Toyota Owners 400

This article is about the spring Cup Series race at Richmond. For the fall race between 1976 and 1980, see Cook Out 400.

The Toyota Owners 400 is a 400 lap NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. From 2007 to 2011, former race title sponsor Crown Royal named the race after the winner of an essay contest during Daytona Speedweeks. The winner of the first essay contest was Jim Stewart from Houma, Louisiana, with subsequent contests won by Dan Lowry of Columbiana, Ohio, and Russ Friedman of Huntington, New York,^[2] with the 2010 race being named for Army veteran Heath Calhoun of Clarksville, Tennessee. Since 2010 only military service members have been eligible to win the contest.^[3] Crown Royal moved the "Your Name Here" sponsorship to the Brickyard 400 beginning in 2012.

Toyota Owners 400

NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	Richmond Raceway
Location	Richmond, Virginia, United States
Corporate sponsor	Toyota
First race	1953
Distance	300 miles (480 km)
Laps	400^[1] Stage 1: 80 Stage 2: 155 Final stage: 165
Previous names	Richmond 200 (1953, 1955–1957, 1960–1961) Richmond 100 (1959) Richmond 250 (1962–1968) Richmond 500 (1969–1975) Richmond 400 (1976–1983) Miller High Life 400 (1984–1987) Pontiac Excitement 400 (1988–2003) Chevy American Revolution 400 (2004–2005) Crown Royal 400 (2006) Crown Royal presents the Your Name Here 400 (2007–2011) Capital City 400 presented by Virginia is for Lovers (2012)
Most wins (driver)	Richard Petty (6)
Most wins (team)	Joe Gibbs Racing (10)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (23)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	0.75 mi (1.21 km)
Turns	4

For several years, the race was held as a Sunday afternoon event the weekend after the Daytona 500 in February. Lights were installed at the facility in 1991, but the spring race remained during the day. Consistent cold weather, and even a snow delay in 1989, prompted track officials to move the race later in the spring. The race was moved around to May or June and permanently moved from Sunday afternoons to Saturday nights. After a few years, the race eventually fixed as a May race date by 1999. Starting in 2012, the race was held on the last Saturday in April, after the race switched dates with the spring Talladega race. The race returned to Sunday afternoon in 2016 but returned to Saturday night in 2018. The 2020 race was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, being replaced with a race at Darlington Raceway.^[4]

Kyle Larson is the defending winner of the race.

