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"Capital City 400" redirects here. For the spring race in 2012, see Toyota Owners 400.

Federated Auto Parts 400
Venue	Richmond International Raceway
Sponsor	Federated Auto Parts
First race	1958
Distance	300 miles (482.803 km)
Laps	400
Previous names	Richmond 200 (1958–1959) Richmond 100 (1960) Richmond 250 (1961) Capital City 300 (1962–1968) Capital City 250 (1969) Capital City 500 (1970–1975) Capital City 400 (1976–1980) Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 (1981–1985) Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400 (1986–1987) Miller High Life 400 (1988–1989) Miller Genuine Draft 400 (1990–1995) Miller 400 (1996) Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 (1997–1999) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 (2000) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 with the Looney Tunes (2001–2002) Chevy Rock & Roll 400 (2003–2009) Air Guard 400 (2010) Wonderful Pistachios 400 (2011)

The Federated Auto Parts 400 is an annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Since 2004, the race has served as the last race in NASCAR's "regular season". Following the race, the top twelve drivers in the standings (originally ten) advance to the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup.

From 2000–2009, the race was sponsored in some form by Chevrolet. For 2001 and 2002, the race sponsorship was in conjunction with Warner Bros., with Looney Tunes characters featured in several cars' paint jobs. For the 2003-2009 races the race was known as the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 and various cars were painted to promote various rock music acts. The 2010 race saw the sponsorship move from Chevrolet to the Air National Guard, a branch of the United States Air Force. The race was sponsored by Roll Global through its Wonderful Pistachios brand, a division of Roll Global subsidiary Paramount Nuts in 2011. On May 2, 2012, Federated Auto Parts and Richmond International Raceway announced that Federated Auto Parts will be the race's sponsor starting in 2012 and ending in 2014.^[1]

Because of its proximity to (and its occasionally being run on) Patriot Day, the Pledge of Allegiance is included as part of the opening ceremony.

1 Past winners
2 Television broadcasters
- 2.1 Notes
3 References
4 External links

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Miles (km)	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
1958	September 14	Speedy Thompson	Speedy Thompson	Chevrolet	200	100 (160.934)	1:43:40	57.878	Report
1959	September 13	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson	T-Bird	200	100 (160.934)	1:39:22	60.362	Report
1960	October 23	Speedy Thompson	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	200	100 (160.934)	1:34:08	63.739	Report
1961	September 10	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	250	125 (201.168)	2:01:36	61.677	Report
1962	September 9	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	300	150 (241.401)	2:18:30	64.981	Report
1963	September 8	Ned Jarrett	Charles Robinson	Ford	300	150 (241.401)	2:15:04	66.339	Report
1964	September 14	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	Dodge	300	150 (241.401)	2:25:16	61.955	Report
1965	September 18	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Dodge	300	150 (241.401)	2:27:35	60.983	Report
1966	September 11	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Dodge	300	150 (241.401)	2:23:07	62.886	Report
1967	September 10	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	300	150 (241.401)	2:36:10	57.631	Report
1968	September 8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	300	187.5 (301.752)	2:11:20	85.659	Report
1969	September 7	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi	Dodge	462	250.404 (402.986)	3:16:32	76.388	Report
1970	September 13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:19:34	81.476	Report
1971	November 14	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:23:11	80.025	Report
1972	September 10	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:34:14	75.899	Report
1973	September 9	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	271 (436.132)	4:13:17	63.215	Report
1974	September 8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	271 (436.132)	4:12:22	64.43	Report
1975	October 12	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	271 (436.132)	3:18:34	81.886	Report
1976	September 12	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:46:47	77.993	Report
1977	September 11	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Dodge	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:41:18	80.644	Report
1978	September 10	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:43:19	79.568	Report
1979	September 9	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:41:23	80.604	Report
1980	September 7	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:43:10	79.722	Report
1981	September 13	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:05:50	69.998	Report
1982	September 12	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:37:06	82.8	Report
1983	September 11	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:43:08	79.381	Report
1984	September 9	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:53:57	74.78	Report
1985	September 8	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:58:54	72.508	Report
1986	September 7	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:05:24	70.161	Report
1987	September 13	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:03:56	67.074	Report
1988*	September 11	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:07:57	95.77	Report
1989	September 10	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:23:40	88.38	Report
1990	September 9	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:08:21	95.567	Report
1991*	September 7	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Racing	Oldsmobile	400	300 (482.803)	2:57:35	101.361	Report
1992	September 12	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	2:51:59	104.661	Report
1993	September 11	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:00:09	99.917	Report
1994	September 10	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:52:59	104.156	Report
1995	September 9	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:52:19	104.459	Report
1996	September 7	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:50:40	105.469	Report
1997	September 6	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:45:04	109.047	Report
1998	September 12	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:15:41	91.985	Report
1999	September 11	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	2:53:04	104.006	Report
2000	September 9	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:00:14	99.871	Report
2001	September 8	Ricky Rudd	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:09:11	95.146	Report
2002	September 7	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:09:54	94.787	Report
2003	September 6	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Dodge	400	300 (482.803)	3:09:35	94.945	Report
2004	September 11	Jeremy Mayfield	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	400	300 (482.803)	3:01:55	98.946	Report
2005	September 10	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:02:37	98.567	Report
2006	September 9	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:57:37	101.342	Report
2007	September 8	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:16:03	91.813	Report
2008	September 7*	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:14:13	92.68	Report
2009	September 12	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:06:20	96.601	Report
2010	September 11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	2:52:55	104.096	Report
2011	September 10	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:20:12	89.91	Report
2012	September 8/9*	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	2:59:58	100.019	Report
2013	September 7	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:51:23	105.028	Report

