Overton's 400

Overton's 400
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Venue Chicagoland Speedway
Location Joliet, Illinois, United States
Corporate sponsor Overton's[1]
First race 2001 (2001)
Distance 400.5 miles (644.5 km)
Laps 267 (Stage 1: 80
Stage 2: 80
Stage 3: 107)
Previous names Tropicana 400 (2001–2004)
USG Sheetrock 400 (2005–2007)
LifeLock.com 400 (2008–2010)
GEICO 400 (2011–2013)
MyAFibStory.com 400 (2014)
MyAFibRisk.com 400 (2015)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 (2016)
Tales of the Turtles 400 (2017)
Most wins (driver) Tony Stewart (3)
Most wins (team) Joe Gibbs Racing (6)
Most wins (manufacturer) Chevrolet (8)
Circuit information
Surface Asphalt
Length 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns 4

The Overton's 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. The inaugural race was held in 2001. Previously, the race was held in July from 2001 through 2010, with night races held from 2008[2] to 2010. Then from 2011 to 2017, the races was held as the first race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs in the round of 16. In 2018, as part of the schedule realignment, the race will be held on the first weekend of July, and be held on Independence Day weekend.

Race history

In May 2000, as Chicagoland Speedway was under construction, it was announced that the track would hold a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race beginning in the 2001 season.[3] Tropicana served as the race's sponsor from 2001 to 2004, followed by USG Corporation from 2005 to 2007, LifeLock.com from 2008 to 2010, GEICO from 2011 to 2013, Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceutica from 2014 to 2015, and Nickelodeon has sponsored the race through the network's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series since 2016.[4] Kevin Harvick won the first two runnings of the race in 2001 and 2002, while Tony Stewart has the most wins in the race's history, having won it three times, in 2004, 2007 and 2011. Traditionally run in early to mid July, the race became the opening race of the NASCAR playoffs in 2011, moving the race to mid September in the process. However, due to a schedule realignment in 2018, the race will return to a July race weekend moving forward.

2002 pre-race
Race action in 2012.

Past winners

Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)		 Report
Laps Miles (km)
2001 July 15 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:18:16 121.2 Report
2002 July 14 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:55:37 136.832 Report
2003 July 13 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:59:15 134.59 Report
2004 July 11 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:05:33 129.507 Report
2005 July 10 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:08:16 127.638 Report
2006 July 9 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 270* 405 (651.784) 3:03:59 132.077 Report
2007 July 15 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:58:59 134.258 Report
2008 July 12 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:59:20 133.936 Report
2009 July 11 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:59:39 133.804 Report
2010 July 10 00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:45:34 145.138 Report
2011 Sept 19* 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:47:41 143.306 Report
2012 Sep 16 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:47:37 143.363 Report
2013* Sep 15 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 400.5 (644.542) 3:10:56 125.855 Report
2014 Sep 14 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:48:50 142.33 Report
2015 Sep 20 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:51:30 140.117 Report
2016 Sep 18 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 270* 405 (651.784) 2:47:24 145.161 Report
2017 Sep 17 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:45:16 145.401 Report
2018 July 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 400.5 (644.542) 2:50:52 140.636 Report
  • 2006 and 2016: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
  • 2011: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
  • 2013: Race started more than one hour late and then halted after 109 laps for five hours due to rain; the race started during the day but ended at night due to the delays.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins Driver Years Won
3 Tony Stewart 2004, 2007, 2011
2 Kevin Harvick 2001, 2002
Brad Keselowski 2012, 2014
Martin Truex Jr. 2016, 2017
Kyle Busch 2008, 2018

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins Team Years Won
6 Joe Gibbs Racing 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018
3 Team Penske 2003, 2012, 2014
2 Richard Childress Racing 2001, 2002
Hendrick Motorsports 2006, 2009
Furniture Row Racing 2016, 2017

Manufacturer wins

# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
8 Chevrolet 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
7 Toyota 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
2 Dodge 2003, 2012
1 Ford 2014