2019 Toyota Owners 400, won by Martin Truex Jr.

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Sponsor	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
							Laps	Miles (km)
1953	April 19	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	N/A	Dodge	200	100 (160.934)	2:11:48	45.535	Report
1954	Not held
1955	May 22	300	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	Mercury Outboards	Chrysler	200	100 (160.934)	1:50:30	54.298	Report
1956	April 29	87	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	N/A	Dodge	200	100 (160.934)	1:46:42	56.232	Report
1957	May 5	12	Paul Goldsmith	Pete DePaolo	DePaolo Engineering	Ford	200	100 (160.934)	1:36:05	62.445	Report
1958	Not held
1959	June 21	59	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert	Rupert Safety Belt	T-Bird	200	100 (160.934)	1:45:29	56.881	Report
1960	June 5	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	N/A	Plymouth	200	100 (160.934)	1:36:23	62.251	Report
1961	April 23	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	N/A	Plymouth	200	100 (160.934)	1:36:04	62.456	Report
1962	April 1	4	Rex White	Rex White	Louis Clements	Chevrolet	180*	90 (144.84)	1:45:08	51.363	Report
1963	April 7	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	N/A	Pontiac	250	125 (201.168)	2:06:16	58.624	Report
1964	March 10	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	N/A	Dodge	250	125 (201.168)	2:07:51	60.233	Report
1965	March 7	26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	N/A	Ford	250	125 (201.168)	2:02:07	61.416	Report
1966	May 15	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Southside Dodge	Dodge	250	125 (201.168)	1:52:43	66.539	Report
1967	April 30	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth by Petty	Plymouth	250	125 (201.168)	1:53:40	65.982	Report
1968	March 24	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	N/A	Ford	250	125 (201.168)	1:55:55	65.217	Report
1969	April 13	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	East Tennessee Motor Company/Torino Cobra	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:23:23	73.752	Report
1970	March 1	48	James Hylton	James Hylton	Mallory's Speed Shop	Ford	500	271 (436.132)	3:18:11	82.044	Report
1971	March 7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth by Petty	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:23:20	79.836	Report
1972	Feb 27	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	STP	Plymouth	500	271 (436.132)	3:32:12	76.258	Report
1973	Feb 25	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	STP	Dodge	500	271 (436.132)	3:37:29	74.764	Report
1974	Feb 24	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	Chevrolet	450*	243.9 (392.519)	3:02:02	80.095	Report
1975	Feb 23	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	STP	Dodge	500	271 (436.132)	3:37:03	74.913	Report
1976	March 7	71	Dave Marcis	Nord Krauskopf	K&K Insurance	Dodge	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:58:44	72.792	Report
1977	Feb 27	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	245*	132.79 (213.704)	1:49:01	73.084	Report
1978	Feb 26	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:41:59	80.304	Report
1979	March 11	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Busch	Oldsmobile	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:35:34	83.608	Report
1980	Feb 24	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Gatorade	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:12:08	67.703	Report
1981	Feb 22	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mountain Dew	Buick	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:49:53	76.57	Report
1982	Feb 21	71	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	J.D. Stacy	Chevrolet	250*	135.5 (218.066)	1:51:30	72.914	Report
1983	Feb 27	22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Miller High Life	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:43:45	79.584	Report
1984	Feb 26	15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:09:31	76.736	Report
1985	Feb 24	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:11:27	67.945	Report
1986*	Feb 23	7	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	7-Eleven	Ford	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:02:54	71.078	Report
1987	March 8	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	400	216.8 (348.905)	2:39:34	81.52	Report
1988*	Feb 21	75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Valvoline	Pontiac	400	216.8 (348.905)	3:15:54	66.401	Report
1989	Mar 26*	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Kodiak	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:20:51	89.619	Report
1990	Feb 25	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Folgers	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:15:18	92.158	Report
1991	Feb 24	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:50:47	105.937	Report
1992	March 8	11	Bill Elliott	Junior Johnson & Associates	Budweiser	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:52:27	104.378	Report
1993	March 7	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Havoline	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:47:07	107.709	Report
1994	March 6	28	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:03:03	98.334	Report
1995	March 5	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:49:08	106.425	Report
1996	March 3	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	DuPont	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	2:55:11	102.75	Report
1997	March 2	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Miller Lite	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:45:54	108.499	Report
1998*	June 6	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:05:29	97.044	Report
1999	May 15	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	2:59:49	100.102	Report
2000	May 6	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Budweiser	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:01:08	99.374	Report
2001	May 5	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	The Home Depot	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:07:45	95.872	Report
2002	May 4/5*	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	The Home Depot	Pontiac	400	300 (482.803)	3:27:19	86.824	Report
2003	May 3	25	Joe Nemechek	Hendrick Motorsports	UAW/Delphi	Chevrolet	393*	294.75 (474.354)	3:23:47	86.783	Report
2004	May 15	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Budweiser	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:03:12	98.253	Report
2005	May 14	9	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	400	300 (482.803)	2:59:26	100.316	Report
2006	May 6	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Budweiser	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:05:27	97.061	Report
2007	May 6*	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:17:53	91.27	Report
2008	May 3	07	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	BB&T	Chevrolet	410*	307.5 (494.873)	3:12:37	95.786	Report
2009	May 2	18	Kyle Busch*	Joe Gibbs Racing	Combos	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:18:37	90.627	Report
2010	May 1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	M&M's	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:00:47	99.567	Report
2011	April 30	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	M&M's Pretzel	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:08:55	95.28	Report
2012	April 28	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	M&M's Brown	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	2:51:06	105.202	Report
2013	April 27	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Bell Helicopter	Chevrolet	406*	304.5 (490.045)	3:18:17	92.141	Report
2014	April 26	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell/Pennzoil	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:20:47	91.369	Report
2015	April 26*	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	HAAS Automation	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:05:16	97.157	Report
2016	April 24	19	Carl Edwards	Joe Gibbs Racing	Xfinity	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:05:26	97.07	Report
2017	April 30	22	Joey Logano *	Team Penske	Shell/Pennzoil	Ford	400	300 (482.803)	3:12:08	93.685	Report
2018	April 21	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	M&M's Flavor Vote	Toyota	402*	301.5 (485.217)	3:08:01	96.215	Report
2019	April 13	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Auto-Owners Insurance	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:00:16	99.852	Report
2020	Moved to Darlington because of pandemic.
2021	April 18	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Ally	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:06:57	96.282	Report
2022	April 3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	FedEx Express	Toyota	400	300 (482.803)	3:04:43	97.447	Report
2023	April 2	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	HendrickCars.com	Chevrolet	400	300 (482.803)	3:17:37	91.085	Report

