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2010 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250

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2010 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250
Race details[1]
Map of Speedway
Map of Speedway
Date July 17, 2010 (2010-07-17)
Official name 2010 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250
Location Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois
Course Oval
1.250 mi (2.012 km)
Distance 200 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km)
Weather Clear
Average speed 101.787 mph (163.810 km/h)
Attendance 52,000
Pole position
Driver Diamond-Waltrip Racing
Time 33.691
Most laps led
Driver Brad Keselowski Penske Racing
Laps 136
Winner
No. 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN2
Announcers Dave Burns, Ricky Craven, Rusty Wallace

The 2010 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois on July 17, 2010. The race was the 14th iteration of the event and the 19th race of the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Trevor Bayne won the pole while Brad Keselowski led the most laps at 136. But it was Carl Edwards who took the win after Edwards caused a massive crash on the final lap when Edwards spun Keselowski that furthered their rivalry and also involved Brad's father.[2]

Background

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World Wide Technology Raceway (formerly Gateway International Raceway and Gateway Motorsports Park) is a motorsport racing facility in Madison, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, close to the Gateway Arch. It features a 1.25-mile (2 kilometer) oval that hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the NTT IndyCar Series, a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) infield road course used by the SCCA, Porsche Club of America, and various car clubs, and a quarter-mile drag strip that hosts the annual NHRA Midwest Nationals event.

Entry List

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver
# Driver Team Make
00 Ryan Truex Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota
01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet
04 Jeremy Clements JD Motorsports Chevrolet
05 Willie Allen Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet
6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford
7 Josh Wise JR Motorsports Chevrolet
09 Landon Cassill RAB Racing Ford
10 Tayler Malsam Braun Racing Toyota
11 Brian Scott (R) Braun Racing Toyota
12 Justin Allgaier Penske Racing Dodge
15 Michael Annett Germain Racing Toyota
16 Colin Braun (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford
18 Brad Coleman Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Matt DiBenedetto Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
21 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet
22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge
23 Alex Kennedy R3 Motorsports Chevrolet
24 Eric McClure Team Rensi Motorsports Ford
26 Brian Keselowski K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge
27 Kelly Bires Baker Curb Racing Ford
28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet
32 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota
33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet
34 Tony Raines TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet
35 Jason Keller TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet
36 Johnny Sauter Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet
37 Kevin Swindell Baker Curb Racing Ford
38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota
40 Mike Bliss Key Motorsports Chevrolet
43 Brad Baker Baker Curb Racing Ford
49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet
52 Chris Lawson Means Racing Chevrolet
56 Kevin Lepage Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet
60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford
62 Brendan Gaughan Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota
66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota
70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet
73 Derrike Cope Stratus Racing Group Dodge
81 Michael McDowell MacDonald Motorsports Dodge
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet
88 Steve Arpin JR Motorsports Chevrolet
89 Johnny Chapman Faith Motorsports Chevrolet
90 Danny O'Quinn Jr. D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet
91 Chase Miller D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet
92 Dennis Setzer K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge
98 Paul Menard Roush Fenway Racing Ford
99 Trevor Bayne Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota
Official Entry list

Qualifying

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Trevor Bayne won the pole with a time of 33.691 and a speed of 133.567.

Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 99 Trevor Bayne Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota 33.691 133.567
2 16 Colin Braun (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 33.746 133.349
3 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 33.769 133.258
4 62 Brendan Gaughan Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 33.811 133.093
5 98 Paul Menard Roush Fenway Racing Ford 33.814 133.081
6 11 Brian Scott (R) Braun Racing Toyota 33.817 133.069
7 18 Brad Coleman Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 33.930 132.626
8 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 33.938 132.595
9 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 33.971 132.466
10 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 33.977 132.443
11 91 Chase Miller D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet 34.000 132.353
12 70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet 34.008 132.322
13 32 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota 34.027 132.248
14 37 Kevin Swindell Baker Curb Racing Ford 34.043 132.186
15 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 34.076 132.058
16 12 Justin Allgaier Penske Racing Dodge 34.091 132.000
17 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 34.102 131.957
18 20 Matt DiBenedetto Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 34.150 131.772
19 00 Ryan Truex Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota 34.183 131.644
20 10 Tayler Malsam Braun Racing Toyota 34.259 131.352
21 05 Willie Allen Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet 34.263 131.337
22 34 Tony Raines TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 34.292 131.226
23 35 Jason Keller TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 34.296 131.211
24 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 34.301 131.192
25 36 Johnny Sauter Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 34.331 131.077
26 88 Steve Arpin JR Motorsports Chevrolet 34.357 130.978
27 26 Brian Keselowski K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 34.362 130.959
28 90 Danny O'Quinn Jr. D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet 34.366 130.943
29 27 Kelly Bires Baker Curb Racing Ford 34.369 130.932
30 49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 34.376 130.905
31 56 Kevin Lepage Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 34.392 130.844
32 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 34.406 130.791
33 15 Michael Annett Germain Racing Toyota 34.430 130.700
34 7 Josh Wise JR Motorsports Chevrolet 34.433 130.689
35 89 Johnny Chapman Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 34.438 130.670
36 92 Dennis Setzer K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 34.451 130.620
37 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 34.470 130.548
38 09 Landon Cassill RAB Racing Ford 34.487 130.484
39 40 Mike Bliss Key Motorsports Chevrolet 34.548 130.254
40 43 Brad Baker* Baker Curb Racing Ford 34.684 129.743
41 21 Morgan Shepherd* Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 34.691 129.717
42 23 Alex Kennedy* R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 34.735 129.552
43 24 Eric McClure Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 34.485 130.492
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes
44 52 Chris Lawson Means Racing Chevrolet 34.544 130.269
45 73 Derrike Cope Stratus Racing Group Dodge 34.619 129.986
46 04 Jeremy Clements JD Motorsports Chevrolet 34.926 128.844
47 81 Michael McDowell MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 34.975 128.663
Official Starting grid

* - Made the field via owner's points.

Race

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Pole sitter Trevor Bayne led the first lap of the race. On lap 3, Brad Keselowski took the lead and held on to it. The first caution would fly on lap 45 for debris. During the caution, the right rear tire of Jason Keller's car blew and completely shredded the whole right rear side of his car. Trevor Bayne won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 52. On the restart, Brad Keselowski took the lead from Bayne. Eventually, green flag pitstops would begin around lap 115. On lap 120, Carl Edwards took the lead from Keselowski. On lap 121, both Edwards and Keselowski went to pit but Keselowski tried to pass Edwards in the pit road entry lane but pushed the car too fast and ended up going up to the grass and spinning out. No caution flew as Keselowski was able to get it out of harms way and get back going again. After everything cycled through, Kevin Harvick was the new leader. On lap 128, Carl Edwards took the lead.

Final laps and post-race feud

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On lap 142, Brad Keselowski took the lead from Edwards. On lap 143, the second caution would fly for debris. Brad Keselowski won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 148. On the restart, Carl Edwards took the lead. With 50 laps to go, the third caution would fly for a strange crash that involved teammates. On the previous lap, Matt DiBenedetto hit the backstretch wall with the right rear and ended up cutting a tire. DiBenedetto tried to nurse it around another lap and make it to pit road but his car got loose in turns 1 and 2 and he ended up sliding down across the track and right in front of his teammate Brad Coleman who t-boned DiBenedetto ending both of their races. The race would restart with 40 laps to go with Edwards leading. Brad Keselowski attempted to take the lead from Edwards for multiple laps since with 38 to go before he finally passed him with 32 to go and took the lead. With 22 to go, the 4th caution would fly when Ryan Truex crashed in turns 1 and 2. Brad Keselowski won the race off of pit road but Trevor Bayne, Reed Sorenson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Shelby Howard, and Brian Scott did not pit and Bayne led the field to the restart with 17 laps to go. With 13 laps to go, the 5th caution would fly when Kevin Harvick got loose off of turn 2 and hit the outside wall. The race would restart with 8 laps to go. On the restart, Brad Keselowski took the lead from Bayne. Keselowski was looking for his 4th win of the season. But with 6 laps to go, the 6th and final caution would fly when Justin Allgaier hit the backstretch wall and ended up cutting a tire that slowed him down in the middle of the pack before he was rear ended by Tayler Malsam and both spun in turn 4 and collected Joe Nemechek. The race was red flagged for a short bit for the wreck. The wreck would set up a two lap shootout without a green-white-checkered to extend the race. On the restart, Keselowski took the lead but Edwards was not going to give up and fought back on Keselowski's outside. Edwards took the lead and took the white flag. On the last lap, Keselowski got to the inside of Edwards but entered to corner too fast and drifted up into Edwards getting Edwards loose. The two raced side by side and down the backstretch and looked like was going to be a close finish. Keselowski just got out in front of Edwards off of turn 4 and looked like Keselowski was gonna win. Unfortunately, Edwards turned down and wrecked Keselowski turning Keselowski into the outside wall. Edwards caused a 8 car wreck down the frontstretch in a very hard wreck. After Keselowski hit the outside wall, Keselowski spun down the track into the inside wall where he clipped Colin Braun. Keselowski hit the inside wall, turned around 180 degrees short of the finish line, and got blasted in the right front and left rear by Shelby Howard and Steve Arpin that made Keselowski's car spin around 3 times and totaled his car but got his car across the start-finish line in 14th place. The wreck collected Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Colin Braun, Shelby Howard, Steve Arpin, Jason Leffler, Tayler Malsam, and Alex Kennedy.