1988: Track reconfigured to 0.75 miles.
1991: Race moved to a Saturday night event.
2008: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to Hurricane Hanna.
2012: Race started late due to rain; race finished on Sunday approximately 1:30am.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
7	Richard Petty	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
5	Bobby Allison	1969, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983
4	Darrell Waltrip	1975, 1978, 1984, 1985
4	Rusty Wallace	1989, 1992, 1993, 1995
2	Speedy Thompson	1958, 1960
	Joe Weatherly	1961, 1962
	Cotton Owens	1959, 1964
	David Pearson	1965, 1966
	Dale Earnhardt	1987, 1990
	Jimmie Johnson	2007, 2008
	Denny Hamlin	2009, 2010
	Kevin Harvick	2006, 2011

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
7	Petty Enterprises	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
5	Bud Moore Engineering	1961, 1962, 1979, 1980, 1981
5	Hendrick Motorsports	1986, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2008
4	DiGard Motorsports	1975, 1978, 1982, 1983
	Richard Childress Racing	1987, 1990, 2006, 2011
	Penske Racing	1992, 1993, 1995, 2003
	Roush Fenway Racing	1998, 2002, 2005, 2013
3	Cotton Owens	1964, 1965, 1966
	Junior Johnson & Associates	1976, 1984, 1985
	Robert Yates Racing	1996, 1997, 2001
	Joe Gibbs Racing	1999, 2009, 2010

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
16	Chevrolet	1958, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
14	Ford	1960, 1963, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2013
9	Dodge	1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2003, 2004
6	Pontiac	1961, 1962, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999
5	Plymouth	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
3	Toyota	2009, 2010, 2012
1	T-Bird	1959
	Buick	1983
	Oldsmobile	1991

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
2012	ABC	Allen Bestwick	Dale Jarrett Andy Petree
2011		Allen Bestwick
2010		Marty Reid
2009		Jerry Punch
2008	ABC ESPN
2007	ABC		Rusty Wallace Andy Petree
2006	TNT	Bill Weber	Benny Parsons Wally Dallenbach
2005		Bill Weber
2004		Allen Bestwick
2003
2002
2001
2000	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995	TBS	Ken Squier	Richard Petty
1994			Richard Petty
1993			Neil Bonnett
1992
1991
1990			Johnny Hayes Chris Economaki
1989			Johnny Hayes Phil Parsons
1988			Johnny Hayes
1987	SETN
1986
1985		Mike Joy	Benny Parsons
1984	Super Chargers	Jan Gabriel	Darrell Waltrip
1983	ESPN
1982	ESPN

Notes

The Super Chargers chose to tape delay it for fourteen days and commentators Jan Gabriel and Darrell Waltrip. Darrell Waltrip did the commentary fourteen days after the race.

The 2008 race, scheduled for ABC, was rained out and shown on ESPN.

References

External links

NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks
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