Notes

• 1962: Race shortened due to darkness.
• 1974: Race shortened due to the energy crisis.
• 1977, 1982, and 2003: Race shortened due to rain.
• 1986: This race is largely remembered for its controversy. Dale Earnhardt spun out Darrell Waltrip at the end, and both cars crashed. Petty slipped by to win.
• 1988: Last race on the old layout.
• 1989: Race rescheduled one month later due to snow.
• 1998: Race moved to a Saturday night event.
• 2002: Race started on Saturday night but was finished on Sunday afternoon due to rain.
• 2007 and 2015: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain.
• 2008, 2013, and 2018: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
  • 2008 – 410 laps
  • 2013 – 406 laps
  • 2018 – 402 laps
• 2009: Kyle Busch won on his 24th birthday.
• 2020: Race moved to Darlington due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Track length notes

• 1953–1969: 0.5 mile course
• 1970–1988: 0.542 mile course
• 1989–present: 0.75 mile course

Multiple winners (drivers)

Wins	Driver	Years Won
6	Richard Petty	1961, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975
5	Kyle Busch	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018
4	David Pearson	1964, 1966, 1968, 1969
3	Dale Earnhardt	1985, 1987, 1991
	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2000, 2004, 2006
2	Lee Petty	1953, 1960
	Cale Yarborough	1977, 1979
	Darrell Waltrip	1980, 1981
	Dave Marcis	1976, 1982
	Bobby Allison	1974, 1983
	Rusty Wallace	1989, 1997
	Terry Labonte	1995, 1998
	Tony Stewart	2001, 2002
	Joey Logano	2014, 2017*

Multiple winners (teams)

Wins	Driver	Years Won
10	Joe Gibbs Racing	2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022
8	Petty Enterprises	1953, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975
7	Hendrick Motorsports	1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2021, 2023
5	Junior Johnson & Associates	1965, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1992
	Richard Childress Racing	1985, 1987, 1991, 2008, 2013
3	Robert Yates Racing	1993, 1994, 1999
	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	2000, 2004, 2006
	Team Penske	1997, 2014, 2017
2	Carl Kiekhaefer	1955, 1956
	Bud Moore Engineering	1963, 1984
	Cotton Owens	1964, 1966
	Holman-Moody	1968, 1969
	DiGard Motorsports	1980, 1983

Manufacturers wins

Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
23	Chevrolet	1962, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023
15	Ford	1957, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2014, 2017
8	Dodge	1953, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1975, 1976, 2005
	Toyota	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022
5	Plymouth	1960, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1972
	Pontiac	1963, 1988, 1989, 2001, 2002
1	Chrysler	1955
	T-Bird	1959
	Buick	1981

Multiple winners (sponsors)

Wins	Driver	Years Won
4	Budweiser	1992, 2000, 2004, 2006
	M&M's	2010, 2011, 2012, 2018
3	STP	1972, 1973, 1975
	Wrangler Jeans	1984, 1985, 1987
2	Dodge	1966, 2005
	Plymouth	1967, 1971
	Miller	1983, 1997
	Havoline	1993, 1994
	Kellogg's	1995, 1998
	The Home Depot	2001, 2002
	UAW	2003, 2005
	Shell	2014, 2017
	Pennzoil	2014, 2017

Crown Royal Sweepstakes winners

Year	Winner
2007	Jim Stewart
2008	Dan Lowry
2009	Russ Friedman
2010	Heath Calhoun
2011	Matthew and Daniel Hansen

References

1. "Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season". NASCAR. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
2. "Fan crowned the winner of 'Your Name Here' contest for Richmond race" February 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. February 28, 2008. Retrieved February 29, 2008.
3. "Crown Royal Honors America's Bravest for 2nd Year With Naming Rights to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race" April 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. October 28, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
4. Davis, Marc (March 16, 2020). "Spring race weekend at Richmond Raceway postponed". WWBT. Retrieved January 10, 2021.

External links

• Richmond Raceway race results at Racing-Reference

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