2010 LifeLock.com 400

The 2010 LifeLock.com 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on July 10, 2010, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois.

Contested over 267 laps, the race had a total of four cautions and ten lead changes among seven different drivers.

Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Burton, Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle rounded out the top ten in the Championship.

In the first practice session, Joe Nemechek was the quickest, ahead of the Chevrolet of Casey Mears and the Ford of David Stremme in second and third.

Sam Hornish Jr. qualified fifth and Gordon, David Reutimann, Paul Menard, Martin Truex Jr. and Montoya rounded off the top ten.

The four drivers that failed to qualify for the race were J. J. Yeley, Dave Blaney, Michael McDowell, and Todd Bodine.

[11] The race, the nineteenth out of a total of thirty-six in the season, began at 7:30 p.m. EDT and was televised live in the United States on TNT.

[1] Conditions were sunny with a high 88 °F (31 °C), but there was a fifty percent chance of scattered thunderstorms in the area which could make the track potentially slippery later in the race.

[12] Co-director of Raceway Windy City Ministries Glenn Spoolstra[13] began the pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation.

On lap 48, Jeff Gordon moved into the seventh position, after passing Juan Pablo Montoya and A. J. Allmendinger.

By lap 88, five cars had gone to the garage area of the track, they were Landon Cassill, Casey Mears, Mike Bliss, Max Papis and Joe Nemechek.

Afterward on lap 120, Martin Truex Jr. continued to lose positions, as he fell to fourth after being passed by Jeff Gordon.

One lap later, Johnson got loose and spun sideways through the grass to bring out the third caution, but he retained no major damage.

Afterward, on lap 147, Truex Jr. lost two positions after being passed by Clint Bowyer and Jeff Burton.

Reutimann remained the leader, and crossed the finish line first to clinch his second career victory in the Sprint Cup Series.