Edwards ran away with the win and would be Edwards' second of the season. Reed Sorenson, Trevor Bayne, Paul Menard, and Steve Wallace rounded out the top 5 while Brian Scott, Colin Braun, Josh Wise, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Tony Raines rounded out the top 10. The wreck between Edwards and Keselowski continued the feud between the two drivers that started in the 2009 Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway when Keselowski wrecked Edwards on the last lap for the win. In his post-race interview, Edwards said "I just couldn't let him take the win from me. My guys work way too hard for that. We had a great restart. My guys built me a great car. We came to the checkered flag, and I hate to see stuff tore up, but we came here to win and he took it from us there in Turn 1. Just an awesome race. ... I’m sure some of them don’t like that win—Brad Keselowski fans and stuff—but, man, I just couldn’t let him take it from me. I had to do what I had to do." Keselowski said from his point of view that Edwards "turned left into me and wrecked me on purpose. I gave him the lane, and he still wrecked me. ... I figured out a way to beat him. He wasn't happy with me, so he wrecked me. Wrecking down the straightaway is never cool, whether it’s at 200 mph or 120. I'm sorry that's the way it had to end." Eventually, the rivalry took another turn when Brad's father Bob Keselowski got interviewed. Bob was upset with Edwards and said "Brad got into Carl getting out in turn 1 racing. They bump, they rub, typical rubbing racing deal. Carl went and flipped out like he did at Atlanta trying to kill the kid." as he was referring to when Edwards flipped Keselowski in the Cup race at Atlanta earlier that year. Bob also quoted "I'm sick and tired of this. I'll get my own damn uniform back on and take care of this. He ain't gonna kill my boy." Eventually, NASCAR intervened on both Edwards and Keselowski. Both drivers were put on probation until the end of the year and Edwards was fined $25,000 and docked 60 drivers points. Keselowski would eventually get the last laugh as he won the Nationwide Series championship by 445 points over Edwards.[3][4]

Race results

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Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points
1 60 Carl Edwards[a] Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 39 running 130
2 32 Reed Sorenson Braun Racing Toyota 200 0 running 170
3 99 Trevor Bayne Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota 200 19 running 170
4 98 Paul Menard Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 0 running 160
5 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 200 0 running 155
6 11 Brian Scott (R) Braun Racing Toyota 200 0 running 150
7 16 Colin Braun (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 0 running 146
8 7 Josh Wise JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 142
9 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 0 running 138
10 34 Tony Raines TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 134
11 15 Michael Annett Germain Racing Toyota 200 0 running 130
12 70 Shelby Howard ML Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 127
13 88 Steve Arpin JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 124
14 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 200 136 running 131
15 05 Willie Allen Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 118
16 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 200 6 running 120
17 62 Brendan Gaughan Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 198 0 running 112
18 10 Tayler Malsam Braun Racing Toyota 198 0 running 109
19 40 Mike Bliss Key Motorsports Chevrolet 198 0 running 106
20 28 Kenny Wallace Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 198 0 running 103
21 21 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 197 0 running 100
22 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 197 0 running 97
23 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 196 0 running 94
24 23 Alex Kennedy R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 196 0 running 91
25 12 Justin Allgaier Penske Racing Dodge 194 0 crash 88
26 24 Eric McClure Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 193 0 running 85
27 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 189 0 crash 82
28 00 Ryan Truex Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota 178 0 crash 79
29 20 Matt DiBenedetto Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 163 0 running 76
30 18 Brad Coleman Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 150 0 crash 73
31 09 Landon Cassill RAB Racing Ford 102 0 vibration 70
32 27 Kelly Bires Baker Curb Racing Ford 62 0 engine 67
33 43 Brad Baker Baker Curb Racing Ford 61 0 brakes 64
34 35 Jason Keller TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 44 0 crash 61
35 56 Kevin Lepage Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 26 0 ignition 58
36 91 Chase Miller D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet 24 0 electrical 55
37 90 Danny O'Quinn Jr. D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet 20 0 vibration 52
38 26 Brian Keselowski K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 13 0 brakes 49
39 37 Kevin Swindell Baker Curb Racing Ford 8 0 brakes 46
40 89 Johnny Chapman Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 6 0 oil pressure 43
41 36 Johnny Sauter Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 4 0 electrical 40
42 92 Dennis Setzer K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 3 0 vibration 37
43 49 Mark Green Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 2 0 electrical 34
Official Race results

Notes

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  1. ^ Edwards was docked 60 drivers points for wrecking Keselowski

References

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  1. ^ "2010 Missouri-Dodge Dealers 250". Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  2. ^ "Edwards moves Keselowski for NASCAR Nationwide win". Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  3. ^ "Edwards wrecks Keselowski for the win". Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  4. ^ "NASCAR penalizes Edwards, Keselowski after wreck". Retrieved July 21, 2010.


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