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races through the 2010 Autism Speaks 400 as well as Sprint All-Star Race 2000–2009 winners, when the event was known as "The Winston" and the "Nextel All-Star Challenge", and past Sprint Cup champions from the decade covering 2000 to 2009, including the "Winston Cup" (2000–2003) and "Nextel Cup" (2004–2007) eras. The event was run at the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Charlotte, North Carolina suburb of Concord on May 22, 2010. Speed provided television coverage in the US while MRN (over-the-air/terrestrial) and Sirius XM Radio (satellite) held radio rights. Kurt Busch won the race and the $1 million prize.[1]

  1. ^ Fryer, Jenna (May 22, 2010). "Kurt Busch wins $1 million All-Star race". Statesboro Herald. Retrieved February 27, 2024.