Race reports

  • 2010: The race began the pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation. Afterward, Jim Cornelison, the Chicago Blackhawks national anthem singer, performed the United States National Anthem while Duncan Keith gave the command to start engines.[5]Kevin Harvick drove his race car to the garage area. On lap 197, it was said that Harvick's crew members were changing a fuel pump. On lap 212, Edwards passed McMurray for the fourth position. One lap later, Reutimann passed Jeff Gordon for the first position. Fifteen laps later, Biffle's engine failed. One lap later, Johnson made a scheduled green flag pit stop. On lap 233 Bowyer claimed the lead as Reutimann came to pit lane for a pit stop. Afterward, Edwards and Montoya led as green flag pit stops continued. Green flag pit stops finished on lap 236, after Reutimann reclaimed the lead. On lap 242 Edwards claimed the second position from Jeff Gordon. Reutimann remained the leader, and crossed the finish line first to clinch his second career victory in the Sprint Cup Series. Edwards finished second ahead of Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, and Jamie McMurray.[5]
  • 2014: Almirola made his final stop as the caution came out with 36 laps to go after Carl Edwards' car cut down a left-rear tire, and Larson cycled back to the lead in the process. While pitting, Almirola blew his car's engine, and he retired from the race. Almirola later described himself as "heartbroken" with the result.[6] The race restarted with 30 laps to go, but only ran for a handful of laps before Clint Bowyer brought out the fifth caution of the race, with 23 laps to go, after he hit the wall in turn 1. The race restarted with 18 laps to go, and Harvick retook the lead from Larson before Keselowski moved to the head of the race the following lap. The caution flags flew for the sixth time with ten laps to go after Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Danica Patrick made contact on the front stretch. Upon exiting her car, Patrick stated that she "talked with Ricky afterward and we're fine".[7] The race restarted with six laps to go and Brad Keselowski coasted on to victory lane, for his second successive win.[8][9] Keselowski expressed his delight at the result, stating that he "was waiting for an opportunity to strike and it came. The car stuck and everything came together".[10]
  • 2015: After drag racing through the front stretch, Kurt Busch passed his brother for the lead with 46 laps to go. Edwards began the final cycle of pit stops with 29 laps to go. Kurt Busch pitted with 28 laps to go and handed the lead to Hamlin. Hamlin pitted with 24 laps to go and handed the lead to teammate Matt Kenseth. Kenseth hit pit road with 23 laps to go and the lead cycled back to Kurt Busch. Allmendinger was tagged for speeding on pit road and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty. Debris in turn 2 brought out the sixth caution of the race with 10 laps to go. The debris were pieces of a brake rotor that came from the No. 83 car of Matt DiBenedetto. "Did the yellow even need to come out? I don't even know," Kurt Busch said after the race.[11] He, Gordon and Hamlin opted to stay out while the rest of the lead lap cars opted to pit.[12] The race restarted with five laps to go. Gordon got a good start on Kurt, but he was passed underneath by Hamlin, forced up the track and ultimately finished 14th.[13] Denny drove on to score his 26th career victory.[14]
  • 2016: The race restarted with two laps to go in overtime, Blaney was no match on old tires against Truex on new tires. Truex passed him on the backstretch with two to go and drove on to score the victory.[15]

Television broadcasters

NBC carried this event from 2001-2005, from 2006-2010, it was carried on TNT, from 2011-2014, it was carried on ESPN, that policy has been discontinued, Starting in 2015, the race returned to NBC, and has the rights for the final 20 races of the season, the 1st of 20 races aired as part of the NASCAR on NBC package, the race will be aired on NBCSN.

Year Network Lap-by-lap Color commentator(s)
2001 NBC Allen Bestwick Benny Parsons
Wally Dallenbach
2002
2003
2004
2005 Bill Weber
2006 TNT
2007 Wally Dallenbach
Kyle Petty
2008
2009 Ralph Sheheen
2010 Adam Alexander
2011 ESPN Allen Bestwick Dale Jarrett
Andy Petree
2012
2013* ESPN
ESPN2
2014 ESPN
2015 NBCSN Rick Allen Jeff Burton
Steve Letarte
2016
2017
2018 Jeff Burton
Steve Letarte
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  • 2013: Race started on ESPN, race was completed on ESPN2 due to rain delays.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.chicagolandspeedway.com/Articles/2018/02/Overtons-To-Sponsor-All-Three-NASCAR-National-Series-Races-At-Chicagoland-In-2018.aspx
  2. ↑ Fox Sports. "NASCAR". FOX Sports. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ "ESPN.com — Auto Racing — Joliet, Kansas City to host new races". espn.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Nickelodeon Announces Entitlement Sponsorship of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race At Chicagoland Speedway, Sept. 18". Catchfence. April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Race Summary". NASCAR.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  6. ↑ Utter, Jim (September 14, 2014). "Brad Keselowski pulls away to win at Chicagoland Speedway". ThatsRacin.com. The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ Owens, Jeff (September 14, 2014). "Brad Keselowski makes spectacular pass to win Chase opener". SportingNews.com. Sporting News. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ Gluck, Jeff (September 14, 2014). "Brad Keselowski wins at Chicagoland to kick off Chase". usatoday.com. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ Long, Dustin (September 14, 2014). "Keselowski Strikes First". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ Fryer, Jenna (September 14, 2014). "Keselowski wins opening round of NASCAR's Chase". racing.ap.org. The Associated Press. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  11. ↑ Turner, Jared (September 20, 2015). "Kurt Busch on final caution: 'Did the yellow even need to come out?'". FoxSports.com. Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ "2015 myAFibRisk.com 400". Sprint Cup Series. Season 67. Joliet, Illinois. September 20, 2015. Event occurs at 3:18 p.m. NBC Sports. NBCSN. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  13. ↑ McGee, Ryan (September 21, 2015). "Monday Rundown: A bad restart for Gordon again at Chicagoland". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  14. ↑ Fryer, Jenna (September 20, 2015). "Hamlin rallies to earn victory in opening round of playoffs". Associated Press. Joliet, Illinois: AP Sports. Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  15. ↑ Cranston, Mike (September 18, 2016). "Martin Truex Jr. rallies to win NASCAR Chase opener". Associated Press. Joliet, Illinois: AP Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
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