Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Venue	Chicagoland Speedway
Location	Joliet, Illinois, United States
Corporate sponsor	Nickelodeon
First race	2001
Distance	400.5 miles (644.5 km)
Laps	267
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)
Most wins (driver)	Tony Stewart (3)
Most wins (team)	Joe Gibbs Racing (5)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (8)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns	4

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held annually at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. The inaugural running of the race was held in 2001. From 2001 to 2010, the race was held in July, and from 2008^[1] to 2010, after lights were installed at the track, the race was held at night. Since 2011, it has been held in September as the first race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Race history

In May 2000, as Chicagoland Speedway was under construction, it was announced that the track would hold a Sprint Cup (called Winston Cup at the time) race beginning in the 2001 season.^[2] 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 has serviced as the race's sponsor from 2014 to 2015, and Nickelodeon has sponsored the race through the network's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series since 2016.^[3] 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.

2002 pre-race

Race action in 2012.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
					Laps	Miles (km)
2001	July 15	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	267	400.5 (644.542)	3:18:16	121.2	Report
2002	July 14	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:55:37	136.832	Report
2003	July 13	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Dodge	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:59:15	134.59	Report
2004	July 11	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	267	400.5 (644.542)	3:05:33	129.507	Report
2005	July 10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	267	400.5 (644.542)	3:08:16	127.638	Report
2006	July 9	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	270*	405 (651.784)	3:03:59	132.077	Report
2007	July 15	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:58:59	134.258	Report
2008	July 12	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:59:20	133.936	Report
2009	July 11	Mark Martin	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:59:39	133.804	Report
2010	July 10	David Reutimann	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:45:34	145.138	Report
2011	Sept 19*	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:47:41	143.306	Report
2012	Sept 16	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:47:37	143.363	Report
2013*	Sept 15	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	400.5 (644.542)	3:10:56	125.855	Report
2014	Sept 14	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:48:50	142.33	Report
2015	Sept 20	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:51:30	140.117	Report

• 2006: Race extended due to a green–white–checker 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

Multiple winners (teams)

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

Manufacturer wins

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

Television broadcasters

NBC carried this event from 2001-2004, 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 will return to NBC, and has the rights for the final 20 races of the season, the 11th 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

• 2013: Race started on ESPN, race was completed on ESPN2 due to rain delays.

References

1. Fox Sports. "NASCAR". FOX Sports. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
2. "ESPN.com — Auto Racing — Joliet, Kansas City to host new races". espn.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
3. "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.

External links

• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks